Whos your body idol?

I cant believe how well I'm doing. Down another pound this morning. It has been a long time since I've been able to stick with my diet and exercise routine. I am so extremely proud of my self... so far. Whats really making it easy for me is "my fitness pal" its an app for your phone, lets you keep a journal of everything you've eaten and how much calories. Really helps keep me on track because it is so easy to use.

I was thinking that we all need a goal... where we want to get. You don't want to set a goal that is to big, its discouraging and you'll probably give up before you get there. I do make a big goal but also helps me to make a few short term goals as well. Like lose 2 pounds this week, eat more veggies or go to the gym 3 times this week. That way when you reach that goal you feel proud of yourself and you keep going to reach that one BIG goal.

My short term goal for this week is to go to the gym 3 times, 2 down one more to go! Long term goal of course is to be my ideal weight and look fab. Another thing that keeps me motivated...my body idol, well I actually have 2. Kate Beckinsdale and Britney Spears. Both look amazing and I would kill for their bodies. Having pictures of my body idols around helps to remind me what im working towards.

Don't get the wrong idea though and think I have been perfect in this weight-loss journey. Ive slipped up a few times, just last night I gave in to temptation and indulged on some homemade mac and cheese. I was upset with myself afterwards but cant beat myself up about it. we're all gonna slip up once in a while. The important thing is that we keep moving forward. One mistake doesn't ruin everything that you've done thus far.

Constant Battle

I don’t know about all of you guys but, to me the most difficult time to remain on my diet is nighttime.

Sometimes I’ve been busy all day long and then I finally get a few moments at night to rest. That’s the moment when I’m like “Ooooh I just would looove to eat this or that!” My mind starts to race and I can just see images of food flashing through my brain.
All these thoughts start coming. Then to make matters worse, somebody on T.V. starts talking about food! (Like I don’t already have enough to battle with my own desires !)
Not that I don’t like hearing about food. Actually I love eating it, smelling it, touching it . The thing is, I need to be careful to only be thinking about food once in a while- definitely not when I’m trying to focus on losing weight.

Here’s an illustration of what ends up happening inside my head:

On the one side I hear myself saying
(the bad me)- “Oh there’s no problem with eating just a little more of this…Just a little teensie bit more” I say.
Then I catch myself and find that I’m going down the wrong thinking pattern and I say:

(the good me)
- “No Crystal, you can’t eat that! If you add up all of these little bits here and there that will end up becoming one BIG chunk of calories and you won’t achieve your weight loss goals. Stop Crystal. Stop! You’ve already eaten all the calories for this day.”
So you’d think that by this time I would have convinced myself to NOT eat outside the amount that I should, right?
Well…think again because somehow I manage to come back with another thought:

(the bad me)
- “Oh but you deserve to eat a little more. You’re tired and need to rest.”
It’s truly amazing how we can set ourselves up for failure when we aren’t determined to change a habit.
The whole notion of “deserving to eat” is based upon a false precept that overeating is some kind of reward for all the hard work in other areas of our lives

The fact is that when this internal battle starts going on, I stop everything I’m doing and focus on destroying all the excuses and so-called reasons for overeating. If I don’t consciously stop and redirect my thoughts, the wrong thinking patterns end up winning and take over my will power.

This tug of war is a constant battle that seems to never end. In order to be a winner in this battle I really have to stop and regroup my thoughts. And believe me, when I’ve done this it HAS worked.