Wednesday Weigh In: Bottomless Pit

Things aren’t perfect all the time. As long as it doesn’t get out of hand, no biggie. Besides you’re training and you’ve gotta be adding a bit o’ muscle with those awesome Tough Mudder training sessions!

I’m so there right now! I can totally rock the exercise, but the food – that’s another story. Chocolate. Munchies. Ugggh! Give yourself lots of credit for the things your doing well (like exercise or not eating the entire bag of chocolate chips :-) and let that positive energy motivate you to make better and better choices. Now, if I could just take my own advice!

Remember you are training pretty hard so you could also be gaining muscle which will add more weight to your body!!! Keep up the good work!!! you are doing great!!!

Roni, not sure if you follow Cat Tan–but thought of you (and this post) when I read her today. http://breakfasttobed.com/2012/03/29/high-protein-chocolate-mug-cake/

Crackers are my weakness. If I open a bag I eat until it is empty. 90% of the time there is no crap in the house so there is less chance of eating it. Of course I work in the buying office & work with the buyer who handles candy and crackers. Talk about TOUGH when there are samples to try. UGH! I am currently on a 21 day challenge to avoid crap and work related snacking…so far so good. I see everyone train for races and I am training for better eating habits since I have the exercise part down already.

Roni, I am a big fan. I have been reading your blog for years. You are a true inspiration. I can’t tell you how many new foods I have tried because of you. I am a lifetimer who gained back most of my weight. I am currently about 15 lbs from my weight watcher goal and I have been stuck here for over a year (ughhh). Everyday I just keep trucking along. I know what I am gonna say is not going to be popular with most of your readers…. But… I must tell you that I shuttered when you blogged about not tracking your food anymore. I feel like that was my downfall. I have not been able to consistently track my food since. It is a constant battle. Anyway with that being said… You look wonderful. And you have done a wonderful job maintaining! And I know that you are not me and you can probably do it without tracking but I just wanted you give you something to think about. ” Don’t fix what ain’t broke.”. Thanks for doing what you do. I love your blog! Casey

Thanks Roni… Thank you for the encouragement. I agree with you. Something is definitely not working for me. But I am afraid that if I stop tracking then I will slip right back into my old habits. Heck… I cant even commit to keeping an accurate journal. I start off strong and then by the afternoon it all falls apart. Consistancy is my problem….and commitment!

I hope that I didn’t imply that there was something wrong with your “number on the scale.” You look great, you’re super active, you feel great and from my experience… I could just not feel good one day and feel bloated then get on the scale and it be up 5 lbs. I really dont care much about that number (as long as it doesnt have a 2 in front of it :)

Anyway… thank you. I cant wait to read your blogs about the tough mudder! (I may even try one.)

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