Saturday, October 31, 2009
going along
Is it possible to be training and eating junk food at the same time? It must be because that is what I am doing. It is so counterproductive and I am incredibly frustrated. I was doing all right yesterday until I graded some tests, a task which almost always results in my eating copious amounts of chocolate. I did 3 miles yesterday morning and plan on 5 tomorrow. I'm not going to stop training just because my diet isn't as healthy as I would like it to be.
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I think the whole eating while training is an example of what I call "soup cans on Mt. Everest" thinking. Your training might go better if your diet was better, and that is probably what people would tell you, as if it is an all or nothing proposition or as if you are not doing enough, doing what you are doing. These are the people who would tell you while you are training for a climb up Mt. Everest to make sure and bring some soup cans because you can use them as arm weights while hiking. It's a crock of crap any way you look at it, and one of the things I have really struggled with while trying to make exercise a regular part of my life. There are many voices in our culture who will always be telling you something else you could or should be doing as far as your workouts and your eating. Whatever you are doing is never enough for these people and they are often free with their advice, whether or not you have asked for it. Eventually, you don't even have to have those people telling you because their voices have become the voices in your own mind. It's tough work vanquishing them, but it must be done! What you are doing is good enough and is right for you. You are the only one who knows exactly where you are at during any given day, and therefore you are the only one who can judge what your individual needs are, both with food and exercise. You are doing what you need to do for yourself, so tell those voices to shut the fuck up already.
ReplyDeleteI agree. A lot of people say that they run so that they can eat whatever they want. And flexibility with food is certainly a benefit. But eating a cupcake (as I just did) doesn't negate the benefits of the run I did at lunch today. I just try to make healthy food choices every day and some days I do better than others. And, I'm a firm believer in the principle that 10% of your calories should be crap food. And on some days its 50%!
ReplyDeleteAlso, you need to remember why you're doing this. To be healthy, to get your body healthy, to feel good, to relieve stress, for emotional health, and maybe as a side effect to lose weight. Its not a diet you're on and your weight isn't your primary goal, right?
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