Huge Success and a couple small ones

I guess I missed a post yesterday. Well, how about I post twice today to make up for it? We'll see how I'm feeling. :)

So, down to business I guess.

Yesterday was a decent day. I'm proud of myself for a couple things actually.

Proud Moment #1
I went out to lunch with a good friend. We ended up at a Mexican restaurant that I've never been to before. I love Mexican food. Who doesn't...seriously? Well, she kept raving about these wonderful butternut squash enchiladas they make and of course it peeked my interest. But, instead of caving to try something I've never had, I just looked at the salads. I ended up ordering a flank steak salad with the chipotle vinaigrette on the side. Yay for me. I don't think I've ever ordered the healthy option when I've been out to Mexican before. That's a big deal. Woohoo!

Proud Moment #2
We all went to the corn maze yesterday. I think they are a total of 3.3 miles of walking. Well, with that amount of walking yesterday (which really isn't much) I had it all justified in my mind that there was no need to hit the gym. I was totally prepared to skip the gym and felt completely comfortable with that decision. Then when I got home, I realized I hadn't practiced my guitar yet and I needed to go grocery shopping for my week's meal planning starting today. So, there was no way I could go to the gym anyway. My schedule was booked. Totally booked! But then, I stopped. I thought: does practicing my guitar and going to the grocery store help the weight come off? And what is it that I really want? I bet you were expecting that the answers made it all clear as a bell for me. Nope! The guitar obviously doesn't help the weight come off but it is something that I desperately want to get better at. And going to the grocery store might not directly help the weight but it allows me the ability to make healthy food choices which does help the weight come off and it does help get me closer to what I want.

So with that in mind, the fact that my questions didn't particularly help, I decided that I needed to just go to the gym anyway. I guess I sort of looked at it with the counselor's eyes (I use to be a chemical dependency counselor). In groups, we would say that if you have to ask yourself if you might be an alcoholic or an addict, it's probably safe to say that you've got a problem with substance abuse at least. Same logic here. If I felt the need to ask myself any justifying questions, it's probably best to just go with or with out the answers. So that's what I did. Woohoo!

Unfortunately though, it meant no guitar practice yesterday :( and today is my lesson. I hate going into my lesson when I haven't practiced every day. My instructor is wonderful and doesn't make me feel guilty or anything but I like being the best student and I'm dying to be able to play like I see him and other professionals play. I know, it's a ridiculous expectation of myself as I've been taking lessons for almost a year and he's been playing for 25 years or so. But, I want it anyway. Does that make me crazy? :)

Other successes for the day include drinking my water, taking vitamins, tracking all my progress, eating most of my meals (no well balanced dinner), reading, and that's all I can think of right now.

Oh, and here's a HUGE success but I must warn you it might be considered TMI.
I went through PMS time without losing my mind. I didn't go crazy, I didn't get stupid and emotional, I didn't get cravings for nasty greasy goodness or pies, I made it through without an emotional breakdown on the floor in front of my closet. Hallelujah! I don't know if it's the blogging or the vitamin D or the workout buddies or what but whatever it is that I'm doing is WORKING. Woohoo!

Today is weigh in day too. I haven't done it yet though, so stay tuned...