Hmmmm….those of us that live in the Mid-Atlantic are having a tough time these days. We have been hit by a blizzardn for the past week or so. The beauty has passed and now we have broken trees and shrubs, ice still on the roads and messy dirty snow. I can see my Dark Sides rubbing it’s hands (if it had them) together in glee. The conditions are perfect to thwart my health. How good does comfort food snuggled into a big armchair watching a Lifetime movie sound right now? Or for those of you with young children, don’t you all deserve to stuff yourselves after a noisy day of kids off from school dragging messes in and out of the house? It is a dismal time since things probably won’t be heading back to normal for at least three weeks or so and that is if we don’t have another storm, (They are forecasting more snow and sleet today) Oy-vay! And I am not even Jewish (which is probably evident since I more than likely spelled “oy-vay” wrong) Okay…let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. How are we going to handle this or let me say how am I going to handle this? My husband is pulling out the comfort food but since he has never been out of shape in his life he can relish in going off a healthy track for a few days with no dire consequences. I haven’t been able to take my dog to the dog park which irritates me to no end. The dog is fine. It is the lack of control that is driving me crazy. I am caught up in “what I can’t do” as an escape from “what I CAN do” another way the Dark Side tries to lead me astray. Let’s see…I am keeping up with all of my supplements. Check. I am shoveling so much that my cotton turtleneck that I am wearing under my ski jacket is soaked when I come back into the house. I am going to the gym and putting in my 45 minutes of elliptical and half hour of weights. Check. I am knitting a Christmas stocking a new project) as a distraction so I am not tempted to eat while watching TV when housebound. Check. Okay…full disclosure…did I find some Italian cookies frozen in the back of the freezer two days ago and polish them off. Well…yes I did. Did I open the door to a binge. No! Did I decide to go off my path to better health in a big way or did I just tell myself that the cookies were just a step off the path during a tought time. (I did the latter)So…it has been difficult. But I did get a perk the other day. My son was working out in my gym. After we were done he came over and said “Mom, you can really notice in your workout clothes how much weight you have lost”. My son’s compliment versus comfort food? I don’t think so, Dark Side!
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