Beautiful day
Beware, I’m in a fantastic mood so this is going to be a very peppy blog. I know sometimes I can’t handle others’ happiness so if you’re having one of those days you may want to read something else.
Nothing really special happened to put me in a good mood, it’s just that life is pretty good. The weather is GORGEOUS and I just spent 45 minutes outside, reading a book in the sun. I know, I know…the sun is harmful but it feels so good. And I am one of those people who don’t think I look good without a tan. Maybe when I’m happier with my body I will be able to see myself as pretty without a tan but I’m not there yet. At least my insides are healthy 
I finished my inspiring diet book and have a few more ideas to share:
- Set regular goals and feel the glow of achievement when you reach them. Every day I wake up looking forward to working toward the next goal. It’s a big change from when I used to wake up looking forward to cookies.
- One of the great things about any process of positive transformation is that the longer you do it and avoid temptations to quit, the more you have invested in not failing. Every time you stick with it, it becomes easier to decide to stay on track.
That last quote really got me through this morning. I had to wait about an hour after I got up to workout and that delay allowed me to think about if I was going to do it. There was no reason not to, but it wasn’t automatic. So I did it and I am so glad I did, not only b/c I got in my workout today, but I finished a wonderful movie called “The Final Season”. If you like feel-good films this is a great one, and it was especially interesting to me b/c it’s based on a baseball team about 20 miles from where I grew up. They filmed it 2 summers ago near us and I saw a few of the boys that I used to teach in the baseball scenes. They used local players as the athletes (at least the ones who weren’t the main stars), so it made it really interesting. I told myself I couldn’t watch that movie unless I was on the treadmill so that made me keep going.
Progress toward goal: 12/250