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If willpower were gas, there wouldn't be enough in my tank to drive to the local convenience store for a bag of cheese twists.
At best, willpower is fleeting. It's like a stock market rally that way.
So I make a point to seize upon my rare moments of mental muscle, when the little mushroom cloud of discipline rises. Periodically, I purge the pantry and the refrigerator of all the naughty dietary nuisances that put the "nearly" in The (Nearly) Fit Guy.
In these moments of inspired, iron-willed self-control, I see myself as a big 18-wheeler, plowing through the roadblocks on my personal highway to health and fitness.
The song should have said, "Life is a low-fat highway, and I'm ...
Source: HighBeam Research, The.(The Dallas Morning News)