Mrs. G's Journey to Better Health

Starting to get back on track with, ...my exercise? Nope, my intentional 20-30min walk and my mile. It felt challenging but it felt good to be back on my feet and moving. This coming Monday winter break is over. The hustle and bustle resumes. It will be a full week and so I need to plan ahead on how to get my walks in, and meals, and sleep, and chores, and ... it can be done. I have to plan and set myself up for success. Not feeling overwhelmed. Feeling overjoyed to be contending for my health.

Yesterday I was concerned about the fact that I consumed more calories than I had budgeted for myself, with LoseIt's help.  I set a challenge for myself, a goal no matter the results. I crossed my fingers I would loose 0.2lbs or at least not gain. My goal was... GOAL: Get a tall treat (from Starbucks) when I loose 5lbs from whatever the bathroom scale says in the morning. Oh boy was I surprised. I got rid of 1.3lbs! Guess I did run a round a lot and burn off those extra calories. It was a nice surprise. The bar has been sat. I have to get rid of 5lbs before I enjoy a tall treat from Starbucks again. This is a challenge, Starbucks is 1.5miles from my house and I drive by 2 at least twice a day. 😬 No worries. I can do it! Sent from my iPhone

  The smell of coffee is very pleasing to me. I walk into Starbucks, stay a bit, and when I get back into my car, I can smell how my clothing has absorbed the scent of coffee. It smells soooo good to me. A couple of decades ago I used to drink a lot of coffee and soda. I used to drink so much of it that I ended up developing stomach ulcers. Under my doctor's supervision, medication, and the absence of coffee and soda, the feeling of glass shards tumbling in my stomach like a load of laundry in the dryer faded away. Never again have I drank so much coffee so often. The aroma still smells wonderful and I definitely enjoy it, ... in smaller quantities. I enjoy brewed coffees, americanos, lattes, frappacunios, java chips, java avalanches, etc. For a long time, I would enjoy a small cup or two. Recently I found myself drinking two or three larger cups. Today, ventured out and enjoyed a venti salted caramel mocha. I treated myself. I gave myself permission to enjoy it because

Happy New Year! Every year many of us make New Year Resolutions. Shortly after, we adjustment them, maybe put them off for one more day, week or month. Eventually most of us abandon them altogether.  Why we do this is not so important to me. Face it, we will find lots of excuses/reasons why we did not succeed. For me, it feels like 2019 was filled with lots of set backs, a few losses which left holes in my heart, I made bad choices, and a slew of frustrations when things did not go as planned/desired. Some of my goals were always on the forefront of my mind, but they slipped away through my fingers. Is it just me that feels so many things are out of my control and preventing me from succeeding? I seriously doubt that is true. Sometimes I hear other people complain about how they can't do this or that and I think to myself, "Yes they can. They just have to... ." I hear some say they can't afford to buy an item and I think to myself, "Well, you could s