I’ve said it on the blog before. When I’m tired, I eat. I eat the first things I find. And I eat mostly carbs. Same thing was true yesterday. I ate things I probably shouldn’t have — but it was in direct correlation to the fact that I was tired. How do I know that I was tired? I fell asleep while watching “Biggest Loser: Where are they now”.

I was SO into that show because it was bringing back some of my favorite people — Matt & Suzy especially — and showing that everyone struggles with keeping the weight off (well, except the now personal trainers!) It’s hard to lose weight. And it’s hard to maintain a weight loss.

While watching it 2 things stuck out to me… (before I fell asleep…)
1 – One of the participants (I wish I remembered her name at the moment!) said that in order to maintain a weight loss after being obese, you need to work out 5 or 6 days a week for an hour and a half!!! I’m checking with my trainer on this one… because I think if I were to do those kinds of workouts 6 days a week I think I would start losing A LOT of weight again (hmmm… might not be a bad idea…)

2 – I was absolutely inspired by Matt doing the Ironman in Kona. First, I want to go to Hawaii. I want to see Kona. (But that’s a whole other blog post… maybe for later this week.) For someone who is still a little overweight to even ATTEMPT this was awesome. I give him all the credit in the world because it scares me to commit to the Riverbank 10k next year. It inspires me to want to learn to swim well –I can survive in the water, but swimming well is not a forte! It also inspires me to get back on an actual bicycle… or at least attempt GroupSpin once again in the new year.

So back to the point of this blog post… I fell asleep about three-quarters of the way through this show. It was after 5pm… but my eyes couldn’t stay open any longer. Why I didn’t feel the need to take a (probably well-deserved) nap earlier in the afternoon is beyond me. Or maybe it was because I was snacking all afternoon and the guilt of eating (because I *REFUSE* to eat during Biggest Loser!) had caught up to me at that point.

When I woke up (less than 20 minutes later), I realized that I had missed whoever gained all the weight back (I’m assuming it was Erik… but will have to go back and finish watching it later today.) I wanted to hear what he said, what happened in his life… or if he just went back to the “old” patterns that come so easily. The patterns that we have built up from years of practice. I still fight those patterns… but TRY not to keep things in the house that will tempt me so strongly.

So upon reflection of all of this… I am going to try to go to bed EARLY tonight. I have a workout planned after the family get-together at 1pm and then will keep myself busy with miscellaneous items (i.e. work I took home that needs to be done by the time I arrive back in the office tomorrow). Hopefully I won’t have too much down-time that I find myself hanging out in the kitchen by the snacks again today.

Or maybe I’ll be a better and wiser person… and choose the apple.

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