The things I do wrong.

There are certain habits of mine I'm going to have to overcome in order to lose body fat. This weekend has been full of bad habits. Here's the list:

1. Not having good healthy food around the house to eat. This has been a problem for the past couple of weeks. I sometimes make it to the store for salad materials or eggs, but often times I run out. Then suddenly, I find myself too hungry to bother going to the grocery store AND cooking, that I end up eating out which is NEVER good for the bagle.

2. Not having the materials for a quick breakfast. I always have stuff around for scrambled eggs or migas. But if I have to wake up early, I typically don't have time to cook eggs. If I don't have anything quick on hand, I skip breakfast, thus fucking my metabolism for the entire day. This happened to me last saturday when I had to meet up with someone at 8am. I didn't get around to lunch until about 1 and was so hungry that I ended up not only eating out (again) but also eating fries (with mayo!).

3. The eternal temptation of beer. For the past several years, my social life has been drowning in hops. I love beer. I love hanging out with my friends and enjoying a cold Fireman's No. 4. Because I love beer so much, most of the friends I have acquired in Austin share this passion. I can only seclude myself so long before someone shows up with a six-pack. Being the free-wheelin' gal I am, I've never been known to pass up a beer. Now, I'm going to have to learn.

What I've gleaned from this list is that I need to make sure I'm organized enough to cook for myself. I've been trying to restrict myself to one day per week in which I eat and drink whatever I want, but that hasn't been happening due to the above problems.

Today I had a really amazing bike ride / workout. It really made me feel like I want my diet to work for me so my workouts are constructive rather than preventative (that is, I don't want to work out and think "i need to burn off that beer or those enchiladas", i want to work out and enjoy it for exercise's sake).

In order to control my filthy habits, I will do the following:

1. Tomorrow I'm going to go grocery shopping.
2. While I'm shopping, I'm going to buy some good cereal for breakfast emergencies.
3. Now this is the tough one. I'm going to have to learn not to drink beer every time I go out. Beer once a week is plenty for any reasonable human being. If I can stick to my food-plan, it will be easier to stick to drinking beer once a week as well.