Eight days ago I posted a picture of the virtual contract
that I wanted to hold myself to. I’ve been doing some studying lately on
habits, weight loss, and change. I’ve been really nervous about holding the magnifying
glass up to myself and seeing all my faults and the things I’ve been avoiding.
To put it differently this is how I feel about cleaning my bathroom. I absolutely
dread it. I let it fester. It sits on the back on my mind of something that I have to do. I put so much energy on it
that by the time I actually get to doing it I’m exhausted and I haven’t
started. Meanwhile new life is growing in the shower. It’s not that gross I
promise but that’s how it feels. Yet when I do it I realize it’s only a brief
hour to clean my bathroom from top to finish and it never is as awful as I
thought it was going to be. That’s how I feel about starting a new exercise
plan, eating plan, etc. but after the shiny-whoo I’m doing something new feeling
wears off it takes on the level of dread that I feel about cleaning my
bathroom. It becomes even more WORK or
another thing I have to do.
So after completing my fourth whole 30 I sat down to Festus
Baby book (aka my weight loss journal. Festus is the name of my food baby. Cause
when the Princess was pregnant I looked more pregnant than she did.) And I
wrote to myself what do I NEED? The word came back clearly. Play. Rest.
Learning. This last year really did a number on me. If I could describe 2014 I
would describe it as the year from HELL. I got slammed hard by life. It was as
if the year said Yeah you want a piece of me well yeah let’s see how you handle
this! BWAHAHAH. Or as I call it with great affection the year where KARMA
kicked me in the ass. Since my new year is starting next month (I believe your
new year starts on your birthday month not January) I sat down and wrote down
the manifesto. Now here comes the plan.
I needed to be more Martha Stewart and less Oprah. See Martha
is the type that gives you the plan on how to de-clutter your life and breaks
down her recipes so that even me the person who almost lost an eyebrow can do
it. Seriously. Google her buttercream cupcake frosting. It’s amazing. I love Oprah I love her positive statements
but she’s more of the type to tell you to say the statement and then not follow
through. Martha on the other hand? She’s been in prison. She’s going to hold
you to it.
So here’s what I’m doing now. Last October I joined Snap
Fitness because I was on fire with the whole 30 and I thought okay cheap gym,
small place no one will go, and I can slowly work on getting rid of the Festus.
Added bonus I got six free training sessions and the trainer who set me up for
my membership seemed to click with me. Ha. The gym was over crowded, further
than I thought, and while I loved the trainer dearly it was when I told her
what I needed and she promptly ignored me and we spent a half an hour of our
training session on the elliptical just doing the random sections that I went
oh no. This is not what I needed. So we broke up. Both the gym and the trainer.
Sometimes what you think you need is often different from
what you need. So I joined Anytime Fitness, started with a trainer who has
worked with people who have shown amazing success and I give myself an hour. So
here’s the plan so far. I’m counting my macros nutrients (42 carb 25 protein 7
fat) which when he introduced the concept I about cried. Changing food and
math? I hate the math. Math and I broke
up in 2009. And we are NEVER. EVER. GETTING BACK TOGETHER. Like ever. However
in this modern culture there’s thing called the APP store. I found the highest recommended
Macro counter APP and so far it’s been working.
Second he studied my current body state and really
wanted to focus on the goals that I had. So well here we are. It’s been a
tricky start since he’s currently in Hawaii, we have a blessed event (aka the
Prince’s wedding) and then I’m going on an adventure. Yet I’m working on not
taking on more than I can chew. The whole 30 removed a lot of my bad romance
with food. I have to work harder on my choices yet if I choose something that’s
a little more sinful I don’t label it
a cheat, a mistake, or a bad decision. I
merely move on and tell myself this must be something I needed. I read food
labels. I avoid sugar as much as I can and I eat natural food that isn’t
processed. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen but I like it.
The plan is I’m doing this till I go to KONA in October so
in 139 days I hope to have lost most of the Festus.
It’s a good way to spend a summer don’t you think?
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