Plum Crazy

So anyway, I got to thinking today about the disconnect between what we know logically and what we actually do. Generally speaking, people who smoke know that smoking is bad for people, but they smoke anyway. Most people know that regular exercise is good for them, but most people don't exercise regularly. There's clearly some kind of logical fallacy at work there. It isn't exactly the relativist fallacy, nor is it exactly special pleading, but it's kind of like them.

As for me, I know that eating well makes me feel better and cuts my cravings for junk food way, way, way down. And yet, since 9/11, I hadn't been eating well. I was good pre-9/11. I ate very little junk food and exercised regularly. Sadly, like so many other aspects of my life, 9/11 had an effect on that too. The depression really impacted my eating and exercising habits, and not for the better.

Until I got really sick three weeks ago. That intestinal virus really threw me for a loop, but it also got me back to better eating habits. More fruits and vegetables. More water (okay, seltzer, but it's a form of water). And, not even slightly amazingly, I'm feeling more energetic and have seriously diminished cravings for junk food. I've actually lost 12 pounds (not over the last 3 weeks, which would be bad, but over the last 3 months, although the final 5 came off after the intestinal virus) and am now aiming to get back down to my pre-9/11 weight. I'm more than halfway there now, so I figure, conservatively, I'll be in good shape to do it in the next 2-3 months. [Yes, I'm exercising again too. The Bowflex rocks.]

I'm really looking forward to achieving my goal. I'm really looking forward to fitting back into all those clothes I still have hanging in my closets. In the back of my mind I always figured I'd get around to it at some point, which is why those clothes are still hanging in my closet. I'd hoped it would be sooner, but as long as you're alive, it's never too late.

Wish me luck.