I've come up with a new theme for my choice making.
Regret.
As in, which would I regret more, option A or B?
I think about this every time Skylar nudges me at 5:00am and says, are you going to get up and go to the gym?
And I think to myself: No Thanks, I'd rather stay in my warm bed.
Then I ask myself, which will I regret more, staying in bed? or getting up and working out? As tempting as it is to stay in bed, I know that I'll be happier if I get up.
So I do (most days).
I find myself in a similar situation with eating chocolate. Nearly every hour I hear my head having this conversation:
What do you want more? The brownie, or the skinny body?
This one is a toss up. Sometimes I want the brownie more, sometimes I want my skinny body back more. Unfortunately, in this case, I'm really asking myself the wrong question. I should be asking the same question as I do when I'm in bed. Would I regret eating the brownie more than I would regret refraining from the delicious chocolatey yumminess? In that case, I would say, although I really really really want the chocolate more than I want to meet my goal (in that very second), I do, at least, know that I would regret it promptly afterward. Thus, I would choose not to partake.
You see, this is how my inner devil tricks me. I need to be more consistent in thinking about which option I would regret more rather than which one I happen to want more at the moment.
Gotta think big picture.
Or in my case, skinny picture?
P.S. I'm not like most girls who has their pregnancy weight melt away by only breathing and breastfeeding. For me it's been a hard, grueling process, but I'm getting there. So far, I've lost 17 lbs, only 11 more to go until I'm at pre-pregnancy. (then 10 more after that to really satisfy my vanity)
Regret.
As in, which would I regret more, option A or B?
I think about this every time Skylar nudges me at 5:00am and says, are you going to get up and go to the gym?
And I think to myself: No Thanks, I'd rather stay in my warm bed.
Then I ask myself, which will I regret more, staying in bed? or getting up and working out? As tempting as it is to stay in bed, I know that I'll be happier if I get up.
So I do (most days).
I find myself in a similar situation with eating chocolate. Nearly every hour I hear my head having this conversation:
What do you want more? The brownie, or the skinny body?
This one is a toss up. Sometimes I want the brownie more, sometimes I want my skinny body back more. Unfortunately, in this case, I'm really asking myself the wrong question. I should be asking the same question as I do when I'm in bed. Would I regret eating the brownie more than I would regret refraining from the delicious chocolatey yumminess? In that case, I would say, although I really really really want the chocolate more than I want to meet my goal (in that very second), I do, at least, know that I would regret it promptly afterward. Thus, I would choose not to partake.
You see, this is how my inner devil tricks me. I need to be more consistent in thinking about which option I would regret more rather than which one I happen to want more at the moment.
Gotta think big picture.
Or in my case, skinny picture?
P.S. I'm not like most girls who has their pregnancy weight melt away by only breathing and breastfeeding. For me it's been a hard, grueling process, but I'm getting there. So far, I've lost 17 lbs, only 11 more to go until I'm at pre-pregnancy. (then 10 more after that to really satisfy my vanity)
2 comments:
This is honestly my philosophy on life!
Thanks for sharing this! I had been asking "which do I want more?" when it came to food or skinny body and it stopped working after about two weeks. I'll try this instead. And great job on all your hard work.
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