by DogMa » September 5th, 2007, 8:01 am
I think about food and exercise way more than a "normal" person, but I think I HAVE to. I've nearly gotten rid of the guilt, though, at least. On my trip last week, I made good choices all week as far as both food AND exercise ... until Friday night, when things just completely fell apart. I fell off the wagon, it ran over me AND it was filled with desserts. And yes, I gained a few pounds.
OTOH, my little binge lasted "only" three and a half days, and even in the midst of it, I had the presence of mind to stop myself a few times (including asking someone to remove a container of cookies from my presence). And as soon as I got back home, I resumed my normal food and workout schedule, so I'm confident that the extra pounds (some of which are probably caused by salt and bloat, anyway) will be gone soon. Do I feel guilty? Maybe a little, but I also realize that "normal" people occasionally overindulge, too, and that three days of sweets out of the past two and a half years really isn't that big a deal, as long as it stops there. I do have one more unhealthy meal planned with a friend (a belated birthday meal), but I'm postponing it a bit, until I've got some more healthy days under my belt and my weight is back down to normal.
So my answer is mixed. No, I probably don't approach food or exercise quite like a normal person. But yes, I'm much closer to normal than I used to be, and I think I'm getting closer all the time. I'm not even sure I KNOW many so-called normal people, because pretty much everyone I know - fat or thin - thinks about food and exercise and at least tries to make conscious decisions about what they do. The ones I know who don't? Generally are either naturally thin (and of those, the ones past 40 are now realizing they need to pay attention, too) or are overweight.
BTW, I also tried (and am trying) to focus on what I did RIGHT on my trip. I worked out (except for those couple of days at the end when I chose to sleep instead of trying to work out after only an hour of rest), I drank plenty of water, I tried to eat every few hours, I had a healthy breakfast every day. And I'm looking at where I went wrong, which I believe related to going an entire week with only two to three hours of sleep every night while at the same time dealing with the stress of being surrounded by family and having very little time to myself. Thankfully, this situation doesn't come up more than once every few years.
Robin
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Reached goal in August 2006
Added BodyBugg in May 2009
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