EAT ALL THE THINGS.

[batskeets]

Yep, that’s pretty much what I feel like doing right now.

Short version is, I’m cleaning up my diet, a thing that I’ve been procrastinating on for the past few months. I’ve been way too busy for my own good, but now that draft is over, and due to my busted ankle I'm not spending all of my spare hours skating, I really have no good excuse to put it off any longer. My primary goal right now is to lay off of the sugar, scale it back on refined flour, and generally not eat out as often, because the grab-and-go coffee shop menus aren’t doing me any favors.

See, I know how to lose weight and maintain it. That's not hard at all. However, doing so in a way that’s actually sustainable with my lifestyle? That’s hard, especially when you run your own business, skate or cross-train six days a week, volunteer for derby, attempt to have a social life outside of derby, have a boyfriend who lives across town, own a house, have six roommates to manage…

…feh. Point being, there’s a litany of excuses I could toss out there, but excuses won’t help you get where you want to go. Well, unless that place is one that involves having a much squishier body. And, well, my lifestyle as it is right now probably isn't a picture-perfect definition of "sustainable," anyway.

I MISS YOU, DELICIOUS BAKED GOODS. Hopefully, I won’t miss you so badly tomorrow.

Comments

[matrixleap.livejournal.com]

Heh, I feel ya. You know how I am with the foods and such, and when I get on the go 9just so I'm not bored), I tend to hit the markets and anything else that's "easy".

When your ankle is better, let me know and we can hit a few miles on the bike if you want. Of course if it's not TOO rainy out, that is...

=)

~D.

This is a really unhelpful comment.

[smartasskicker.livejournal.com]

I'm not nearly as busy as you, but I'm struggling with making healthy food choices, too. However since I started the gluten-free thing my struggle is more in finding things that take minimal planning that I can actually eat! Before, it was "how to stop eating so many burritos."

Re: This is a really unhelpful comment.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Eh, I totally feel you on that one. If I could make food appear when I wanted it, instead of having to plan it out, I'd make way better choices. Finding healthy stuff rather than defaulting to what's quick-and-easy is totally a challenge!

[aacchh.livejournal.com]

I hear you. I guess the trick is to do the v. best you can as much as you can and let the exercise do the rest...