I’ve lost another pound this week bringing me down to 223. I should celebrate this loss, but all I keep thinking is it could’ve been more if I didn’t overindulge during the weekend. It’s not even that I eat a lot during the weekend. If anything, I eat less, but it’s what I eat (and drink) that alters my progress.
All last week I stayed pretty true to my diet. I made smoothies all week for breakfast and had a salad every day for lunch. My dinners varied from everything to an eggplant sandwich and salad from my favorite neighborhood cafe to what I like to call “corn delight”. The ingredients in corn delight are questionable and the source of where I get it from is even more so. Let’s start with the source. Every evening around 7:00 p.m. a man walks around my neighborhood pushing a food cart, similar to an ice cream cart. He serves shaved ice, pig skins and corn delight, which consists of sweet corn, either on the cob or in a bowl, served with mayo, Mexican cheese, chili powder and butter. I know this sounds odd and terribly bad for you, but it’s one of the most delicious things I’ve ever tasted! Since it can be somewhat fattening depending on the amount of cheese, mayo and butter, I keep my purchases of this neighborhood snack to a minimum. Last week I had massive cravings for it and had it two nights in a row for dinner. In my opinion, I could have made much worse decisions, so I don’t feel too bad about it. Corn is a vegetable right?
The weekend wasn’t so good to me. I hate to admit this, but I had Carl’s Jr. for breakfast on Saturday. I gave in. This is what happens when I need to go grocery shopping. I’m not proud of myself for this decision, but life goes on I suppose. For the duration of the weekend I also had a variety of non-diet friendly snacks and drinks which I’m sure attributed to my dismal weight loss this week. It could have been a lot worse, though. I could have gained weight or stayed the same, but to my surprise I am minus one!
I’d be lying if I said my motivation wasn’t diminishing as the weeks go by. It’s kind of funny to me how we rely so much on this thing we call motivation to help us through the tough obstacles in life. In my experience, motivation has always been fleeting. Something else has often needed to come into play to help achieve my goals. That other thing I believe is inspiration. For anything to last, it seems we need to be inspired to make a permanent change. Motivation is what jump starts change, but inspiration is what will help me cross the finish line.
In order to stay inspired, I intend to start reviewing my goals every night before bed so I have a constant reminder of what I wish to accomplish. It’s so easy to forget what you really want when you’re going through the repetitive motions of life, so regular reminders really help me. Now if only I can remember to remember to remind myself every night, then I’ll be in business. I have four more pounds until I meet my monthly goal of getting below 220 and two and half more weeks to get there. I think I’m still on track!
