Encouragement

I ended up eating a cheeseburger at McD's last night after all, but only after an entire day of incredibly healthy (and cheap!) food choices. My brain keeps wanting me to believe that the cheeseburger was so worth it, but the truth is it wasn't. It didn't satisfy my craving. It didn't live up to the expectations I had built up in my mind. Ultimately, eating that McDonald's cheeseburger was every bit as disappointing as eating cucumber salad for lunch. I must remember this gong forward. Just like that super hot guy probably isn't any good in bed, the junk food I crave only appears to be everything I've ever wanted. Sure, I can have it if I want, but in the end I'll just be left with disappointment and regret and probably a tummy ache and an entire day of lethargy. 

Loving myself means taking care of myself. Today, I will make choices that are good are for me. 

One of the support groups I have is a private Facebook group devoted to healthy living. I posted my struggle yesterday and a pic of my cucumber salad. Today when I woke up, the first thing I saw on Facebook was an encouraging message from a friend in the group. Her response to me is literally the only reason I am continuing yesterday's experiment today. Because let's face it. Yesterday sucked. Eating healthy sucked. Going to the gym sucked. Not spending money sucked. I'd rather watch Netflix and pound down a pizza and a couple liters of Coke. Yesterday, I think I'd have been willing to kill (or at least claw someone's eyes out) for a giant bowl of white cheddar mac n cheese. (The struggle is real!)

So here's a shout out to Angela for helping me stay the course. 

By the way, after just one day of eating a low carb diet, my body fat percentage went back to normal (about 26.5% for me). If I could drop 1% body fat after one day of eating well and going to the gym, imagine what a month could do for my fitness goals!