Attitude

I was woken up this morning at 6:00 am (on a SATURDAY!!) by a phone call from my work friend. I thought about ignoring it, but I decided to answer it. Not sure why I answered the phone because I was aggravated by her waking me up after I’d had such a hard couple of weeks. It ended up being a good conversation for me because in speaking truth to her, I was telling myself things I needed to be reminded of.

So, then I got up, went to breakfast and looked at all my Six Week Body Makeover information! It was such a beautiful morning today! I sat on my patio and figured out what I was going to get at the grocery store and what I was going to cook the next few weeks. I got to love on my dog while I was outside too… she is such a sweetheart! Then I went to the farmer’s market and got some fresh veggies and fruit, then I stopped at Kroger and finished my grocery shopping. I am still trying to use the envelope system for my budget and I didn’t spend all my money!!! I was so proud of myself for finding good buys and staying within my budget. It was such a pleasure to be outside this morning, the coolness of the day was invigorating. At Kroger I ran into a cousin of mine and we chatted for a few minutes, too… She was a lot of fun. Made me think I would like to get to know her better, especially since she lives down the road from me.

So—now I have a lot more to do. I need to throw out all the food in my house not on my “plan”. I need to cook for the rest of the week. I need to cook for the dinner on the grounds at church tomorrow. I need to clean up my kitchen before I start cooking. I need to go to Wal-Mart to get the rest of my non-food list. And I’m worried about staying on this plan because I want to be able to ask people over to my house for meals and I don’t think they would like eating the way that I will be eating. OR… that I won’t be able to socialize with my friends by going out to eat anymore, because it’s harder to find food on plan in restaurants. And I could ask them to come to my house for a meal, but then I’d need to keep it clean enough to do that… and when am I going to find time to do that?? And I'm supposed to weigh and measure myself so that I can track my progress but I don't have a scale and I don't want to buy one. And the one at work doesn't go up high enough for me. And how embarassing is it to call your doctor and say... "Okay, I need to weigh myself and find out how much I weigh. Where can I do that? And part of me just wants to say don't worry about that! But part of me wants to know from the get go so I can see my progress and be encouraged. Bleeckkk!!! But I want to do this, I need to loose weight and get more healthy for so many reasons.

And somewhere I need to find the time to work on that presentation for work so that I can have my direct supervisor look over it Monday or Tuesday.

I think I better just take it one thing at a time. I still had a good morning.