Restart Day was supposed to Monday. It's now Tuesday evening and Restart Day still hasn't come. So, I hereby declare that tomorrow, Wednesday, August 19, 2009, is Restart Day. What is Restart Day you might ask? Restart Day was originally founded by American Colonists in the year 1782. When they weren't feeling motivated to fight the Evil Empire - aka the King George - they would just start over the next day. Ok, that's obviously not true. Restart Day (for real this time) is the day that you let go of whatever you're holding against yourself and begin trying again. For example: as I'm typing this I'm eating M&Ms and bbq potato chips. Together. And no, I'm joking. Tomorrow I am not going to kick myself for this. Because tomorrow is Restart Day (and there was much rejoicing: yay...) Tomorrow I will get up and go running and I will try to eat healthy and make smart choices. And I will try to have a positive attitude about it all. Tomorrow all of the leftovers from Gram's birthday party will be gone (because I will finish them off tonight) and I won't have those temptations in the fridge. Tomorrow I will start a realistic job search. No, really. Tomorrow I will go play tennis with the girls. And after tomorrow I will keep this trend going because I will see what a positive effect eating healthy and exercising makes on my life. I don't know if anyone else needs a Restart Day, but if so, you're welcome to join me.
And here is why Restart Day didn't happen Monday as scheduled: Starting Friday we had a bunch of family in town for my grandma's 92nd birthday. There were cakes, peach cobblers, and chips galore. There was beer and wine and ice cream and spinach-artichoke dip. It was crazy. It was all eating all the time. Plus I had to sleep in the camper with my little cousin and the girl was wound up like an eight day clock. Seriously. Love her to death, but she has more energy than I thought was humanly possible. I got zero sleep. So, Monday rolled around and I spent all day running errands and then taking my grandma to run hers (she no longer drives). And I just wasn't in the mood to step on a scale. And also, the scale is located in my parent's bathroom. So I decided to get my own. Which I did today at the Walmart. Note to self: don't go to both Walmarts and Ross the day before school starts. Not my most brilliant plan ever, but I broke the coffeemaker decanter last night, so there was no waiting.... But, I digress. So, the scale is one of those ones that tells you if you've gained or lost from the last time you weighed. Woo hoo. So, I will weigh myself tomorrow, but I'm not going to post my weight until our regularly scheduled "weigh day" on Friday. So, here's to Restart Day and no more excuses!
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Yay for restart day! I personally like the idea that the colonists were fighting the evil empire, lol.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow will be good! Tennis is always fun and you're right, eating healthy and exercising makes you feel soooo much better. I seriously don't know how crabby I was before I started exercising, but based on how crabby I am now when I don't... I was pretty bad.
See you tomorrow - AKA Restart Day - for tennis!
So how was restart day?
ReplyDeleteUm, it was good. I didn't go running, but Lori and I were the only ones that were able to come to our weekly tennis gathering, so we actually got a bit of a work out. :) I'm really trying to make a concious effort to think about what I'm putting in my mouth and drinking more water. And I've applied to 4 jobs since Wednesday, which has nothing to do with weight loss, but a lot to do with my self esteem and depression and anxiety. Those things are better than they have been since June, so I'm hoping this is a continuing trend.
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