Oh To Have Motivation.....

You would think that if one wanted to lose weight, one would get the motivation to do it. So what stops it? That's what I'd like to know.

Though I think I do know, really.

When I'm on a diet, I tend to think of food much more than when I'm not on one. And I think that makes it harder, you know? It would be really nice if you could just kind of shut your mind off to food when you want to, like right after you have a meal. I know I've read that if you feel like snacking you should drink a glass of water or do something to get your mind off of it, like go for a walk or read a book. Maybe that does work for some people, but usually I don't even think of those things and just go straight for the snack. Not a good thing. Boredom doesn't help either though, as when I am at work can attest to that. Now I could keep good-for-me snacks here in the fridge, like carrots and celery, but then that's where they would stay, in the fridge, because I don't like carrots and celery. I don't mind raw broccoli and cauliflour, but (yes, there is a but) I like them dipped in ranch or some kind of dressing, which defeats the purpose of their healthiness. Bummer, right? Back to square one.

Then we have exercise. I don't like it. I admit it. I wish I were one of those people who did, but I don't. Yet, I do enjoy the feeling afterwards, because it does make you feel good, and rather virtuous. (Until you have that piece of chocolate cake....) I recently read that to lose weight, it really isn't the exercise that does it, it is the amount of calories that you eat versus the amount of calories you expend. I would think that the calories you burn during exercise would count for some of that, but then again the amount that you do burn never seem to be all that much if you've ever seen the charts listing that sort of thing. Which is also a disappointment and a discouragement. On the other hand, exercise is good for the heart and body, etc etc. Now just to convince my brain that.

Yeah motivation. I wish they sold it in a store or something because I would buy it. How about you?