What Else Can We Blame?

It’s a wonder we can even get up in the morning. 

What I mean by that is we go to such extremes to establish that we can’t do something, like eat the correct amount of food. One extreme is using a weight loss drug. We can’t not overeat so we need to take an injection to make us nauseous so we eat less. Is this what we’ve become? We refuse to adjust how we live as if we are resisting the regime.  

Sure we live in a world we biologically aren’t equipped for, especially when it comes to food. If you think about what and how we are supposed to eat and compare it to the shit show we’ve got going on now, it’s a nightmare. Biologically our bodies thrive on actual food. Food from the earth and native to us. 

I think at this point we’ve proven we have to save ourselves from ourselves to some obscene levels. The whole low carb fiasco is founded on the fact that you can’t be left to  your own devices, so we have to cut out a whole ass food group. We decided to villainize carbs as if they made us overweight? We can’t handle having all the food groups it seems so goodbye carbs you’ve made me fat.

Why can’t we stop overeating to the point we need drugs or the elimination of entire food groups? 

I’m all about indulgences, but the fact that we can't control ourselves is to a point of concern that I fear we won’t be able to come back from because we just keep accommodating and accommodating instead of making a change, or thinking what can I do instead? God forbid we have one day where we don’t have something we want.  

I feel like we subconsciously ask ourselves what can I blame for this or that instead of what can I do to accomplish x y or z? I am guilty of this in a lot of ways, one being I cannot for the life of me make my dr’s appointment. I’ve got 1,000 excuses lined up for why. I can make one for my kids in three seconds. 

I know the nice thing to say is how can we be strategic in addressing this barrier, when I’d rather say, when are you going to stop making excuses? Why can’t you be honest with the fact that you essentially just don’t want to do something? At least some honesty can help someone help you. When you play the excuse game you create all these hoops and hills to get past.  Like some kind of obstacle course to reach your goals that could be mitigated with honesty. 

Why is being honest not nice? Being honest with ourselves, with others? It’s just not taught. I was raised that being polite was much more important than being honest. The only place I can be unapologetically honest is fitness and weight loss. Maybe because there are actual solutions and honesty is the most efficient way to share them. 

I have the biggest problem being honest in other arenas as I am worried it won’t sound nice. For instance, being honest with my girlfriend about certain plans or her outfit choice (she asking my opinion) is hard to be honest about. 

Don’t be your own barrier to getting to your wellness or weight goals. You can watch yourself and your inner monologue either going against what you’re trying to achieve or supporting it. You can change what your mind says by simple corrections, or even asking what can I do, not starting with I can’t because…