Tomrrow - Day 1, Phase 2

Yep, I've gone so far away from where I was at day 90 that there is no need to keep counting. I want day #1 again. Day #1, Phase 2. Yeah. That's what I'm talking about.

So tomorrow, June 1, I will watch myself begin again. In some ways I'm SO FREAKING BUMMED. And in another way I don't really care. And in yet another way, I'm so like, "I knew I'd do this!" I'm such a quitter!!

Good new is, so what - I get down, I get up again...At least I keep on getting up!!

Day 87 - one foot on, one foot off

I know the only way I can do this, is if I'm honest and accountable to you, my friends and strangers. So here is my day:

Didn't eat until 1:00. Had 1 burrito.
About 4:00 had a bowl of spaghetti.
About 6:30 had Chicken and Veggie Braid, made with crescent rolls (Pampered Chef!) Thought I'd just eat the chicken and veggies mix, so I did. Then I had a large piece of the braid.
Topped the day off with 4 no bake oatmeal cookies and a glass of milk.
No walking. No eliptical.

Doesn't really do me any good to tell you what I did today, so that you don't think I sit on the couch all day watching Days of Our Lives and eating, well, no bake oatmeal cookies. I don't even turn on a tv during the day. And I sure as heck don't sit all day. Really doesn't matter though.

Truth? I eat like I should not and I do not do what I should.

Welcome to me, with one leg on the wagon and the other one rubbing off into a bloody stump as it drags along the road.

Day 85

I have fallen off the wagon of health and can't find my way back on. Tomorrow though, I will climb back on even if I risk getting splinters or banging my shins on the side.

Tomorrow, I will walk 20-30 minutes and eat veggies and protein for breakfast and lunch, and my reward meal at Tuscany's for graduation rehearsal dinner for our son.

That is my goal. Ask me how I did.

Day 77

It's been a long time since I posted, 11 days to be exact. I'm disappointed in some things, but ok with some others. Disappointed that I have turned to food in my times of anxiety and exhaustion in the last week especially. My family came down with a SEVERE stomach flu beginning Monday. It is now Saturday night, and 1 of the 4 that got it is still not quite right. So when I was tired, I ate, and when I was scared for them and the dehydration, I ate. Oh I kept with my good diet alright, but added in!! I added chocolate cake, Twizzlers, cookies, chips and a pop. Not all in the same day, but still - SO WRONG! And I had zero time and energy to walk. All in all I'd say this was a bad week.

The good news...This is a journey. That's all it is. A journey. A friend told me that tonight, and I tried to one up her and embellish it by making it sound like something greater than a journey, but I couldn't! That's just what it is. I am walking along the way, down the path to a healthy lifestyle, and when I screw up and waiver off, I just get back on and go straight again.

So, Lord, here I am. Help me to remember that none of the extra calories and unhealthy choices I made helped me get through this week. It was all you. ALL you. Forgive me for making the choices I did. I want to be healthy for Your glory, for my family, for me! Hang in there with me.