When I woke up the other morning and heard that it was supposed to rain the next few days I began to feel that depressed feeling I get every time winter comes. Its dark, its cold, and like today always raining. You know the kind of day you wish you could crawl back into bed, but never can. I decided to do something different about it. I guess you could say I used the baby as a good excuse, for the first time, but I decided to take him to the gym with me and let him play with the kids there instead of watching me fold laundry, clean the house or Facebook. He loved it and so did I. When we came home we both had lunch – together – something I usually don’t do for myself and he took a nap which gave me even more “me” time, and when you have three kids that equals “quiet time”.
Every single day is another challenge for me. To balance motherhood is still an ever changing challenge, as well as my diet and exercise. It’s never easy, but sometimes harder than others. I try to do everything I have in order to keep the kids, a house and a husband happy. Not necessarily in that order all the time, but its a challenge to put me on the list sort of speak. My weight goes up and down and it doesn’t always depend on whether I am happy or stressed, it happens easily.
Yet again I became emotional while working out. Many of you who know me, know that happens often and I share that openly with you, as those of you have told me it happens to you too. I never can quite figure out why I get so emotional, and it may or may not be because of one thing or another at the time, it changes, accomplishment, guilt, etc. I say sometimes the sweat pouring down my face is cleansing of everything. Almost like tears.
I decided today to start sharing my challenges and accomplishments as well with all of you. As a mother, wife, and friend I sometimes have a moment to appreciate so many of you inspire me to be who I am today.
We all have so many things to be thankful for. So many chances at a new beginning. Everything always works out. Negativity gets you no where.
Crazy fad diets are all the rage, right? People fall for them like a largemouth bass. They’re easy. They’re easy to track, and easy to execute (in theory). But do they really work?
If anything, people who go on these crash diets are probably more likely to wind up gaining weight. Why? They get frustrated when weight loss isn’t working as quickly as they think it should, so they give up. Or, they get so desperate for that double-quarter-pounder that they finally give in.
We’re human. We have urges. In our case, that urge is delicious food. So why are we killing ourselves to keep that food from going in our stomachs? Is it that bad?
Sure. It is – if you eat it every day. We’ve all heard the stories of people who sued McDonald’s because they ate there seven times a day and got fat. But not everybody that eats at McDonald’s is obese and unhealthy.
The key is moderation. That doesn’t mean having a day every week where you can pig out. It means allowing yourself a little treat. Those couple cookies won’t make you fat. Those forty cookies will. That double-quarter-pounder won’t kill you, but it will if you eat it for lunch and dinner.
The beauty in moderation is that, if you eat healthy all the time, those few little treats will taste extra delicious, and you’re not depriving yourself of them. That means you will build a little more willpower and determination. It’s that kind of momentum that you need to keep going. Work a little moderation into your diet – enjoy your life while you save it!
2- The Air Diet: The Air Diet of the Institute for Psychoactive Research doesn’t require you to avoid any foods or change your current diet or exercise habits-you just breathe. Instead of focusing on what you eat or how much you eat, you focus on breathing. The idea is that if you practice rhythmical breathing, then you breathe more air. The more air you breathe, the more weight you lose. The best part is that you can do this anytime, anywhere-while driving, laying in bed, working, walking, having sex, and so on. Allrighty then!
Okay, so some of these are pretty funny, like the Air Diet here or “The Weight Loss Cure They Don’t Want You To Know About”, but the sad fact behind this is that people believe in this crap.
Look, I’m putting together a diet plan right now, and I’m not going to sugarcoat it: it’s going to be hard. It’s going to involve healthy food and exercise. That’s it. But that’s what true weight loss is – it’s a lifestyle change that is hard.
What you can do with a diet and exercise plan is make it best for you: include delicious foods that will be good for you but also good. Or make sure your exercise activities are things that you’ll want to do on a regular basis and maybe even enjoy them.
Stop looking for that magic key. It doesn’t exist. If you want a better life, you have to earn it. Stop drinking the urine of pregnant women or eating tapeworms. Make the change yourself.
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