Stop.Challenge.Choose.

Everyday you make hundreds of choices.  You choose to get up, get dressed, have breakfast, or not, stop at Starbucks of Dutch Brothers, take a lunch or buy lunch, and the list goes on and on.  So when it comes to your health, what choices do you make?

With the program I have been on for the past 7 months, everyday I can make a choice to stay on program.  Today was my day that my healthy choices were put to the test.  I eat within 30 minutes of getting up and then every 2-3 hours after that.  With work I am unable to have my phone go off to remind me to grab another meal.  So I always write my approximate meal times on my hand.  I ate my first meal at 6:30 am this morning so I should have had my next meal by no later than 9:30 am.  Today we had a busy morning and I completely forgot to keep track of the time.  I started to feel extremely hungry and I figured it was time to eat.  Not only was it time but it was 12:30.  AHHHHHHH I literally missed an entire meal.  Plus I had not even come close to drinking 24oz of water. 

Missing a meal is not good.  My body thought it was starving, I thought I was starving.  Here is where my bad eating habits would have kicked in.  I would have taken anything I could get my hands on and put it in my mouth.  But I stopped, and made my first choice to eat my broccoli salad and some roasted chicken.  I had 24oz of water, and sat down and enjoyed my lunch.  I then made sure I was eating every 2 hours after that.  After work was over though I had some crazy cravings.  I wanted something sweet.  Chocolate, a brownie, ice cream, or cheesecake.  It was all calling my name.  I had a huge challenge ahead.  I actually went to the store and walked the aisles trying to pick which would be the best thing to cheat with.  I found a lot of good stuff.  But I choose to leave it and just go drink my water in my car. 

I went to another store and thought maybe they will have something better.  But again I challenged myself and I choose to not buy anything.  Ask me a year ago to make a decision like this, but I would have just bought $20.00 worth of junk and more than likely ate it all. 

I was extremely proud of myself today.  Food has been my comfort, my saving grace, and reliable.  Today I did not give into the temptation and did not miss anymore meals.  Although I felt like I was playing catch up all day I still managed to feel accomplished as my day has come to an end.

How did you Stop.Challenge.Choose for your health today?  I would love to know, and better yet if you want help with your healthy choices I would love to do that. Send me a note and we can get started today!