by Principality » Sat May 12, 2018 7:30 am
Thanks moonlight, I love your signature quote. I find myself reading it often.
Todays motivation was grocery shopping. Now this is something that I have grown fond of due to the challenge it creates. It nets me an easy 5000 steps getting there and back. My healths best saving grace is that I am cheap...tooo cheap to take a bus where I can walk. Plus you would be surprised at how little spontaneity buying appeals when you have to lug it all the way back home. I have a backpack and two other cloth grocery bags, one for each hand. No one ever panhandles me on the way home. I think the look of grim determination scares them. Anyway, I am in Ottawa, ON Canada so food is not cheap, but I only had 50 to spend and I wanted enough for two weeks. I am lucky enough to have some frozen fruit and veggies in the freezer and barley and rice in the pantry, and few potatoes left. So obviously this wasn’t a starvation trip but I did want to round out my MWL loot so I don’t get the idea I have nothing to eat. I was there when they opened which is such a peaceful time to shop and think. I got tomatoes, oranges,apples,carrots, cabbage, onions, sweet potatoes, Almond milk, rice milk, and bulgur and tofu. I also got one household item and jello mix for 47 bucks. So I am pretty happy with all the good things I got for the money I spent. I am even happier to be back at home with my prizes put away and 5000 steps down. My barley was waiting and my raspberries had thawed and I combined them with my rice milk and for once feel I earned my breakfast. Tastes better that way. Kinda like The Pleasure Trap says, “Happiness is the result of making progress...”. I certainly am in a happy mood now.
Starting weight : 240lbs, current 235.9 change -4.1