My life is a constant battle...

with food. I know what I should be doing, yet I wage war with myself. I know what foods I should be eating, sometimes however that does not translate into the foods I do eat - and then the battle is all but over. The "fat" side is winning.

It sounds like I am on a downer doesn't it. But actually I'm not. But I did find something in a notebook that took me a little by surprise as I start the training for this year's city to surf. My measurements are now almost exactly the same as they were in December 2005. Yes I have stats going back that far. Every time I hit the wall I revert back to food. Comfort eating. I sit down get comfortable and I start eating !! I think I must be about 12 years old when it comes to deciding what I ought to be eating.

Everyone has a different wall - a different stopping point. If you're like me - you have more than one thing that stops you in the middle of something and it can take what seems like an age to get going again. It's also true to say that the old physics law has a lot to saya bout the law of motion. A body at rest stays at rest, a body in motion - well you get the picture. Imagine getting on a bicycle. The first few times you turn the pedals it's hard - sometimes impossible to get the darn thiing moving. Then after a while, you can take it a little easier as the wheels start to move. Putting things into motion can and does take massive action - remember the bicycle when you are thinking about quitting.

I wish I had.

But I digress - what do I mean by many different stopping points?

The first is guilt, you can also call it obligation. My house is a tip - 3 kittens, 1 cat and 2 teenage kids  all conspiring to have a good time. Normally I would whinge and complain about the state of the place as I went around picking things up and putting them away. Given that I work full time, write this web site and the Daily Dose as well, hardly leaves me any time to do those other things that I actually want to do - I don't want to spend my free time cleaning. Life is too short to clean !!

The second is emotional. I allow other people into my "space" and sometimes that is not a good thing. We all have emotional vampires and I can be my own worst enemy. I told you I am a reforming procrastinator - it is so easy to slip up and spend time going back over the same ground, re-doing work that doesn't need to be done. Writing is like that. You can pretend you are getting on - when really all you are doing is editing.

So why am I telling you all this?

Well - I would just like you to know that I am not perfect, I am working on me just like you are working on you. But I am not a hypocrite, and will never ask you do something that I am not willing to do, or have done myself.

The Daily Dose contains my methods of trying to get more out of every day, some of the suggestions may work for you - some of them may not if you are not at that particular stage of your journey. All I would ask is that you keep an open mind to some of the suggestions in these ramblings, and remember that all back issues can be found in the archive.

I have just 22 weeks to get from Class D of 70 minute plus to do the 12 km fun run (Perth to City Beach) City to Surf. Category D stands for - why are you bothering to "run" category, why don't you just walk..... I am in the midst of setting up a page or two on the website of my training diary for those of you who may be interested.....and if you want to know why I am inflicting this on to myself - well go to the entry in Through the Barrier and I'll tell you all about it.

(MMM1)

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