Well, I've finally followed my mother's advice and cut out the soft drinks from my diet. I've fallen off the wagon a few times, just because Pepsi tastes so good, or at least I thought it would taste so good. Now that I've been off soda for several weeks, it just kinda tastes syruppy. It's really not as great as I thought it was for the past 20 years.
Sacre bleu! I've been a fool.
Today's Small Thing is to do something that's good for you. When you think about it, with all that is required us daily, maintaining a healthy body shouldn't just be a fantasy, it's a necessity. I am among the world's WORST when it comes to taking vitamins and exercising regularly, but I notice a very real difference when I take just a few moments to do what I know I should do for myself.
- When I drink enough water.
- When I take those Omega-3 tablets.
- When I take my multi-vitamin.
- When I don't order fries.
- When I don't drown my salad in ranch dressing.
- When I exercise, even for a few minutes.
- When I walk to the mailbox, instead of drive to it.
- When I do my Kegals.
I tend to be an "all-or-nothing" kind of gal, and when it comes to taking care of myself, that usually means that I'm doing "nothing." I'd like to change that to be an "all-or-something" girl so that I'm making incremental steps in the right direction, instead of being stuck at zero. Life is tough, even under the best of circumstances, and I need all the reserves I can call on to deal with what gets thrown at me daily. Basically, I need energy.
For many of you Company Girls, you'll have already earned your points today, especially since I'm posting so late in the day. Maybe you've already taken a vitamin and you're sitting at the computer screen, doing your Kegal crunchies right now. Woo Hoo! For the rest of us, all we need to do is get up and walk to the kitchen and swallow a nice little pill that's good for us.
POINTS: 40 (HUH? Rach, why so many?) for doing something, anything, that's good for you today. Be conscious of being healthy today by doing just one small thing, and you probably already know what you should do. Easy.
(And don't beat yourself up over the fries you ate at lunch.)
