Saturday Reflection.

Today I really wanted to take a nap.... Like I was exhausted, I had woken up early (even though I did get my 7 hours of sleep) and usually I allow myself to sleep late on the weekends, but with so much to do ( because I constantly over commit myself) I just wanted to be lazy. It was also a problem because I had not gotten my exercise for the day so I knew I had to do twenty minutes.

I texted my teammate and she was supportive and great. She told me to go work out and just pace myself, I ended up doing over 5 miles. I felt reinvigorated and energized after it too, Plus it was such a beautiful day today and I got to go outside and really enjoy the weather. I was not the only one. I saw so many other people riding bikes, running and walking on the lake trail. I felt really proud to be part of the healthy community in my city.

Any other Saturday I would have taken and nap and then gone out drinking. I have not had any alcohol in over two weeks, and frankly I don't even miss it. I like a good beer now and then, and maybe on my birthday I will indulge but for now, I don't want to drink my calories and carbs. I would rather have a delicious salad with tomato, or a soymilk protein shake. They say it takes 30 days to create a new habit so I am halfway to that goal of eating more healthy choices.

The hardest part of the diet is that I can't weigh myself. Only once a week on the weigh in day. I really hate that. I either weigh myself every day or no at all ( depending if I am dieting or not... if not I try NOT to check it) but weighing once a day is something I did to gauge if I was sticking to the diet and achieving my goals. At this point I don't know how my "status" is and I want to ensure that I do meet my weight goal.

I try to do crunches each night, and weights with jumping jacks. I hope it is enough. I am interested to see how the two teams end up doing. It should be exciting!