So everything is going well, slow but progressing.  Making my runs in the morning as much as I can, this weather is horrible.  Hitting the Y after work trying to do less heavy lifting and more lighter and longer reps.  I still have an unbalanced calorie intake.  That is the hardest part of the whole thing.  Eating right and right portions, I find it really difficult.  I know I have to make better food choices, and I certainly am compared to where I was a couple years ago but still not at the most healthy of levels.   I am by no means a rocket scientist but I notice I eat heavier when it is cold and wet outside yet.  When it is sunny and warm I tend to eat way less and be even more active.  My wife is trying correlate this trend into has us move to warmer climates such as Phoenix, she says then I should be skinny by Christmas.  I wander if my HMO provider would cover my moving expenses, would be cheaper than a bypass. 

Anyway I back to my point about the my food problem.  Again no rocket scientist but I have been more aware of all the unhealthy food out there and the large portions of cheap food given out and cheap prices.  Since we all need to eat something everyday it is a battle I fight everyday.  I might win a day or so maybe a week but than I breakdown and have that Cheeseburger & Fries, now I only get a single or small of each no super size for me.  I see this as a problem, the mega fast food McdonKingHardeBells and ArbChickHeroWendys eatiers are always there.  With their light signs and drive thru's sending out that unsaid message  "You might have skipped us today but we are waiting for you.  We know you love the food and the cheap prices.   You'll be back, we bank on it, that is how we built a food empire" 

Now I know I have a choice and will always have a choice and it is not my enemy's fault for my failure in this fight.  I would never blame someone or something else for my own choices.  I have to train my mind as I train my body to fight against this cheap, valueless, fast food.  I have been winning, just not as much or as fast as I would like but it is a fight that can really never be stopped.   That is why when I first entered the Lighten up contest I referred to my weight lose as a war,like any war there many battles.  The battle of exersice, the battle of motivation, the battle of food.  These battle are fought everyday, each is won or lost. Like war in the end though the more battles won, the better the outcome. 

 

Tom DiCillo