Taking Care of Business

My girl Terri has lost it. She’s obsessed with making her balanced lifestyle even better in the “weight” area. So she’s been working out everyday (nothing new for her, she’s been doing it for years) and counting her calories. Recently, she just had to have some chocolate. But she was torn.

She would pick up the package and gaze adoringly at it. Then her good senses would take over and she quickly put it down and left the room. But she couldn’t get that decadent rich flavor out of her mind and went back to check out the package again.

Now you have to know, as a foodie, Terri has a lot of faves, but sweets isn’t normally one of them. So I was surprised when she told me she was yearning for the chocolate.

She thought, “This package is 130 calories. I haven’t worked out yet today, but I could go burn 130 calories and come back and eat this. Then I’ll still burn my 300 later today during my workout.”

Maybe she’s on to something here.

In order to feel like we’re not denying ourselves something we truly love we could compensate for those calories by burning them off separately from our daily calorie burn goal. You could have that piece of chocolate or that glass of wine completely guilt free. Is that worth it to you? It is to me.

This is a good plan. Told you we were starting a revolution. Are you joining us?

Bachman Turner Overdrive:

“Taking care of business every day
Taking care of business every way
I've been taking care of business, it's all mine
Taking care of business and working overtime
Work out!”