Mama Said

Day 8

Mama always said there'd be days like these.

Days... when you're so busy that you look up at 11:30 and realize that you forgot to eat your snack. Days... when people won't cooperate with you and make you want to scream. Days...when you don't feel good. And Days when you just want to throw in the towel all together.

For me, today was one of "those" days. But, I never once considered throwing in the towel. I did have a couple of backsliding moments of weakness. I considered going to Jimmy Johns for dinner because I forgot to throw the stuff in the crockpot for Taco Soup this morning. I offered to switch my free day to today so that my husband could have pizza on Friday. (He wisely said "no no". Thanks baby) 

I got my head screwed on straight and stopped at the grocery store on my way home from work. I stocked up on produce and bought something else to cook for dinner. Now, I'm full of some real food instead of fast food and I'm better for it.

Building a "new me" is hard work. It's sort of like building a new house. You drive by at the end of the first week and you're super excited to find that the foundation is poured and then it's three months before a single wall is framed.

I'm aware that it will be several weeks before the changes being made on the inside will be visible on the outside. I just have to practice patience (of which I have very little). Instead of obsessing over what's not happening on the outside, I'm going to remember how good I feel right now. And, when I'm tempted to eat emotionally, I'll take my friend Dixie's advice... "Go outside and hit a tree with a baseball bat." She told me that today and it made me laugh out loud. That one little piece of humor was the thing that kept me from stomping to the soda machine a grabbing a Diet Coke in anger.

So, my foundation is poured. Now, it's time to frame this sucker up. Next week, 6 days a week of exercise begins. I hope my life insurance is paid up.

Cheers!
Margaret