ALL CLEAR!

The doctor called last night and I passed my stress test!! I was pretty excited to hear that as I am anxious to get back to my exercise routine!!! Can't go tonight (Dentist appt), but I can go to water aerobics on Wednesday!! :) :) :) Not sure why I feel so sucky, but it's not my heart!

I have been reading some stuff over at Hussman Fitness and one of the things he said struck me. It's daily action. I have talked about this before, but reading it over at his site, drove home the point that no matter what your plan is, you have to follow it consistently. Every day - no matter what. I have a goal - to be healthy, fit and a normal weight. Every action either contributes or deters from my goal.

There are lots of things that need improvement for me.

1. Sticking to my calorie goal
2. Consistent exercise
3. Making better (healthier) food choices
4. Not eating something because I have calories "left"

The exercise, I am not worried about right now. Because of the water aerobics and the Y thing I joined, that's pretty much built in. I'll have to be more mindful at the first of the year when the program wraps up.

Sticking to my calorie goal is a biggie. 1800 calories is really a pretty easy goal to meet. You can eat quite a bit and still make your goal. So what's the problem? I guess it's when I "decide" not to care. So it's not the plan at all, it's me. There is no way to ever prevent me from having a "whatever" day. I don't believe there is anything I can put in place that can control this behavior. This is something that needs to come from within. I think everyone has those days. And I think that's OK. But what is the acceptable deviation? 2 days a month...4 days a month?? I don't think I'd ever plan a weekly cheat day because cheat days seem to happen all by themselves for me. I think right now the most important thing for me to work on is to not let 1 bad day turn into 2 or worse 3 or 4. And that's what's happening. If Friday goes bad, so does Saturday and Sunday. EVERY TIME.

I read a great analogy for this once (thanks Meg!)...if you were driving to work and you got a flat tire, do you go home and try again tomorrow. NO!!! That would be silly, but that's what we do when we have a bad meal and we start over the next day or even on Monday. If you were driving to work and you got a flat tire, do you jump out and slash the other 3. NO!!! That would be silly, you fix the one. But that's what we do when we have a bad meal and then blow the whole day because "it's already blown".

It's really all about being present in your life and making choices. I think I read once that we make 200 food choices a day! Yikes!!!!

11/6/06
Calories: 1790
Exercise: None