need… motivation
A few months back I finally kicked off a new diet plan. I hit that moment of clarity where I just said to myself, damn, I’m too fat. This really has to stop. It’s like the scales finally tipped (pun intended), as if my sloth-like apathy for any kind of food management had finally reached its apogee. I had recently gone into my new doctor for an introductory appointment and was going through the list of things that were wrong with me. That’s when the doctor oh-so-slyly added, “…and you know you are overweight, right?” Crackle, crackle – Ding! That’s the sound of the small dim light bulb in my head flickering on. Yeah, it was well and truly time.
Because I can’t do anything too boring, I decided to try out something new. One might even call it a fad. Ok, it’s definitely a fad. One might even call it daft. I’m trying out the Slow-Carb diet (yeah, just google it). Unless you’ve been living in a cave, under a rock, on another planet, etc., then you’ve probably heard of a low-Carb diet. Well, this is similar, but instead of eating deliciously carby things like bread, sugar, fruits, beer, etc., you replace those things with lots and lots of beans. Legumes. Pinto, Black, Lentil, Refried, and so on.
Let me tell you, it’s easy to get tired of beans. I mean, I love beans as much as the next guy, but try eating them all the time for a couple of months. It gets pretty boring. But it seems to be slowly but steadily working. Though I haven’t seen the incredible results that some claim to get, I have seen much progress. I’m down over 16 pounds since I’ve started this thing and I feel pretty darn great.
Now here is the shocker. I have not exercised one tiny… little… bit. I have maintained my sedentary existence, parked in front of a computer all day, barely lifting a mouse. I even have a fancy gadget to lift the handset from my desk phone so that I can use my headset. Yes. Shameful indeed.
With that said, I can accelerate my weight loss, and actually gain energy (so they say) if I just started exercising… even a tiny little bit every other day. But I don’t. Why? I’m really not sure. I think I need… just a bit of motivation.
I know I should get out of bed just a little early, throw on those running shoes and bag a mile tomorrow morning. One measly mile. But I consistently hit the snooze. Sleep is too awesome to be squandered on some sweaty, heart-pounding, lung-stinging, morning run.
As you can see – I need some help here folks. Motivate me.
April 11th, 2011 at 8:22 am
I’ve been told that commenting is turned off. I’m currently looking into this issue and will hopefully have it fixed soon.
Thanks!
Ben.
April 11th, 2011 at 9:31 am
It seems to be working… now I forgot what I was going to say about your last blog entry. lol I am sure it will come to me later. Thanks for fixing the problem!
April 22nd, 2011 at 9:03 pm
It is hard to be motivated to exercise…. especially while you are already tapped out with the kiddo. I find it nearly impossible to exercise, so I use the “make life harder” plan. In short, I do everything the hard way. I walk to errands. In the summer months, I try to do grocery shopping on foot or by bike. I try to get in the car as little as possible. It works for me!
Maybe try to join a group of some sort? Anne really likes her crazy hash hound harriers. Or at least, she used to like them.
April 25th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
I had to read all about your diet online. 16 pounds is super impressive, especially since you aren’t doing any exercise with it. Are you getting sick of beans yet? As for motivation, isn’t it exciting just to be losing weight? It’s totally true about getting energy from working out. Doing something in the morning really increases your blood flow (or something) throughout the day.
May 1st, 2011 at 9:59 am
Great advice! Thanks!
May 1st, 2011 at 10:01 am
Totally sick of beans, but I’ve kinda pulled back on the beans recently and have been focusing more on proteins and veggies. Suzy has discovered the Duken Diet and we’re flirting with the idea of giving that a go.