Cripple Manages

After several days of back pain and much needed sleep, I found myself at my first Living Well meeting. For those of you who don't know, Living Well is the program through the Ohio State Medical Center which I started a few weeks ago. It takes a holistic, educational approach to lifestyle changes and weight loss. I had my orientations the last three weeks and finally today officially started!

I started off with a bang because I lost 4lbs over the last week. I was pretty surprised due to the fact that my back prevented me from working out the last few days of the week. I guess the first half of the week when I was working really hard at tracking my intake and exercise paid off, because I smiled on the scale today for the first time in recent memory!

Todays class was about burning out and how to stay focused and motivated when working out gets awful. This was kinda a silly first class for me because clearly I am not burned out yet. But we discussed a lot of things like changing the mindset of all or nothing (not O-Town, Jane!). I find that I often get into an all or nothing mindset. If I cant work out like crazy today, I'm going to nap, or if I have to eat something quick, and probably unhealthy, ill look for the worst thing to get. This all or nothing mindset is one of my downfalls, because essentially, it is these moments when I can stay on track! If I dont have time for a full on workout, I should try to take a long way home from class, or walk to noodles instead of drive! Also if i have to eat something I probably shouldnt, I should make sure its as close to healthy as my options allow. If Wendys is the only thing open and Im starving, I should get a salad there, not a Spicy Chicken sandwich!

I think changing this all or nothing mindset will also help me stay on track because I will be happy I made these positive choices and didnt fall into temptation! I look back on what I have done in the past, and after failing at all or nothing, I tend to get down on myself and become very discouraged. NOT THIS TIME. (corny)