One other month has come and gone, and the month of June occurred to be my birthday month. Once I got here up with my one and solely decision for this yr (to go a yr with out sugar), I initially wished to offer myself 12 cheat days for the yr — one per 30 days. However Matt thought that was too many, so then I lowered it to 6 cheat days for the yr.
From January via the top of Could, I nonetheless hadn’t used a cheat day. So I wasn’t fairly certain what I wished to do for my birthday. Did I need to keep the course and see if I may go the entire yr with out utilizing any of my allowed cheat days? Or did I need to give myself some liberty (and maybe a reward for having misplaced virtually 30 kilos thus far this yr)? I actually did need cake. White sheet cake with buttercream icing from HEB is my absolute favourite dessert. However the considered consuming sugar truly scared me. Would I be like an addict returning to an previous vice, pondering I may do it simply as soon as after which cease, however reawakening that factor inside me that then wished an increasing number of and extra over the next days?
Actually, I didn’t make my remaining resolution till the evening earlier than. If you happen to needed to place a wager, what do you assume I did?
I ATE THE CAKE.
Effectively, would you may have gained or misplaced that wager? 😀 I made a decision to eat the cake. We’re midway via the yr, and I made a decision that this was a superb time to offer myself a free day earlier than buckling down, getting again right into a exercise routine, and getting severe about ending robust on this well being journey for the yr.
So on my birthday, I went all out. I had my favourite meal — beef fajitas from Rosa’s Cafe. Then I purchased 1/8 sheet cake, a bag of cheese puffs, and a big container of pre-cut blended fruit. I ate all three fajitas for lunch, adopted by a bit of cake. Then I snacked on all the things else the remainder of the day. What actually shocked me was that by bedtime that evening, the entire fruit was gone, and many of the cheese puffs had been gone, however I nonetheless had a complete lot of cake. To be sincere, I loved the fruit each bit as a lot as I loved the cake. That actually shocked me.
However on the finish of the day, I threw out the remainder of the cake. And I didn’t put the plastic shell prime again on and throw it away within the kitchen trash can. I do know myself sufficient to know that if I had gotten up the subsequent morning craving sugar, I’d have dug that out of the trash can. I’d have instructed myself, “But it surely’s in a plastic container! And I put a brand new bag in it usually! It’s secure! Nothing may have gotten on it!” And I’d have dug it out of the trash, opened up that plastic shell container, and dug in. If you happen to’ve ever been hooked on sugar or the rest, I do know you in all probability know precisely what I imply. It’s actually embarrassing and shameful the lengths a few of us will go to to get that “repair”.
So I wasn’t going to take that probability. As a substitute, I took it exterior and threw it into the massive trash can. Irrespective of how determined I’m, I’d by no means dig one thing out of that may. 😀 However I used to be so happy to get up the subsequent morning and never have any cravings in any respect. The truth is, I haven’t even given sugar a thought since my birthday. I haven’t craved any sweets in any respect. The subsequent day, I simply bought proper again to my regular low-ish carb consuming, and went about my regular life.
The bummer is that I gained 4 kilos. I imply, if I’m going to have a cheat day, I’m gonna do it proper! 😀 I’ve since misplaced these 4 kilos, however I’m again to the place I used to be on the finish of Could. In different phrases, I didn’t lose a single extra pound throughout the month of June. I actually had an total undisciplined month, and I’m fairly disillusioned in myself for losing that point. Not solely was I not disciplined in my consuming (although I solely ate sugar on my birthday), however I additionally bought off of my exercise schedule. So although I weigh the identical now as I did on the finish of Could/starting of June, I really feel “fluffier” now, and I really feel like my denims match me just a bit tighter. That’s an actual bummer.
I’m actually having a tough time determining find out how to match all the things that I have to do right into a day. Matt appears to wish extra care and a spotlight as of late, in order that’s taking over extra of my time. We’re each getting up earlier and going exterior within the morning in order that we are able to begin our day within the morning solar and with our naked ft on the grass. So getting up that early requires us to go to mattress a lot sooner than we used to. So discovering time to slot in a exercise has been difficult this final month. However considered one of my fundamental targets for this subsequent month is to make {that a} precedence. I do know that if I don’t care for myself, that really places Matt at higher threat. So making myself and my well being a precedence is, in flip, the very best factor to maintain him secure and wholesome. So I’m going to make it a precedence to get again to a exercise schedule this month.
So, as at all times, I’ll finish my June well being journey replace with some comparability footage. I at all times return to this image in the beginning of the yr…
After which listed below are two footage that I took yesterday…
So right here is me in January in comparison with me yesterday…
And verify this out. I used to be trying via older footage final evening, and I got here throughout this image of me from July 2022. I used to be about ten kilos heavier then than I used to be in the beginning of this yr. So that is virtually a 40-pound distinction. See how I used to be holding the cellphone increased to take the image? That was an try to cover my double chin, however I used to be unsuccessful. Additionally, my hair was a large number. Clearly, I by no means meant for that image to be revealed on-line. 😀 However I’m swallowing my delight and displaying you as a result of I feel the distinction could be very noticeable.
So we’re midway via this yr. We have now six months left to go, and I nonetheless need to lose about 75 kilos. It’s time to buckle down once more and get severe about my purpose.
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