by kkrichar » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:43 am
Thanks Anna and Buns.
Day 6 is ab fab!!!!
Little note about last night's GOTR practice: I ENJOYED it!!!!!!! Yes, you read that correctly. No one is more surprised than me. Apparently bribery works. Well, maybe I should call a reward system. The girls were supposed to run for 35 minutes. In the past it was like pulling teeth to get them to do anything for longer than 5-10 minutes. The program uses running to teach young girls about self-esteem, developing their own value systems, standing up to bullies, and being a part of a community. I guess parents think it sounds great and sign their girls up for it but the girls don't necessarily like running. So, it can be a real challenge to get someone to run who doesn't want to.
Anyhoo, I had promised to pick up some stickers before last night's practice and ran to the dollar store. There were all these super cute/cool things there like bunny ears and jump ropes and glow sticks (apparently glow sticks are the equivalent of gold to the 9-11 year old girl demographic). I also got cute pencils and erasers and stickers. I decided to challenge the girls and depending on how far they ran in the time period would depend on the level of coolness of the prize they could pick. They all wanted to know how many laps they had to run to get the glow sticks! I told them and they HAULED ASS!!!! I couldn't believe it. One girl had a bit of a tummy ache and I told her she could just walk but she wanted that glow stick. They were all laughing and smiling and running and it was a blast.
I went home from GOTR and did my tempo run and ate some rice and beans. I did my dishes and planned my food for today and got it all ready. I watched Biggest Loser and then read a book for awhile. I went to bed and got to work close to on-time today!
It all blends together for me. When I eat poorly I have no energy to clean my house or prepare meals or chop veggies. So, I get up in the morning with nothing prepared and dirty dishes all over the kitchen and I just want to go back to bed. I dink around on the Internet or I fall asleep on the couch and I'm late for work. When I'm late for work I don't park in my free space a mile from my office. Instead I park in the ramp next to my building that costs money I don't have. Then I grab a vegan scone and butter croissant for breakfast, more crap for lunch and by 3pm I'm crashing. So, I go to the Canteen store for Reece's Peanut Butter Cups or Nutty Bars or whatever and eat the whole bag. I get home and I'm tired and have a headache and I'm anxious about how much money I'm spending. I don't want to run or clean the kitchen or cook so I grab something crappy to eat. I wake up the next morning and the cycle continues.
Changing one thing sets in motion a domino effect. This change can be positive like getting everything ready the night before or it can be negative like eating a bunch of garbage. I realize that I can make a lot of things better by changing one thing. It's less intimidating as well. I don't think I need to clean my house, chop a 1000 veggies, get up early, run a marathon, blah blah blah. I just need to make one change and stick with it and the ripple effect will clean up everything else (or at least a lot of it).
I feel very positive today. I hope everyone here feels good today too. If not maybe you have time to read some of the inspiring journals I rely on for courage, strength and hope.
HW: 220 lbs BMI=36.3
CW: 162 lbs BMI=26.5
GW: 135 lbs BMI=22.3