Lying around Vancouver

Been gone a little while now, travelling for work has taken me away from the keyboard and kept me too busy to blog recently.

I know travel is where my weight loss can really struggle. It should be a place I can make great headway, I have the time and facilities to work out, I can easily choose which restaurants I eat at and what I consume. I have no other responsibilities eating into my time.

But it never works that way.

I lose my accountability on the road, I make excuses. I eat poorly, I skip the gym.

But worst of all, I lie to myself.

"that was a good workout"
"I can afford another slice"
"I'll do two workouts tomorrow"

All lies, lies that lead to pounds, lies that lead to guilt, lies that lead to frustration, pounds, guilt.
Guilt and frustration lead me to saying the worst lie of all "I'll start again tomorrow"
And then I eat....I binge, I blow weeks of effort in hours.

Sure I do a few things, a 10K walk one day, some elliptical another. But nowhere near enough.

And when you are trying to change your body and it's take on food, you need to keep the good habits, the bad ones come to easy. You can't just flip a switch and say ok, back at it. And so I return home, a little bigger, but worse, with no momentum, no pattern of success.

And you start over.

The first step is this blog, taking ownership of the behaviour, admitting it, and starting the good behaviours again. Today was a good first step, no failings today, not exemplary, but a good solid day.

Tomorrow, I'll ask the same of my self again, eat right, do a workout. Start the good patterns, be honest with myself.

No more lying around...No more lying.

@fatfitman