Cut me some slack

Good morning!

Well I didn't make it to the gym this morning. No, I had a rough night sleep-wise and this weekend was an emotional rollercoaster, so I took the extra hour to rest. I will likely hit the gym right after work though, and try to take a long walk at lunch.

I spent most of my weekend with friends, having gone to see the Sex and the City movie and out for dinner on Saturday, and then brunch Sunday morning. The movie left me feeling indifferent. It had it's entertainment value (mainly clothing, men and apartment decor / scenery) but it probably never should have been made.

I took a break from both the gym and the scale for Friday and Saturday. I did a bit of walking on Saturday to get rid of the clothes I was donating. A friend who I hadn't seen in a while came over, which was nice, and the highlight of my weekend was receiving flowers from her as an early birthday gift (as well as a CD and wine). The flowers were especially wonderful though because I never receive flowers and it's such a beautiful and useless gift. It is a gift of sheer beauty and joy, and nothing more. Men, take note...

So, after a weekend with the girls and brunch, I came back home and took a long nap (heaven!). I then went to the gym for an amazing workout. I ran for about 25-27 minutes (in intervals) out of a total 40 minutes. I did training for the whole body as well. This morning I weighed in at 162.2, though I only ate brunch and some fruit yesterday, so that's mostly from not eating dinner. Once I buy groceries again this week I will be back on track for eating after work and working out in the mornings.

My body and mind are exhausted from stuff that's happening, but I am eating to energize :) I am doing my absolute best to focus now on positive things only. I want to force myself to be positive and to be around positive people. We'll see if that works, starting today.

Let's see, maybe I will start by saying what I am thankful for, so here goes:

I have an insanely loving family, I am surrounded mostly by people who genuinely care about my well-being and support me, I have a home (a nice one at that), I have a healthy body that keeps getting healthier with hard work, I have found the motivation and discipline to help myself, I have a job I like most of the time and sometimes love, the weather is amazing lately, and I have what it takes to learn from my mistakes and keep trying to be a better person.

Okay, back to earth. I just ate cereal with kiwis, and lunch is leftover pizza from Il Focolaio, mmmm. One slice is pineapple and blue cheese and the other is basil, capiccolo and tomatoes. Not sure what to do for dinner, but probably fish.

Alright, have a superduperwonderfulamazing day everyone (me being positive haahaha). I know I will!