Okay, so yesterday was my first day of week 2 of the couch to 5k. I didn’t want to do it. I have been battling a serious sore throat since Saturday and yesterday it had escalated to full on head cold. Thank God for my friend Marnin who drives her butt up here 3 times a week to do this with me ( a 30 minute drive). I emailed her telling her that I felt icky and told her I would absolutely not be running outside, but if she still wanted to drive up we could run/walk inside my school. She did and we did and I have to admit I felt okay about it. We rewarded ourselves with pizza. I have been craving pizza and ice cream for at least a week and it was getting bad, but we had a strategy. While the pizza was cooking we steamed some vegetables and ate them. When it came time to eat the pizza we weren’t as hungry and didn’t eat as much. I even had enough calories left to indulge in another weakness of mine, ice cream. I had 1 cup of the Light Thin Mint ice cream. I was worried about buying the ice cream because I usually sit in front of the TV with the whole carton. Not this time.
I attribute my willpower to finally getting around to watching the season premiere of The Biggest Loser. After crying through the entire show I promised myself that I would stay committed to this diet.
I read this article on MSN today. It pretty much confirmed for me why I’m fat.
A tip I learned for myself, and maybe it’ll be applicable to you, maybe it won’t be, but I try to never reward myself with food because it then becomes a constant reward. Before I know it, I’m eating pizza and chips every day. Good job on the will power though, I can’t keep ice cream in the freezer!
I also cried through the entire 1st and 2nd episodes… I bawled when Jillian picked Jerry and his wife first…