Live all you can; it's a mistake not to - Henry James
Well I don't really know who Henry James is - but I sure like what he says.
Gets back to what I was saying yesterday - this is not a dress rehearsal, we only get one life, so we have to live it, now - not tomorrow or next week.
I also am reminded of one of my favourite lines in the movie Shawshank Redemption - where Morgan Freeman's character tells the lead character to either "get busy living or get busy dying".
And it's true.
So today I am going to talk a little more about what I am doing the next 30 days, besides copying one of these daily readings onto the blog.
I am going to:
a) implement the ban on chocolate bars again after tomorrow night. I just am not controlling them well, still sneaking and pigging out, and that just has to stop. Did well for a time after the first ban came off, but bad again.
Still - hasn't been a total failure - there is a small bag of cheesies next to me that I am saving for tomorrow's lunch and a box of little bars and candy that I have not touched in days, but still, for now, I am doing this.
I will allow myself a few little bars on Halloween.
b) Chart food every day. Don't care if you eat 6000 calories (well, I do, but you get the idea) - it must be charted.
I will be up in calories tomorrow because we will be finishing off the left over Chinese food that was ordered for my birthday Friday - the portion sizes were enough to feed the Russian army and its all in the fridge.
Will also be eating some of the left over birthday cake in the microwave at work. A communication error left me with two celebration cakes (marble), like crack to me. They have been calling to me all weekend.
One I brought home. Ate some, gave some away and am sending the rest with my husband to his place of employment tomorrow.
I will freeze the rest of what is left at work and try to portion it out. I would really like to be able to learn to portion it, because its my favourite, but its the one thing I am not sure of.
c) Exercise, in some form, 6 - 7 days a week. I walked yesterday on the waterfront for 30 some minutes and it was great, but today was yucky out and I was lazy.
d) Read Vija's post everyday (so Vija you gotta write) and post here, with the reading.
I am not really training right now and not racing again til spring.
I am having surgery in December - a hernia has grown in the incisional site from the surgery last year - not uncommon and not an emergency, but it needs to get fixed. We are doing a "permanent fix" with mesh. Hopefully, it won't bother me again.
It is elective, I am nervous and I don't want it. But I don't want to be sick again either - so.
Anyway, til tomorrow, when I am going to tell you about the other person who has had a monumental effect on me.
Have a magical day folks - if anyone is reading thanks. If not, that is ok to as this is mostly for me.
Linda