Diet: Day 5

The funny thing about going on a diet isn’t that you feel bad. It’s quite the opposite. I’m shoveling vegetables and fruits down my gullet and I feel better than I did when it was all burgers and fries.

That said, there are cravings that I have to work to quell. My love of tacos is strong and I know I will eat them again someday. Honestly, though, I think we should all eat the stuff that’s bad for us once in a while. So, in a few days or weeks, when the craving gets too strong, I will get a couple of tacos and I will enjoy them to no end.

Well, not to no end. I will end with two tacos. Then, if I’m still hungry, I’ll eat some green beans or asparagus or squash. That’s been my problem in the past — someone sets a pizza down in front of me and all I think is “must eat all this pizza.” Pizza or a hamburger or a delicious gyro are all acceptable as part of your diet, so long as they’re not the entirety of your diet.

In addition to healthy eating, I’ve also been working out. I’ve gone to the gym for some time on the elliptical machine and I’ve been giving my Wii Fit a real workout (and it’s returned the favor).

As much as I sometimes dread going to the gym — the monotony of working out — I always leave feeling better. Certainly that has something to do with endorphins, but I like to think it’s also psychological. When I choose a good meal, when I sweat my way through 30 minutes on a machine, I know I’m doing something healthy.

Compare that to the feeling I used to get leaving a fast food drive-thru: I knew I was eating too much and that none of it was very good for me, which can leave you feeling pretty down.

Anyway, I’ll be back, hopefully with a video for you to watch, in the near future.