Stalker Foods Harassment and How I’m Dealing

This is a true Stalker Foods story. It’s MY story…

There were delectable treats hiding in the shadows. They lurked in every dark corner. Whispering. Waiting for me to let my guard down and openly welcome the indulgence in excess.

This has been going for a few days now. I’m being harassed by stalker foods, and while I can’t necessarily escape the temptation, I can still control the outcome. All of the recent foods that have stalked me in the shadows have gone onto my Reverse Food Journal instead of into my stomachs.

Excessive carbohydrates are NOT in line with my fitness goals. Neither is a fried brownie as big as my head with ice cream on top (yep, I wanted one of those). Cheese curls and two different kinds of chocolate chip cookies — Famous Amos and Chips Ahoy — also went on my Reverse Food Journal. Because I didn’t eat any of it.

Journaling my refusal of these greedy foods has encouraged me to stay on track and put more wind in my sails to stay in control. The foods that earn a place on my Reverse Journal serve as a reminder of what could’ve been if I had just let all that food overtake me. And “what could’ve been” includes guilt, weight gain and delayed fitness progress. Oh, hell naw!

But I did happen to enjoy sharing a decadent slice of cheesecake with the husband during our nice weekend lunch outing. That was a controlled decision. And that’s way it should be.

If you happen to enjoy a delectable treat this week, let it be out of good decision making, not because of harassing temptation. I trust you know the difference.

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Finish It Monday (Video): Dealing With Flames Of Fitness Burn Out

Sooner or later we all feel the flames of fitness burn out. Unfortunately, that time for me has arrived. Like right now. Yep, I’m a little burned from being on the consistent grind with my fitness goals (it’s hard work!), and I’m feeling it quadruplefied from also tending to the Greedy Family. You know, being a mom ‘n stuff.  There’s ALWAYS so much to do.

So here’s my vlog to explain how I’m dealing with the very real issue of burn out. What’s a flaming woman to do? Does she shut down completely to fan the fire, or handle it another way…

So how about YOU? Anybody else feel the fitness flames sometimes?

How To Earn Your Bonus Star This Week (your assignment)

Shall we talk about D-word? …DOING! It doesn’t matter if you’re “doing” at 100 mph, or for whatever reason, you have to turn down the throttle to 35 mph for awhile: JUST DON’T STOP DOING. There is absolutely no way you can Finish What You Started if you don’t “do”.

Doing takes you places. Doing moves you forward. Doing gets you progress. Doing leads to finishing.

Your assignment this week is to  “do” on those days that you’ve planned to “do”, yet the urge to “not do” creeps up as a better option. (I hate when that happens!) And just like I yapped about in the vlog, if you’re forced to adjust your doing because of overwhelming irritations like burn out, injury, other unforeseen crap, etc., then please go on then. So long as you’re doing something! Because something is waaaay better than nothing.

Have a great week!

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