The fact that my post-marathon weight is higher than my pre-marathon weight does not actually surprise me. What does surprise me is how quickly I fell into old habits again. So I've re-learned a few things the hard way. Read this imagining it in your chosen voice of FISH if you wish.Do:
Portion control. Tupperware was invented for a reason so choose when to put down the fork fatty. You stopped being hungry 10 minutes and 12 mouthfuls ago.
Don't:
Be a glutton. Eating an entire 14" pizza washed down with 2 pints of beer, or an entire large pot of pasta that could have been 3 days worth of lunches and a pound of chocolate macaroons all in one sitting, is generally a bad idea.
By the numbers: 7 pieces of macaroons = 48% of your suggested daily fat intake. A pound has roughly 50 pieces. So if I'm using this number button thingy correctly nearly 340% of your daily dose of lard in a tasty chocolate treat.
Do:
Get off your ass. Join a social sports club, go for a bike ride, do something. Get outside and get some sun. I don't care if there's a window in your living room, you're on the wrong side of it.
Don't:
Sloth. Sit on said "ass" and play video games, watch tv, etc. Cave dwellers pack on pounds and become fatties. Sunshine is not evil. Banging Morrigan in Dragon Age does not constitute physical activity.
Do:
Have a goal that doesn't involve eating a pound of chocolate. A goal weight, a goal race, a goal of any kind. Something to drive your initiative towards activity and movement.
Don't:
Procrastinate. Boxes don't unpack themselves, shelves don't put themselves together, and laundry doesn't get silently put away by meek enslaved elves. Likewise training for any new athletic goals have to be started sometime. Strap those shoes on and get to work or it will never happen.
I am guilty of all of these DON'Ts in the past week and haven't had any luck with Morrigan yet either. Double fail.
The belt has gotten tighter for sure. The real challenge is not necessarily losing the pounds. It's the maintenance and discipline to keep them off and in the run aftermath I've been losing ground to my own lazy impulses.
Yes, no laundry elves sadly. Watch out for underpants gnomes though. Those guys won't help you AT ALL!
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So the key to victory is to have self-control, be active, have ambition, and be amoral. That last one will get you in Morrigan's good books (good books = pants).
ReplyDeleteFor some reason this made me think of a comment made either by Madonna, or about Madonna;
ReplyDeleteGetting to the top isn't the hard part, it's staying there that's the real challenge.
Much like maintaining a healthy lifestyle.