Challenge - Day 4

Tonight was a breakthrough for so many reasons and I am going to fall asleep with such a smile on my face because I am finally starting to get it and it feels good.

What do I get? Well I am okay with being a little selfish right now. I'm okay with putting myself first. I am okay with my successes.

I just arrived at the track parking lot and I got a txt from someone who wanted to talk for a min. I knew they had something they wanted to work out with me so of course I said I had a min but I would have to hurry. I was in the middle of the conversation when I realized what I was doing. I was putting someone elses' needs before my own and I knew that conversation was going to go nowhere - at least for tonight. I promptly ended the conversation and ran for the track because that is what I needed to be doing.

That may seem like a small thing to someone but that choice I made was profound. That was one success in my eyes.

I have to thank an ex for this next success - he actually has done fantastically in his journey to health and wellness. He made his mind up and he is doing fantastic. I am so proud to hear he is running mini marathons and just making great choices.

So he mentioned something to me about the pod casts he listens to. He mentioned it a while back but its always been in the back of my mind that I need to check that out. So I began sorting though which pod casts I'd be interested in and there are so many. One of my favs right now is the one with Jillian Michaels. She is an interesting character to say the least but she is a wealth of knowledge.

What I learned from her tonight - "To live in the pause" to think about what we put in our bodies before we put it in. So many people (I am the first to admit)...so many people celebrate success with food and then they regret what they've eaten. Here I was thinking at the end of this 30 day challenge if I can lose that 25 lbs this month I am going to eat my favorite sushi and lots of it probably. What Jillian said has really made me think twice. Going forward I want to celebrate my successes and my happy moments with things other than foods if I can help it because it just makes sense and it is the healthy thing to do.

I had a great day food wise and it is getting easier to prepare healthy meals. The LoseIt! app is really such a fun and handy tool.

My last and not so least final success - I got to the track and I was going to do 2km like I did the other night. 2km was done in no time and I said to myself I'm staying for 5km and I did it.

The success is not necessarily the length I walked but I realized that once I get going and get over the hump of getting started in the first 2km that after that it just gets better and my body starts to warm up and enjoy walking.

I'm thinking 10km is in the works for this weekend... :)

I hope my Challenge buddies and friends who are trying to get healthier had just of a great day as I did and if not I would like to send some of my joy out that tomorrow will be a better day for them.