Get Fit Slowly

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Today was a tough one for me. I don’t have any excuses. The rain had stopped for the most part, the wind had abated, and our power was back on. My kids were happy and playful. My house wasn’t a total disaster and the laundry was mostly taken care of. But I just felt off. Maybe it was the myriad home improvement projects hanging over my head. The ones that I have to get done before 12 relatives descend on my house for the Christmas holidays. I doubt that was it. Whatever it was, all I wanted to do was eat today. And I gave in.

I’m not going to bore you (or depress myself further) by rehashing the days consumables, but know that not much of it was healthy. I went out to breakfast with a buddy, I bought some candy at the mail depot, and I snacked all day while taking care of the kids. I did manage to drink a lot of water and eat a salad with my dinner, but those are the only two positives sitting next to the huge list of negatives for my food day.

I failed to listen to my own previously written advice. I didn’t think about food quality once–Instead, I just put food in my mouth, whether or not I was hungry or if it was healthy. Nor did I exercise or keep my food diary. Perhaps if I would have been writing down what I was eating, it would have served as a deterrent to putting more food in my mouth. Perhaps.

This may sound like a negative entry, but as I’m writing it, I’m beginning to feel a bit more positive. It’s good to get things like this off my chest. I know that I’m going to have setbacks in my quest. I’m not going to let it get me down. Instead, I’m going to learn from this lost day. In the future, when I feel like I felt this morning  I must steel myself for the days’ labors. I need to double my efforts to control my urges and force myself to keep a food diary, to exercise,  to drink plenty of water and make healthy food choices. I can do it. It will be better next time. I have learned from this day.