I love the movie franchise “Final Destination”. It came up on
my Max channel as a movie to watch before it disappears, so I watched it. I
love how the writers of this movie came up with all the little ways that death eventually
found the kids who cheated death, and the theory from the undertaker that death
has a design.
It made me wonder if everything in life has a design, and we
can either cheat the design or just go along with it. For example, I’m not
feeling very well today. I’ve been on an eating junk food binge since Thanksgiving.
I let myself eat whatever I wanted on Turkey day, and it’s been hard to get
back on track with my very healthy way of eating.
So if I look at everything that led me to not feeling good today,
the design of it all, it all started on Thanksgiving. Well, if I’m honest, t
started with my September vacation. I went on vacation after Labor Day, and it
was hard to keep to my normally healthy way of eating. I wasn’t at home, and I
was at a conference. And when I’m on vacation, I like to indulge and take a
break from my normal way of life.
So I gained 5 pounds that week. I was just beginning to lose
it, when I went on my yearly camping trip in October. Camping for me is the
worst place to stick to my healthy eating habits. I go camping with a group of friends,
and two of our camping meals are potluck meals. And I have this thing with potlucks
that I let myself eat whatever I want because it’s fun to taste the food that
people cook and bring to that event. Plus, it’s a social occasion and it’s fun
to eat all the food and then talk to people about all the dishes that were good
to eat.
So that became another 5 pounds that I gained. Surprisingly,
I managed to lose the camping weight gain very easily, but not the original 5
pounds from my September vacation. And then Thanksgiving rolled around. And
then I’m like, okay, Christmas is coming up, and I’m not going to watch what I
eat at all. I’ll deal with it in the new year because there are parties to go
to from now until the end of the year.
Today was a party day. Went out with friends to eat and we
did a cookie potluck, where everyone brings cookies to share. And I let myself
taste all the cookies. BIG MISTAKE! And I’m paying for it now because I so do
not feel good. Too much sugar at one time and a tasty but carbo-loaded meal.
I’m thinking about the design of it all, and a video pops up
in my Youtube feed about an astronaut talking about his nutrition. It was like a
sign. d a sign this morning, so I watched it. The astronaut said his nutritionist
told him that the difference between two football teams who are tied at the end
of the game, comes down to nutrition. Because when you’ve pushed yourself that
hard for the whole game, and you now need a little more just to win the game,
it’s your nutrition that is going to determine how well you play during those
extra minutes.
So the design of my day, the design of my life since
September has not been that great and now I feel horrible. If I had kept my
good nutrition in place since September, I know I would be feeling very good right
now. Instead, I feel like crap and semi-nauseous.
If there is a design to my life, the lesson is I have to
design it better if I want to feel good and accomplish the things I want to do.
