I miss doing daily entries in this journal and I have every intention of picking that habit back up and running with it, but lately things seem to just be hectic. My schedule is getting out of whack thanks to my county's judicial system (I was called for jury duty and so have suddenly been swept into the land of "rising before 7 AM" which I haven't done in three years) and tomorrow should be my last day of that annoying hiccup in my life.
Before that was the weekend, and on Saturday I had some friends over for idle chit-chat and fun, and we went to Denny's. Denny's is a restaurant I used to frequent quite often, and I did enjoy it. However, after eating my usual (buffalo chicken wrap) I felt quite sick that evening. I don't know if there was something wrong with the food, if I ate too much of it, or if I've been eating well enough that restaurant food that is fried and doused with excess fat and calories was too much for my digestive system to handle. I'm glad of the experience though, because from now on, if a friend insists we go out somewhere to eat, I'm definitely ordering a salad or something easy on my stomach. I've never had trouble eating pretty much anything before, but I like that my body doesn't seem to enjoy the foods I used to gorge myself on and overeat because that will help to stave off my cravings.
Sunday another friend came over, and it was her birthday today, so I made her a nice birthday dinner last night with dessert. Before we ate, though, we went on an energetic and long walk along my usual route, and we didn't idly stroll along, we kept a brisk pace the whole way. It was fun to have another walking partner, someone to chit chat with, and someone to keep the pace up as well. She may start working out with me in the evenings at my work, and I'm really excited because she'll motivate me to work harder and I hope to motivate her to work harder as well. She wants to try my old friend the elliptical, and I'll hope she loves it as much as I have.
I made her chicken carbonara (which was delicious, but I ate a little too much of it seeing how delicious it was. It was the first time I've had second helpings at a meal since I began this journey) and strawberry shortcake for dessert. I made sure to use Splenda in the strawberries and Lite whipped topping. I know it still wasn't healthy by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm sure it was better than going out to eat. She enjoyed it, and the food was quite tasty, so I'm happy with the outcome. I'm also glad we went for a nice walk as well, instead of our usual gossiping on the couch. Although I enjoy that, too, of course, but I get a satisfaction out of knowing I fit exercise into my gal pal time.
Today I didn't get to exercise at all, unless you count struggling to stay awake during court proceedings as exercise. Mentally, yes. But physically, I'm afraid not. I haven't sat that long at one time, either, since I began this journey. Even at work, I'm on my feet far more often than not, just because I don't like sitting around anymore. It makes me feel lazy. Tasks I used to do while sitting, I find myself standing and doing them, and for a long period of time before noticing, "Hey, I've been standing and doing this for three hours instead of leaning on the counter or dragging a chair over here!" It becomes effortless and just part of you, I promise it does. It's happening to me.
And in seeing my friends, I'm further encouraged to continue this journey, because they seem to notice the changes in my body. One friend mentioned how baggy the pants were I was wearing, and they are indeed getting embarrassingly baggy. But that's a good thing! I need to go pants (and bra shopping) soon! Another friend noticed that my arms were getting toner and made the comment that she could see the changes in how a top she had seen me in multiple times looked very different on me.
Those sorts of things are further motivation to continue what I'm doing and to work even harder at it. Jury duty could not have come at a worse time, but I know it's not going to be enough to knock me off the wagon. As soon as the court case is finished, I'm hopping right back on this horse and riding it into the battle, fighting my way to a happy and healthy victory!
I'm already feeling better about myself, have lots more energy, find myself in good moods and feeling happy most of the time, have lost a little weight, am getting more toned, and fitting into smaller clothes. Why on earth would I stop now? I'm not going to!
P.S. A little preview for an upcoming blog: THE PICTURES THAT PUSHED ME OVER THE EDGE. My top ten secret motivators entry explained ten motivators that weren't necessarily obvious in motivating me to meet these goals. However, pictures were taken of me at a baseball game that disgusted and appalled me, and I'm fighting with myself to show them here on this blog, and let you see the chili fries that broke that hippo's back. Isn't that how the saying goes? No? Well, that's my new interpretation of it, and it's fitting. When you see the pictures, you'll see what I mean. I intend to do comparison shots, wearing either the same outfit, or a similar outfit that fits better, and taking pictures from the same angles, to show how far I've come along in a little under thirty days. So look forward to that post, hopefully I can get up the guts to show them!
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