Revitalized and Refreshed :-)
Well everyone, I guess I should welcome myself back to my own blog since I haven't been here in a while! This past week has been well, not the best one! Work has been very stressful, lots of things not going the way the should be, progress not going in the way my bosses expect it to...all that on top of having a slight medical issue that took me out of working out all week! Which meant, I was stressed from work, and couldn't work out which turned into Brittany eating way more food than I should have because I felt I had nothing better to do! Now, don't get me wrong, I know that is so the wrong mindset, but sometimes it happens and we just have to deal with it and get back up from falling flat on our face...and for those of you that know me....I fall flat on my face quite a bit (usually from my left ankle turning on me and down I go).Encouragement :-)
Anyways, I was talking with my best friend over facebook chat. I should mention one thing, she has been my best friend for 20 years and knows me better than I know myself sometimes. She is the one who can take one look at my perfectly smiling face and know that something is really bothering me. She is the one who can encourage me, make me laugh, make me cry (from being so sweet or from doing something absolutely hilarious), and make me realize that I have to love myself and accept myself for who I am before I can try to make a change. She is wise beyond her years and I am blessed to have her in my life. She always says the right thing at the right time. Even though we don't get to see each other all that often because of our schedules and crazy lives, I know that the second we see each other or talk, its like we've never missed a beat! Best friends like these are hard to come by! God has blessed me with a close knit group of friends who have these same traits and I wouldn't know what to do without them :)
So with that being said, she encouraged me to write a mantra and put it on my mirror and say it every single day when I wake up and look in the mirror. This is what I came up with..."I am a beautiful woman. I love every single part of my body because they keep me alive and kicking! I am someone that my husband, family and friends can depend on! I am who I am, and that is enough for me!." Ok, I had some help from BB2, but its ok! It makes me feel much better about myself. 2nd thing I did...I bought me an orange leather type journal that is going to be my "journey to a healthier me" journal. I am going to write in it every day....keeping a food log, a feelings log, workout log and anything else that impacts my journey to a healthier lifestyle! :)
Day to day things :-)
This morning, I woke up around 9:15 (well technically I woke up at 7:30 but we didn't get out of bed until 9:00)! Matthew got up and got the puppy taken care of and then went on to Gresham to work a bit! I had planned on going back to sleep for a bit, but Pumpkin had other ideas! She wanted to play! So we got up to play and then I began cleaning! I changed the sheets, put the bedskirt back on, started laundry, sweeped all the hard surfaces in the house and "green worked" sprayed the kitchen! I put up the dishes in the dishwasher and then put all the dirty ones in the dishwasher! I even folded some clothes! At 11:52am, I have the last load of laundry in for the weekend and we are watching College Game Day on ESPN! We elected to not go to the game so we could actually have a full weekend to relax after a rather stressful week for us both! I am so ok with this! :) I love my VOLS, but I can love them from home in my comfy clothes :)
Ok! I'm going to take a break now and go get some lunch! The next go around, I'll report my food throughout the day as well as give a breakdown of the rest of my day! :)
With love always,
Brittany :-)
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