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Ugh! I must confess… I’ve been carrying around 15 extra pounds for a few years – I have been secretly negotiating the release of said 15 pounds, to which those negotiations typically breakdown somewhere between my house and the gym!
My daughter is naturally trim; she doesn’t have to work at being beautiful. Do you know anyone who is like that? Well, try living with that 19-year-old beauty queen who puts on the clothes I only dream about wearing, and keeps a flat stomach without a single abdominal crunch! It’s like Mother Nature is mocking me with my own offspring!
Unfortunately, for me, weight finds it’s way to my body whether I consume the food or just desire it! The numbers on the scale just keep increasing! It’s like I possess a superpower I didn’t ask for!
The kryptonite to my said superpower resides at the gym, to which I have a natural eversion of! We [the gym and I] hold this love/hate connection like a bad relationship that can’t be severed!
Well, after months of using every excuse to keep my butt out of the gym, I finally relented and entered, once again, through the dreaded doors of the only place that neutralizes my power to gain weight!
I love the way I feel once I’m finished, but oh man, the mental arguments that take place before I even leave the house could literally be considered a pre-workout because it’s so exhausting! I swear I have the good angel/bad angel residing on my shoulders and the conversation goes something like this…
Bad Angel: You can go tomorrow…
Good Angel: Go today you know you’ll feel better
Bad Angel: People will see just how fat you are…
Good Angel: No one is looking at you…
Bad Angel: You’ve done this before it takes so long to loose weight…
Good Angel: Just focus on today and think about tomorrow – tomorrow…
Have you ever heard such a conversation? I just want to scream SHUT UP ALREADY! The conversation does subside the minute I put on my gym clothes and get into the car – until I get on the equipment. Then the conversation goes something like…
Bad Angel: Why are you doing this…
Good Angel: You’ll feel better when you’re finished…
Bad Angel: You can’t breathe…
Good Angel: You are stronger than you were yesterday…
Bad Angel: Look at her, you’ll never look like her.
Good Angel: Your goal is to be healthy not look like her.
Again, I just want to scream SHUT UP ALREADY!!! And the conversation does end, the minute I get back into my car after my workout. Then the only voice that I hear is my own saying – I did it, good job!
{NOW YOUR TURN:} Do you have the Good Angel/ Bad Angel taking up residence on your shoulders? How to do you silence their arguments? Let’s continue the conversation in the comments below.