Good morning blog readers. It is Wednesday and that means
we’re half way through the work day and I am on my third day of healthy eating
and exercise. As usual, tasty temptations seem to always spring up moments
after I down healthier options. Nicole and I were even lets the thoughts of
slurpies and tacquitos dance across our minds for a dangerous moment there. The
biggest problem I have with eating healthy is not that I don’t like healthy
food (I am an avid lover of veggies and fruits) it’s that when I eat in
healthy, small portions, I find that I am ALWAYS hungry. This poses a problem
because even though I’m eating healthier, if I eat more I’m not really benefitting
in what I am doing. Today I plan to space out everything a little better and
brought healthy snacks like a few almonds that will hopefully tide me over
during the day. This little doodle I found yesterday made me laugh out loud
because it’s exactly how I feel.
I enjoy eating far too much.
So far I’ve kept to my exercise schedule as well. I dog
walk every day for at least an hour but I really needed something more. Corey
has helped be my motivation as we both work out when we get home for work. It’s
always nice to have a partner with similar goals. I did a small run yesterday
and squats until my legs felt like Jello. I’m lucky enough to have a job where I
can run around or exercise with the dogs and they have fun running around me
when I do. Doing squats when dogs are trying to jump into your lap adds a layer
of difficulty however. I feel that I need to be running for miles and miles or lifting crazy weights to see results but I still seem to have to realize that I need to take things slowly and build up as I progress. Ugh. If we only had a magic wand.
I’ve also changed a few things for the better this year,
or I’m in the process of changing them. Last year was rough but the past couple
months have seen me rise out of muck of 2013 and become a better, happier and stronger
person. I told myself that I will not give my anxiety a chance this year. So
far I’ve only had a few fleeting thoughts and no compulsions! I now it’s only
the 8th but that’s terrific compared to some parts of last year.
Starting last December I began to put my phone away after
7 to enjoy some handheld tech free time with Corey. I spend waaay too much time
on that damn phone that I really wasn’t letting myself really enjoy our
downtime. So far so good though it seems most people want to text me during
that time. I find myself feeling less
stress when I don’t have that thing around when I’m trying to enjoy our shows.
It’s one of my favorite parts of the weekday. Once dinner,
exercise and showering is all out of the way we’ve been hunkering down to watch
Doctor Who together. It’s been fabulous though we’re nearing the end of the
David Tenent era which makes me pretty bummed out. Ah well. Matt Smith will be
a brand new journey for both of us.
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