Monday - 4/14 - Cardio & Cafe

Happy Monday BOTTs!! It's another manic Monday here in sunny, breezy, pollen covered Carolina. It's certainly time to start the OTC allergy meds. Sneezing, headachy and bleech. Everything even tastes like pollen.

Thanks for the well wishes and thoughts with getting my Aunt settled into the nursing home. She seems to be doing "OK" with it. Confused, but otherwise showing signs of adjusting. When I went Saturday she's had her hair washed and she was in a clean dress. She and her roommate were in their room when I got there and Miss Ethlel was telling me all about how sweet the lady (My Aunt) is. I hope when I go later today I'll get another good report.

The plan today is about the same as always:

Commute: Coffee

Breakfast: 1/2 chicken biscuit

Lunch: Frozen Entree

snack: Apple

Dinner: Hamburger Steak with Green beans

Yall have a great day. Remember those vitamins and drink tha****er.

- Iris

Good morning BOTTs.

Ahhhh...Monday.    I just cannot get excited about Mondays...the one good thing is that it's great for being back on track because I keep my water, meds and vits on top of my desk so they are always in sight so I always remember to take them when I am supposed to.  Also, I keep my cell phone with me and the Pacer App is on tracking my every step.  That's great motivation for me.  The newest "Live Well" campaign at work is to walk 100 miles in 100 days, during working hours only.  It averages out to be 2500 steps per mile.  That part is relatively easy but I have been challenging myself to do 2, 4, and 4 times that each day while at work.  It's proven to be great for my stress level as well...I make the walk to the water fountain a whole trip up and down the hall each time, as well as each trip to the restroom. I have yoga class again tonight...Hey...that is a great way to improve my feelings about Mondays....I should always try to do yoga on Mondays...what a beautiful reward for making it through the workday all in one piece!

Breakfast:  2 hard boiled eggs and 2 slices of bacon

Lunch:  Grilled tilapia with green beans

Snack:  10 almonds

Dinner:  boneless skinless chicken tenders with buffalo sauce and light ranch with celery and carrots

Snack:  apple and string cheese

I love Mondays, however, for the "Fresh Start" that I associate with them.  I practically OD'd this weekend on carbs.  Whatever carb ***** demon allowed my inner carb monster to buy a big box of cheez-its and wheet thins on my way home from work Friday when I was purchasing veggies, proteins, and fruits just about did me in.  I simply cannot have these in my house...my hand reaches in and pulls out a handful everytime it crosses my mind or I happen to see the box.  It's an open invitation to destruction, a dance with the devil in my quest to take good care of this body.  Self-sabatoge is a skeleton from my past that rears it's ugly head at the mere availability of the empty calories which are toxic to my body and my mind.  I felt as tho I had a hangover Saturday however, the poison came in those red and yellow boxes on op of my fridge.  I'm sure the combination of processed food, additives, salt, etc. attacked my body and my mind.  Okay.....wow....where did all of that come from???  I was just getting to my usual "sign off".   Talk about Food for Thought.  Okay...Deep breath....today has started out good....today will end even better.  Today I have the opportunity to begin another healing transformation...water water and more water and clean eating is a good start the next minute, hour, day, week, and so forth. 

Exercise:  walking and self talk about how much better I feel mentally and physically when I eat clean

Have a great day, all.

Gaby

Cheez-its are from the  devil.  Wheat thins are too!

I love the exercise plan...I'd have to self talk myself half way across 4 states before it would work. lol.

Snowy today in the panhandle.....it was 91* on Saturday.....supposed to hard freeze again tonight.....maybe this will end our winter.

Iris,  glad to hear your Aunt is adjusting....sounds like she got a good roommate....at least I hope so.

Gaby, I totally understand about the carb monster and old habits creeping in.....there are several things I avoid like the plague because if I buy them, I reason.." Oh, it won't hurt.....I will just eat them in moderation".  Moderation goes to throw them away....to, no, I will just eat all of them and start new tomorrow !!  Mostly chips, crackers, or nuts.......just stuff I really don't need, just want.  This is one of my biggest challenges.

on to other news.........

my eats for today......morning vits in.......water started.......already walked 4200 steps

breakfast.........(another thing I need to work on since I am not a breakfast eater)..... Today I had 1/2 cup cottage cheese and pineapple

snack..............water with lemon

lunch...............turkey and cheese and pickles 

snack...............orange

dinner..............hamburger patty and cauliflower

snack..............cottage cheese and pineapple

Have a great day !!