Friday, August 20, 2010 #

Howcome it goes on faster than it comes off?

I'm sure all of us buddies spend a great deal of time thinking about how quickly we can lose weight. But something we often don't consider is how quickly the weight can catch up to us when we've lost a little bit (or a lotta bit) of weight and how fast we can go right back to where we started.

Why does the weight creep back on us so quickly, but leave our bodies so slowly?

According to this article, the answer is as simple as you'd think: gaining weight is easy and losing weight is hard. The article explains that eating has become a social pleasure in addition to its necessity. We are constantly thrown in situations where food is available or we would want to eat.

Losing weight, however, is somewhat "inconvenient" as you have to "go out of your way" and "work" to make it happen.

There really is no scientific explanation for this (sorry if that's what you were hoping to read in here), but if you're looking for science, if you hypothetically avoided temptations and ate for necessity only, you would not gain weight as quickly as you could lose it.

The trickiest part about weight gain is that it doesn't happen all at one time...it creeps up on you, so you don't really notice when it is happening. Weight loss, on the other hand, you can feel a little every day when you are eating healthier and working out and emotionally feel good knowing you're making it happen.

In case you can't access the link above, here is the article: http://www.helium.com/items/1929247-why-it-is-easier-to-put-on-weight-than-it-is-to-lose-it
posted @ Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:25 PM | Feedback (0)

Not Fairly Healthy Fair Food

I went to a fair tonight, and while I didn't have very high expectations, I did thing possibly, somewhere, around some corner, I would find something I would want to eat that wasn't unbelievably crazy caloric. I was mistaken.

Around every corner was fried dough, or London broil sandwiches, or sausage and peppers, or pizza, or slushies, or ice cream, or candy apples. All delicious things that once upon a time, I probably would have tasted some of all of them and not had to worry about packing on some extra pounds.

But now, I can't eat all, or one of those things, because if I do, I am throwing away a week full of being good and making a conscious commitment to stick to my weight loss efforts. So, I was good and didn't eat a thing at the fair (and after a few rides, I couldn't eat a thing anyway if I wanted to).

With all the temptations around me, it was hard to resist, but I just kept telling myself that eating that funnel cake would not feel half as good as being able to close out the week knowing that I gave my best effort to lose weight.

What do YOU do when temptation stares you in the eye to stick to your goals?
posted @ Friday, August 20, 2010 11:30 PM | Feedback (1)