Epic fail

Yesterday definitely wasn't my best day. It all fell apart when I went to make my Herbalife shake for lunch and my blender was dirty. I guess I hadn't cleaned it after breakfast. Chalk it up to new-mom brain. That wouldn't have been such a big deal except my kitchen was a disaster. I had dishes overflowering out of my deep-set sink. In order to have a shake for lunch I would have had to spend thirty to forty minutes cleaning the kitchen. That wasn't going to happen right then. But that attitude I had about giving up influenced the rest of my day. I snacked a little more, I felt a lot hungrier, and by the end of the night it was one of those nights where I could have probably eaten indefinitely and never felt full. Some tasty cheesecake later and I'm sure I went over my needed caloric intake by, well, a lot. Oh, and I didn't exercise.

One of the best things about failing one day is that the morning is a new day. A new day to have a firm resolve to do a little better, try a little harder, and succeed.

It's important when working on changing your daily habits to maintain a positive attitude and not to get too down on yourself when you fail. I know I'm going to fail. A lot. This is the fourth time in my life I'm trying to loose that baby weight. Every time I've been able to take off the pounds and be pleased with my self. Every time I've become a little more fit than the time prior. My mantra is "healthy is a way of life". I really believe it. But I understand life. We have good days and bad days. Good kid days, bad kid days. Great days keeping the house clean, and days you wish you could walk around with your eyes shut. There is always an ebb and flow. So, failure on any given day does not make ME a failure. It makes me human. That knowledge helps me feel okay when I mess up. Thank goodness.

So today my goal is to get back on track and find one thing to do that will fall under "exercise". I'm going to try to get to my church building and play basketball this morning, but I don't know if people will be there. If that doesn't happen, I'll just have to come up with something else. But that's a whole other post altogether.

Here's to a good day.