So I was wondering is three days enough to have passed before I celebrate? Which raises a question... all growing up celebrations were marked by food. Got good grades...have a cake, it's your birthday ...lets go out to eat. Feeling happy...lets have a snack. (and so on and so on) So I guess redefining celebration is in order.

Hmmm.... celebration at the heart of it, is to my understanding a recognition of something done well, and encouragement to continue.

Ideas... (non food related ideas)

Sticker Chart

Buy a New book

New Song download from Amazon

Take 5 pounds off my weights on the next gym visit

Take a 30 minute nap during the week one day

Go to the Movies with Friends

Get a Massage


So I guess I have a few things to still work out... like when do I get to celebrate? And what is a new appropriate way to celebrate?

Today was a great day! Made some great choices, but feel like I didn't really eat enough, and who knew that not eating enough was not going to help me just like eating to much doesn't help. Oh the balance of things, I never realized just how hard this is, but it isn't impossible.

So here is my funny story for the day. Went to the store after church and bought some groceries for the week, saw one of my students. Then I dropped the groceries off at home and went to the gym, some peanut butter toast in hand. Swam for about 45 minutes then returned home. I was so starving, and all I wanted was baked potato with some low fat cheese and cooked hamburger. OH boy was I ever salivating and really wanting it.. It seemed that it wouldn't cook. Everything in the kitchen was calling to me asking me to eat it. It all looked so good and I was so hungry, then my dinner finished! YAY! I ate half of it and was stuffed.... oh the irony. I was so looking forward to eating it.. it smelled and tasted so good, and then I was full. Oh so sad.