Realizations

Hello All!

Is everyone enjoying this wonderful Monday!? I'm in a pretty good mood today because I didn't skip the pool this morning. I tried out a new water aerobics class and I love it! It's a lot harder than it looks too. But the absolute best part about it is how the hour long class feels like only 15 minutes. It's remarkable.

So a nice morning swim, some coffee and classes pretty much sums up my Monday. What about yours? Is this weather preventing you from being in a cheerful mood? I know I can get like that if I don't exercise, eat right or have my coffee. I can be a bear in the morning, yikes!

If you've been wondering, my weight loss plan is going extremely well. My plan includes tracking calorie and water intake as well as what exercises I do. I'm on a reduced calorie budget, but I have also been eating nutritious home cooked meals. I haven't had fast food in about a year and a half, never really cared for it. It's the sweets that get me. I swear I could eat an entire cake in one sitting, but that's gross. I've found I just have to remove the "cake" from my situation. If there are no confections around, then I will not consume any. If there are, well, let's just say moderation isn't my middle name. And I can't trick myself either. Some people can crave sweets and just eat a piece of fruit to tide themselves over. If I do that my body says, "well that was a good apple, let's wash it down with a couple pieces of cheesecake." I just cannot trick my body into taking natural sugars and believing they're refined...it truly sucks. Now some of you may be saying to yourself, well if you had any willpower...

I don't. I have absolutely ZERO willpower over my cravings. Like I said, if they're in the house, I will eat them all!!!! Now, I'm not so bad as to where I'll jump in my car and go buy something, because I am a nutrition panel nut! I will spend upwards of 10 minutes looking for the "healthiest" candy just because I have a craving. What happens is I don't find one and then I don't buy anything and then the craving persists and eventually goes away. It's quite annoying...but it works...I guess. I guess I just have to live eating little to no sweets, or else I will overdo it. Every. Time.

Are you like that? Do you have crazy cravings that don't go away unless you satisfy or forget about them? Is willpower a problem for you? Feel free to comment below!

All I can say is, it's a daily struggle. I struggle when I go grocery shopping, at social events and at home. I'm also a boredom eater, which is not a good match at all. But you see, I recognize what I need to change; I understand why I'm overweight, I don't blame it on anyone but myself, that's denial. I know that I'm overweight because of my sweet tooth, my lack of exercise growing up, being a boredom eater and just plain overeating. My weight problem will not go away unless each of these issues go away first. Once you take the blame out of your life you won't believe how much easier it is to actually make a change. Realize what you can do to change your situation and everything else will fall into place. Just remember that good things take time, patience truly is a virtue.