A fresh start

[amandads]

I'M SO SICK OF HIGH GAS PRICES. I have to do alot of driving for work and I am have to really try to be very creative with my traveling routes so I do not back track. Jumped from 2.68 to 2.83 gallon here today.

[muppet]

I guess the gas prices going so high bugs me so much, because it seems so unnecessary. I mean, I know they went up because of hurricanes. I get that, but now it seems like they are coming up with all kinds of excuses as to why it's so high. I mean, I expect to hear, 'well, a penguin farted in antarctica, so the price of crude oil is going up 50 %'. It's about that ridiculous. And the big wigs try and explain, and act like we're all just to simplistic to understand the way it works. Anyway -- I'm just pretty darn sick of putting all my 'fun money' into the gas tank.
It's a stormy day, and I didn't sleep all that well last night, so I'm a bit headachy. I'm pretty sure it's going to be tough for me to answer "What have I done today to make me feel proud?". My stomach muscles are really sore ( that's great!) but I don't think I'll do another ab workout today. I'm hoping it clears enough and isn't like a sauna outside later, and I'll be able to take a walk. But that lightning was coming straight down this morning -- no way I was going out in that.
I had a BBQ chicken pizza for lunch -- flat bread, bbq sauce, grilled chicken, and a little cheese-- really good. But, I also baked the kids' muffins, and helped my self to not just one, but 2. I'm also baking a cake -- it's supposed to be a low fat one -- using applesauce and mandarin oranges. I heard it's really good, but I doubt it's really a low cal treat. I'm sure it's just like any cake, where you really have to watch your portions.
Well, anyway, I wanted to get some baking done this morning while it was cool.
No plans for the weekend . We might go camping or something Monday. We have to pick my sister-in- law up at the airport on Tuesday morning. We usually like to go back to Nebraska ( where i'm from originally) for the 4th, because we can shoot off fireworks there. All we can have here are sparklers ( which I think are extremely dangerous) -- I think a few others, but nothing that we really like. So we miss it when we can't go blow up some of our own. We really are careful, but I know that even the most careful people can have an accident. But, for whatever reason, it just doens't seem like the 4th, until we blow something up!

[Missy]

mmm that pizza you had sounds really yummy.

I'm probably going to see some fireworks tomorrow night (Canada Day-July 1st), they are always so pretty. I like the really loud or weird sounding ones. Hope you have fun!

[muppet]

Well, I did manage to drag myself out for a walk. It was so hot and humid, but the wind was blowing too, so that helps a lot.
My eating has been poor today. Quantity has not been that bad, but the quality just isn't there. I didn't put much in my body today that it really needed. It was all about taste today. I have to think differently, and think of food more as fuel, rather than just something that tastes good. I never want to take all the enjoyment out of eating, but I need to be sure I'm giving my body what it needs to run smoothly.
I think I'll do some more strength and stretching work while I watch tv tonight. I don't know yet what I'm going to watch -- I think it's all reruns.
I'm really hoping I get a good nights' sleep in tonight. I want to wake up fairly early and go on a bike ride before it gets too hot. I didn't walk too far today -- only 3 miles, but I didn't want to feel completely wiped out, which is what this kind of weather does to me.
So, although there are more things I've done today that I'm NOT proud of, I can at least say I am proud of myself that I made an attempt at exercise.
Here's to a better day tomorrow! I really, REALLY need to up my water intake. I've been neglecting that. And, I also want to up the calcium -- I don't know if that '3 a day' plan really works, but I know I feel better when I pick yogurt or cereal and milk for a snack. Today I had low fat wheat thins, and diet pepsi. I think I was craving salt, because of how much I sweated during my walk. I'm not usually one to crave salty snacks, but once in a while, they're pretty good.
Take care all,
Carol