If Oprah Can’t, How Can We??

I started this blog to keep me honest regarding my efforts to lose weight.  That being the case, I admit that last night I took a step back in my fitness struggle.  Maybe two steps back.  I did not work out, and in a somewhat emotional evening, I once again turned to food to ease the pain I was feeling.

 

Hey, if Oprah can’t do it, how can I?  I don’t have a billion buck balance in my bank account.  I can’t employ a personal trainer full-time.  Heck, I can’t really afford the personal trainer I see twice a month.  I can’t walk from one room of my house to another and find it full of fitness equipment.  I don’t have access to the best of the best nutrition experts.  Oprah does, and she fell off the wagon.  How can I expect to do better?

 

Like roughly 90% of us, Oprah gained back weight she lost.  I can’t begin to count how many times I have lost the same 30 pounds.  I lost those pounds at least twice that I remember on the Weight Watchers.  And no, Weight Watchers did not fail me.  I failed me.  Weight Watchers is a great program, and I really should get back on it.

 

Again, I failed me.  I am not trying to beat myself up over what has happened in the long ago past.  I am not trying to beat myself up over what happened last night.  I am merely stating facts, and the fact of the matter is that I failed myself.

 

Yes, Oprah most definitely does have advantages in her weight loss struggle.  Ultimately though, win or lose-make that gain or lose-Oprah faces the same tests we do.  What we put in our mouths is going to determine whether or not we lose weight.  How many times we work out is going to determine whether or not we lose weight.  I can have thousands of dollars of equipment in my own gym, but if I don’t use it, I am not going to keep in shape.  Even if I do use the equipment, I still am not going to lose weight if I eat too much.

 

What has happened with Oprah has no bearing on my weight loss struggle.  Instead of being my own worst enemy as I have so many times in the past, I have to become my own best friend.  I am going to lose an occasional battle like I did last night.  But losing one battle does not mean I should give up the struggle.  It does not mean that I am never going to lose weight.  It means I have to pick myself up and re-engage the enemy more focused than I was before.

 

The best hitters in baseball are going to have fast balls thrown at them from time to time.  It is a part of the game.  Pitchers are trying to gain an advantage over a hitter.  However, a good hitter in baseball does not let that pitch scare him, does not let the pitch effect his time at bat.  If he did, he would not be playing professional baseball very long.  He picks himself up and steps up to the plate, ready to do battle again.

 

Last night a devil of a hurler threw a pitch at my head.  It most definitely knocked me down.  Today I stepped back up to the plate.  I am going to the Wellness Center to work out in a few hours, and I am NOT filling my mouth full of snacks tonight.  I am going to get a hit off that demon pitcher today.  And, I understand that like last night I am going to strike out occasionally.  This year I am not going to “bench” myself when I do.  This year I am going to come back, and come back, and come back.  That is all any of us can do.  Oprah included.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

~ by Ron Meyer on January 7, 2009.