MARCHers going to goal!

Finish each day and be done with it...You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely.....Ralph Waldo Emerson Are you done with yesterday? Did you make some bad choices yesterday? Did you forget your vitamins yesterday? Did you eat more carbs than protein yesterday? Did you do no exercise yesterday? Did you not drink enough water yesterday? Well no doubt if that is the case some blunders and absurdities did creep in....so FORGET that. Today and tomorrow are new days and we shall all begin it well and serenely starting right now. Do you ever do something on a day you know you should not have done (food, exercise, vitamin, water wise) and excuse it by saying...well tomorrow is another day...next week is another week...January 1st - just a little over a month away and if I don't do the right things today, then I can start tomorrow or next week or January 1st???? Maybe too much procrastination for us -those of us not yet at goal or maybe those of us gaining a bit after reaching goal. We have to stay focused every single day...we have to make good choices every single day. It was easy at first because we were not hungry...remember the days when you didn't think you could possibly get in enough protein or water? Well, honey, those days are sure over...I suspect we are all hungrier and more tempted to make bad choices - I know I am. So let's take a ride on the motivational train...let's chug along towards the right choices. How will you finish today - in the positive or negative???? Hugs to all...Barbara

Well, last night I did something I hadn't done since surgery. It was not pretty! I was having a lot of pain and couldn't sleep. So I medicated myself the old me way. I ate. I had TWO, count them...TWO, pieces of pizza at about midnight. Now, was I hungry? Hardly! I had a nice, filling chef salad for dinner and my NSA fudgsicle later. I was frustrated, angry and depressed that I couldn't sleep and didn't feel well. So I ate. Ugh! Not the way to see onederland. Eating also didn't help me sleep or decrease the amount of pain. So I consumed goodness knows how many extra calories and unhealthy calories at that. Sigh. I'm trying to let it go this morning and get back on that motivational train you mentioned. It's done and I can't take it back, so I need to move forward. Chug, chug, chug goes Stephanie! Hugs, Stephanie

Barbara, I feel that this whole surgery process was a "do over" for me. I had the chance to once again make the right choices and start my life over as a new healthier me. Sometime I do need a do over to start a new day. I'm glad we have that opportunity. We have proved that we are not failures. Sometimes we are just human. Thanks for the reminders. Have a great day, Rick