madaboutmoose的日记, 2010年07月8日

Good morning!! You'll all be relieved to hear I'm less clumsy this morning!! LOL!! Yesterday is a memory.

We watched Invictus last night. Really enjoyed the movie. The evening meal and snacks were good. The bleu cheese burgers were awesome and the sweet & sour coleslaw was also quite tasty. I had an ounce of popcorn (no butter), a nectarine, and a plum after dinner while watching the movie. You'll be proud to hear that I only had a little taste of the brownies our intern brought to staff meeting yesterday as a thank you to us all. I brought home three to Bob and wasn't even tempted. Go figure!! Maybe I got my share of sugar with the cake and ice-cream mom brought home earlier in the week!!

Today suddenly became less busy as I learned my afternoon appointment (which all told would equal 3 hours; 2 hours driving time 1 hour appt. time) is cancelled due to illness. I have a morning appt. which will take all morning but that is fine! The weather has warmed up quite a bit. Low to mid 90's for the next few days, dropping down to the 50's at night. I don't mind the warm days when the nights cool off so nicely.

So I noticed this morning ... as I glanced at my reflection in our back porch french doors, that I have a rather nice shape!! A much better observation than yesterday's feeling like I was as wide as a cruise ship!! Kindness is a good thing, especially to myself. I typically don't struggle with being kind to others. That comes rather easily to me. Being kind to myself, seeing myself as attractive and acceptable is more like work still. I am grateful though that I catch myself doing it more frequently though, and beating up on myself less frequently. The continuing saga ....

I'll step on the scale tomorrow and see what the verdict is. I am seriously thinking I need to return to more frequent weigh-ins though, at least for now. I'm slightly nervous about tomorrow but realize that it will be whatever it will be and I really am just fine. It certainly is an ongoing adventure for me to figure out how to live as a non-fat person. I think the daily accountability is better for me. It has been a nice break these past few weeks to only weigh once a week but I miss it and it makes me a little more nervous than I like ... not having that tool to utilize. I know that fluctuations are normal. Weighing less frequently reminds me too much of my old pattern of not paying attention, being in denial, and gaining weight. I do not desire to return to that pattern. I deserve better than that!

So, today is another opportunity to share my gratefulness ...

1. noticing the difference in how the air smells in the cool of the morning vs. the warmth of the evening

2. enjoying a good movie with my family on a work day evening

3. fresh, sweet, juicy, tasty fruit!!

4. BBQ!!!

5. catching myself feeling good about me!!!

Cathy ... if you remind me (I often space things out) I'll send you the recipes for the slaws I've tried so far. They are super quick and easy. I probably won't get a chance until the weekend.

I hope everyone has a lovely day and those of you enjoying 100+ degree temperatures don't MELT!!! Life is good. Let's all continue to practice kindness towards ourself. We are each worth the effort!!!

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