off the wagon

Why is it that we as humans (especially American humans) in general seem unable to "stay on the wagon"? Whether it is with dieting, drinking, smoking, drugs, porn, etc. We get all riled up, and for a good day or two, or even 4-5, we are feet to the floor serious about winning the battle against....whatever it is. I fit into this category. I got myself registered for weight watchers online. It is a great program. I followed it pretty well for about 3-4 weeks, and I lost about 10 pounds. Then, for whatever reason, I fell off the wagon. More like I jumped off. I simply seem to loose interest in filling out the info. online, which leads me to not being careful enough in my food selection, which leads to more/bad food, which leads to growth in the "handles" area. All of this sucks. Then the rationale becomes, "well, if i just get this, or start with this program/video/diet I will be able to actually do it this time."

One positive though--I'm an excellent recommitter. As often as I jump off, I jump back on...only, my vim and vigor for the challenge of overcoming seems to diminish with each successive attempt and failure. That said, I'm much less happy being tubby, so I'll recommit as often as I need to.

I just thought it curious, we humans. I'm sure there has to be some simple reason why this happens. I'll look it up. In the mean time, I'm going to hit the gym on Monday and promptly wash that down with a bacon cheeseburger and broccoli (to make me feel better). That actually is a funny thing to. We will eat like crap, yet we feel that if we chase our grease and fat sandwich with some healthy foods, it all seems to offset. Oh how I wish that were the case. I'd start my meal with a nice pasta with some sort of naughty sauce on it, followed by a loaf of bread from the Macaroni Grill, then I'd slide in some sort of malt or cheesecake--all of which I would close out with a wheat grass shot and a giant celery stock. Man would I be losing weight from all that healthy, offsetting food. Wow are we stupid.