Up In Here

Its Monday, its raining, and I actually got a decent night's sleep. Therefore, I am up about 30 minutes before I have been getting up lately (didn't hit the snooze button this AM)This means I might actually get a good work out in this morning. My plan? Treadmill, and then do some weights. More muscle=more efficient body. It really sets me up for better health overall.
Yesterday, I did something for both my sanity as well as the little man's. I took about 20 minutes and put 5 outfits on hangers for him (admittedly, its a lot easier for a 7 year old boy than his 40 year old mommy)and 10 outfits for me (work + after work, because this is vacation Bible school week, so I will be go,go and go!)I put all the accessories and everything with my clothes because this way, I am not scrambling in the mornings. It is also nice to have them all together, because I am not so creative in the mornings. Past experience has taught me that when I have my outfits together ahead of time, my mornings go a lot more smoothly. I am not struggling to figure out what I am going to wear, I look polished and I wind up having the time and ambition to do my hair and makeup.
Yesterday, I also took the 15 minutes or so to give myself a manicure. It didn't really take away from anything else going on in my home, so I don't know why I don't spend the time to begin with. Oh yeah, I THINK its going to take forever, but it doesn't. That's how things are with me-I think too much sometimes. I make it seem like its an eternity to do whatever, and then presto! it only takes 5 minutes. One of my most dreaded chores happens to be making lunches, and I usually pout my way through it. Personally, I'd rather bring something yummy from home than buy crap at work any day, but I need to plan it out much better. For example, today I am taking a chicken fajita salad for lunch. Its the leftover chicken fajita and black beans from the other night over a bed of spinach. I also have a container of honeydew and cantelope (my two favorite melons!) and a luna bar for my afternoon snack. For breakfast I have a yogurt parfait with blueberries and raspberries (love, love LOVE berries) with some toast on the side. Little Man has a cheese sandwich, apple slice, fruit snack and juice. Big Man promises to whip up some sort of culinary creation for dinner.
I do know that I've been incredibly bored with food lately. I try to eat healthy, but I seem to just gravitate towards junk all the time and that is not good. I have to be more conscious of what I am putting in my mouth and pay more attention. Do I want to wind up morbidly obese, with diabetes and arthritis and high blood pressure and all sorts of other health problems? Or do I want to be my normal, perky self? I have tracked that when I eat junk, I feel horrible and down. Its amazing that processed foods can affect me that much, but looking back over the last year or so, the more processed stuff I eat, the worse I feel, the more inflammation I have and the more tired and cranky I am. So, I need to stop eating junk and move more and I've solved all my problems.
Add to it not moving enough-and believe me, I love to move-just compounds the problem. I like how I feel when I work out. I like the endorphin high and I like feeling strong and powerful. And that's how I feel when I do move. Its a matter of making time for me and what's going to benefit me. I need to put what I eat and how I move into my framework-will it bring me joy, serenity or bliss? Does in enhance my life or does it drag it down? Am I going to be positive or negative today?
Positive: time to head onto the treadmill and throw some laundry in the washer. Negative: still chugging coffee. But its all good.