I'm learning a valuable lesson tonight - cereal and chips don't fill me up. I only have 2 points left for the day and I'm hungry. That means I'll be having some fruit tonight when and if I feel hungry. Lesson learned - eat more filling Power Foods instead of junk food even if I'm really craving a bowl of cereal.
I think my knees are sore tonight because the track at the Y is banked on the corners and I'm not used to that. Plus doing the recumbent bike for a few minutes and bending my knees made them hurt. I'm okay with walking but bending my knees makes them sore and achy. I think tomorrow I'll do the bike but pull the seat back more because my legs were bent up too much yesterday. I should have adjusted the seat but didn't really know where I'd be comfortable. Today I can tell that I need to back the seat up some. It's surprising that I'm so achy from bending my legs for so short a time. That just tells me that I need to go slow at the beginning of this. I was going to try to do the whole 30 minutes tomorrow but I may cut that back to 20 (5 minute warm up, 10 minutes in THR and 5 minutes of cool down). I'll make sure that I stretch afterwards too. I'm going to print out a set of stretches to take with me so I'll know what to do after I work out.
So, today is a day of lessons.
Earlier I wrote out my Bill of Rights, my Declaration of Independence and a letter of commitment to myself to be healthy mentally and physically. I think I needed to do that to remind myself that taking it slow is okay. I don't need to get discouraged or hurt by trying to do too much too soon. I have a right to be gentle with myself and I am committed to a healthy lifestyle. That doesn't mean I'm going to work out twice a day every day and never eat any junk. It means that whenever I can I will make good choices. Choices that will help me to feel better physically and mentally. Doing that radio interview is one of the ways I have been good to myself. It made me feel good to meet the challenge and do a good job speaking about such an important subject. Joining the Y was another way I have been good to myself. I'm giving myself a place to work out safely and with help. I'm not going to try to do this all on my own because that has never worked before. I'm going to try new things instead of doing the same things and expecting different results (yes, insanity).
Tonight might be a struggle for me because David has to work a hockey game. He'll be out all night. I'm going to have to make sure I don't get bored and kill the boredom with eating. I have plenty of things to do (laundry, dishes, my art room, to name a few) plus there's a NASCAR race on tonight. I love NASCAR so that will keep me entertained for a couple of hours. The chips (Deli Style Lay's) pretty much curbed my craving so I should be okay. I'm thinking about ice cream though and would have to go into my 49 points and I don't really want to do that. Yep, it's going to be a struggle tonight. Any suggestions on making this easier for me? I'd appreciate any help. I should just get rid of the ice cream now so I don't eat it. I hate to waste it but I think I'd hate more to eat it. Maybe I can try one of those Jedi mind tricks and tell myself that I can't have it because I need to save some for David. That way it doesn't go to waste and I don't eat it. Maybe that will work. I'll do whatever it takes to stay away from the ice cream tonight.
No more talking about food or snacks. I need to get my mind on other things. I have some homework to do for Alicia (my therapist) so I'll do that. I have plenty of reading to do for her too. I'll go do that for a while and get focused on something else. My plan tomorrow is to go work out around 9am but it's flexible so I may go earlier or later. Just as long as I go.
Enjoy your evening everyone. If you need any encouragement feel free to post and I'll check in for comments throughout the night. On to homework!
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