It's been twenty days and I am still exploring this walking experiment. In the first days, it was fun, my thoughts were of adventures, walking through St. Petersburg. The heights of my imagination have now come back to reality. Walking can be boring, when you have to do it for health sake rather than pleasure. The exceptional part of me wants and expects everything to be beautiful, fun and inspiring, which has led to successes and failures. An intense, all or nothing kind of person, I must do it 100%, do it right or (in my eyes) I am a failure. Then I stop trying. This is not only related to activity but other areas of my life as well. This is a well developed behavior that hopefully will change this year. I have learned that I must be disciplined to expect to walk everyday but also flexible., if I just can't that's alright. I haven't had the time to take my fun walks but I have taken my 1 mile walk every night. And that is a great success for me!
Yes, I have survived the first four days of "The Flat Belly Diet". I think it's funny most of these diets have a beginning cleansing. Most will go to great lengths to tell you the scientific bodily mechanics of why such a cut back is so good for you. I think the real motive is to have in a state of "Oh My God, I can't do this forever!" so when you transition to the main plan, you think, "Oh this isn't so bad".
Finally, I love the Sparks People website but I just haven't had the time to coordinate the "Flat Belly Diet" with the Nutrition Section. Again this is my lesson in flexibility. I can not change in one day! I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but I want to be instantly changed. All of my life I've been eating for the wrong reasons and in the wrong way. I guess when you totally embrace that you can change and accept that the process is long term, then permanent change will come.
~ Elizabeth
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