It's a battle that men and women have waged since time immemorial. A battle that, despite their best efforts, they nearly always seem to be on the losing side of. What I speak of now is one of the greatest clashes that ever existed in history. 'Tis the battle of man versus the scale.
Whether it's because of a family history of weight-related issues, because of more pressing dietary issues, or simply because you're tired of having to buy XL clothes, it never hurts to shed a few pounds. Well, it does if you have an eating disorder, but that's different, and not something to joke about. I'm talking about losing weight the good old-fashioned way: diet and exercise.
Diet, to me, means you just watch what you eat. You don't have to change to expensive diet food, or eat tiny portions that don't fill you up. I've simply cut back a little bit on how much I eat, make sure I have leftovers to take home whenever I go out, stuff like that. Getting a salad instead of a burger at a fast food place. Heck, some salads are pretty darn delicious.
Exercise. Just get up and do something. Go on walks, jogs, runs, do sit ups in the morning. Do a combination of everything I listed. Do things I didn't list. Some way to burn the calories you're ingesting is good. Just make sure and keep some sort of balance. Don't cut way back on your food and increase your activity drastically. You'll be tired all the time and not have enough energy for everything else.
Now, I don't pretend to be an exercise science guru, or anything. I'm just telling you what I've been adhering to for the last several weeks, and it's working for me. I've lost almost ten pounds already. It's not the quickest way to lose weight, but it's a great feeling, watching the numbers on the scale decrease almost daily. Find something that works for you and stick with it.
I repeat, I'm no expert on the stuff, so think of this as less of a how-to and more of an encouragement post. If I can do it, so can you!
Update: I just remembered the whole reason I wanted to talk about this, to vent my frustration, given that I'm trying to lose weight, yet my stumble keeps giving me all manner of glorious baked good recipes. Darn you, stumble.
I feel like Lifetime Wellness is coming back to haunt me... :P
ReplyDeleteGood for you!!!! I wish I had your self-discipline. Eating healthy food is pretty much taken care of. It's getting exercise that's the hard part. When school starts again I'll be walking to and from campus and to and fro on campus, so that will help.
But maybe you've inspired me...