Hi fellow Hiveians,

Today I wanted to talk about how I've been lacking in the discipline department of late!

Lacking Discipline

There are a lot of things that I know I need to work on. Being human is a wonderful thing, but it also comes with it's challenges.

Years ago I used to be very strict about the things I ate, where I would stay away from sweets and people could have a cake in the room and I wouldn't touch it. These days though, I am not as strict as I once was, and am definitely paying the price in terms of the pounds!

I'm thankfully not that bad when it comes to this stuff, because I offset it later by fasting for longer or drinking more water, going for a walk or something of the sort. It's not ideal, because I should be doing all of those things without the sweets involved but sadly, we deal with what we can. In terms of where I would like to be, I certainly would like to be in a place where I could keep away from those things much more than I do now.

All is not lost, because we have all kinds of sweets in the house in the forms of bottles of maple syrup, granulated sugar and lots of other things like that. I am usually pretty good about not consuming too much of that which is a good thing, because it all adds up. Where I have challenges sadly though is with candies like chocolates, if someone bakes a pie or bread, and things of that nature. Confectionaries you could call them I suppose? Those seem to be my weakness haha.

We've been spending a fair bit of time with a friend of my wife's who is older, and she's a wonderful lady. Oldschool Italian where you go there and a bunch of food is made, and you leave with more than you arrived with. Really wonderful lady! However, she is one to love to bake.. and she bakes these delicious breads! In the house this week is blueberry zucchini bread which is certainly delicious. The zucchini shouldn't fool you, it's not healthy lol but it tastes amazing.

I initially held off from eating it, thinking I was good. Then I tried it, and shit the stuff was amazing! I ended up eating 3 slices of it in a sitting, far more than I intended to when I got sucked into the void haha. This is where I am struggling! It's a good struggle, because she bakes the things with love and friendship for us, so we have no way to say no to it, because that would offend her and end up making something awkward. We then have the stuff at home and I see it on the counter, originally made for my son, and it's calling my name, ever so seductively.

I didn't think I would have these struggles that I do, but here we are and now I need to work on them. I know that it's not the worst thing in the world but this is affecting me in the weight region. I have been consistently 15 pounds heavier than I ever was before and that really bothers me. I have thankfully never crested over 25 or 30 pounds, which would really piss me off, but I take a great deal of pride in the fact that I am the same general size that I was 20 years ago, with a few alterations such as more muscle and less of a belly but these things are challenging. I dislike the term "diet" because it implies something that is temporary. I need to get a lifestyle change and get back to discipline where I can leave the stuff there to rot and not eat it!

What about you, do you have discipline challenges with things like this? Let me know in the comments!

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