Lean and Hard

...thin feels.

I've lost 90 pounds so far. Another 50 to go. Even though I've lost a good chunk, 50 seems like another good chunk. So I'm tempted sometimes to feel that my goal is too far away, why not eat a pizza?

But then I remember what it feels like after I've indulged. It feels awful. I feel stuffed, uncomfortable, upset, guilty, discouraged, and further from my goal than ever. The taste of the pizza (or burger, or cinnamon bun) is sweet for the first several greedy swallows, but then it becomes like ashes in my mouth.

On the other hand, fitting into my clothes, walking around light on my feet, feeling the hardness of my muscles whenever I work them at the gym, enjoying not being winded when I speed up on the Elliptical...thin feels really good, and the goodness lasts all day and all night.

I think it's important to remember this, especially when the commercials for Pizza Hut's latest specials are running on my TV.