Every thinking minute.

Posted on February 11, 2015

I have discovered that I have to keep my mind in check. While I am busy at work, I don't think to much about my diet and exercise plan. When I am driving to work it is all I can think about, when I drive home it all I am thinking about, at lunch time, break time, walking to the copier, when I get home, it is all I am thinking about.

When does it become natural that the way you eat, exercise and just live healthy becomes automatic and I don't have to always be thinking about it? Having to keep the positive motivation going, talking yourself out of not eating something, talking yourself into going to work out, wondering if you worked out enough, will the scale be kind, is very exhausting.

I see why I have failed in the past. It gets to be overwhelming to be constantly having to be on guard about everything you do or not do. I so want to succeed at this and I know that I have to stay focused and keep going.

I hope that by the time I reach my ultimate goal that all of this will be so automatic that it isn't an all day thought process to stay on track, it just something I do.

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Alana y.

02/13/2015 5:16PM

I wonder too, when it will become automatic. Just sticking with it is the biggest thing I think. The more consistent we are the faster that automatic feeling will come. Just this week I started hitting the gym at 5:30am--big struggle since I'm not one to sleep until my alarm....getting up at 4:30am when my alarm is set for 5:15 does not bode well for the rest of my day. But this process (and sleeping until my alarm clock goes off) will become easier the longer I do it!

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Stunning Beauty

02/13/2015 10:16AM

I know what has helped me. Focus on other stuff that you like to do. You can get back into an old hobby or find a new one. Being preoccupied with things that I like to do, or want to get good at, has kept me from obsessing about my weight and fitness. Talk radio, NPR, and podcasts are great distractions for the car.

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Jade

02/12/2015 11:30AM

You're doing great! Any change of habit is about first stopping/interrupting the old habitual response and making a hard choice and following through. That can be challenging for a good long while. I am finding that if I plan every meal and snack I don't think as much, since there are no day-to-day choices. It's just "eat what is on the plan" and nothing more and nothing less. It's when I start to wing it that I find it's harder - I have to engage the stop and choose then - it's not easy!. Exercise is definitely tougher for me, though. Even my workout calendar plan doesn't keep me from straying. Keep up your good work - you'll find the strategy that works best for you and then it will get easier!

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Marsha B.

Yes that is so true. Yesterday was horrible through and I started this morning out bad. But I got my resolve back. I am such an emotional eater and yesterday I went over the top with home issues. It is the 1st time since starting this I just really binged. Though I was only at 2031 calories, it still put me over. I remember when binging was 5000+ calories for the day. So even my biging is getting better. :)

Jade

That is something! I hear you! I'm in the same boat. I felt awful last night after a cookie/chocolate binge, but after accounting for it in my fitness pal, it was under 2300, which is fewer calories than I'd eat on a regular, non-binge day in the past. It's all steps.

Louise

02/12/2015 4:15AM

I agree that I think about my food and exercise choices throughout the day. I do believe it's the social network and accountabilty that also plays a big role in my current success over previous failures. I like games and I am a little competitive, but I am competing against the house and I am on a team. If we all, each of us wins, the house forfiets their share and loses! I love that we each post and share our feelings as well as our obsticles and our triumphs.. I hate that there doesnt' seem to be a spell checker here.. ;-) but that seems small. GREAT POST! GREAT OBSERVATION! Thank you for sharing!

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Mal

I feel the same way! So true!

Jennifer T.

02/12/2015 3:34AM

I agree it consumes my thoughts as well. It is also what people like to talk about who know you are working at it. Very exhausting...I am right there with you.

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