Ramblings: I'm tired but I have to keep trying

I am tired of watching what I eat and trying to exercise every day. I am tired of seeing other people not try hard enough and loose 10 pounds in a week. I am tired of busting my ass. But I have to keep trying, learning and practicing, because I want to loose 30 pounds by the end of the year. If Oprah got on the best shape of her life at 50, I can do it at 40. Keep trying.

Motivation: Exercise and good health will help your soul

Today I spent the day talking to a brain professional (as in psychology) and the one thing that she kept bringing up is the importance of good food but more importantly, exercise. Those endorphins really help keep you happy and healthy. Also, if you are not depressed, your body is not depressed, and you avoid disease. So if there is no other reason to exercise or eat right, I just gave you one more reason.
Keep trying.

Nutrition: do what works for you

Due in part by recent events in my surroundings, a lot of the conversations I've had recently with friends and family relate to different diet programs: the low carb, the no carb, the salad diet, the grapefruit, the high carb, the Mediterranean... the bottom line is that people have to do lifestyle changes and not one particular diet.
Take me for example: I could do the low carb diet for about a month, after that, bread would start calling me and I will hear that call. I love bread, and chocolate. What am I supposed to do? Simply put, I have to listen to my body, and instead of eliminating any one food or any one source, all I do is cut portions. So last night I had penne and meat sauce. It was delicious, I wish I could have two plate fulls of the stuff. I decided my figure would thank me later and ate one plate and it was not full. The thing was to have a taste of what I wanted, without overindulging. That seems to work for me. I lost one pound last week. If I loose one pound a week until the end of the year, that will be 14 pounds by the end of the week. If I loose two, that will be 28 which is closer to my immediate goal of loosing 30 by year's end. Let's see how it goes. Choose to eat healthy and keep trying.