I wasn't going to post until tomorrow after weigh in, but something happened today that I need your thoughts on.
I was out at lunch with a couple of colleagues who are good friends. One has lost about 30 kgs over a short period of time on the Cohens diet and is at goal weight, and the other is male and has lost about 15 kgs, but has managed this by just eating a little healthier and walking to work (men!).
We ordered salads at Cafe Primo as we usually do, and there was a free garlic bread that came with it, and as one of them ordered for me, I didn't get a chance to say no. I ignored it when it arrived, and after a while they asked if I was going to eat it. I replied no - I had started the Jillian Michaels 30 day program - and no cheat meals for me. One of them looked at me and then asked - "do you think there will be some point in your life when you will return to normal relaxed eating - after all - how long have you being doing this stuff for now?" I replied about how I hoped that one day I would, but at the moment every time I relax my eating I gain weight - and I probably need to change my fat/muscle ratio to help with this, but I know that they both think I am obsessed with losing weight. I then went on to say that it wasn't really about losing weight - but that I want to be fit and healthy, and my friend nodded in agreement and the conversation went on to other things. But I know what they were thinking, and it makes me feel a bit freakish. I thought some more about it and I realise that I didnt really say what it is really about for me.
The reality is , I plan to always eat healthily, like an athlete.
I want to put good food in my body, with just the occasional treat. So no, there probably wont be a time when I stop being fussy and particular.
I want an athletes body.
I want an athletes ability.
I want to continually challenge my body and achieve new things.
I want to compete in events and have a body that allows me to do this, both in ability and shape and form.
This means fuelling it with clean healthy food. Yes, at the moment I have gained a few kilos, and I want to get back to where I was at goal, but that is just a temporary objective - I have long term goals that will always see me saying no to some foods and alcohol. Am I wrong to want this? Am I obsessed?
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Obsession is a word used by the lazy to describe the dedicated!
You are not wrong to want to be the fittest and healthiest you can be. So called "relaxed" eating is the cause of a myriad of health problems.
I am hoping to eat and train like an athlete forever because it makes me feel physically, emotionally and spiritually better. That seems like a good thing to me.
Anyway ... who cares what anyone else thinks??
I'm surprised that your friends, also healthy living/eating, asked the question of you in the first place!
Keep up the healthy living!
I like what Katie said!!!
I totally agree with you - this is forever, and I do it cause I like the way it makes me feel and allows me to achieve my goals. Just yesterday some of my friends suggested I give up personal training instead of moving house. Not a chance!!! I can't believe they don't realise what this means to me. And these were friends who knew me "before".
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