Is there really any good time to be
on a diet? I can find excuses to not eat healthy every season of the year just
about. Winter is the easy one. Winter is full cravings for hot comfort food.
Comfort food to me is normally something loaded with carbohydrates. Sometimes
with cheese and meat or even fried cheese and fried meat. Think about what is
normally served at a football watch party… carbohydrates, cheese, meats! But
YUM! It isn’t just the cold weather and the need for comfort food; I can make
excuses about the holidays… thanksgiving, holiday parties, Christmas, holiday
treats. Oh those sugar cookies and hot
chocolate will get you every time!
Fall for me has tons of excuses
too. I am a huge football fan! When you think of tailgates and football watch parties
your normally don’t think of health. You think of appetizers and snacks with a
side of clogged arteries. And drinking those empty calories! And when I drink
it just makes me want to eat unhealthy food even more.
Summer everyone wants to be in
shape and look good in their swimsuit. So why is it our calendar is filled with
BBQ and social events that normally have unhealthy food. BBQs may have a fruit
tray or a veggie tray surrounded by carb-loaded sides, grilled and sauced meats
and plenty of desserts and even sugary summer adult drinks. The healthy food
gets lost in the maze of tasty unhealthy food.
We weekend at the lake and the lake
has plenty of temptations. At the lake it is perfectly acceptable to be
drinking alcohol before noon. If you go to any of the restaurants on the water
the menu is filled with a wonderment of carb, cheese, meat combinations! Onion
rings, mozzarella sticks, potato skins, sliders, chips and salsa, spinach dip,
cheese dip, nachos, hamburgers, French fries, chicken fingers… oh bar food!
So let’s see I have covered Winter,
Fall, Summer… Spring what excuses do I make for Spring.
Spring is so short in Kansas City.
Heck it snowed in May this year. So the comfort food excuse can extend into the
spring months here. Spring has Easter candy! Yes I am 28 years old and still
get Easter baskets. If March is considered spring to you, there is St Patrick’s
day… um alcohol. March Madness parties. I can’t wait to sit down with my
spinach salad and watch MUs basketball game tonight… said no one ever!
So this last weekend was a perfect
weekend to have excuses. It was flippin 4th of July. Let’s see BBQ,
Beer, and Fireworks. Oh and to top it off, we went to the lake. Thursday, 4th
of July we had a workout at Fit By Burn. Despite being up really late Wednesday
night from a 3rd of July party, I got up and made my 6:30 workout on a few
hours of sleep. I slept through my alarm, I woke up 10 minutes before I was supposed
to be there. I could have easily said “ugh I won’t make it in time” and skipped
my workout. But instead I jumped up and threw on tennis shoes and a workout bra
and rushed to my workout. I actually think I even wore the shorts and tshirt I
was sleeping in there. Geez I hope I put deodorant on and brushed my teeth for
the girls. I was a few minutes late but was able to jump right in on the warm
up (run the liberty square 4 times). That moment I wasn’t so glad I made the
workout. Then when I came back and looked at the board and saw the box jumps,
rope slams and all the other “fun” activities Mendy had planned for us I was
pretty sure I should have stayed in bed. But I knew I had eaten a burger the
night before and most likely that would be on the menu Thursday night also
since we had another 4th of July party to attend. So we had an hour
and 20 minute workout. And afterwards I did feel really good about going.
Then
I went to the college track down the road and ran 4 miles. I had a weird goal
of running 4 miles on the 4th. I use the term run loosely…. more
like jogging… more like a mall speed walker would be able to keep pace with me.
But hey I still did it. Then Friday we had a morning workout too and I attended
despite being out the night before again. Friday we left for the lake. Last
year I would drink TONS of frozen margaritas. This year we made a 5 gallon jug
of water added 2 bottles of strawberry run and a couple packets of crystal
light lemonade. Yes still not the best for the diet but still an improvement. I
could have just used the excuse it is a holiday weekend and not worked out at
all and ate whatever I wanted. I did show some self control and it was an improvement
from last year. Not perfect but at least better than it could have been. So I
guess a small win.
There is not a good time to be on a
diet. There is ALWAYS temptations. Always situations that you can make an
excuse.
But …
