Food has been the hardest part of ALL of this for me. I haven't gotten used to the working out, in fact I (mostly) look forward to working out, I like the way I feel and it gives me time to read and think and be by myself. But I am having a hard time with food and self control. I'm good with cooking healthy, and I bring my lunch most every day to work. But we still eat out way too much for dinner. And my favorite thing to eat out is Mexican food. When they put those chips in front of me, I just can't resist myself!! I have trouble stopping and I have trouble saying no to these kinds of things. My trainer suggested I order a salad while everyone is munching on chips, but quite frankly, I don't wanna!
So, I am still working on my issues with food. I have come a long way, but I have a long way to go.
It has definitely slowed down my weight loss progress. The first pounds were easy to lose, but now, even with going to the gym and working with a trainer, I just seem to be yo-yoing in this same area. I want to beat it sooooo bad and I just have to remind myself of that every single time I go to eat!
I'm going to do it though!
On a positive note, I don't know if I have posted about all the changes I've seen just in what weight loss I have had, but it really is life changing. Granted, much of my feeling better is because my heart is pumping the way that it should and I am much healthier. But, my clothes are loose, I have more energy during the day, and I sleep great at night. I used to lie in bed forever trying to fall asleep and I would wake up all night long on and off. I for the most part, sleep through the night now and it feels great. I don't have nearly as hard a time waking up at 6 to go work out as I would have several months ago (don't get me wrong, I'm still not thrilled). But man, when 9:00 rolls around, I am ready for bed!
I used to ALWAYS feel bad, I didn't realize it until I felt so good. I had headaches, stomach aches (no doubt the way I was eating), I just always felt blah and tired. It's so crazy to me now, I can't believe I lived like that. I rarely have any of those things now and its just so nice.
Things with the trainer are going well. We are doing lots of different exercises and I feel like I will be really educated when we are done. We usually do arms one day, legs another, and lots of abs inbetween. So far the hardest things has been planks. I HATE THEM. They make me sore and they are incredibly hard. Especially side planks.
Here's to pushing through the hard times and not eating through them!!!
aaaa! yeah, that weight speed bump that you just can't seem to get over. I was there too. I was stuck at 185 for so long and couldn't ever quite get past it. Now being at 165 I realized that the satisfaction and pleasure of being 20 lbs less is FAR BETTER than any chip, burger, or pizza could give me. It's a mind set. You are stronger than that food and you don't need it! Smile with the satisfaction as you can sit there and not eat the bad food, thinking about how it good it feels later, not about how you want to eat it now. Each chip you put in your body is another step back from what you've accomplished. You wouldn't want to write and entire blog one night then delete half of it the next day intentionally. Eating bad food is the same idea. Keep moving forward! You can do it!!! It's all worth it in the end. I promise!
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