Monday Musings

Do-Over-Day - For many of us, Monday is the day we begin again; it is a day with no memory of last weeks' disappointment. Monday is a day of "the clean slate". Well, it is Monday and time to discuss what that means for us. For me, Monday is a day with no past, no memory of last week. Tuesday may be a different story, but just for today, I can:

1. Begin fresh
Plan a delicious menu that I can look forward to serving
2. Enjoy a new attitude
I can eat smart this week
3. Live in the moment
Take pleasure in each victory today

I am looking forward. Today my food tracker is fresh and new without a single notation from last week to remind me of my failures. The slate is clean and I am ready and willing to step into this week with courage, confidence and conviction. Oh, and lot's of prayer. I can't do this alone. I need your partnership and God's love.

Scripture encouragement for today is from Jeremiah 29:11 and reads: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Grace and Grins,
Judy

Self talk

Mind Games - How many of us play games with our eating plans? I know that I can justify that extra serving or that small brownie very easily. In my head (always a dangerous place to go), I will calculate sound reasoning why I need it and deserve it , and then I will consume it. Instead of writing down everything I eat, I will conveniently brush off the extra ounce of steak, or that 1/2 cookie I grabbed on the run and then wonder why I did not loose a pound this week. This happened to me just this past week. I went to the scales convinced that I would have a 2 or 3 pound loss. Guess what, I stayed the same. I was in shock or more honestly, denial.

Later that day I began to examine the past week. It was then that I discovered all the little things that I ate and did not count or journal. I found that one item I ate I did not use the correct measure for. I am my own worst enemy. This week I am working on being totally honest with myself. I am working on awareness of this self talk that I listen to, awareness of reality, those extra calories I am taking in DO make a difference. I am also going to turn to God for help. I cannot do this on my own. I know this, I say this to others, now I am going to practice what I preach.

Scripture encouragement for today comes from Psalm 37:5 (TLB) "Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust Him to help you do it and He will."

Grace and Grins,
Judy