I had a great workout today. I was feeling pretty good until my trainer said it was time to weigh in. That’s when I remembered my out of control Sunday of eating. I was instantly deflated. I got on the scale and it told me the truth. I was up 3 lbs. Not that big of a deal but I was reminded of how a day of gluttony can affect me for days afterward.
At first I was upset. In my mind, being mad at the scale for a while might actually make a difference. It didn’t. The scale is a piece of equipment that doesn’t care about you. It doesn’t care how hard you work or how bad you really want to lose weight. It doesn’t care what TV show you were on or that you are a CEO of a company. It has one job, to tell you the truth.
The truth is, as I said yesterday, I blew it this weekend. Getting mad at the scale and thinking about the food doesn’t change my situation. I’m up, this is where I am and this is where I have to work from. It’s time to move on. I think a lot of people make the same mistake that I do from time to time. I work out hard. I really believe that very few people can keep up with me when I work out.
Unfortunately, working out hard doesn’t give me the ability to eat anything I want. That is where I seem to run into the most problem. I want to be “normal”, work out and then eat whatever I want. As “normal” as I want to be the reality is that I don’t have that luxury. Writing down what I eat and sticking to my calorie range is going to have to me my normal and that is as normal as I am going to get.
The title to this blog is from a song of my favorite artist Jimmy Buffett. In his song he makes the point that once something happens, there isn’t a whole lot we can do about it. He’s right! All we can do is keep breathing and work on from where we are after whatever it is that happened has happened.
I ate too much this weekend and now I am going to move on. I won’t be talking about it anymore after this writing and will do my best to ensure that I don’t do it again.
Is there anything that it’s time for you to move on from? As the song goes; Breathe in, breathe out, MOVE ON! Have a great day and be excited to move forward!
See you tomorrow!
#1 by diana kuykendall - February 9th, 2010 at 14:45
Matt
How I enjoy your posts! The biggest part of the journey is facing each day admitting you are not perfect and as u said …moving on! I too have my moments days for whatever reason we all do…using food…is a tuff battle to overcome but to quote a mentor to me …”You never really spiral back down to the point from which u came, because you have knowledge now…and with knowlege comes sound choices…!” Even if you are weak in some moments u never lose the knowledge …u have that to rely on…this gives me comfort to know that I can review revisit and be aware of my actions now and make corrections and/or decisions that will get me back on track! Peace to you on your journey…stay the course trust your knowledge this keeps me going! Thanks for having the strength to share your journey there is wisdom in the words for those who choose to be aware!
Diana
#2 by Lori - February 19th, 2010 at 08:57
Ahh this is so familiar to me. I recently got on the scales after having about a week of not working out the way I should and after eating FAR more than I should have and I was frustrated and angry at what the scales showed me.
AT that point I decided that I just wouldn’t get on the scales again. Can you say denial?? Like you mentioned above- it isn’t as though it’s the scales fault. It was my choices and the consequences of those choices.
It is what it is, and time to move forward and learn.