Half Assed Fitness

Awhile back I realized I am an emotional eater.

It's funny how blind you can be to such things. When my cat got hurt and had to be put to sleep, I headed straight for Starbucks and got a mocha. A bad day at work and I'd go out for dinner at one of my favorite restaurants and probably end up splurging on dessert. I didn't realize that for a long time.

My emotional well being has been pretty good for awhile. I've had some stress and transition issues since moving to the island but today I got a break up email from my boyfriend in the States. I have been too busy with prior obligations to have time for emotional eating; but I'm thinking about it. Maybe since I've had time to think about it I can prevent it this time. I hope.

Is anyone else out there an emotional eater? What do you do? Do you just go with it because it's occasional, or do you find pretty much every day is stressful enough that you seek the comfort of good food? Are you an emotional eater but haven't realized it yet? What would a healthy alternative be that's just as gratifying? Anyone?


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Most exercise and weight training programs advise you to have a rest day between workouts to give your body time to rest, recover, and repair. I think this makes sense if you are brand new to working out or are a hard-core body builder. For me, I've decided this is bogus.

As we all know, I only give fitness a half-assed approach as it is and when I add rest days in there, it just makes it worse. I've been working out very regularly except during my recent move for at least a year straight and I manage to stay the same but not make any visual improvements.

Not gaining weight is great, don't get me wrong but I want to be firm, and tight too. I lift weights as my main form of exercise so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Again, I don't get too serious about it but I would think I would look a little firmer than I do.

My main motivation for this desire is fueled but the fact that I am in a location where swimsuits are a staple apparel. And I've always been self conscious.

So, to get back to the whole working out every other day thing....I've decided not to worry about that. I'm going to go every time I feel like it...if its everyday, great! I'm hoping to get to that point. Currently it's a few random times a week but I want to up that...a lot.

I believe the body will adapt and shape itself to what it is being used for, not break down from overuse. Especially when the use isn't that strenuous to begin with. We'll see how it goes!


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Wow,
A whole month since my last post....I always hate when I run across these types of posts on blogs. It usually means the poster is a slacker and the blog will be gone soon if it isn't already. You have to admit..I was a pretty heavy poster until I got to the island.

Not much changes here on a daily basis and keeping track of my calories so I don't gain weight has been my main objective since I've been here. I am very happy that I have not gained at all since I've been here. For one reason, because I think it proves that the method I use works. Counting calories.

Sometimes it sounds overly simple but it's not, especially in the beginning. Going from eating way too many calories to your recommended amount for losing weight can be a big jump and hard to tackle all at once.

I subscribe to MSN's Health and Fitness newsletter and sometimes they have some great articles. This week's article is called 78 Ways to Cut 100 Calories.

Truly, every little thing you can do to cut back helps. Baby steps, little at a time is great and will eventually produce results. It takes diligence and persistence more than discipline and strictness. And making small changes and building on them over time will get you there too. How fast it happens is usually what encourages or discourages people but just keep at it and you'll get there!


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