Well tonight I am on the road headed home from a church baseball game. Don't worry I am not blogging and driving. I am in the back seat hanging out. I figured rather then skip tonight I could try blogging on my phone.
This going to be short and sweet but I figured I could give it a test run.
Today has been the most overwhelming day yet. The good news is it is almost done - the day and the school year. Truth be told - as nerve racking as it does get - I Love My Job. I love the wonderful people I work with. Yeah there is always that one or two that wear you down but I am very blessed to work with the people I work with. We really are like a family and this time of the year is just like family at the holidays. Lol!
Now I just got to get through party day tomorrow without falling off the diet wagon!
Today's foods: apple oatmeal, grapes, salad w/ chicken, yogurt, apples, veggies and dip, salad w/ chicken and a little bit of popcorn at the game.
Today's exercise: situp workout and 20 min. Wii workout
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Almost . . .
Today I almost did it . . .
Not only did I almost do it once – I almost did it several times. I almost gave up and I almost gave into several temptations that came my way and crossed my mind.
First of all I did give up on my run early this morning. It was already 70 + degrees when I woke up and it was so muggy outside I couldn’t bear going out there and running. I felt bad about it for a little while but then again – I just felt bad! I didn’t even want to go to work – but not working was not an option! After I got to work and the daily stresses began to wear on me & I almost asked a friend to go by our favorite bakery and get lunch – of which I couldn’t eat! It didn’t just let it cross my mind either. I really considered asking.
Then for lunch I went out to where my son was having a fieldtrip for today. They were doing a cook out for lunch and I almost went on and said “sure – I’d love that last hot dog.” However, I didn’t. I came home before returning to work and made me a salad and grabbed my bag of apples that I had cut up earlier this morning and a yogurt. Then all afternoon – after I would not give into the craving to eat my mind kept telling me that I needed to go shopping. SHOPPING of all things. I don’t even like to shop. Usually shopping for me leads to depression and that leads to eating! However, today I just kept thinking I need to buy something. I deserve it. It will make me feel better! I almost gave into it as well. I had even decided where I was going to go and what I was going to buy! However, I realized what was happening and decided that my time would be better spent going to the gym and getting in that run that I had put off this morning. You see it isn’t really giving up if you just postpone it until later in the day for valid reasons.
One thing I can say for sure about it all is I am really glad I went to the gym for that run. It made me feel better today than satisfying any other craving would have. Not doing my exercise for today would have made me feel like a failure. Eating a donut and a roast beef sandwich would have really made me feel like a failure. Heating a hot dog in 98 degree heat would have probably made me sick. Going shopping would have been either a temporary fix or a shot in the arm dose of “you still can’t wear that”. Either one would not have been good.
So I guess today I had to treat myself a little like a child on restriction. I had to keep telling myself NO! Let me just tell you – I don’t like it any more than my children do. However, like we are learning in our Made to Crave Bible study – “I am made for more than this.” You see I am made for more than donut and delicious bakery sandwiches. I am made for more than any trinket I can buy at the store. I am made for more than a lazy afternoon doing nothing in front of the tv. I was made for Victory.
I guess one of the smartest things I did first thing today was watch Beth Moore who made a statement that resonated with me. I remembered praying then and several times today. I even was planning to go to work and put it on my facebook status but got way too busy for fb. Beth said that she found victory in her life when she began to believe God is who He says He is. Then she even went a step farther by saying she also learned that she herself needed to believe that she was who He said she was! As I thought about it – it made perfect sense. If I am believing that God is who He says He is than I know he is Master Creator, Sustainer, Strong tower, Refuge, Salvation, Defender, Protector . . . The Great I Am . . . If I believe that I am who He says I am than I know I am the child of God, daughter of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords – who shall I fear. If I take Him at His word I know that He will make my croaked paths straight and He will go before me, there isn’t a thing that can touch me without Him allowing it and even those things He will work together for His good! Whew . . . and that is just the beginning of a list that I could go on and on with His promises!
