It's 2:45 am...I have been up since 1. I had been reading some other posts, particularly "Ashamed to go to the Doctor," and I started thinking about my own mental roadblocks to being the healthy person I deserve to be. Yesterday afternoon I had a pretty hurtful thing happen at work. I work in fast food, and I took an order to a group of teenagers, and as I walked away from their table, one of the boys snorted at me. It mad me sad, and pretty pissed off since I wasn't sure what to do about the situation. But now that its the early morning, and I have nothing to do but think, I have realized something. The teenage jerk who thought he was being funny, was really reflecting how I feel about myself. It hurt so much because a stranger has the guts to say what I don't want to say to myself. I feel extremely uncomfortable most of the time.
The other day, I made a post about how I was so excited because I had finished my first in home Zumba work out. I think I may have tried to start to big, when I wasn't in the space mentally to keep it up for more than the one work out. I pulled out my old white board I used for motivation, and I rewrote it.
I have given myself a list of guidelines to help me get started on the right track. The list is as follows:
1) Walk 20-30 min every day, rain or shine (My old doctor told me that walking would also help me with my depression, and I feel its a good starting point)
2) Drink plenty of water
3) Iced tea is ok at work (free soda is not my friend, perhaps one diet soda everyonce in a while, but for now, its off limits)
4) Love yourself as much as your boyfriend loves you (of course on my board it has his name)
5) Always carry a food journal
6) 2500 calories a day (NO fried food) [Now this is a little weird for me. I used a calorie calculator the other day and to MAINTAIN my current weight, I need to eat just over 3200 calories a day...WOW...so, I don't want to cut calories so much that I give up. This number will of course be re-evaluated frequently)
7) Baby steps; This is do-able
I am hoping that my hurtful experience at work will help me get going on the right track. I have done this before, I just need to believe in and love myself enough to do it again, and make sure it sticks this time. Now hopefully after my epiphany I will be able to get some sleep.