Joanna - 1/19/10

Yesterday was a tough day for me. I woke up feeling horrible and missing my workout. I took stuff for my headache and felt better by about noon. We got together with our great friends who live in Idaho for the day and it was AWESOME - but I wasn't prepared and that turned into not eating clean. I was disappointed in myself....but at the same time I did the best with what I had. I tried making reasonable choices. I'm actually really grateful for the experience - it taught me that I need to be more in control of my food choices, that I need to be prepared for spontaneity (is that possible?), and that sometimes - we just have to live. And we can live and not completly blow it. I don't want to live a lifestyle where I have to not spend time with the people I love - but it will take some changes in me, and letting them know where I'm at right now in life. For the most part I didn't let this little bump get me down - and that's a good thing.

Today though - it's ALL clean eating!

1. Alternative whole wheat bagel with 1/2 serving weight watchers cream cheese (these are both REALLY GOOD!) with cottage cheese.
2. Chicken lean cuisine with baby carrots
3. protein shake - (1 cup strawberries, 1/2 cup raspberries, carb master yogurt and 1 scoop vanilla protein powder)
4. jerky & apple
5. stir fry with chicken, carrots, celery, pepper served over a small portion of brown rice.
6. Mint protein bar

Workout: I felt SO great leaving Leslie's. I can feel it - but I felt strong and I felt good. I also ran for longer today (consecutively) than I have in the past. Sure, my pace wasn't all that fast - but I didn't stop and it felt GREAT! I am also freaked out about the 5k....but I figure just DOING it will give me power and hopefully propel me to more in the future. I left Leslie's feeling awesome - lots of adrenaline and just feeling much better than I did most of last week. YAY!

Gratitudes: Good friends! We got together last night with friends that we hadn't seen in over a year. There were several things that affected our relationship in the last year and I was actually really stressed about getting together with them - worried how it would be (probably why I had the massive headache yesterday morning). But luckily we were able to look past the things that I was worried about (or at least ignore them for the day) and it was as if nothing had happened. I'm so grateful for eternal friendships like that!

I'm grateful for modern medicine. I know a lot of things can be cured/helped by diet and exercise - but there are also some things in life I'm grateful for medicine for!

Sunshine - wow - what a difference a day with sunshine makes! Looks beautiful outside today - looking forward to feeling this energy all day long.