Image via Wikipedia Today’s blog post could also be titled ode to a Dunkin’ Donuts chocolate frosted donut.In fitness blogs and weight loss journals, there’s always a lot of discussion about logging the hours, healthy eating, and generally pretty extreme change and thinking. In the blogs, books and articles I’ve read, there’s always a lot of pressure built into the process to get from point A to point Z overnight. One pound a week? Not enough. Twenty pounds lost in five days might suffice for now.
People talk about how they used to eat poorly and now they’re organic health gurus. They used to eat 10,000 calories a day but they have now seen the light and eat 1,200. They used to get as much exercise as a geriatric turtle and now they’re a spritely hare.
In my youth, I also succumbed to that kind of black and white thinking. Feast or famine. Exercising three hours a day or taking the day off. Or the year. Getting embroiled in this sensational reality programming is at first exhilarating, and then somewhat exhausting. It’s no wonder that so many burn out after a couple of weeks.
This time around, one of my preconditions to undertaking the exergaming initiative was that I not (have to) do that. I truly wanted to keep everything stable in my life and simply add on an hour of exergaming a day. If I lost weight, great; if I didn’t, well there you are. As you know from prior posts, the weight has continued to slowly come off, even as I’ve approached the process this way, and I must say I’m pleasantly surprised.
That being said, we return to the aforementioned Dunkin’ Donuts chocolate frosted donut. No sprinkles. It was there, sitting nestled among many other donuts in the inviting Dunkin’ Donuts box for all to eat in our office kitchen. It looked yummy. And it was. I loved every bite of it. It gave me a blog topic. And it was enough.
Another thing I’ve found in approaching weight and fitness in a more balanced manner is that I stop eating yummy-yet-unhealthy stuff much quicker. One donut is enough, whereas before I might have gone back for another. Perhaps there is also something to be said about "Moderation in all things." Moderation and balance added to good eating and healthy exercise makes for a much better you.
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