Redeeming my day

Today has been another hard day. I don’t feel well. I haven’t felt great all week. I can say that my normal ways of medicating has not worked for me this week because of this diet. Usually, I would take a healthy dose of chocolate followed by a healthy dose of peanut butter and then snacked on and off peanuts or potato chips. You know those normal feel better foods! However, this week I have had to turn to naps, Advil, and lots of water. Blah, blah, blah! I can say that I have had a few minor breaks from the diet due to “I can’t take it without sugar” outburst. They have been only a few and they have been minor and short lived. However, today I did give into another small piece of cake at a baby shower – of course I had not planned to eat the cake but I did snack on a few seasoned pecans which lead to the cake. I have got to say later I did regret eating the cake. It didn’t make me feel any better! It was not what I needed. I really wish I would have walked away. Then right before I left work someone gave me the last few bites of a peanut butter egg. She said if you don’t eat it then just throw it away. Well sorry I just couldn’t do it. It was only a few bites and it is peanut butter and chocolate. I did eat the last 3 bites of the egg. I am grateful that it was only the last of it and not the whole egg that I had been given.

I did have a decision I had to make. I had to decide to not let it ruin my day. I had to decide to get back on track and that it didn’t make today a total lost. I had to decide that I was going to have to shake it off and stay on track today. I am also going to have to realize that food is not going to make me feel better. I just have to keep reminding myself that. So after I left work I came home and started fixing dinner. I decided to grill burgers and onions and peppers. After I got the burgers ready to grill I decided to leave the grilling for my husband. I decided I needed to do something that would make me feel better. I took 3 Advil and went to bed. I slept till 5:30 when Kevin left for ball practice. I decided that I needed to get up and go for my run. I always feel better after a run. ALWAYS! I know that wasn’t what my body wanted to do but I know that it is what will make me feel better. So I went for my run and it did make me feel better. It made me feel better than the cake or the peanut butter. It made me feel better physically and emotionally. It was the best choice – after the nap that I did need. It didn’t make me feel guilty and burdened like the sweets. So I am glad that I did not give up because I had eaten the sweets. I am glad that I went home and did something to fix the problem by resting and exercising. Now I hope I can remember that tomorrow when I don’t feel that great. I hope I can remember it the next time I need rest or just to get out and de-stress.

Today’s meals: oatmeal w/ apples, tangerine, bbq chicken, broccoli, roasted potatoes, strawberries, veggies w/ dip, small piece of cake and pecans, few bites of chocolate egg, yogurt, hamburger, broccoli, grilled onions and peppers, and steamed spinach.

Today’s exercise: walk 10 minutes, run 30 minutes

Now doesn't that look like a healthy dinner?

The plans of the hard working person lead to prosperity but everyone who is always in a hurry ends up in poverty. Proverbs 21:5