Fat VS. Food
What a week! It's been a busy one here. The last post I did went over rather well but attempting to find the response to the Motion 312 the details were foggy. It seems it wasn't passed but it's difficult to find any information on it now. What I find the craziest is that there was so much fear and anger in the opposition when all that was proposed was an inquiry into when life begins. If that causes such fear then it must mean that they already have a suspicion that they are not entirely correct about it being at the moment of birth. If you know you are right why would you be worried about having to substantiate that claim? However, I digress. The motion has not been approved so I suppose that is it for now.
So, on to a much lighter topic. The rest of our busy week. Both of my kids had their birthday this week. My son turned 3 on Friday and my daughter turned 6 on Saturday. Yes, their birthdays are one day apart. They had very different due dates but one of them was early and one was late so they tried to meet in the middle.
With Easter, then a wedding and both of the kids birthdays it seems that April was a very bad time of year to decide to try and loose a little weight. Plus, coming up we have a stag and doe, mothers day and then my birthday on the May long weekend. For that we are planning to go to Chicago and I am planning to eat deep dish pizza and Chicago dogs as well as anything else I would like. The truth is I love food. This is why it's almost a conflict of interests for me to try and loose weight.
I've been attempting to do some of the P90X videos and the guy teaching them is constantly making comments about junk food. Doing an "pot stirrers" in one video he asks them all what kind of soup they are stirring. When someone says Lobster bisque he insults it as being too unhealthy. Now, eating healthy is one thing but avoiding anything that might be a little indulgent seems to me to be taking the enjoyment out of life. I mean, being able to eat fantastic food is part of the reason I do these work outs! If I can get better muscle tone that will increase my metabolism. If I increase my metabolism then indulging once in a while won't effect me as much. In sort, I work out so I CAN eat crap, not so I can't!
I have noticed a difference as well. I'm sure my metabolism is faster than it was. I know this because, as I have said already, it's been a crazy month. I indulged at Easter, I indulged at the wedding and I indulged this weekend with the kids birthdays. Plus this has been a crazy month for me and hunger. I have felt insanely hungry almost all month. I just can't seem to stay feeling full at all and since I hate that empty hungry feeling so much I will admit to overeating this month. I've had Eater chocolate, cake, pasta, french fries, chips, peanut butter, bread, cheese, I could go on and on. I have more of a savory tooth than a sweet one so a lot of my indulgence comes in the form of carbs. So what has happened to my body with all of this overeating? In the past I'm pretty sure I would be up about 10 to 12 lbs. I had about a 10 lb fluctuation at the weight I was about this time last year. After a month like this I would be up to about my heaviest, so about 25 lbs heavier than I am now. Instead this month I put on about 5 or 6 lbs so about half my average. I knew something had changed when we spent a few days at my parent. When we arrived home both my husband and I weighed ourselves. Mr. Speedy Metabolism had gained 10 lbs and I was up 4! I had never put on less than him on a trip to my parents!
I'm really excited about this apparent boost in my metabolism but what does that mean for me? It means that I will continue to work out so I CAN eat, not so I can't. I'm sure I could get skinnier if I indulged less and after our weekend away I do plan to be a little more careful but I think I do disagree with the slogan "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels." If I can find a good balance between the two then I think I can manage to find the best of both worlds. Of course I these next 3 weeks I'm going to have to work extra hard to loose what I call "buffer pounds" for the trip but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make. I'll trade a couple weeks of extra sit ups, the elliptical machine and slight restriction for some deep dish pizza and cheesecake any time!
So, on to a much lighter topic. The rest of our busy week. Both of my kids had their birthday this week. My son turned 3 on Friday and my daughter turned 6 on Saturday. Yes, their birthdays are one day apart. They had very different due dates but one of them was early and one was late so they tried to meet in the middle.
With Easter, then a wedding and both of the kids birthdays it seems that April was a very bad time of year to decide to try and loose a little weight. Plus, coming up we have a stag and doe, mothers day and then my birthday on the May long weekend. For that we are planning to go to Chicago and I am planning to eat deep dish pizza and Chicago dogs as well as anything else I would like. The truth is I love food. This is why it's almost a conflict of interests for me to try and loose weight.
I've been attempting to do some of the P90X videos and the guy teaching them is constantly making comments about junk food. Doing an "pot stirrers" in one video he asks them all what kind of soup they are stirring. When someone says Lobster bisque he insults it as being too unhealthy. Now, eating healthy is one thing but avoiding anything that might be a little indulgent seems to me to be taking the enjoyment out of life. I mean, being able to eat fantastic food is part of the reason I do these work outs! If I can get better muscle tone that will increase my metabolism. If I increase my metabolism then indulging once in a while won't effect me as much. In sort, I work out so I CAN eat crap, not so I can't!
I have noticed a difference as well. I'm sure my metabolism is faster than it was. I know this because, as I have said already, it's been a crazy month. I indulged at Easter, I indulged at the wedding and I indulged this weekend with the kids birthdays. Plus this has been a crazy month for me and hunger. I have felt insanely hungry almost all month. I just can't seem to stay feeling full at all and since I hate that empty hungry feeling so much I will admit to overeating this month. I've had Eater chocolate, cake, pasta, french fries, chips, peanut butter, bread, cheese, I could go on and on. I have more of a savory tooth than a sweet one so a lot of my indulgence comes in the form of carbs. So what has happened to my body with all of this overeating? In the past I'm pretty sure I would be up about 10 to 12 lbs. I had about a 10 lb fluctuation at the weight I was about this time last year. After a month like this I would be up to about my heaviest, so about 25 lbs heavier than I am now. Instead this month I put on about 5 or 6 lbs so about half my average. I knew something had changed when we spent a few days at my parent. When we arrived home both my husband and I weighed ourselves. Mr. Speedy Metabolism had gained 10 lbs and I was up 4! I had never put on less than him on a trip to my parents!
I'm really excited about this apparent boost in my metabolism but what does that mean for me? It means that I will continue to work out so I CAN eat, not so I can't. I'm sure I could get skinnier if I indulged less and after our weekend away I do plan to be a little more careful but I think I do disagree with the slogan "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels." If I can find a good balance between the two then I think I can manage to find the best of both worlds. Of course I these next 3 weeks I'm going to have to work extra hard to loose what I call "buffer pounds" for the trip but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make. I'll trade a couple weeks of extra sit ups, the elliptical machine and slight restriction for some deep dish pizza and cheesecake any time!
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