A recurring theme here is the struggle between being healthy, exercising, and at a "healthy" weight, and just accepting that the lifestyle I have, and mostly enjoy, will keep me hovering around the 200 lb mark. I have to admit I'm having a hard time getting over the hump. A few years ago I did manage to work out almost daily, eat around 1500 calories a day, and splurge for one meal a week and I did loose about 40 lbs. The reality is, however, that I really like food so I eat too much of it, I work a ton of hours and I'm already down to 6-7 hours of sleep a night without working out, and I kinda like the way things are. Would I rather be skinny and have all of this too, of course! Would I rather be skinny and not have all of this? I'm not so sure. There are already so many things that I really want to do that I don't have time for...do I want to add one in that I'm not especially excited about?
So I guess what I'm saying is that I know what I have to do to loose weight, but I'm just not at a point where I'm willing to make those sacrifices. And I'm not sure what will get me there either. I guess a good health scare would but my blood pressure is fine and I'm still under 30 so that is unlikely to happen anytime soon. My husband agreeing to turn over a new leaf with me but that is also unlikely. My interest in everything else could drop off and I could suddenly be free to fit in the working out and cooking. Hmm, probably also not going to happen.
I'm just not looking forward to a life of doing what I should do, instead of what I want to do. If you've gotten over this hurdle, how did you? What changed your mind?
While working out the other day, I was watching CNN and there was a story about the new low-carb soda's coming out by Coke. Um, did anyone think about the 0g of carbs in a Diet Coke? I really cannot even begin to understand why someone would choose a "low calorie cola" over a zero calorie cola if dieting is a problem...especially if they are doing a low-carb diet unless they just don't like the taste of Diet Coke!
Low-carb Coke on the way this summer
Pepsi hopes new drink provides an edge
Pepsi goes after different crowd
The Coca-Cola Company Announces Launch of Coca-Cola C2
It is truy inspriring to "watch" the progress of Kat of Skinny Kat. Her diet blog is full of useful tidbits and interesting articles, plus her progress chart along the side helps to see how far she had come since last March.