Sometimes You Need A Good Forehead Smack!

So, I felt yucky this morning.  In fact, that was my status update on FB.  Someone commented, "Kristin, you're perpetually sick. Clearly your apple intake is lacking."  And there is the forehead smack!  Of course!  My eating has been crap the last couple weeks.  And guess what?!?  I have felt like crap the last couple of weeks!  Duh!  My personality is very extreme, I am am all-or-nothing kind of girl.  That is particularly problematic when it come to my diet.  If I am "dieting" I am super strict, and don't allow myself any room for error.  If I am off my diet, I am completely off.  I eat all "bad" food, and I don't eat any of the healthy food, because AI "don't want to waste it on a bad day."  Ridiculous, I know.  So, if the morning starts off bad, I go bad all day, and don't eat any of my healthy food.  I didn't realize how off my diet I have been until I looked in my fruit drawer and had to throw away all the grapes and pears because they were rotten.  What a waste of fruit and money.  I have to learn that I can still eat well, and have a slip up.  I should be eating mostly good food, even if there is some bad stuff in my day.  You are what you eat, and that was made very clear to me today.


So, this morning, I had a peanut granola bar while getting Perry ready for school, and a Piece of banana bread with butter with my coffee, and the a dark chocolate granola thin later on.  That is when I said I was feeling yucky.  After I realized what I had been doing, I had an apple and a fat free yogurt for lunch.  I felt better almost immediately!  I realized how badly I had been treating my body, eating badly, not working out, not drinking enough water.  After I put Joce to bed, I worked out!  I did Jackie Warner Full Body Circuit.  It was hard, but it felt great!  I posted yesterday about getting the basement ready so I can work out down there.  I seriously planned to stop working out until I got it done and the TV down there.  So dumb!  I have to realize that if I cannot change my situation, I have to learn to how to live in that situation.  Yes, it will take a while to be able to work out down there, and no, I still don't like showering in the afternoon, but until I get things situated, that is what I will have to do.  And that is okay!  Not ideal, but I can do it until I can change my situation.  


I am feeling so inspired right now!  I was feeling so defeated yesterday, I am so glad that today happened!  I am going to get back to treating my body well, with good food, exercise, and lots of water!  I will learn how to create a happy medium in my diet, and continue to strive for good health!

Need to make a change.

So my routine is no longer working for me.  Erg.  I have been working out during Joce's afternoon nap, around 1:00.  Then I shower and do my hair.  The problem is that I haven't been sleeping well.  I am doing a lot in the morning so that I get it done, because my afternoon's are a fog of exhaustion.  As far as my work outs go, I haven't in almost 2 weeks.  I am just so tired, and I feel like I have so many other things to do that never get done.  I would like to start working out in the morning so I can shower and be ready for the day.  I will have less chance to come up with excuses, it will be done, and I will feel better the rest of the day.  The problem is, when and where?  I don't want to do it before I get the kids up, since I will probably wake everyone up.  And if I wait till after I drop Perry off for the bus, I can't use the living room because Joce will be all over me.  The solution is the basement.  We have a TV with a built in DVD player in Perry's room.  It would be perfect in the basement.  Eric's aunt offered us TV's for the kids room's, so I will be able to move it down there as soon as we can get them, which is the hold up.  I also need to get the basement finished so I have the space I need, and I can put a movie on for Joce in the living room and she will give me the space and time that I need.  I hope!  So, I have not put any weight back on, and I have a plan to get back on track, but it may take time.  My plan is to at least get the basement finished so I can get one thing checked off the list, and maybe not feel so useless.