a moment to refocusonlife

Good Monday Morning!

I hate weekends. Nope, there’s no need to have your eyes checked, I said what you think I said. I hate weekends. No, that doesn’t mean I’m thrilled that it’s Monday, but what it does mean is that I’m a creature of habit. I love having a schedule. I love planning. I love feeling in control.

On the weekends things are so willy-nilly that I get off base. I lose focus. I get caught up in the moment. It’s easier for me to keep the focus on my health goals when I have a plan. For instance, Saturday Mark and I went to the opening reception of the Western NC Studio Glass Exhibition at the downtown arts galleries. They had food! They had unhealthy, yummy, food! Normally this would not pose a problem for me, as I truly have resolve of steel and can work my way around a table from the crackers, chips, and breads to the veggie platters, but Saturday was a special case, we had gone out on the Sea Doo’s all Saturday morning and skipped lunch. By the time we arrived at the Arts Exhibition, I was famished. That was simply bad planning on my part and it was a recipe for disaster!

I’m not saying that I couldn’t plan for the weekends; sometimes I just do it all wrong. So, a new goal for me is to figure out why I can’t handle willy-nilly and figure out a way to fix that issue. Another issue for me on the weekends is that I tend to do more things with people outside my immediate family, such as Mark’s Mom’s birthday party yesterday. It’s a lot more difficult to avoid my “triggers” when I have no control over the items being served. Yesterday, I ate a piece of cake and a piece of pecan pie! It was delicious, don’t get me wrong, but when I was finished, I definitely felt that I had made a huge mistake.

Let’s all practice planning a little better. Planning, for me, has always equaled success. The next time I know I’m going into a reception or a party, I’m going to plan to take my own, more suitable crackers and/or dessert. I’ll also make sure I eat prior, so as to not engorge myself with lots of foods that aren’t part of my plan! I’m not going to hate on the weekend too awfully much or beat myself up over mistakes in the past, but I have decided to learn from this weekend’s transgressions and move forward on a better path. After all, if we don’t learn from our past we are doomed to repeat it! With summer coming up, the schedule will be as willy-nilly as it comes, so I best get to work on my education!

Have a great week and don’t forget to stop and refocusonlife just a bit…