I didn't listen to my own advice and I paid for it

On Monday I talked about using the CRAP acronym to avoid eating things that might hurt your chances of losing weight. I feel like a bit of an expert because I ate most of the things on that list this past weekend.

My son had a basketball tournament is Winchester, Tennessee that lasted all day Saturday and half of Sunday. I didn’t prepare ahead of time and I paid for it.

My son getting the jump ball. His team won the tournament, I ate a lot of junk.

After eating out for breakfast, lunch, and the traditional 4 o’clock ice cream hour we hit the road to come back home. We got home around 6 and I decided to get a quick workout in before dinner. The workout was miserable! No energy, constantly out of breath, feeling stiff and weak.

The combination of drinking very little water, eating junk, and sitting all day added up me feeling awful. Is that how you feel when you workout?

If so, I would encourage you to take care of your body before you take on an exercise program. Give yourself a fighting chance!

Properly fueling your body, taking care of your muscles (with stretching, foam rolling, or massages), and avoiding sitting down for extended periods of time will make everything better. It will still not be easy and you will still need to work at it, but you will greatly increase your chances of success.

Where do you need to start today? Better nutrition? Taking care of your muscles? Stop sitting so much? Pick one, make it a habit, and then start adding the other steps into your life.