What the Heck Is This???
So, my mom emails me today with a note she just got at work. Before I show you, let me share a personal story. My mother is having heart problems. She's been overweight, like me, most of her life and it is unfortunately catching up with her. As you know, a big reason for my dramatic lifestyle change was wanting to be around for my son. Now she is faced with wanting to be around for her grandbabies, as she calls them. I have vowed to help her all I can and then one day she can be a before and after at PNP having defeated nasty, ole heart disease. I know she can do it.
This brings me to the email she gets at work. Check this mess out...
LET'S CELEBRATE!!!
BRING YOU BEST AND GOODEST DISH!!! LET'S EAT AND EAT UNTIL WE CAN'T EAT NO MORE!!!!!
SIGN UP SHEET BY ME!!!
COME ONE AND ALL!!! LUNCH AT 11:15AM
Do you know what my mom does for a living? She's a telephonic nurse! She works in the MEDICAL field and this is the attitude they have...a freaking food fest. When I saw this it just screamed to me how crazy our society has become.
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First, in order to celebrate you have to eat.
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In order to eat, you have to eat until you can't eat anymore.
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Sign up and I'm guessing from this message they ain't talking fruit trays and veggie slices.
Maybe I'm just in a raw mood, but when are people going to develop healthy relationships with food? My poor mother is starting on the journey of a lifetime, literally today, and the first road sign is an all you can eat buffet that isn't over until you are puking. Let the good times roll...belly roll, that is.
This just goes to show how hard it is for people to navigate through this fat loss journey. You have to be strong. You have to be willing to be the one to bring the fruit bowl and the veggies. You have to be the one that says I'll be happy to celebrate with you but NOT at the EXPENSE of my goals and my health. Sure people will probably snicker or say things behind her back for "starting another diet" or "making us feel bad by not participating in our luncheon" but you know what? Every time she turns down this festival of trash she'll have one more day with those grandbabies.
Good Lord...I love me a good soap box with an audience! If you are fed up with this kind of constant pressure to eat at work, home, or functions...I want to hear it loud and clear. POST COMMENTS AND TELL THE WORLD THAT YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS!!!
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Workout Journal: Arm Day and 3 mile tempo style run
Machine Arm Curls
4x10-12x40-50lbs SS with Tricep Pushdown Machine 4x12x50lbs
Sgl Arm Bicep Curls
3x12x12lbs SS with Rope Pushdowns 3x12-15x25lbs
Hammer Curls
2x12x12lbs SS with OH Extensions 2x25bls
Hammer Curls with a twist
2xburnoutx12lbs SS with Dips to burnout
Food Journal:
B - SBD 140 cal bar at 6:30 a.m. to wake up
B - Egg Wrap
PW Shake - Powder and water with 8 oz of Diet V8 Juice mixed in - 160 cals
Lunch - Veggie Steam Mix, Talapia, Green Beans
Snack - Fiber One and Skim (keeps me regular)
D - 2 Fried Eggs in spray, black beans, asparagus, and touch of rice
S - Fage with SF Pudding