The Pursuit of Normal

Got up at 6 took the puppy (who is 15yrs lol) out for a 20 min walk and when I got back I put on a load of laundry and am now getting back into bed with my big cup of icy water!!

Starting today out right!

Okay so as you may or may not know I work part time as a receptionist at a veterinary office, I love my job and I adore our patients but for the life of me i cannot convince myself to be comfortable eating anything but a meal bar when I’m at work! I guess being fat for so long I’ve trained myself to not eat in front of strangers, I know I’m a crazy person and now I’m trying to change that especially because I’m getting more hours and not eating from 9-5 is going to jack up my metabolism.

So now I need advice!! Has anyone else been in this situation? how did you start eating more and better? What are some easy quick healthy lunch meals? Snacks? Anything! Lol I’m desperate to stay on track and I know my eating or lack of eating habits at work are no good

Always drink water/tea with a straw! Not hot tea(gross) but when I put my herbal infusion teas over ice straws all the way!! :) 

This is  amazing I have this big hard plastic venti starbucks cold drink thermosy thing(this guy below) 

and I’ve been drinking water and refilling non stop all day and just realized I drank an assload of water today! I’ve been having a hard time drinking as much water as I should be, lately it feels like such a chore but for some reason when I drink from a straw I don’t really realize how much I drink, and I end up drinking a lot more which is amazing for getting in a great amount of water! 

Ahhh okay so maybe I’m super sleepy and this isn’t as amazing a discovery as I think it is just bear with me lol 

I’ve noticed normal little things that I do make me feel totally relaxed, refreshed, and healthy and happy inside and out! So from now on I am making an effort to take note and really appreciate the little happy moments throughout the day :)

• Read. It doesn’t matter how much, a few chapters or a whole book
• Drink plenty of water/tea 
• Get up early
• Have some fruit
• Do laundry ( I don’t know why something about the smell of laundry right out of the dryer is really relaxing)
• Take a hot shower with a fizzy bath ball! (Makes for a super fizzy, delicious smelling, relaxing atmosphere)
• Moisturize 

I need to realize if I’m not happy I’m the only one who can change that. And since I’ve been terrible about really grasping that idea I’ve decided each night before I go to bed I need to do this little mantra…..

Look at yourself
Look at your life
Are you happy?
Will you be happy tomorrow when everything’s the same?
No?
MAKE A CHANGE!!!!

I’m hoping that continuously reminding myself that I’m not content physically/ socially/ professionally/ ect ect ect with myself will keep me from getting into a mindset of settling for a life that I’m not 110% proud of.

IIIIIIIIII just didd an hour on the elliptical, and 5 minutes(short I know but literally the hardest set I’ve ever done) of this horrible set that my cousin told me about when she was at her fittest.

I’m sure there’s a name for this workout, I’ll look it up tomorrow but tonight lets just call it Painful Powerball!!!!!!

Lay on your back with you legs and arms stretched out with a balance ball between your hands, lift up arms and legs and use your legs to take balance ball from hands and put it on the floor, lay flat again, bring up your arms and legs again take the ball from your legs with your arms, lay flat again. Repeat until you cry.

Now I’m going to bed. I am going to be incredibly sore tomorrow :)