Today was kind of a ho hum day. I was motivated but on the other hand I wasn't. I didn't wake up until 8am this morning!!! Wow I must have been really tired. I didn't even think about eating breakfast until around 9am. As every morning I take my blood sugar reading, and I was very surprised that it was 83!!! It hasn't been that low in a long time.
I got some things done today, like picking up all of the empty bottles around and bag them up for recycling. I got some laundry done, and I found a lawn mower on line for my mom. I contacted the person and set up a time to take a look at it. I kept my eating within my dietary restraints almost all day. I have to admit I did have a little bit of sherbet in the afternoon but I stayed on track.
Jim got home and we drove out to look at the lawn mower, and they had a weedwacker too. They were both really nice units. I called mom to see which one she wanted, and she wanted them both!! I don't blame her. It will make her life a whole lot easier with keeping the yard in order. So we asked if they would drop $50 off if we bought both. They agreed. So we ran to the bank and got some more money out and bought them. Mom had her neighbor bring her out to our house to pick them up tonight so she could start right away.
While mom, Kelly, and Coleen, the neighbor were over here, I noticed that I had two new baby tomatoes!!! Woo Hoo!!! I also have some baby zucchini, bell peppers, and my cucumbers are blooming!!! Hee hee, my veggies are producing more than mom's.
Tonight was the intermediate karate class. I went with the intention of just having fun and not kicking myself if I don't do it perfect the first time. There were only a few of us there tonight, Olga, Christine, Carl, and myself. There is something about Christine, that really brings out the competitiveness in myself. So I had to fight really hard not to kick myself too hard. When I practice going over my blocks and such in front of the mirrors, I always look down. Christine kept telling me look up, look in the mirror. She finally asked my why I look down. I explained to her that I haven't looked at myself in the mirror for over ten years. It is very hard for me to see myself even after I have lost some weight. She suggested that I look up. I tried that but I could still see myself. So that is going to be one thing that I'm really going to have to work on.
Carl went over the same moves that we have been working on all last week. I felt fairly comfortable with them so I wasn't too self conscious. After class I was telling Carl that I wouldn't be there for Saturday's class, and he told me that he could tell that my practice was paying off. I was doing really well in class. That made me feel really good, especially since I am still off my game a little bit.
When I got home, I felt good enough to finally order my Gi. So hopefully in 7-10 days I will have my uniform and maybe I will feel even better about being in class. I won't be able to see my stomach so much. LOL. But all in all today was a day of small victories all the way around. If I can have more days like this, I think my self esteem will restore itself. One can only hope. If it is to be, it's up to me.
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