Thursday, July 5, 2007

Land of the Free, Home of the Slave (to food)

Geez, I wasted a beautiful day sitting in my bedroom reading. Not that I did't enjoy that, but it definitely was not the best use of my day off. It was gloriously sunny outside and I didn't even take advantage of it.

I'm still waiting for that plan for success to fall into my lap and since that clearly hasn't happened yet, I made just about every bad choice possible yesterday. I must have had 5 or 6 hotdogs (the big kind) but only ate one bun (tiniest of victories) and crackers with frosting because I was too lazy to take a shower. I told myself that I did it on purpose so I wouldn't go out and spend money or go buy the apple pie that I thought I deserved, but looking back, it was just pure laziness.

Monday, July 2, 2007

What?!?

OK, so it shouldn't come as a surprise to me that a weekend doing little more than lounging on the boat drinking beer did not net me a significant weight loss. In fact, I gained a couple of pounds. Echos of the cliche 'fail to plan, plan to fail' are reverberating through my head and I am ashamed of myself.

I need to come up with an alternative to alcohol ~ I think the pitcher of 'spa water' is going to be the ticket. Ice water with lime and cucumber. It's refreshing and it looks good provided it's in an attractive glass. Maybe replacing cheese and crackers with some fruit kabobs would work too. Presentation is almost as important as taste. I love cute food!

Getting some activity in is going to be critical too. I need to quit driving around my neighborhood and start hoofing it instead. I'm going to have to think about this some more ~ that's my way of saying "I don't want to change yet".

Friday, June 29, 2007

Journey to the Center of My Brain

It's me, Cheryl. In the 44 years I've been on the planet I feel like I've been on auto-pilot. I am all about reacting rather than making decisions and it's not really getting me anywhere. I'm going to try and figure out what I want to be when I grow up, how to incorporate the things I love into my life in a more meaningful way and how to be the best Cheryl I can be for me and for the people I love.

Major issues I'd like to get a better handle on are 1) making better use of my creativity, 2) getting fit, and 3) getting organized.

I've seen other people be successful at these things so I know it can be done. Now I just have to figure out how I can be successful too.

Buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride. :)