Wooohoo! I have a new, lowest weight-in to record today. I am today 81.2 kgs - 4.1 kgs from my goal.
Yesterday, I did a few little indulges. Nothing too wild, but I had the calories for it and thought "why not".
Bosslady brought creme puffs (or rather, a Danish variation called "
flødeboller") because our statistics looked better than they have in ages. I decided that I wanted one, had it, loved it and moved on. There were several more to be had should I have wanted to, but it was satisfactory with just one.
This week is somewhat experimental for me, as I have upped my RDI to 1800 from 1500. I want to know what it does to me, and to really know I need to be very close to the top number. What's the point to setting it to 1800 if my daily average is still around 1500, right? So I am trying to get up there.
I have bought my usual low cal ice cream (which I LOVE), but I have also brough a little dark chocolate sprinkle. I use this to add to my "last meal of the day" in the evenings, if I am much too low. At least that's what I figured. I can control having chocolate in the cupboard, I'm not too concerned about it. It's won't just "magically disappear".
So, yesterday I started listening to the Mindfulness course. It's actually very interesting. As a matter of fact, it's so interesting for me that I wanted to take a sneak preview on my five minute walk to work. Well, it ended up with me being 30 minutes late, because I decided to walk to the beach and back while listening to the first lecture. I think I'll do it again today if it's not raining. I haven't looked out the window yet. :)
It talks about how our lives are cluttered with thoughts that really don't matter, and how they disturb us. If we can willfully clean up our thought patterns, and live more in the moment, then we will essentially be happier and more content. For some of us, including me, this is very true. We all have so many thoughts about everything, and it doesn't help us focusing at the task at hand.
The speaker compares it with watching a DVD, but that it's stuck on the director's commentary track. For those of you who've tried watching these, you know that it's maybe an interesting and insightful way of watching a movie you really like, but you don't get to really watch the movie. Instead, you hear all these comments about it.
We do the same thing.
He uses a lecture as another example. We go to the lecture to learn. But before long we see some lady sitting there, we start thinking about her hair. We think about that's other guy's tie. We think about what's for dinner tonight, what's happening in that show that we follow on TV and a million other things. Instead, we should enjoy the lecture and learn from it. We're not REALLY there. Mindfulness helps us optimize this.
He really summarized it for me when he said "I would really hate to come home from a long day full of events and then realize that I wasn't really there". I want to be there.
I'm pretty sure I will listen to this course repeatedly, and try to learn as much as I can.
Tonight, I think I'll invite Wife out for dinner. We have a great little Chinese buffet here in town. Emphasis on "little". However, the food is affordable and tasty, and they have a corner with Mongolian BBQ. I love this stuff. You pick your raw veggies and meats, the sauces (many of which are just water with spices) and they stir-fry it for you. It's so EASY to eat healthy and count your calories this way. No problem.
We need a night out. I miss her. We've been so busy doing things that we haven't had a change to really be together. Now that we're doing the exercise DVDs, we don't even get to talk in the mornings. Actually, I skipped my exercises today, just to be with her. It's a good trade. My timed schedule for today kinda got messed up, so I won't get to do the exercises, but that's okay. I'd much rather talk to the girl I love.
I will take a good look at how I can do both in the future. I want to be getting ready fairly efficient in the mornings, but I do want to spend half an hour getting ready WITH her, instead of me doing my exercises while she is prepping for work, and then not seeing her until in the evening when she's half asleep.
So tonight, it's Chinese, we'll call it a date night, just the two of us. I think we're both tired of having live-in guests. Nothing personal. We agreed to her staying until Christmas, and adding almost an extra month to it really gets to feel like us losing our privacy. I don't only do this for so long. Again, nothing personal against Lodger. She's all right. It's more the situation. This is her last week here, so things will soon be back to normal.
Today is a long day at work (by Danish standards). I'll be out at five, meeting wife and going straight for date night. I'm so looking forward to it!
Today I am thankful for:
- setting Tabby up to connect to my stereo or online radio! :) Yes, I know. Geeky.
- Pecan coffee (Salute, BHA!)
- A great talk with Wife this morning, though it meant skipping the exercise DVD. I'm curious if I will feel different through the day.
Have a great day, buddies! Oh, and also I'd like to welcome all the new buddies who have requested to "get to know me". I'm glad to see you all on board!
Life is good!