Joanna - 1/8/10

Food:

1. Snickers protein bar
2. cottage cheese, rice/corn chips, green salad with homemade oil and vinegar dressing
3. yogurt & string cheese
4. carrots & smoothie made with carbmaster yogurt, frozen berries & (maybe) some vanilla protein powder.
   
5. chicken fajitas w/ side of steamed broccoli
6. I'm not quite sure....I got a slow start this morning and so 6 might be pushing it a bit....
   

Exercise:
I was excited the last 2 days to have added some weight. I'm also grateful for Leslie pushing me while I run. Fast I'm not, but it has felt good to work through it as best as I can. I'm just grateful for making it through the first week and anxious for next week to start. I love the energy it gives me through the morning. (I'm a bit pooped at night....)

How I'm Feeling:
Great and SORE! I am feeling my arms today more and more by the hour :) I have a feeling by tonight I won't be waving them above my head - that's for sure. I feel really great about running errands today. Normally I stop for a GIANT (64 oz) dr pepper on my way into town, and don't hesitate to get treats for my kids and things too. But today I resisited. And Friday morning I have been taking my son Gabe out to breakfast while my youngest is in preschool - our little breakfast dates. But today instead of going in somewhere to indulge (where I normally end up eating 1/2 of his food too) I grabbed him a yogurt in the McDonald's drive through, and a Diet Coke for me. I didn't even drink any of it for a couple of hours and now it doesn't even taste all that great. Anyway - it felt good to have been able to not even be terribly tempted at McD's. Then we headed to the library instead and got a BIG pile of books. Books are much less fattening than an Egg McMuffin. Anyway - they seem like small victories - but a small victory is much better than a setback!

What I'm Working On Today:
I'm adding this for myself. Today I am going to work on positive reinforcement - both towards my kids, and for myself. I have a lot of negative talk with myself and I know that blocks my progress with any goal. Stuff like "It's too hard", "I don't have enough time", "I have no self confidence", "I'm just FAT". I want to work on not letting those negative thoughts and words influence me. I have really seen that when I'm working out with Leslie her positive reinforcement towards me in the workout makes a BIG difference - and I'm seeing it as I deal with my everyday life too.

Gratitudes:
I LOVE public libraries and I LOVE being able to access thousands of books to read with my kids. I'm kind of like a kid in a candy store when we are picking through the books and it's a sure-fire way to cheer up.

I am grateful for quick meals for my kids. I am grateful that they would prefer the faster things sometimes anyway and that they were excited one night this week when I let them have cold cereal for dinner while I ate leftovers.

MUSIC - I love music! It can really pump me up to believe I can do anything. Because you know what? We really can do anything we put our minds to!