Last night, I told my husband that I had a experienced the strangest thing all day yesterday. Somehow, I was utterly untempted by any of the junk food I had been surrounded by for the week. I didn’t feel like eating much in general, and the choices I made were overall really good. I cooked white turkey chili for lunch and chicken fajitas for dinner.
Enter today. I can’t say that mentally I wanted all the food, but yet I ate it. I indulged in things that really didn’t bring me that much enjoyment. Yet all I wanted to do was eat. I can blame part of it on hunger, coupled with wanting food quickly rather than taking the effort to prepare the food that would actually be good for me. I don’t even know what switched in my brain from yesterday to today.
This morning, my husband and I went to our first Zumba class in a long time, which was a lot of fun and got me a good workout. I still ate all the junk after this, but once the little man’s naptime rolled around, I decided to make up the workout I had skipped to Zumba, doubling it up.
Part of me did the second workout to counteract the junk I had been eating. Part of me did it because I’m on day 56 of Beachbody’s 80 Day Obsession, and I didn’t want to get behind on my workouts. Another part of me just did it because I knew I’d feel better having done it.
I’ve had a quite a few people tell me how much they appreciated me being transparent about my struggles. I started this blog to not only help motivate others, but also as a form of accountability.
In the end, I know the scale will likely be up a bit tomorrow, but I’m not going to lose sleep over it. I know a lot of the eating I did was out of a combination of boredom and emotions. I’m not going to beat myself up over the choices I made today, I’m just going to do the best I can tomorrow.
A Work in Progress 
You are doing great!!
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Thanks, Momma Wanda! Just trying to be real, letting people know it’s okay to not be perfect all the time. ☺️ Love ya!
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Currently I am calling myself addicted to Dove Caramel Chocolates (the Valentine’s edition). I tell myself to stop – yet I don’t. I also eat my way through emotions. That is so awesome that you doubled up on your workouts! Truly I admire your ability to see your choices, and then act on what will overcome those feelings of not makingm the choice you will make next time! Thanks Michelle!
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I feel you…definitely have my vices. When I’m not working out regularly, I definitely opt for more food 90% of the time…Now I do a strange combination of eating and exercising. At least it’s mildly counteracting itself! Thank you for sharing! ☺️
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Michelle – You are doing a great job and looking fabulous! I need some motivation for a “beach body” also and you are definitely a positive influence for me! Keep up the good work!
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Thanks for the sweet words, Jean! I need the motivation too, which is part of the reason I started this! It’s so easy to get off track when doing things alone…I feel like this is a form of accountability for me now.
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I am proud of you. You look amazing and you have transformed your body into a fat burning machine.
I did so good last year and only ate to fuel my body and told myself not to eat any empty calories,sweets or soft drinks that I didn’t plan on burning off. Well I need to get back to that mindset.
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Thanks, Shawnery! It’s definitely a lifelong process, and it’s so much easier to make good decisions when you’re making good decisions regularly…It feels like once I start making those bad choices that the negative ones continue to follow. Thanks for reading! 🙂
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