A Better Me
I'm not sure how many may know much about the inner workings of my club, but Mons is picky. You have to be near the top of your game, physically, to work here. It took me five years to manage that. But, I've recently found that just because I'm here now doesn't mean I get to totally relax. As a good friend pointed out recently, I'm not gonna look hot if I keep up with the junk. No, not just candies and sweets, though that definitely part of it. She's convincing me that I've gotta cut out most of my fast food, which is hard for me. I mean, at the heart of it all is that I'm a lazy bitch! I'm trying to work on it, but it's damn hard. So, I'm trying to take baby steps. Like, another thing she told me was to nix the sodas. Apparently not even diet helps. She even threatened to throw out any sodas I bought! Tough, but she's a good friends and knows I need it tough. No juices either, but I already knew most of them are just sugar water. Speaking of water, can't stand it most of the time. I mean, I'm fine with it when I'm at the gym, but try and have me drink it any other time and I, well, I usually go for the Diet Coke. I just can't stand the taste (or lack thereof), so my friend has some of those Crystal Lite drink mixes you shake in water and it's like 10 calories, so I had a few of those in my waters yesterday and manages 6 or 7 bottles, so at least it's a start! So that's one thing tackled. Fast food? Probably can nix it all but for the chicken nuggets. And I'm sorry, but me and her will have to agree to disagree on the no alcohol gig. I can definitely make sure I'm going for the lower calorie thing, like white wine and Bacardi and Diet once in a while, but I'm working hard to control it, and I've never been one that's good at cold turkey anything. But, here's to me trying!
But, all in all, that's easy compared to the real monkey on my back. Not many know that I have something called celiac's disease. (You can find more info about it at celic.org.) This means my body attacks any gluten in my system. So not only to I have to watch what I eat, diet wise, I have to make sure said food has no wheat, rye, or barley. So, it's not all fun for this lazybones- I mean, most diet regimens encourage the eating of whole grain this and that- not helping, people! *sigh* It's just that this is something I've struggled with following for a while now, and I guess I just thought if I posted my thoughts and concerns here, maybe there might be someone out there who can help encourage me along the way. Though, I must say that I do regret not believing more in my number 1 cheerleader and I do apologize to them for that...I'll work better at remembering you were there to cheer me on before anyone else ever knew about me. :)
But, all in all, that's easy compared to the real monkey on my back. Not many know that I have something called celiac's disease. (You can find more info about it at celic.org.) This means my body attacks any gluten in my system. So not only to I have to watch what I eat, diet wise, I have to make sure said food has no wheat, rye, or barley. So, it's not all fun for this lazybones- I mean, most diet regimens encourage the eating of whole grain this and that- not helping, people! *sigh* It's just that this is something I've struggled with following for a while now, and I guess I just thought if I posted my thoughts and concerns here, maybe there might be someone out there who can help encourage me along the way. Though, I must say that I do regret not believing more in my number 1 cheerleader and I do apologize to them for that...I'll work better at remembering you were there to cheer me on before anyone else ever knew about me. :)