Sometimes the inner brat is subversive and sneaky about it

Today a friend of mine posted about how she realized that she had let her inner brat gain hold using the most subversive of all tools: exercise. Exercising is healthy, right? It is a required element for future health and well-being. So, how did the inner brat almost get her derailed? Because it became the vehicle for tweaking her MF plan. First it was a little more protein, then it was 4 and 2 and then it was, "my body is small enough, I don't have to get to my weight goal." and finally it was, "I'm going to start transitioning this way my trainer at the gym told me."

Each step someone tried to ask questions about her decisions, get her to take a second look and maybe rethink. But here's the thing, she was doing all of this for the "right" reasons, right? So, not really something to argue about. But what was really happening is that she had a serious case of the "medifatigues" and she just wanted to move on to the "next" step. The Brat was tired of 5&1. 

I'm not picking on her, I am going to use her experience as a lesson for me. When other people question my decisions, I tend to want to shout them down. "Listen to me! I know what I am doing." Except, I don't. Not always. Sometimes I just really want a change. Sometimes I really don't want to hear how I am being hypocritical or rationalizing bad decisions. And this has been a wake up call for me. Stop arguing. Start listening. Stop giving my inner brat so much power and lying to myself and thinking that it is me "listening to my body". I need to really learn how to tune in to everyone. Not just the voices saying what I want to hear. 

I suspect this is a life lesson and not just related to weight loss. I should probably hide this blog from my husband.