4-30-10 Friday (Excuses)

Another roadtrip.  This time me, alone, by myself, 3 1/2 hours of by-myself-ness.   I left Myrtle Beach late afternoon; I’ll be back next week to pick up my mother.  It was a great visit, I hadn’t seen those relatives in years and years. 

The drive back to Charlotte was longer than than it took to get to Myrtle Beach in the first place.  It was the last leg of the tip that the GPS took me through a long section of road that every time anyone got up to the 55 mph speed limit – bam! a traffic light.  This constant stop and go took a long time – oh and it aggravated the piss outta me. 

As soon as I was on the final 5 minute stretch of road that lead to my house, I texted Jim, “on sugar creek rd – no gym”.  I just didn’t want to go to the gym.  I haven’t been there since I went to Myrtle Beach – I know that- but I didn’t care. 

The recent diet failure has had me eating terribly.  This week I’ve done nothing better than rationalize that it’s “OK to eat crap because as soon as mom leaves, I’m gonna hit this diet thing hard.”  I know, it’s a dumb rationalization.  An excuse.  A poor one.

I ended up staying an extra day in Myrtle Beach than I had planned.  I didn’t have extra clothes or anything so even though I showered this morning, I had on yesterday’s clothing.  I felt, well, like ewwww.  The first thing I did when I got home was, well, pee and pee and pee.  Oh, then I took a nice long shower and shaved.  Fresh clothes.  Rejuvenation. 

To end my no-gym evening we went to Olive Garden.  I’m fat.  I ate accordingly. 

I’ve featured Alix’s weight loss success many a time here.  I’m so proud of her.  There’s a new player in town.  Liz.  Liza hails from her bloggy world, Eternal Lizdom.  I’m not gonna go into a long drawn out bio about her and her family.  I simply want to mention that she has lost 27 pounds in 2 months.  I emailed her – looking for her secret.  Liz says,

No specific plan.  If I'm following anything, it would be "eating clean."  You can find some info online.  I've read a couple of good books, too, that help me stay on track.  Basically- if it grew, it's good.  Living food comes from the ground, used to grow, etc.  Dead food comes out of a factory or lab.  Fruits, veggies, whole grains, etc.  I don't do low fat (that usually means added sugar and sodium).  I don't do low cal (unless it naturally comes that way- like grapefruit).  I don't do sugar free (artificial sweeteners come from a lab).  I'm really focused on fruits and veggies.  Big time. 

And I exercise almost daily and I seek to find ways to push myself so that I do different things and work different parts of my body.  If I just run, that isn't enough.  If I just get on the elliptical, it wouldn't be enough.  So I mix it up- running, walking, weights, Zumba, dancing, and so on.

I also think a HUGE factor in my success is that my goal is not weight loss.  My goal is to run and the weight loss and shrinking sizes is an awesome side effect of the choices I am making in order to accomplish my goal.

I will say Liz is a busy mom of 2 young kids.  She works.  She also writes articles for FitCity such as this.  I’m not sure how she does it.  Liz is just another success story to give me incentive.  Thanks Liz!

Jim napped while I spent money on crap I didn’t need a Big Lots.  We started our battle with the air conditioning vs. the heat.  Click here to see last year’s events.

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