Monday February 21, 2011 Happy Monday??

Today's Good Things:
Bible time (awesome journaling time)
Smooth meal times
Swift tidy up from the weekend
Decent day school and chore wise
Good attitude day for me, which led to good attitude recoveries for the others
Good day eating-wise
Got in some fun activity with the children on the wii this afternoon
Coffee night with friends

Today's Not So Good Things:
A little heavy on the carbs

I am thrilled at how our day went today.  It was a delightful Monday. Though it started out with the normal tiredness and grumping that seems to plague us each week, the Lord was gracious and gave us a swift recovery on all ends. Honestly, I think it was all in how He helped me handle things. It's quite humbling to see that when I have my attitude and tongue in check, our day can go so well. Sigh. I'm learning, Lord...and I have SO much to learn!  Thank you for being patient with me.

I have some journaling I want to get on here from this morning. I had a very important conversation with the Lord today and He challenged me greatly. However, I don't have time to get it on here tonite, as it's already getting late and my eyelids are drooping. I hope to soon, for sure.

I've set my goal at 1500 calories per day this week. That's 300 less than what I've been aiming for. I want to see how that will affect my efforts since I'm still not seeing the losses that my charts are saying I should. Really, it's just another "try it and see" thing I want to do this week. I admit, I have fun looking at this from different angles and trying on new strategies. Nothing has been working so well that I am not willing to go with something new. Not looking for a fad or trend, mind you, I simply like to experiment a bit and see how my body reacts. I'm not sure how I'll do with that lower calorie amount. I was pretty worn down during the light workout I did this afternoon. It may be that I still need to those extra calories even though the baby isn't nursing as often.

I also worked on developing a new habit today. I've been trying to stay vertical during our lesson time. If I sit to work with someone, I tend to not want to get up. Then begins the routine of asking others to get things for me, tend to littles for me, delegating tasks here and there...which all leads to me being inactive and disconnected to many things going on. When I stay on my feet, not only do I keep moving, but I have better "surveillance tactics", I am willing to do more, and I tend to work a bit faster. It also seems to motivate the others to be more diligent regarding their tasks. So, how long does it take to build a new habit??? I'll be at this for a while, but I think it's going to be worth the effort.

That's all for tonite. I look forward to sharing more. Too bad I can't do that while vertical. ::giggle::