Here I am

Posted On: September 6, 2010 by Chris Cruz

Finally after a long move and recovery from the move I’m back to normal routine, well almost. Since we last chatted we have moved and I have fallen off the weight loss wagon. Ok to be fair I not only fell off got caught under it, then dragged and finally run over. During the move it was tough to keep on my diet and eat right. The fact that moving burns a lot of calories I just sort of ate what I wanted when I did eat. I have put back on a few pounds and I would like to say it is muscle but given how I was eating that’s not possible. Either case I got down on myself for a few days and I allowed myself to just say ok it happen I screwed up but remember why you started this and I am now back on my wagon.
If there is something I have learned during this move it is that sometimes the tough choices are the right choices. It was easy to say let’s pick up something to eat rather than finding a way to make something to eat. I could have bought lunch meat to eat rather than a burger or pizza. It is hard to walk away from food when for so many of us we find so much pleasure in eating certain things. The problem is once you start on a diet and find some success it doesn’t take much to push us back into old habits. For me it was something as simple as moving into a new place and just feeling too exhausted to get up and fix the proper meals. It sucks and I’m upset with myself but its ok I just have to except the fact that I made a mistake and get back to what I was doing. In the past I would get down on myself to the point of almost depression which just meant worse eating and no exercising.
One of the things I have decided to do to get back on the wagon is to sign up for some upcoming run/walks. There is one on the 19th of this month for Alzheimer's Association called Memory Walk that is here in Lexington. I posted the link below so you can get more information about start time and location. Also Oct 2nd in Louisville is a walk for Down Syndrome I’ll also posted that link below for more information. There are other walks and as I get more information on walks I will blog them for anyone interested in attending them. Until next time, remember it’s not who you are that holds you back but rather who you think you’re not.

Alzheimer Memory Walk
http://www.kintera.org/FAF/home/default.asp?ievent=342417&&memory=memorywalk

Down Syndrome Walk
http://www.downsyndromeoflouisville.org/index.html

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