I am so excited I want to scream from the rooftops... I feel a monumental shift has taken place. In the past I would be too frightened to say anything, for fear it would slip away but I am going to bask in this feeling so it lasts forever :) What am I speaking about you ask? My second 40-day trend, fruits and vegetables
Saturday I didn't meet the threshold, Tuesday either. Tuesday was the worst actually. I had McDonald's. I was totally unsatisfied with my food and it was a total act of laziness.
But here is the monumental shift in "Jennifer Thinking"... I told myself this morning that the issue "was not whether you fell off the horse or not but if you got back on!" I always feel so funny sharing these little pep talk, hell I feel funny having them myself
I have been having a year long journey with myself, I have been often disappointed that I haven't made more changes to myself and my life. I have had grand plans, a step in some direction I guess, I have made week long attempts to stop this or start that
Much like quitting smoking (2 ½ months and counting) I am experiencing a feeling of triumph well before meeting the set finish line. With smoking it was the wonderful feeling every few days when I realized I was no longer counting each and every day. With the 5 a day plan it is the opposite, it is awareness of my mindfulness (Thank you Nicole for sharing the knowledge that has led to these words entering my vocabulary)
Today I started off slow; I had the other half of E's apple on the way to work. I then had meetings and doctor appointments and managed to not eat anything else until 3 in the afternoon. I was on my way to the bank when I realized I would be right near this place called Roly Poly, they make wraps and have a fairly extensive menu. I had a wrap with lettuce (green leaf), spinach (I opted for this over sprouts), tomato, avocado, and mango chutney. I feel confident that the veggies on my wrap equal one serving because they are huge and I ate it all. I'll save that issue for another time. I also had a juice drink which for today I am counting as a fruit because it was nectar, water is the first ingredient, there was no corn syrup and beta-carotene was one of the ingredients. I was very full the rest of the night and had a snack of peanut butter and celery.
Oh, and the other day I saw my presliced remaining red bell pepper in the refrigerator wilting away and I thought to myself, "I should take that so it doesn't go bad!" I took it and added it to my frozen rice pilaf with green beans that I adore. I love this pilaf so much that I took the time to note the actual ingredients from the carton but am not much of an experimenter.
I am so happy to be supported in this endeavor by my best friends, I hope you read this and feel my joy and ride the wave. I know the remaining time will go quickly. I have been trying to think what I should add next. Can I maintain 3 good life choices at one time?
My wish list- I wish I could go to the grocery store more often without feeling like it is such a chore. Sometimes living in Salem sucks. I say that only because I know that if I lived just a bit further north I could have groceries delivered. In all actuality I still would not have my groceries delivered for financial reasons. I also wish I didn't talk myself out of stopping at the second store all the time, LifeSource
I feel like I want to keep talking but I am not sure what I want to share. I am eagerly hoping I can be more prolific now as I have laptop. It is so nice to be able to multi task (although I am partially horrified that I am listening to TV as background noise while I type)