Today's Good Things:
Met my wake up goal (actually beat it by an hour, I was up at 3:30am. GULP!)
THE SCALE LIKES ME!!!!
Got in both of my 15's
Skipped the bun with my dog at lunch
Trip to the library
Enjoyed ice cream sundaes with my family for dessert and was still within my Eat To Lose count
Got in an extra 30 minute workout before bed
In bed before 10:30pm
Today's Not So Good Things:
Gave in and had a couple cookies while we packaged them for the librarian
Didn't get the schoolwork corrected
Didn't get my laundry jobs done
House is a mess :(
As far as eating and exercise, today was impressive. At least to me. I can't believe I was able to stick to my goals with so little sleep. I'm sure my good attitude, which was boosted by my visit to the scale, helped. I was delighted to see that I was under the 215 mark!!! However, it does unnerve me that I am so greatly affected by the value of a few electronic numbers. I *know* that they can't really tell me how my body is changing. Those numbers can't give me real assurance that I'm making progress. They could be fooling me. Yet, when I see those numbers decrease, well....I get pretty excited.
I found a book at the library dealing with some spiritual aspects of weight loss. I'm interested to see how it applies faith to this journey. I know that this has been all about my walk with the Lord. My choices are always connected to the work He is doing in my life. I'm off to give it a read and see how I like it.
Today we have dear friends coming for a visit and tomorrow more friends coming for a holiday gathering. It's going to be busy and likely, difficult to resist some yummy treats. Another run at strengthening my self-control. I'm thankful the Lord allows me so many opportunities to grow.
Tracy!! I LOVE your blog! This is going to inspire ME to keep my health up! I have really backslidden (is that a word?!lol) in my eating! Yuck! WAY WAY too much sugar. Anyway, I look forward to reading this blog! Thanks again and keep posting because I'm going to keep coming back!!
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Oh, Sue. I'm so glad you stopped in. However, I think it's CRAZY that I would inspired *you*!! One of my dreams is be a healthy, energetic, FUN MOM, like you! :D I'm glad you'll stop in. We can keep each other motivated. :)
ReplyDeleteOh,my...my motivation has been SERIOUSLY lacking and I have turned into crabby mom. :o( NOT something I'm proud of. I have too much stress right now and I'm stuffing it down with food and mood. Bad...so YOU are definitely inspiring ME!! I'd love to hear about these "15's" you keep talking about!
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I'm sorry life is feeling so stressful for you right now, Sue. I'll be praying for you in that. I just wrote about my 15's on the My Tools page at the top of the blog. They are pretty basic. (and every time I climb the stairs, I think of you. Really! :-)
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