Week 5 weigh-in: Sick of it, but no choice

I gained a pound this week. I have a bunch of reasons I’m sick of dieting and exercising — why this last week was more difficult than usual. Let’s assume they’re valid, and I’m not just a whiner / quitter. Well, if that’s the case, then, all factors (motivations) being equal, my weight-loss activities should resume when those reasons go away.

More than a strong beginning (which is easy), this is the important step — not giving up when things have gone wrong. It’s going to be hard to exercise when my girlfriend is in the hospital, when work is more stressful than before, and when I have so much to do before an upcoming trip.. but to be the person I want to be, I have to exercise anyway. A shitty week will only become a shitty two weeks if I start failing in the one thing I can control.. then I become one of the problems.

(She’s being kept there to let something heal that wasn’t getting better at home. The stressful part is not knowing how long it will take, or what her recovery time will be after, due to possible side-effects.)