Wednesday, February 13, 2013

5 Reasons I Should Give Up!

We all have the voices.  I have voices and thoughts that I would categorize as either positive or negative. I'll be honest sometimes the negative voices are a lot louder than the positive. When it comes to my weight loss and fitness goals I hear the negative loud and clear. Essentially it all centers around why am I doing this in the first place. Here are the top 5 reasons the negative voice inside me says I should give up.
  1. Saying "no" more than "yes"- People are always asking me to go out to eat or go out to the bar and have a few drinks. I have to say no more than I say yes if I want to be successful.  If I stopped all this weight loss nonsense  I could stay out late on a Friday night!
  2. Taking Away from my free time- I never get to watch TV anymore and sit on the couch. I feel like I'm always prepping meals, driving to the gym or exercising. If I quit now I'll have free time galore!
  3. Skinny People don't have to do this-Back when I was my heaviest I had skinny friends that would eat at the same places I ate and drank the same beer I drank but didn't weigh 323 pounds! It's not fair!!!!
  4. I haven't lost that much weight- I've been at this for roughly 5 months now and I've only lost 38 pounds.  I've worked my ass off at the gym and am constantly making changes to my diet and the best I can do is 38 pounds! I've had so many bad weeks I forget what consecutive good weeks feel like. At this rate it's going to take forever to get lean and fit!
  5. This is mentally exhausting-Not an hour passes by where I'm not thinking about my diet/weight loss in some way. Every corner I turn I'm constantly having to think how does this effect my weight loss/fitness goals? Is there a point to living when all you do is think about this shit? 
What does the negative voice in your head say?  Tomorrow I'll post my positive voice's argument for each of the 5!

4 comments:

  1. Mine says:

    1. Really? The same food again day after day?
    2. Why are you still logging your food....you KNOW how many calories each and every item is after 3 years!
    3. All this hanging skin is grosser than when it was filled with fat!
    4. You don't have to exersize to be a normal weight.
    5. Stop beating yourself up over a couple pounds. You know how to do this maintaining thing now.

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    1. Your #1 is one I hear in my head often. I hear usually after 3rd time having chicken breast for the week!

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  2. I was just saying your #2 the other day! People will ask if I watch a particular show and I always say no because I have no time to watch anything!! LOL!
    Mine says "Why did you wait so long to get heathy? This would have been easier 15 years ago!" "Do you really think you will be able to run a triathlon?"
    I can't wait to read your positives!!

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    1. The kick in the butt about number 2 is even if I sat down for 2 hours and watched tv I'd just surf because there would be nothing on.

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