My journey to a better slimmer and fuller life

 Time: 6:43AM Weather: -9C Sunrise @ 8:49AM Sunset @ 4:31PM  This is so true.  If I could learn to conquer my own fears and thoughts I could do anything.  My brain tells me all the time that I can't do something or that I will never be able to get it.  All this negative self-talk is so bad.  I have been working on talking better to myself.  Until the last little while I didn't even realize how often I am a downer on myself instead of a cheerleader.  I have discovered that i need to start treating myself like I treat my kids and friends.  I must learn to be kind to myself. This morning I am thankful for dinner out with the family last night a coffee date with my friend that the bills are all paid for the month Question of the day When am I the happiest version of me?  I think that I am the happiest version of me when I am surrounded by my family and we are having fun. Yesterday was a good day.  I didn't do any extra snacking at all.  I only slightly ate past fu

 Time: 6:15AM Weather: -8C Sunrise @ 8:50AM Sunset @ 4:28PM I used to get so upset with myself when I didn't lose weight quickly, or didn't chance my habits quickly.  I would have these weeks of doing things great then of course things would go to crap and I would backslide (I hate that word) and get mad at myself and give up.  This was and has been the roller coaster of my life for years.  Slowly over the last while I am realizing that this has to change.  I need to make permanent changes.  I am giving up on the all or nothing attitude that I have lived with for decades.  I am now working on small changes. This morning I am thankful for my hubby, who is my best friend my office being upstairs time Question of the day Who are the people in my life that make me the happiest?  Wow this one is easy.  My kids make me happy. My son and his dry humour, quick smile and willingness to help.  My oldest daughter and her love for life and concern for those around her.  My yo

 Time: 6:06AM Weather: -12C Sunrise @ 8:50AM Sunset @ 4:26PM It is amazing to know that I have another day to get things right.  I think we often get caught up in the thoughts of the future but we never know that we have a future.  This last year has shown me that today, this minute is all we are guaranteed.  Life can change on a dime, sometimes for good and sometimes for the worst.  I plan to enjoy every morning that I wake up to my life. This morning I am thankful for My furnace that keeps the house warm That the daylight is starting to get longer again, I miss the long days of summer For time with my friends Question of the day Where do I want to be in 5 years?  In 5 years I want to be at my goal weight!!!! (I'm hoping that I hit that weight in one and half years from now).  I want o be working full time and happy with my career.  I want to have my daughter settled into her adult life, have her moved out of our home and into a group home. Daily Diary Today is m

 Time: 6:58AM Weather: -9C Sunrise @ 8:50AM Sunset @ 4:25PM New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change. -  Sarah Ban Breathnach I love waking up on New Year's day, it is a fresh start.  I am always so full of hope and excitement for the year to come.  This year I have decided that I really need to work on my goals and get them down so that I can work on them.  When I first started working on them I didn't think I would have an actual weight loss goal.  This morning I decide that yes I will have a weight loss goal.   I need to be accountable to myself this year.  My word of the year for 2023 is ACCOUNTABILITY.   I need to be accountable to myself for all my decisions.  This morning