Black Devil Thursday

So, on Thursday I was able to take my good friend Maria to the temple for the first time.  It was a fantastic day, and since we had not eaten since 6:00 a.m. we were all hot to go out to lunch to celebrate her special day and stuff our hungry faces!

This is what happened.

We went to Chili’s.  We had appetizers.  Southwestern Egg Rolls.  Shanghai Boneless Buffalo Wings.  Fried Cheese.  I had steak and portabello fajitas.  And then….

we split a White Chocolate Molten Lava Cake.

I did not feel guilty for one moment.  It was beautiful.

And I still lost 1.2 lbs today!!!

Do You Know Where You’re Going?

“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcom X

Today at the meeting, we used storyboarding as a way to see how to reach our goals.  It’s taken me 2 months and 3 weeks to lose 11.8 lbs.  That seems a ridiculously long time to lose so little, considering how well my friend has done.  Except, I don’t see it that way all the time.  Most of the time, I see it as “I know who I am and I know what I’m doing and where I am going and it may take me longer to get there, but get there I will!”

When you joing WW (or at least the time before this that I joined), you set a goal at your first meeting.  I never did.  Well, I guess that’s not true.  I guess I just never used the words “my goal is…” but it was my ambition to go every week, rain or shine, no matter how bad I did and weigh in and accept the consequences.  And I have.  But today, considering what I did over the last two days, I went in expecting the worst.  And instead I got the best, I lost 1.2 lbs!  Now, 0.4 of that was make-up for last week.  But I still lost weight!!!  So instead of my usual “oh this is so corny I’m not doing it” attitude that I have when we have a worksheet meeting, I did it.  And I set my first goal, and wrote down the steps to reach it.

I am going to get there!

Do You See Possibilities Or Problems?

“A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn’t will find an excuse.”  – Stephen Dolley, Jr.

Every week when we attend our WW meeting, the instructor tries to get us to see how problems can be overcome and things we can avoid doing to sabotage ourselves.  This annoys me because the things that are supposed to be overcome don’t feel that way to me.  (In class, at least) I see all these things as for my good and as positives in the process, not things to be avoided.  Just as with my spiritual self, I feel my mortal appetites can be satisfied by being in the world and not of it.  I can be at the party and not eat the party.  I have proof of that by how well I did over Thanksgiving!

Are You A Good Friend To Yourself?

“Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.”  – Eleanor Roosevelt

This statement makes total sense to me.  And in a word, yes, I’d have to say I’m a good friend to myself.  I may not always be a best friend, but I am good.  In general, I feel pretty good about myself, who I am, and what I am doing.  I try to support myself in what I want to do.  I try to surround myself with good people that I might learn from them and grow to exceed who I am today, and I think that is something a good friend would do.