It’s all up to me

Today was tough but so far I have prevailed.  Starting tomorrow my life turns upside down w/conferences, yardwork, Halloween, birthday parties, etc.  I was looking forward to being really strict today b/c I know I won’t be perfect the rest of the week.  I walked into the office closest to my classroom and there they were…cookies!  Cookies are like kryptonite, I could eat a million and still want more.

At first I thought they were for a bake sale so I didn’t really get tempted.  The next time, though, I saw that the bag had been opened so they were for everyone.  My hand reached for the bag and then, like in the movies, I saw what this one cookie held for my future.  Tonight we’re doing some early trick-or-treating, and I know that I would go ahead and eat some candy since I had already “blown” the day by eating cookies.  Tomorrow-Sunday would basically turn into a free-for-all, and the last time that happened I gained 12 pounds in a week.  No thanks, the cookies aren’t worth it.

So when I went in there to get my lunch, I told myself that if I really wanted one after I had eaten that I could have one.  Thankfully, the craving disappeared and so did the cookies.  There are mostly men in my area of the building so baked goods don’t last for long.

So as I said, we have some trick-or-treating tonight at our local college.  There’s a group that does a lot for disabled kids and they invited us to come.  It’s nice b/c Kyle doesn’t generally get to go trick-or-treating…it’s too cold where we live to allow him outside by Halloween.  This will be indoors and he’ll be able to get all gussied up in his Superman costume and go around in his wheelchair.  And it’s nice b/c Justin will be able to go along.  For once, this is something that he gets to do because he has a disabled brother.  Generally he has to miss things b/c of our situation.

I just finished my Core Secrets DVD.  I wanted to workout but didn’t want to sweat a whole lot and this fit the bill.  Tomorrow I’ll be at school until 8pm b/c of conferences so I’m going to get up at 4:15 and TJ before school.  Our principal is ordering pizza for the hour break we have between the end of the school day and start of conferences and I decided that I’m going to eat the pizza, but if I workout before school I’ll be able to keep myself from eating an entire one by myself!!!

And today, for some reason, a bunch of people commented on how they can really tell that I have lost weight.  It’s always funny, when I wear something that I think might be too tight, that’s when I get the most compliments.  I’m just getting used to wearing clothes that fit instead of ones that are baggy and shapeless.

Progress toward workout goal:  85/250