No time like the present

It has been exactly 219 days since my last post. For 219 days, my thoughts have remained inside my head, for the most part; that is not to say however that I haven't been busy. In the past 219 days I have begun my masters degree, taught a new grade, gotten and since gotten rid of a puppy, lost 15 pounds, gained 20, and helped my little brother propose to his now fiance. The past 219 days have been many things fun, stressful, and productive, the one thing they have not been is healthy.

In 219 days I have successfully tried and failed at over 5 different diets. I tried the couch to half marathon program, the couch to 5K program, advocare, weight watchers, the fitness pal app, and most recently the Biggest Loser banwagon. I am not saying that these programs are not good programs. Thousands of people have experienced wonderful lasting results with these programs. I however, am not one of them. I would begin a program, stick with it for about a week, two weeks if I was really lucky, and then become disenchanted. It was as if I expected to lose all 50 pounds overnight and wake up looking like Megan Fox's identical twin. I would go balls to the wall, all or nothing for 7 days, not experience amazing super human results, and decide that I couldn't do it. I wanted the Hollywood quick fix; lypo without the actual procedure. I was, in effect, waiting for the dieting miracle to occur.

For the past 219 days my diet mentality has been "I'll start tomorrow." I would tell myself each day that I would "get it today." Then, around 10 am I would eat a piece of candy, decide that the day wouldn't be perfet, and throw in the towel. I would plan to exercise each day, but eventually just sit my ass on the couch and tell myself that tomorrow would be different. Well, that tomorrow is finally here. I'm done telling myself that tomorrow will be better, when I have the change to experience that "better" today. For 219 days, I told myself that I would begin tomorrow.

Welcome to day 220, and look what time it is... "tomorrow"