Friday thoughts...

I need new thoughts for Fridays and honestly for the whole weekend.  My routine was working on Friday..."tucking all of my patients in for the weekend" but while doing that, thinking about all good food I was going to make and eat for those days.  Then, I would go to the grocery store and buy what I was going to make, dessert for the "boys" and hit the liquor store for good measure.  Then, I would come home, put out the "poo-poo's" (hors de vours as they call them in Hawaii), pour myself a glass of wine, call Jim to join me and sit.  If it is summer, you on the patio and if it is too cool, you sit on the couch.  By God, I deserve that every weekend...at least that is what I thought/think.

Doesn't that sound wonderful?  Well, it does to me.  You can imagine how the rest of the night goes...mindlessly eat hummus and carrots or crackers while sipping my wine, then refilling the glass while I put the other meal on and then finally when we do eat dinner...I've had two glasses of wine, a whole tub of hummus, so many carrots that my vision should be 20/20 and I made a whole other course to eat.  And...eat I did.

I deserve to eat good food, I mean, I take care of people all the time and what does a few glasses of wine and nice meals hurt?  In my mind, it helps me decompress and relax...

Gotta change that story and it starts tonight.  The good thing is, Jim isn't home tonight and I can make a healthy meal.  And, the guy who owns the liquor store called the house yesterday because he hasn't seen me all week (just kidding).  Honestly, I probably consumed all my weeks calories on the weekend with my pink wine! 

It is Friday and I will work all day..."tucking" as I like to think about it.  Then, I will come home and drink water because I almost feel achy from all the detoxing I am doing.  Then, I will water my plants, visit my animals, plan dinner with my son (I hope), eat my healthy meal and watch a movie.  I rented "The Big Chill" from the library and can't wait to watch it again.  I don't think I have seen that in 20 years.

So...wish me luck, I'm gonna need it.  Those voices in my head are really not happy with this new way of eating!

May we see less of each other next time,
Love,
Terry