Two weeks later, I made the mistake this morning of stepping on the scales after a cheat day yesterday. The scales say I'm down .6 pound, which is better than gaining weight but still is not heartening. Why cheat? I ate fajitas at lunch -- with chips and guacamole -- and Chinese for dinner -- with an egg roll. Then two scoops from Baskin Robbins. No craving or starvation drove me. It just was the way the day went, and I didn't resist my usual behavior in favor of will power.
That is the point: yesterday was my usual behavior. The reason I'm carrying more than 30 pounds more than my ideal weight per the insurance charts. Only difference was that I did P90X at 5 am. Now that's a part of the day I'd like to keep as usual behavior. Just wish the eating part didn't have to be so different.
I do like to eat. A lot. In my 20s and 30s, I offset that fact with high mileage workouts. For at least a couple of decades, it's possible that I could sustain that. But is it the right thing for my body? This is the point of my effort, this time. I want to develop behaviors that can become my usual behaviors and that don't support my being 30 pounds overweight. Maybe that means continuing to eat a lot of certain foods, just not the foods that pack on the fat. Veggies. Lean meat. Low-fat cheese. Stuff I like that isn't unhealthy.
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