Well, I tend to anticipate it's going to be an 'interesting' day (and I use that word facetiously) when the caller uses the word 'guesstimation' on the phone before 10am. Yay me; I refrained from asking which language he thought he was speaking.
So, I did 3 miles on the ole treadmill yesterday and again today. Yep, 2 days in a row. Thank goodness 'Suits' has a great cliff hanger at the end of season one; I'm looking forward to walking again tomorrow to begin season two. But I only get to count half that as I am giving the rest to my Corsican twin. That's for you, Philistina.
Healthy food choices resumed upon returning from my weekend adventure. I always wonder when I am out and get that off the grid 'thing' .. for example, this time it was a 'Black Bottomed Cheesecake with Chocolate Chip Icing' dessert ... will that 'thing' be the thing that drags me off the wagon and leaves me sobbing face down in the ditch?
On reflection I'd conclude I consumed a few too many burgers - the low light being the room service one I had at 11pm. I recognize now the 'lure' of that was the onion rings on the side. I coulda ordered a nice cobb salad w/the onion rings. Things to be better mindful of for next time. And I could have had just onion rings. I think that was what was calling to me from across the room the whole time anyway.
Under no uncertain terms am I beating myself up over this (nor may you, LOL!) I am merely working thru exercise #7 of
30 Things To Start Doing For Yourself found by
clicking here shared by one of my dear friends in her recent journal.
I felt so inspired by the list I printed it out, cut and folded each exercise individually and will choose one randomly. Perhaps daily; perhaps less often depending on how much thought I feel I need to give to the exercise.
Today's exercise:
Start valuing the lessons your mistakes teach you. Mistakes are okay; they’re the stepping stones of progress. If you’re not failing from time to time, you’re not trying hard enough and you’re not learning. Take risks, stumble, fall, and then get up and try again. Appreciate that you are pushing yourself, learning, growing and improving. Significant achievements are almost invariably realized at the end of a long road of failures. One of the ‘mistakes’ you fear might just be the link to your greatest achievement yet.But this is more than food. I did push myself again to get back on the treadmill 2 days in a row instead of every other. I pushed myself to tell someone 'no'. And I'm pushing myself to figure out something else for the weekend ahead rather than just waking up Saturday feeling restless.
I'm wondering if I'm feeling immortal or have a death wish. One of the activities that intrigued me was trapeze lessons. Then again, the Tour De Chocolate (participants get driven around from one chocolate maker to another, all the samples you can shove in your face) via a bus caught my eye as well. But I ruled that out when they included 'children welcome'. I wasn't thrilled being on the Wine Bus when the folks got drunk and loud; I sure don't want to be trapped in a tin can with sugar junkies.
I'll keep looking. My bliss is out there. I'll find it. Until then, thank you for stopping by and visiting with me.
Bella
