This post is part of my ongoing “Get Fit” series, an effort to lose a little weight/tone up, and save money by reducing the number of meals I eat out.
Exercise
Since I’ve started inline speed skating again, I’ve really started to focus on making sure my legs, and core, get in top notch shape, especially now that the holidays are over.
I did a pretty good leg workout Sunday afternoon, and did an equally challenging cycle class last night. I’ve started trying to challenge myself in the cycle classes by staying out of the saddle (which means I was standing) for a good chunk of time. For example, I did so for 20 minutes of the 45 min class last night.
Sounds like things are going well right?
Wrong.
The Cravings
My issue with having extraordinary desires to eat unhealthy food still exists. I thought I was getting this under control, but the cravings are about to make me insane.
For example, right after getting home from last nights cycle class, all I could think about was ordering Domino’s. This is going to sound pathetic, but I’m going to say it anyway. I literally sat in a chair in my room for 45 minutes trying to either rationalize ordering pizza or talking myself out of doing so. That’s ludicrous!
Thankfully I opted to not order pizza, and instead had a protein smoothie and peanut butter crackers (saltines and peanut butter). But as I sit here and write this at around 5:30 am on Tuesday morning… I’m still craving pizza!
The Struggle
I like to think that I have an exceptional amount of will power (Ex. I’m 30 and never had a sip of alcohol), but if I’m struggling like this, I can only imagine how hard resisting food must be for other folks.
For now, I find myself fearing the feeling of getting hungry – simply because I know I’ll once again have to fight the urge to eat something that isn’t good for me.
