I seriously already quit this last night. 😉 lol. I know very few people read blogs anymore and the thought of daily creating a reel felt overwhelming. My husband is great at helping me weed through my thoughts and get to the core of what I am feeling. He encouraged me to just do this for me and not worry about doing what stressed me out like making a catchy reel. 😉 I often want to encourage and help others especially weary mamas/young women but I realized I really need this challenge for me and if others per chance are encouraged then cool.

So I think I will write the good and bad of the challenge each day.

So it was after dinner and I realized I still had not finished my 24oz. water bottle so I finished that off. But it helps me see that I really don’t focus on drinking water – the most basic of my body’s needs. Paying attention to my own needs is something I am working on. A virtual mentor of mine said you need to make sure you have “water breaks” along the long, hard journey of life. So I am trying to plan in moments in my day to refuel my soul. That is another blog post. 😉

It is 3:30 on Day 2 and I could not remember what I committed to. Oh Lord, I do need this. :). I went upstairs and grabbed the post-it with my hopes for this challenge.

Yesterday I did the ellliptical for 25 minutes. I listened to Domestic Monastery by Ronald Rolheiser. I did finish my water. I did about 30 total pushups after several trips to the bathroom. And I have angered my shoulder. I had a mommying injury from 3 years ago. Our youngest was 5yr. old at the time and was throwing a giant fit in the airport. I picked him up to help him redirect and he pushed/squirmed away and my shoulder has hurt even since. Soooooo….. taking the pushups off my commitment. Bummer. But that is life- learning to pivot when needed. I will add doing a few arm exercises with my 3 pound weights instead. I ate according to my diabetic plan.

Here is that plan if interested. Having gestational diabetes with my last 2 pregnancies helped me to see that the American standard diet is so hard on our bodies. The carb overload is toxic to us.

• Breakfast: 15 grams of carbs or less and some protein (an egg, cheese, etc)
• snack: 15 grams of carbs and a protein
• Lunch: 45 grams of carbs or less and protein
• snack: 15 grams of carbs and a protein (see the theme- protein is important in satisfying the body)
• Dinner: 60 grams of carbs and protein. I remember once going to Chipotle and realizing that I could either have a Mountain Dew or tacos for dinner but not both.

Day 2 is going well now. This morning I almost quit again. Seriously?!? Yes, seriously. The alarm went off at 5:30am. Hubby got up because he is so disciplined. I laid there sleepily arguing with myself for a good 40 minutes. I told myself I could not do the elliptical because of my shoulder. Then after 40 minutes I realized my legs are fine and I can walk. I am not so rational when I am sleepy. So I got up and walked for 25 minutes and finished Domestic Monastery.

I decided to add taking a daily probiotic. Can I change my challenge on Day 2? Sure I can.

So today was a win, mostly. I stuck to the diabetic plan until dinner. I had homemade potato cheese soup with garlic bread. That would have been fine but then I had second dinner an hour later at an event with 2 pieces of pizza and half a Coke. Whoopsie. Tomorrow is a new day.

*** Food journaling is very helpful for this. Having to write down what I eat helps to keep the handfuls of minis M&Ms in check.