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As you can see, I haven't posted my weight here for a few days. I went up to over 137. So not only did I gain back what I had lost the week before, I also put on another pound and a half on top of that! Sure, I can say, "oh it was memorial day weekend" but that is nothing more than a sorry excuse. Too often I ignore that little voice in the back of my head that tells me exactly what I need to do in order to be successful. I always try to reason with that voice... to bargain and convince it that it's wrong. For example, my little inner voice told me for memorial day weekend I needed to stay away from red meat, from eating out at restaurants, and to get in lots of activities which would require me to move around. I even had the menu drawn up in my head... I would make my own chicken/shrimp kebobs and bring those to a family cookout I was going to. I would make a delicious black bean salad I used to make when I was losing weight last year. I would avoid pop/alcohol at all costs and drink plenty of water. Was I even close to any of that? Obviously not.
I wanted to go on a bike ride, play tennis, go to the gym at least once... finally take in a spin class after so long. But that's my inner voice talking. They have it all together. What I do is justify a hard days work is to pick up some takeout, down a few glasses of sweet wine and curl up on the couch to watch a movie. Though I do consider that a pretty fab night, it is one that should be reserved for no more than once a month. Not every other day.
Ok inner voice. I surrender. Let's see if I start listening to you if I will actually see results.
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