I have been having problems finding the time to get out and doing my daily running. I also have to stop making excuses and realize that the reason that I haven't been finding the time to do the running, or eat the best that I know I can, is because i haven't wanted to.
It is hard to always eat properly, but I feel that there are just too many ways to make excuses in my daily life!
The biggest problem that I face, on almost a daily basis, is the fact that I work at a Starbucks. Not only do I work at a Starbucks, but I work at nit when all of the food is being marked out that we can't sell. Every night there is a huge plate of delicious pastries that are going to be marked out and they are fair game for me to eat. When I first started my healthy journey, I decided that for every evening that I worked at Starbucks, I would allow myself to eat one pastry. This would allow me to still have the tasty treats, but limit me to the amount of calories I could consume each evening.
This worked for a while, until I started counting my daily caloric intake, and then I realized just how many calories were in those pastries that I was eating, even if it were just one per night. I decided that I could no longer have one per evening worked. I really needed to stop eating the, altogether. The only problem was that they were still so good, and they were so readily available.
I find myself saying "I can't have any pastries", which is what I need to say. The problem lies when I give in. I will do good for three days, but then I will have had a not so good eating day already, and then I make the poor choice to gorge myself of the delicious pastries. I make quick, impulsive decisions, and that is one of the reasons I am having such a hrs time with these last five pounds.
I need to do something different. Indent know what though. I think that starting today (since it is Monday and the start to a new week) I will not say I can't have them. In will just force myself to log the calories in my daily caloric intake journal before I start chewing down. This will hopefully do two things. Since it will take time to go put it in my phone, I will be discouraged to take the time, and also if I log the food first I will be able to see how many calories I will actually be eating and that will make me not want to eat it. Hopefully.
To combat the problem of not wanting to find the time to run, I am going to try and start running in the morning. It will be hard to wake up early and run, but it will feel much better to get it out of the way and not have it to worry about than to struggle to find time to fit it in after school or work.
Today is a new day, and a start to a new week. I started it off with a 5 mile run, a great (healthy) lunch with the girlfriend, and now to finish the day out in a positive way!
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