Challenges

I had to furlough from work today, but that worked out for the best. Why? Because last night was our first storm of the season and it rained almost all day today. It was so beautiful and refreshing. There is nothing quite like the rain to calm the nerves and soothe the soul. I needed that today.

Things have been pretty good lately! I really can't complain. :) I'm still working out, but I admit, I do go through dips of being very unmotivated. I think that comes from the fact that I am feeling somewhat discouraged. Discouraged because I've definitely hit that plateau and I need to increase my workouts. I'm doing it. Slowly. Tonight I did a great workout. 60 minutes total, 30 on the elliptical and 30 strength training. Felt great when I was done! I so did not want to work out,but I made myself! So glad that I did.

I've decided that I'm going to give myself a personal challenge every month. A challenge that means something to me and it's going to be health/exercise related. For example, this month I decided that I wouldn't have any fast food or soda. It's day 24 and I'm going great! I don't really miss the fast food. I thought that I would go through Taco Bell withdrawals, but I'm doing good! Restaurants didn't count in this challenge, it was purely fast food restaurants (essentially, anything with a drive thru!). The soda challenge has been a little tough, but that's because I enjoy Pepsi. By no means am I a soda addict, but Pepsi is my soda of choice. I don't drink a lot of it anyway (at 150 calories a can, I have to really be craving one!), but I do miss it. I will definitely be drinking a Pepsi on November 1st! It's good to challenge myself like this and one thing I know about myself is that I *won't* give in! I pride myself on my self control. I don't have food issues and for that, I am thankful. Once I put my mind to something, that's usually it!

Not sure what my challenge will be next month, but I'm leaning towards no meat. That one will be hard because I don't eat a lot of meat anyway, but I do eat chicken. I'm thinking this would be a good challenge because it will truly test me and give me an idea of whether or not I might be able to actually become a vegetarian. I'm not totally against the idea....so we'll see.

On a totally different note, we went down to Half Moon Bay last week and got our pumpkins. It was a wonderful time, as always!!! I LOVE Half Moon Bay!




More soon! :)