So I’m a few days behind in posting this, but I managed to survive the long holiday weekend without slipping on my food plan or missing a workout. So I just want to point out the importance of dedication when trying to reach your fitness goals. No, having a cheat meal every so often won’t kill you and you should certainly enjoy your life. But if you really want to hit your targets, the cheat meals can’t be every day.
We had a pretty busy weekend. As mentioned in my last post, we made it an extra-long weekend and took Friday off as well and had a BBQ at our house to kick things off. I kept busy cooking while everyone was here and only ate a burger with no bun wrapped in lettuce and tomato and then some corn on the cob and watermelon. One of my biggest weaknesses has always been tortilla chips and salsa so it was really hard to stay away from the huge bowl of them. But I did.
My wife’s best friend was in town from South Carolina for the weekend, so Saturday we all took a ride up to Trenton for the first annual Pork Roll Festival. Who knew Trenton was the pork roll capital of the world. I certainly didn’t. Basically it was just a whole lot of people standing in line at different food trucks waiting to eat different variations of pork roll (and tator tots!) I on the other hand, stood in line for over an hour with my son waiting to get his face painted like a Ninja Turtle. That was the best line to be standing in, well worth it to see how excited he was to be Donatello the rest of the day. No pork roll smothered in cheese for me.
Sunday the ladies had tickets to a concert in Atlantic City that I had zero interest in (I won’t mention the band), but I also didn’t want them driving to AC by themselves at night on a holiday weekend so I drove them down and did a little gambling while they went to the show. Before the show we had dinner at Amada. We just ordered some small plates and shared and I stuck to the salad and the veggie plates. Food was good. That was the first time we’d eaten there.
Then finally on Monday came my ultimate test. We were looking for something to do and decided to head to the Camden River Sharks game that night (minor league baseball). Tickets were cheap and they were having fireworks and some stuff for the kids. Game was really fun, but of course the health food stand that they recently added was closed for some reason. And right next to it was the torture of Philly Pretzel Factory and Chickie’s and Pete’s, home of the world famous crab fries which are a staple of any sporting event in the Philadelphia area. Can’t tell you how hard it was not to dive into a basket of crab fries and cheese sauce. But I kept reminding myself of how I would feel afterwards. Yes, they would be incredibly delicious while I was eating them, but afterwards I know I would regret it. And I didn’t want to feel bad about myself or feel like I was undoing the workout I had done earlier that day.
My eyes are set on the end result. And getting there is going to take some pretty crazy will power and dedication. But that’s what it will take to get where I’ve always wanted to be. I will no longer let myself fall backwards. It only leads to bad things for me.
Dedication = Success
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