Step Away From the Cake

It has been 5 months since I started AltShift. It was rough going in the beginning. I had to change the way I thought about food and exercise. I had to change the way I ate. I had to change the way Hubby cooked since he does all the cooking. It was a big deal and a long transition period. In some ways, Hubby still struggles with it, but I have settled into it. It has now become my comfortable place. I haven't had anything sweet in weeks. I don't crave sweets at all anymore. My reaction is even starting to change towards them. I don't look at them and think those would taste good, I look at them and think, yuck. Yesterday we had a staff meeting and they usually feed us lunch at those things. I was kind of dreading what they might offer and was planning how to get out of eating it or only eating a little. Well, turns out they didn't have lunch for us and instead brought donuts. I did not even for 1 second consider having a donut. Not even for a nanosecond. Just couldn'

This is who I have to beat/change/defeat however you want to look at it, me.  In many ways, I am my own worst enemy. I get these ideas in my head and let them control me. I let things happen that shouldn't happen. So this is the person I need to beat. Me!!! Having said that, and keeping that in mind as I try to change my way of thinking, yesterday went well. I needed to go to school for a couple of hours to get some stuff done, and I walked there an back. Yay me!!!!  Then I did some desk stuff I needed to do and at 3:30 went to Target just to cruise around. Now I know that I can't go spending money all the time, but once in a while is cool while trying to break bad habits. I spent 90 minutes cruising Target, Ross's, and Famous Footwear. Spent money I didn't need to. But, I got 10,000 steps. Yay me!!!! Got my food all in the right shifts too. Yay me!!!  Another thing I've fallen into is putting meditation off until the last minute before I go to bed. I get it