My Body Tutor : No More Excuses

I hope you had a great weekend! This weekend we celebrated my mom’s birthday (that was for her 60th) – although it was a little early because next weekend my grandma (my father’s mom) is coming into town and being that my parents are divorced – it wouldn’t work so well. Thankfully, my mom is understanding.

Wow, that’s way more information than you needed! Speaking of information…

So I’m a reader. And I have this insatiable desire to know what’s inside books and to learn everything I can about certain subjects.

I always enjoy talking about books people are reading too. Once in a while, I’ll hear about a book that’s not so good but the person always says something along the lines of, “I still have to finish it!”

I used to be the same way. However, I realized that if I’m not enjoying the book why continue?! That’s a lot harder than it sounds for many people. Actually, I still have trouble doing it.

I think you guessed where this is going. We tend to finish whatever is on our plate, no matter how bad it tastes or how not worth it, it is. I think this is the same part of our brain that feels guilty about the books. “All the starving children in Africa,” we think.

Clearly, irrational but it makes us feel better. Because us finishing our plates has nothing to do with African children and everything to do with our health, fitness and waistline.

So, this week, if you’re eating something that just isn’t doing it for you – stop eating it! It’s very empowering.

And it’s funny because we feel guilty about wasting food yet we don’t feel guilty about adding unnecessary calories to our system.

Either way, you’re paying for it. One is with wasted money and the other is with wasted energy trying to burn off those extra calories.

Okay. That’s enough. Enough reading my daily inspiration for now.