{"id":601,"date":"2010-07-15T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T21:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/07\/15\/this-rut-is-not-the-middle-ground-im-looking-for\/"},"modified":"2010-07-15T21:24:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T21:24:00","slug":"this-rut-is-not-the-middle-ground-im-looking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/07\/15\/this-rut-is-not-the-middle-ground-im-looking-for\/","title":{"rendered":"This rut is NOT the middle ground I’m looking for!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m in a real exercise slump at the moment. After the exertion of the ride down to Seattle<\/a>, and all the training I was doing before that, I thought “I’ve worked hard for a long time and I deserve a rest as a reward. I won’t do any exercise for a few days”. Suddenly weeks have passed, I’m stuck in a pattern, and I feel like a slob*.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this is a recurring pattern for me – and not just with exercise. For example, I went on a very strict diet for a few months before my wedding. When it was all over, I thought “I’ve deprived myself for a long time and I deserve to indulge myself as a reward. I’ll eat whatever I like for a few days”. Suddenly weeks had passed, I was stuck in a pattern, and I felt fat.<\/p>\n

This is bad and self-destructive and needs to stop.<\/p>\n

But what to do? I don’t want to never allow myself any rewards, ever – but once I start to indulge myself, I find it very, very difficult to stop. Any excuse becomes a good excuse, even though I know <\/i>I’ll feel a hundred times better if I tell myself “no it’s not<\/i> too hot \/ too windy \/ too much hassle, just go for a run already!” or “you’ll regret the chips, ask for the salad instead!”<\/p>\n

Why must my bad habits be so much harder to break than the good ones?!<\/p>\n

Why can’t I find some middle ground between “training all the time” and “being a slob”??!! <\/p>\n

Ah well, at least there’s no chance of me falling into the same trap at work. Rewards, rest, and self-indulgence? HA!!! The Sentient Grant of DOOM<\/a> may be submitted, but all that means is that it’s time to catch up on all the other work that got put on the back burner during the frenzy!<\/p>\n

*I’m still cycling to work and back, which is better than nothing but not nearly enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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