Holidays and Health

I guess we're full-swing into the holidays now ... Thanksgiving has past ... my birthday is Saturday (woo hoo) and my entire company celebrates it (well, it's called a holiday party) ... and Christmas activities are running at full-tilt! It's hard to find the time to eat, much less eat healthy. And, even getting out of bed in the morning is hard with the cold and the rain and the snow that we've been having.

However, at our meeting 2 weeks ago (I think the night before Thanksgiving) we talked about what gift we would give ourselves over the holiday and wrote it on a paper, folded it and stuck on a bow. I put mine on the dash of my van just to remind me of my goals through the end of the year.

I will make sure to get enough rest and take care of myself.
I will continue to track food and forgive myself if I'm not perfect.
I will continue to attend meetings because I need them and they need me.

So, last night in the snow and slush, I went to my meeting and was rewarded with a 2 pound loss on the scale! I was really surprised because I didn't feel I had followed the plan a lot and I didn't rack up as many activity points as I wanted, but I've also been too busy to snack a lot!

These goals are a long-term gift to myself -- a new, healthy body that looks better in smaller clothes -- a less stressed, frantic me -- the support I need to make these changes permanent.

Those are the things that little green bow on the dash remind me of.