I started this entry on the bus two days ago, which is all sorts of awesome. The way I came to own a phone that makes this possible is upcoming (the entry has been in the works for over a week and a half). It’s not that the story is so complex, but there have been distractions preventing so many entries from seeing the light. Anyway, I just wanted to give an update on how I’m doing because apparently accountability is something that works for me. My workout schedule is Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and I used my trusty DVD on those days last week. I only walked once during my lunch break last week, and I attribute that to laziness. If I had to blame someone else I’d have to throw my colleague under the bus since she was away all week. In fact what finally made my other colleague and I go for a walk was knowing our highly motivated colleague would ask us if we did.

This week has been a hectic one and that makes it easy to toss exercise out of the schedule. I was exhausted from my weekend and I didn’t get home until 11pm on Monday night so I skipped my workout, but not on purpose: I didn’t realize I had skipped it until Tuesday. I spent Tuesday evening at my parents place, working on some things there, and although I knew I was overdue for a workout, I tried to talk myself out of it. But I got home and did it. It really helps to tell myself that it’s only 30 minutes, max. It’s hard to argue that I can’t spare 30 minutes when I spend so many hours relaxing.

And it’s getting easier. I still can’t get through the whole DVD without taking at least two of the permitted five-second breaks, and I’m still following along with the girl doing the basic moves, but I can say I’m consistently working out three times a week. It’s been almost six years since this this happened.

The food front remains less than ideal. I have had treats galore in the past weeks, and my veggie consumption hasn’t been good all month.

There’s a new book out on relationships with food, Women Food and God (I know! You were expecting a comma after “Women”, weren’t you? There isn’t one.). The author was on Oprah on Wednesday and while the main ideas of her book aren’t new, the whole idea of asking yourself if you’re actually hungry before eating is something I haven’t given much thought to. People who don’t have a problem with food don’t have to think about this; they just don’t eat unless they’re hungry (well, most of the time). When I sit on my couch and inhale a bag of skittles, I am not doing it because I’m hungry; I’m doing it because I like the taste of candy and my candy eating is a habit: I like to snack on something sweet while relaxing. Clearly this habit is not serving me well.

I’m looking forward to getting my hands on the book. Much like my colleague W and I did with Lori Gottlieb’s book about Mr. Good Enough, we’re going to give this book a chance to rock our collective worlds.

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