Thursday, March 19, 2009

Another Day in Paradise

It's Thursday. Which means it's almost Friday, and Friday is almost the weekend.

What did you do differently today than you did yesterday? How about compared to last week?

It's another day, just another routine day... do something different! Just for one day. See how it feels to go outside your comfort zone just a little. Maybe you could buy a vegetable you've never had, look up a recipe for it, and try it out. When you get out of your car after work, walk around the block once before going inside. Turn the TV off for a half hour and read something for pleasure. Do crunches and push-ups during commercials.....

Come up with your own!

p.s.
I think one of my most important roles is to remind people to notice when they do something good for themselves. This morning I talked to a woman who immediately told me she did not make any progress on her eating habits....then I found out she switched her breakfast from bagels with cream cheese to cheerios....and her lunch from dinner leftovers to sandwiches on whole grain bread! She hadn't noticed or given herself credit for that because her ultimate goal was to eat healthier dinners. In my estimation, she's having at least one less stick of butter in calories per day! (you know how calorie-dense bagels are, right?)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How dense are they?

Lisa Beach said...

A Bruegger's Traditional Plain Bagel is 300 calories...that's with nothing on it.....