Responsible Decisions! Me?

Funny how things work out when they seemingly don't.

Today, I was going to get up and have some breakfast, go to yoga, do some laundry, have my guitar lesson, then drive straight from there down to visit my best friend for a little sleep over thing. I live in Seattle and she lives in...well almost Oregon. So it's a good 2 hour drive to get there. I was planning to stay the night down there and come home tomorrow. We don't get to see each other very often. She's got a gaggle of childrens down there so the mommy life doesn't lend to much travel I suppose.

Initially, I was a little apprehensive about going down there because I've been doing so well now that I'm back to eating right and exercising and tracking and stuff. I'm really excited about how I'm feeling and I was a little worried that I would be tempted with her chip obsession and the coco crispies for the childrens. So, I looked up the Jillian menu for the day and cooked my lunch to eat before leaving, and cooked the dinner to take with me and eat on the road. I felt good about that because at least I could control my meals for today and then I would only have to worry about breakfast tomorrow and maybe lunch. Plus, I'm sure there would have been some drinking involved. Lots of empty calories there. What was I going to do about that? I want to have some drinks with my best friend who I barely ever get to see. Hmmm.....think think think.

I had already done yoga and was getting ready for guitar lesson when the phone rang. Guess who...the best friend. Uho! With a raspy sad little voice she said "we're all sick". "The kids are sick, I'm getting sick. You can come if you want to but just know we're all sick". Oh no. What a bummer. I mean it sucks enough that everyone is sick but now what. I was really excited to see her and do girl stuff. I thought, maybe I'll go anyway. How bad can it be right. I stopped myself and said "that sucks, well maybe when you're all feeling better". Why did I do that? Because I thought that if I get sick, it could stop me right in my fresh start tracks for regular exercise and good healthy food. I don't want to have anything stop me in my fresh start tracks. I'm doing so good and feeling so good. I have to keep the momentum up.

Then I realized just what I did. OMG! Did I just make a responsible decision to help me achieve my goals? Nooooo....not possible. OMGx2! I totally did! And...not only that but by not going I can also preserve what I've been doing so well by avoiding the chip obsession, coco crispies, and alcohol temptations.

Not that I don't want to visit because of course I DO. I love her so much. She is my sister from other parents. We've literally known each other since birth. Our mothers were best friends. Her mom was my God mother. I was a 3mo old baby in the waiting room with my mom while she was being born. But right now, I'm feeling great and I really don't know how strong I am at the moment to resist temptations.

So what seemed to be a total bummer for everyone, actually works out better for maintaining the progress and momentum I created this week. Yay! I'm soooo ridiculously proud of myself for doing the right thing. You seriously have no idea.

Now I'm really excited...tomorrow morning is weigh in day.

Just a quick check in my daily stuff:
1. blog. :)
2. exercise. I did yoga but I only burned about 300 calories. It's not the full 400 but oh well..I did yoga. :)
3. water. I think I'm low on my water intake today. I didn't measure but I'm guessing I have probably drank about 24 oz so far. The day isn't over though. :)
4. Breakfast, check. Lunch, check. Dinner is already cooked and waiting for me, check. I didn't have a mid day snack but I'll have a "desert". I put it in quotes because it's a really healthy desert kind of snack. 1/4 cup low fat ricotta with fresh strawberries and maybe a little drizzle of honey. Yummmmy!
5. meditate. yes.
6. practice guitar. yyyyyesssss.
7. read. yup. Loved your blog Frannie. I'm so excited for my book to come. In the meantime, I've got another one that I need to finish. Something about brain function. It was sort of dry which is why it's been sitting unfinished for a month or so.
8. Thank you. ya.
9. Vitamins. Damn...forgot again. Doing it right now. :)
10. track progress. oh ya! So far, for the week I'm at about 4000 calorie deficit. That's a little more than a pound of fat GONE. We'll see tomorrow morning when I weight and pinch some fat (calipers).

Happy Saturday.