Chocolate Chip Devil

Holy crap! My wife made a gazillion chocolate chip cookies to send out as thank yous to a bunch of our friends who’ve been total sweethearts to us and our kids.

It’s a nice gesture. There is a problem though. I like those $#%@^@* cookies. I hear them calling to me when I’m in the other room. My wife has been unsuccessful at packaging up those cookies and getting them delivered fast enough so that I don’t sample the crap out of the dang things.

A ate a couple, I mean a few of them. Ok, ok……I’ve eaten a bucket of the things. Let me tell you, I’m now paying the price. My workout today practically killed me. I haven’t been this lethargic since before I started the P90X workouts 3 months ago. All this processed sugar sucks!

I’ve been riding the bike religiously over the last couple of months with the exception of 2 weeks ago when we were traveling and I can put a good hour in without really even feeling it.

I barely got into it 30 minutes today and my legs just gave up on me. I went to lift weights afterwards and they felt at least twice as heavy as normal.

The rest of these cookies better get delivered tonight or I won’t be able to get out of bed tomorrow. I have never had this much incentive to not eat this junk anymore. I don’t want to feel like this ever again. I have got to remember how I’m feeling right now the next time I’m tempted to eat a bunch of sugary crap.

Tomorrow will be all about healthy foods and balance. I’ll get my Shakeolgy Protein Shake in the morning and eat some fruit. I’ll eat my 5 – 6 small meals and get myself feeling “normal” again.

I’ve said for a long time that it’s not enough to just work out doing my bike riding and P90X, but that I have to eat wisely as well. I’ve really done a pretty good job of not eating too much garbage over the last 3 months.

Today was an exception, I had 6 of these cookies about a half hour before my workout and I was completely wasted. Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but I don’t want to take any chances.

I want to feel good again!

P90X Diet Tips – Processed Sugar Sucks So Bad! is a post from: Losing weight with P90X

P90X Routine © Tim Pannell Photography

OK, I’m still seriously overweight.  I’ve been doing pretty well with my eating habits and p90x workout routines.  I’m losing weight, I’m adding muscle and burning fat.
Today I’m taking an account of where I’m at compared to where I was just a few short months ago.

It used to be extremely easy to talk myself out of working out.  I could find all kinds of excuses.

The biggest excuse was the lack of results.  I was notorious for getting down on myself when the weight didn’t just fly off my body after a few days or maybe even weeks of “being good.”

My attitude towards living a healthy lifestyle was only based on hard data, numbers…….results that could be seen or measured with some kind of tool.  Well guess who the “tool” really was.

Living and dying by your numbers alone is a fools game.  All the right things for all the wrong reasons.  I’ve changed my attitude around completely.

I now workout for the sheer enjoyment of it.  I feel better, I have a better attitude about my life, I look at things differently.  Sure, I still have crappy days, just ask my sister about my golf game yesterday.  I was a schmuck!  It felt nice to do a little venting though and now I’ve moved past it.

I am no longer willing to let a few less than stellar numbers keep me from working out and eating more healthy foods.  These are rewards in and of themselves.

Who cares if I’m still overweight today?  I’m more healthy today than I was 2 weeks ago.  I’ll be healthier still 2 weeks from today.  It doesn’t have to be all or nothing.

I’ve embraced the healthier lifestyle for it’s own sake.  The measurable results will come at their own pace and in their own time.  The real benefits happen immediately as I consistently workout and eat better.

I’m celebrating a little bit today.  That statement doesn’t mean today what it meant 4 months ago.  Then it would mean treating myself to a Jethro Bodean sized bowl of ice cream.

Today it just means I’m consciously being grateful that I’ve finally found the key for me to get back into shape.  I am now living for the process.

P90X Routine – Why Do I Do It? is a post from: Losing weight with P90X