I have to admit, I fell of my diet for a long time. Little Debbie snacks became the bane of diet; I was crushing those things: Oatmeal Pies, Honey Buns, and Zebra Cakes. They are soooo good and sooo bad for you. I was making excuses for myself saying, "I need the sugar!" And I was reading online and other people's post that said that you need sugar after your workout to feed the muscles, and to help them repair. I believe them too, but when I woke up the next morning, there was a little bump in my stomach, and each day, it got a little bigger.
Now, I don't want to mislead you and make it seem like I gained a bunch of weight. I was still about 185, but the point is, I wasn't losing weight. I was maintaining, which was something I didn't want. I'm training for a competition in April, and I need to lose weight accordingly. Sucking down those snacks and brownies too was not doing me and good.
We all fall off our diet at some point. Whether it's for a long time, or it's for a short time. That time you go over to your friend's houses and there are a cookies on the table??? Yeah, we all have been there, or been somewhere like it. It's hard to maintain a strict diet all the time. But the key is, when you fall, to stop falling. That one cookie is not going to kill you (and I say that meaning your diet), but that next one will! One doesn't turn into two, but two sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, will turn into three and so on.
My friend today reminded me of something I said to him. "People will go out and spend a bunch of money at the bar and on having fun, but when it comes to their body, they spend little to none." Your body is the most important thing in the world, and taking care of it, is not superficial. Not being financially able to have a gym membership shouldn't stop someone either from being healthy and taking care of themselves. Wherever it is that you lay your head at night, is a place where you can work out. Push-ups and sit-up can be done anywhere, and in truth, those two exercises alone are all you body needs to be in good shape.
Calories are not lost by doing different workouts, they are lost working out. Realistically, a person could do one exercise and lose weight from everywhere in their body. The problem would be that it would be very hard to continually work out the same muscles repeatedly because of fatigue, but make no mistake, doing so would cause a person to lose weight.
So as it was, my diet was not going well. Today was my last day with sugar, and let me say, I went out with a bang. I ate three large brownies this morning for breakfast. After the gym, I went to CVS and bought a package of Keebler Elf chocolate cookies and ate the ENTIRE pack; that is 11.5 oz of nonsense! I will surely be expecting a nice bump in the morning.
Moving forward no more sugar. And when I say no more sugar, I mean, intentional sugar. I have started drinking coffee again because I found a nice article that informed me that drinking coffee after workouts helps to put glycogen back in you muscles. There is no PHD here, so I don't know exactly what glycogen is, but I know I want to have as much of it as I can. Therefore, I will not be putting in sugar in my coffee. I will not be drinking energy drinks either, and of course, those Little Debbie snacks are out, cookies, and brownies as well. As of right now, I only drink water (coffee is basically brown water, only has 3 calories per serving when black), occasionally I might have juice, but I try to stay away because of the sugar. I can foresee the only time that I will be ingesting sugar is when I have a night out on the town, and the sugar intake will be strictly limited then. I will do my very best to stay on the path this time.
Well there you have it. I am rededicating myself. I hope others will too. Being fit is not about looking good, it's about living a long healthy life. We all only get one turn, and a person can choose to live their life however they like. But I want as many years as I can get. And working out is no guarantee either for more years on this planet, but a healthy person more often than not will live longer. I'm hoping to get a few steps in the next century, hopefully, I will see you there with me.
Mr. Felder
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