I’m going to be honest. I have not been following my diet.
These first few weeks of trying to get in shape I made myself a promise. A promise to commit to exercising daily and eating healthy.
I broke this promise with myself. I have been cheating on my diet.
There have been days where I eat more than I should. Other days where I eat Arby’s or Taco Bell. And other days where I’m at work and I eat a ton of the junk food from the machines.
When it was time to weigh in. I expected to lose weight. I was expecting to shed a few pounds because I have been busting my ass working out at the gym.
Instead when I hopped on the scale I realized I lost little to no weight.
I wanted to scream and cry. I wanted to give up on this diet. I went as far as wanting to go eat out because I lost no weight.
I understood something today. I am paying the consequences of trying to cheat myself on a diet.
I say cheat myself because when it comes to eating healthy or getting in shape. You really don’t cheat anyone but yourself.
Once it was time to put the results to the test. I got no results.
I have to be commit on the diet. For years I have been eating unhealthy things like fast food and junk food from the store. Now I have to make extra effort to cut those foods out of my life. And it’s hard because it’s addicting.
I have to understand that eating unhealthy has consequences and that eating unhealthy when I’m supposed to be in a diet is WRONG.
I am making a commitment to myself and maybe others to get in shape and I just broke it. I betrayed someone by doing this.
I must be resilient and instead of finding any excuse to give up or cheat on myself because I’m not seeing results. I must reflect on my mistakes and change them.
The mistake is simple. We ate bad and didn’t commit to a diet and the effects showed when it was time to check on the results. And that’s why it’s important to stay committed.
