Day 30 of 103in365: 10/103

Hey There!

It is day 30 of 365 and I stayed the same weight this week. No lb loss, no lb gain.

I find this to be pretty good news considering that we went on a 5 day road trip (two of those driving for 12 or more hours) and I ate In and Out Burger twice as well as little physical activity.

As I wrote in an earlier entry, I believe that it is what we do 95% of the time and much less about what we do 5% of the time. When you are on vacation, be on vacation. Don’t drink bacon all day, but enjoy your 5% as long as it really stays at 5%.

I have been thinking about a lot this week, but perhaps the most prevalent thought I have had is about how I think about food.

I love food, and maybe, as least for the duration of this journey I am on here, I need to spend more time (like 95% of the time) thinking of food as fuel. In the 5%, I can think about food as whatever I want.

I tend to think of food, as many overweight people do, as comfort, a stress reducer and mood elevator. There is not anything inherently wrong with food being those things for most people, but for me, that kind of thinking is on the list of reasons why I am big. Maybe that is the same for you too.

I have had a lot of success in my life when I have treated food as fuel that I need to keep going and to give me the energy I need to make it through the day and exercise too. This is not a new concept of course, but one that I think some of us forget sometimes. Our kids, specifically the one that eats real food and not just food you can drink but the one that chews food, eats almost entirely healthy foods. Lots of vegetables and fruits and a appropriate amount of proteins. We are teaching him, the other one will get it soon, to eat healthy foods and portions.

We put similar effort into what and how much our dog eats too, for crying out loud! I ask myself often why I do not spend the effort consistently to make sure that I am eating the right foods and the right portions. Why am I not practicing what I am preaching to the little Scubas and to the Scuba-pooch?

I mentioned last week that in the past 6 months I went back to doing what I have done in much of my adult life, and that is too take care of whatever I needed to, but to put myself and specifically my own eating and exercise habits last or almost last. This is a losing paradigm and I am smart enough to know that, yet I still do it for crying off a cliff!

I have said it before and I will say it again. I am too smart to be this fat! I am not even trying to say that I am some kind of genius. (not overtly at least) I am just saying that like most heavy folk, I know how to not be heavy, I just have not been good or consistent at doing what I need to do.

This is all changing folks! For starters, today I walked for at least 2 hours. Tomorrow has more walking in store and maybe some weights for the first time in months.

Wait what is that I see? Oh that’s right. It is the other side of a leaf and I like what I see!!

Take away for this week. This week, know that you are too smart to not be working towards your goals and having crazy amounts of success! Do whatever you need to do to convince yourself of this FACT and start, restart or continue on your way to a better you!

Scuba