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Today, I maintained the integrity of my maintenance calorie budget, I remained abstinent from refined sugar, I exceeded my daily minimum 64oz water goal,

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March 3rd, 2015 The Demands of My Rationalizations

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March 3rd, 2015 The Demands of My Rationalizations

Reader: "I workout two and three hours a day. I'm starting to lose my enthusiasm. Your thoughts?

Me: How's your calorie budget?

Reader: "That's why I workout this long. I'm going over my budget most days."

Me: My advice would be to focus on maintaining the integrity of your calorie budget and limit your exercise time to less than an hour per day, no more than five or six days per week.

Reader: "Okay. Thank you for the quick response."

I replied by elaborating more, explaining the perspective and experience I'm drawing on in order to give that advice.

Long before September of 2008, back in the years of starting, then stopping--and starting again, then blowing it up again---and more recently, when I was just getting into relapse/regain mode, I played the same game over and over. I would rationalize additional food--even a binge, with the thought, oh well--I'll exercise extra... I didn't have the stamina to keep up enough exercise to meet the demands of my rationalizations!

Some try harder than I did--and they're working out hours on end to make up for the concessions they're making with the voice in their head that's saying it's okay, a little more won't hurt, hey--just this one binge...then we'll get it right tomorrow and exercise even more. The truth is, in my experience, when this game starts, it's a no-win situation.

Eventually the workouts to make up for the additional food become incredibly overwhelming or nearly impossible. And that's when the fundamental element stream has fully crossed over into the life stream. Suddenly, all balance is lost and it becomes a giant drag.

Now--with all that written...If you're in training and this is your life, then maybe you need a bunch of additional calories to fuel the training. Michael Phelps eats 10,000 calories per day when he's training. And I assure you, it's intentional and absolutely necessary for his 10 hour workout days.

Finding ways to shift your perspective and your choices to ideas and things you can accept and do--and actually enjoy...makes this road we're all on, much better. 

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"It's mostly all up here."

I had a long, fairly decent Tuesday. It did get busy, late--and tomorrow could be another long day if we get the kind of weather the forecasters are saying we could. I'm dropping in bed and letting the tweets handle the rest of today's story.

Before I go-- It's never a good idea to wear casual shoes to the gym. I thought-- hey, why not? I'm doing the weight machines and elliptical--and the feet remain planted on the elliptical, so no prob! Yes, prob. My feet were slipping up, pushing--no, let's use--crunching into the tips of my shoes, then I would adjust...over and over. I realized it was a bad idea after the first 5 minutes.

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Thank you for reading and your continued support,
Strength,
Sean
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