How Easy It Is To Let Yourself Go

Over the past year or so I know that I’ve put on some weight, probably a good 8 pounds. I know I’ve lost some strength along the way too but I didn’t realize how badly I’ve let it get until I took some pictures of myself now and then pulled up pictures of myself when I was in my best shape.

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Looking at the pictures at my best, I really had to think about how I got there, how hard I worked and what I was doing differently then.

It’s really easy to let yourself go and not realize how far off course you’ve gone. You convince yourself that you’re still in pretty good shape and that perhaps you don’t need to work as hard as you did before. You even convince yourself that it’s ok to eat a little out of the norm than you usually would. You convince yourself that your metabolism is still working fast and that little food isn’t going to make a difference.

Sooner or later reality kicks in and you’re left with what I’ve got; a huge case of disgust and disappointment. The lack of working out and the change in diet throws everything right back in to the gutter if you’re not careful. You can make excuses like injury or the holiday foods but maybe you’ve just got lazy and undisciplined. I know I have.

There is nothing anyone else can say to motivate you and get you back on track if you’ve gone astray. It’s up to you to get back in to it. If you need to, take small steps. It’s not easy breaking habits but you can ease yourself out of them little by little. We all fall off every now and then, what’s important is to not fall off for very long. The longer you slack the harder it’s going to be to get back in to the swing of things, just like anything else.