So tonight I pray once again for me as well now as for you – I pray that we will take the next 24 hours believing that God is who He says He is and that we are who He says we are. If we can REALLY believe those two things then those other things we are tempted with won’t seem so strong after all!
God Bless!
Today’s food: eggs and turkey, apple, salad, chicken, grapes, yogurt, bbq chicken, cauliflower and carrots
Today’s exercise: 20 minutes walking and 35 minutes running on the treadmill at the (climate controlled) gym.
Not only did I almost do it once – I almost did it several times. I almost gave up and I almost gave into several temptations that came my way and crossed my mind.
First of all I did give up on my run early this morning. It was already 70 + degrees when I woke up and it was so muggy outside I couldn’t bear going out there and running. I felt bad about it for a little while but then again – I just felt bad! I didn’t even want to go to work – but not working was not an option! After I got to work and the daily stresses began to wear on me & I almost asked a friend to go by our favorite bakery and get lunch – of which I couldn’t eat! It didn’t just let it cross my mind either. I really considered asking.
Then for lunch I went out to where my son was having a fieldtrip for today. They were doing a cook out for lunch and I almost went on and said “sure – I’d love that last hot dog.” However, I didn’t. I came home before returning to work and made me a salad and grabbed my bag of apples that I had cut up earlier this morning and a yogurt. Then all afternoon – after I would not give into the craving to eat my mind kept telling me that I needed to go shopping. SHOPPING of all things. I don’t even like to shop. Usually shopping for me leads to depression and that leads to eating! However, today I just kept thinking I need to buy something. I deserve it. It will make me feel better! I almost gave into it as well. I had even decided where I was going to go and what I was going to buy! However, I realized what was happening and decided that my time would be better spent going to the gym and getting in that run that I had put off this morning. You see it isn’t really giving up if you just postpone it until later in the day for valid reasons.
One thing I can say for sure about it all is I am really glad I went to the gym for that run. It made me feel better today than satisfying any other craving would have. Not doing my exercise for today would have made me feel like a failure. Eating a donut and a roast beef sandwich would have really made me feel like a failure. Heating a hot dog in 98 degree heat would have probably made me sick. Going shopping would have been either a temporary fix or a shot in the arm dose of “you still can’t wear that”. Either one would not have been good.
So I guess today I had to treat myself a little like a child on restriction. I had to keep telling myself NO! Let me just tell you – I don’t like it any more than my children do. However, like we are learning in our Made to Crave Bible study – “I am made for more than this.” You see I am made for more than donut and delicious bakery sandwiches. I am made for more than any trinket I can buy at the store. I am made for more than a lazy afternoon doing nothing in front of the tv. I was made for Victory.
I guess one of the smartest things I did first thing today was watch Beth Moore who made a statement that resonated with me. I remembered praying then and several times today. I even was planning to go to work and put it on my facebook status but got way too busy for fb. Beth said that she found victory in her life when she began to believe God is who He says He is. Then she even went a step farther by saying she also learned that she herself needed to believe that she was who He said she was! As I thought about it – it made perfect sense. If I am believing that God is who He says He is than I know he is Master Creator, Sustainer, Strong tower, Refuge, Salvation, Defender, Protector . . . The Great I Am . . . If I believe that I am who He says I am than I know I am the child of God, daughter of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords – who shall I fear. If I take Him at His word I know that He will make my croaked paths straight and He will go before me, there isn’t a thing that can touch me without Him allowing it and even those things He will work together for His good! Whew . . . and that is just the beginning of a list that I could go on and on with His promises!
So tonight I pray once again for me as well now as for you – I pray that we will take the next 24 hours believing that God is who He says He is and that we are who He says we are. If we can REALLY believe those two things then those other things we are tempted with won’t seem so strong after all!
God Bless!
Today’s food: eggs and turkey, apple, salad, chicken, grapes, yogurt, bbq chicken, cauliflower and carrots
Today’s exercise: 20 minutes walking and 35 minutes running on the treadmill at the (climate controlled) gym.
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