Last Thursday, I had a meeting with my nutrition coach at
Max Muscle in Bountiful.
I had good news. In two weeks time, I lost 5 pounds, lost 1” from my stomach
and lost 2% body fat. I was feeling pretty psyched. Then came temptation. Duh
Duh Duh.
My kids had been bugging me for a long time to go to Orange
Leaf in Bountiful, a frozen yogurt store where you pile on the toppings and pay by the
ounce. On Saturday, I decided to take them there. But I knew I had to be
prepared or I might succumb.
I had just taken a class earlier that day from the Green
Smoothie Girl so I decided to make a green smoothie and take it with me to the
frozen yogurt store. When I got to the store, I noticed they had a sugar free
chocolate frozen yogurt flavor. I tried a small taste of it and it tasted so
sugary. I passed the frozen yogurt test.
Now on to the toppings. Everything looked so good,
especially the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. But with green smoothie in hand, I
walked past them and paid for my children’s creations and bought nothing for
myself. Victory! But the war isn’t over.
Sunday came. I had long promised to do sugar cookies with my
kids over the holidays. Not a good idea. Normally, I’m not into sugar cookies.
But it’s been over 1 ½ months since I’ve had sugar and almost anything seems tempting.
Sugar cookies involve the senses, in the patting, the
rolling, the cutting, the decorating, sugar cookie dough all over my hands. I
felt like I was surrounded by sugar cookies. I felt weak and had a small piece
of dough. Then I wanted more but I forced myself to stop. But I felt weakened
the rest of the night. How could I go on in my diet?
Later that night, I read in a local wellness magazine about a professional weight loss coach named Tamara Watt and her personal transformation. It was very inspiring. I went to her website and saw this quote: “The pain of staying the same became greater than the pain of change, so I changed!” It stopped me in my sugar cookie tracks. I don’t want to remain the same. I want to change, to become my personal best.
I began looking for
motivational quotes that might help me get back on track. In all, I realized I
need to recognize my limits and avoid temptation. I found a very applicable quote
from Claudia Gray, Evernight: “Self-knowledge is better than self-control any
day," Raquel said firmly. "And I know myself well enough to know how
I act around cookies.” Amen, sister!
Do what you need to
do to stay motivated. It may be hard now but you’ll thank yourself later. Albert
Einstein said that insanity is “Doing the same thing over and over again and
expecting different results.” How bad do you want it? Are you willing to change
in order to get what you want? I hope I can triumph and win the skirmishes and
the war over myself. That’s the biggest victory of all.
