What's for lunch?

I've packed healthy again today! It's really helped me to move away from restaurants at my new place of employment. I guess having no one to lunch with 99% of the time has also helped. While that still bums me out, my pocketbook and waistline are benefitting from the change!

hydration or hungry?

This is me, truly, especially midday when I know that what I really need is to get up and walk around, take a break from sitting at the computer, and grab more water.  Sometimes it's not even that I am bored, but just reminding myself that I know a little stretch and hydration really is next best thing... and that when I hear the vending machines calling me softly screaming at me from down the hall, it's best to lock up my wallet and wait for dinner. 

If I don't plan ahead an bring a healthy midday snack, I can succomb to all kinds of crazy eating.  And then by dinner, I feel horrible, not hungry for the good stuff and already swearing to "do better" tomorrow.

I tell my sons this every single day:  It's all about choices.  Isn't it amazing that we can apply that to so many things in our lives?



a simple reward

Sometimes it's just the little milestones that say -
"you go girl!"

My boobs (in a bra) are finally bigger than my gut - without sucking it in. Ha!  I bought this skirt from j.jill almost 4 years ago and never wore it because all of my rolls showed, and well, I was pregnant twice more in the last five years. 

That aside...  today's the day I wear it - in public!

No where near my goal weight, but making baby steps.  It's dawned on me this week that I am no longer having to suck it in when I walk past my reflection in order to feel better about myself.  Yes, I do that.  It helps that there are far less reflective objects at my new work (but five times as many vending machines).

Still working hard at making exercise a daily habit.  Being mindful of what I put in my mouth.  One day at a time.