About a week later, an
ever-growing pile of excuses knocks me off track until I am right back at
square one. I think one big obstacle for me is that I’m too results-driven when
it comes to self-improvement. If I don’t see positive results quickly, I lose
interest and give up, even though I am fully conscious of the fact that these
things take time.
My stomach doesn’t look
significantly more toned after running for a half hour? EXERCISE IS FOR
WEENIES.
My milkshake ain’t poppin’
after 20 squats? WALLOW IN DEFEAT (and milkshakes).
My motivation is just so
seriously lacking…I have failed SO MANY TIMES. Just two weeks ago, I started a
workout routine I found online, stuck to it for week and a half, and then “got
too busy,” “was too tired,” etc. etc. *sigh*
So since I’m apparently
the worst at exercising, I thought I could work on my diet. But, I’ll tell ya
right now, day 1 of eating nutritionally was NOT easy. So many health blogs
push the whole “eat a snack every 2-3 hours” thing, but what they fail to
consider is that some people have jobs that make that INCREDIBLY difficult.
Take my job, for instance. I work at a very fast-paced café from 10:30am-7pm. I
get one 45-minute break in that time span. The rest of the time, I’m working.
The only way to eat a snack every 3 hours is to swallow that snack whole, which
I am told is also adverse to a healthy diet. I am legitimately boggled on how I am
supposed to make this sort of diet work, but I’m trying and doing the best I
can.
A big diet weakness for me
is getting over cravings. I have a serious sweet tooth, and I also feel as if I
need to eat any time my stomach growls. Turns out our stomachs are just selfish
liars that tell us we want something terrible for us when what our bodies
actually need is something else entirely. A VERY helpful tip I’ve found is to
drink a cup (or at least a few gulps) of water whenever I feel hungry.
Especially if I’ve eaten recently but my stomach wants to see how much it can
confuse me into eating even more. I’ve been doing this at work and it helps me
hold on through the lunch rush until I can take a break and eat a snack.
Anyways…hopefully I’ll
keep up with that. In the meantime, if anyone has fitness motivation tips,
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put them in the comments. Or maybe a workout buddy? Yeah?
Yeah.
