Lesson Learned...

This has been an exceptional week so far - and it's only Tuesday!!  I've been the only one working in my office the last two days, and (at least in property management) month-end is just as busy as the beginning of the month!  But today, I was very purposeful in choosing NOT to stress out as I'd normally do.  It was still very busy, but very productive.

Maybe it's because I lost another pound this week! lol  When I weighed this morning, I was actually disappointed that I'd lost only one pound, but then on the way to work it hit me that I've lost a total of 6 lbs in about 2 weeks!  What the mess! :-)  That's still a pretty good average, I'd say.

I did really well with my calorie intake today.  (Being broke will help with that.)  But I had really healthy food in addition to low-calorie food.  When I left work, I still had 570 calories to reach my goal.  And that's after having two snacks!!  My husband was having a horrible day, and he wanted to go out to eat.  I suggested Subway or somewhere with a salad, but left the decision up to him - after all, I was OK with going home...he's the one that wanted to stop & get something.  So, my usually supportive (and, I'll admit, SPOILING) husband chose the fine cuisine of Krystals for dinner. 

Really??

And he didn't even ask what I wanted. He chose the family 12-pack of Krystals.  So for dinner we had Krystals and fries.  I didn't eat too many fries, but I at 720 calories worth of Krystal cheeseburgers!  grrrrrr...So here's what I learned today:

1.  choose to be positive
2.  make your own choices
3.  make your own choices known to others
4.  even when I want to give in because it's just easier (or because he lets me do/say/choose so much, I "should" let him choose once in a while), stand my ground for what I want...DH can still do what he wants, but I don't need to use this as an excuse to do poorly...and maybe I can influence him to choose healthier options.

Now, I don't want you to get the idea that my husband is one of those arrogant, uncaring, selfish guys, because he's not!  He really does spoil me!  Just ask anyone! lol  And today was such a hard day for him I didn't want to make a big deal about what I wanted to eat, you know?

Tomorrow is sure to be another stress-prone day, so I hope I can take that whole "choose to be positive" thing with me tomorrow, too.

At least it's another opportunity to 'live like I'm fit'!