Do you believe in self-fulfilling prophecies?
I sure do. Gaining weight was always at the back of my mind when I turned down the volume way low on my running in March. I worried myself into gaining 7 or 8 pounds.
I haven’t weighed myself but I can totally feel the extra weight dragging me down. I feel like a slug. Clothes do not fit right and I feel gross.
But now that I’ve been cleared for training I want this extra weight gone. I struggled with my weight during some crazy episodes when I was younger. Usually it when I was dealing with some personal crap. I don’t want to go down that weight loss rabbit hole again.
(I love this picture. I took it on a run earlier this week. )
I am not one to obsess over my weight. I don’t count calories or carbs (maybe I should). But I know when I need to put down the chopsticks and step back from the plate. Technically I am at a healthy weight but I am overweight. I can … gasp … pinch a few inches. Our bodies are not meant to carry extra weight so if you have a muffin top or whatever, you’re fat. But that’s cool, you can still be healthy.
Anyway I am rambling tonight. The main point is that I need to stop eating like a crazy person and get my diet in check. I’ll be putting in a lot of miles in the next three months as I train. I need to feel good inside and out. A good diet will do that for a person.
No more crazy eating.