My name is Nick and I am an alcoholic… well, in a sense
I am sort of like an alcoholic or at least a recovering one, because like them I have what some would consider an addiction. Not to drinking but to foods that I know aren`t doing me any favors. Potato chips, candy, cakes, ice creams and pies are screwing with my diet, which in turn are screwing with my goals of a shirtless summer. Some alcoholics after a few weeks of not having a drink and doing well, feels so good that they think, to themselves, "Its been months since I`ve had a drink, one won`t hurt" One turns into 2, which turns in 6 and they have just ruined all the progress they have made. Like them, I thought that a cookie once in a while or that bag of hula hoop chips would be fine. I even started buying them to put in the house as a way of saying that my will power was strong enough to handle it. Like leaving a bottle of Jack Daniels around for an alcoholic. But, that thinking was wrong. I`ve had a terrible few weeks of eating junk food and now I`m paying for it with a 6.6lb gain in weight. Some of it may be muscle but I`m sure most of it is fat. I realize now, just like that recovering alcoholic, I need to keep all that junk away from me. My will power will get to to the point of me being able to have junk in the house and not eat it, but I am not there yet. I know that if I just cut out the bits of crap that I eat, I will make some serious progress. My diet is pretty damn good besides that stuff. I eat 5 to 6 small meals a day including my protein. I don`t drink anything but water and tea. My discipline as far as social drinking is at an all time high. My workouts kick ass. This is the only thing from stopping me attaining what I`ve been wanting for so long. Its the last and largest hurdle. So, I am starting from today to clean up my diet, and going cold turkey, taking it a month at a time. The only snacks I will have are almonds with the occasional raisins, but restrict myself to a handful (luckily I have pretty hands) a day. Its almost summer and even though I have hit a snag, I am not out of the race. I didn’t get it before and its time to stop half assing it. In a month, I`ll post again and not hopefully, but definitely, I`ll have some great results to report.
Stay Gold!
