Yes, that really did deserve all of those exclamation marks! I took today off. I don’t know why. Just cuz. I wanted to. I slept in. Was excited to go down stairs & catch up on my blogs and sip my morning coffee with sugar-free hazelnut.
OH SNAP! Good thing I didn’t 
Nothing but aqua till August! I’m doing good, still on track!
Contest
Anyways, before I go any further, I wanted to know if you want a years subscription to Health Magazine. Yes? Ok, click here to enter. Just a reminder, contest ends tonight at 5pm, winner to be announced when I get a chance to update this weekend.
Talking about forever, again!
I started to talk about something yesterday that has been weighing heavily on my mind lately.
Since I started the challenge w/ Annabel @ Feed Me I’m Cranky, many of you have jumped 
on board. I am so so so excited that ya’ll are doing this with us, that you have made the decision to really dedicate your energy towards a goal. But here is where I get stuck. Then what? What happens after August 2nd?
Stay with me here, there is progress – I promise!
I got to this point of “then what?” and felt so overwhelmed, which led to my question to MizFit yesterday and the beginning of my thoughts in that holy crapola, this is forever? It blows my mind trying to grasp this concept of what forever feels like, trying to imagine me living like this in 10, 20, 30 or 40 years. FOREVER.
STOP MAKING IT SO HARD!!!
Here me out… remember that whole bathing suit incident? You know, the time I ACTUALLY WORE ONE! Remember how my statement to myself was “who freakin cares?” (click here to read more). My exact words were…
I was scared, nervous and TERRIFIED to show so much skin! I was scared someone was going to point and laugh. I was scared I would be made fun of and run to the bathroom with tears rolling down my cheeks like some dramatic moment from a high school movie. But my reaction was to do it anyways. Who cares if I wore a swimsuit?! Who cares if I showed my belly which looks like a jiggly water bed (the extra flab skin).
So back to what happens after August 1st – who cares?!!! Yep, see I can apply the same concept. August 2nd is really no big deal unless I make it a big deal. I know what to do. I know what is healthy and what is not. I just need to keep doing the best that I can and taking it one decision at a time.
I (and you too!) need to stop thinking about THIS WHOLE BIG THING and just take it one day at a time, one meal at a time, one decision at a time. It’s not that big of a deal! I’m quite confident I’m never going to get this 100% right 100% of the time. So all I can do is continue to hope for the best.
That’s the key to life (or so it seems to be right now anyways). Life just is. There will always be peppermint patties on my cubie’s desk. My mom will always continue to try new recipes. I will always love me some DaVinci Chianti wine. Red Dragon, Tam Tam’s, Stella’s, El Torro and Big Bowl will always have a menu full of glorious food options. Popcorn will forever be my favorite replacement meal. Life will happen. I will need to learn how to make healthy food decisions when life happens life.
There will always be a party to go to. I will be invited to weddings. Sleeping in will always be more enticing. Movies will always be more exciting then a personal trainer appointment. Vacations will be planned. Guests will visit. I will fall sick. Life will happen. I will need to learn how to make healthy activity decisions when life happens.
That is what happens on August 2nd. Life will happen. I will continue to make decisions as I have. No need to make it a big deal, cause who freakin’ cares???!!! aahh…alright, enough of my reflecting rant.
Weekend Plans
Saturday is my nephew’s 1st birthday. I can’t wait to watch him eat cake for the first time – gonna be so cute! I’m going to the gym on Saturday & Sunday – cuz I told my friend Megan that if she the gym I would go too. Megan, are you reading? I’m doing it, will go. Sunday I have no plans other then to go grocery shopping and try a couple of new recipes from a new cookbook I got. I will share this cookbook with you next week!
Monday Challenge Check-in
Weekends are not free. What you eat on Saturday and Sunday will end up on your ass just the same as what you eat Monday through Friday. Don’t kid yourself and give yourself the weekend off. It still counts. Be good this weekend and come back for a challenge check-in
