From Fat to Fit

I hate it when I’m uninspired and don’t have something inside me just waiting to spring forward onto the page. Such is a day like today. There’s not much to report today other than a continuation of what I told you yesterday.

My fiancee continues to be sick, but it looks like she may be on the other side of this swine flu thing — she’s actually beginning to feel a little better today. With all of this though, I’ve not been exercising — bad deal. I need to get my metabolism up and keep it going.

Well, for dinner last night, she wanted a little something from one of the fast food restaurants. It consisted of a corn dog and some tater tots. This isn’t a place I frequented or really even liked to go to when I wasn’t on a diet, so I was hard pressed to even consider looking for something on the menu. Plus, I knew I wasn’t supposed to do anything because of the havoc it would create.

However, I only had half of a sandwich at lunch with one ounce of meat and some really light snacks, so I thought I was owed a few calories — give or take. The best I could find was some dinky grilled chicken wrap with more chicken than vegetables. Plus, it had ranch dressing and I asked for fat-free Italian instead. So, I had that, but it sure didn’t fill up but one cavity. I was looking for more. Than there were some Mexican food leftovers (fideo con carne) in my fiancee’s parent’s house. So, I had a bowl of that. That seemed to take care of things.

Today, it was a challenge to find something in cupboard. I skipped breakfast alltogether — now everyone all at the same time, shake your finger at me — and had a decent snack. I ended up going to Subway for a sandwich and am having a lame afternoon snack. Oh well. I definitely need to go to the grocery store this weekend.

It’s a tough job though remaining committed and seeing this through everyday. I’m finding it more and more difficult though to find time in my work day to fit in a snack. It seems more often than not that I’m tied up in meetings or called away on some urgent matter or doing something on deadline that prevents me from even taking five minutes to eat. The next thing I know, I’m eating my snack when it’s just about time for lunch. I eat lunch sometime around 2 p.m., and then I eat my afternoon snack right before I leave work. There has to be a better solution.

I don’t know. All I can do is try and then try a little harder. It’s not easy, and I didn’t think it would be. Who thought it would be a walk in the park, right? And so it goes. Hopefully, tomorrow I’ll have more news for you. Until then,

Be well and eat healthy!

Robert M.