June 21, 2008
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Resisting Temptation
My daughter and I just took a walk. A very long walk. I think it was about 4.5 miles. We went around the big block. That entails going up a very long hill and then coming down again. Now, I’m not complaining. It is not that hard to do and I am hardly tired at all. What I am getting at here is that now I deserve to eat, right? This is how the mind of a woman who is over-weight and is constantly struggling with her weight works. I exercised and I worked hard so I deserve to eat, Right? But the reality is that eating right now will cancel out the walk I just took. I really and not all that hungry and I don’t need to eat. So I have to find something else to do to distract myself from this desire to eat. But the food is all here convenient to my hunger.
I recently read an article by St. Augustine about fasting. I’ll have to post it at an other time (when I am feeling righteous and not weak). He made a lot of sense and it is something that an over weight person should do periodically. It helps strengthen the soul as well as having the added benefit of fewer calories taken in, Right?
I’m rambling. Time to find something distracting to do.
Comments (3)
Good job walking. I hear that you have a pig pen to clean out — that ought to distract you
. I hear you about the wanting to reward yourself for working out. I’ll be praying for you. Blessings to you and yours.
Get strong!
Or stay strong!
Yes! We’re motivated. You should have come and lifted weights with Mack and I.
@P_Obrien - Right! And take MK to her lesson and pick up the registration for someone’s truck. I am not super mom. That is a fraudulent (sp?) myth. I don’t even try to be super mom anymore.