Determined To Succeed

Monday, Monday…how’s everyone on this fine Monday? Well, I ended up gaining that stupid pound I told you about yesterday but I am still at 239, which is good. I ate better yesterday, grilled chicken and a bit of pasta salad, to try to even out my debacle from Saturday (I really have to think of a way fried chicken nuggets, fries and egg rolls can be calorie and guilt-free). So I start this week with a goal in mind – to be back at 225 by April 30.

I think that’s a do-able goal, right? I mean I find myself doing really well during the week. I set about my work schedule and get stuff done and, because of that, I eat better and healthier portions. What I need to do is have the equivalent to a snap bracelet or electric shock or something when I get a snack attack or craving. This way I can just snap/shock myself back to reality when those evil times come – and make sure I do sit-ups instead of refrigerator opens. Know what I mean?

I just have to make sure I start this week with that new goal in mind. It does help to have that goal. It is do-able as all goals should be. It is not overwhelming as some weight loss goals can be. It will also help I am starting to collect information on childhood obesity for the section of my site I am creating for exactly that. If nothing else that should keep my mind off crappy foods all week.

Do any of you remember the song “Monday, Monday” from the Mamas and the Papas?

Monday Monday, so good to me,
Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday morning, Monday morning couldn’t guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me.

Monday Monday, can’t trust that day,
Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be
Oh Monday Monday, how could you leave and not take me.

Sometimes in the cheese of my mind I think of appropriate songs, shows or movie quotes to go along with a mood, situation or circumstance. For some reason this song was on my mind today. Especially the end of the first stanza. It just goes to show you the beginning of the week can take that kind of turn. That kind of Bugs Bunny “I should have turned left at Albuquerque” kind of feeling, especially if you know, like me, you eat something(s) you shouldn’t. But as long as you keep those goals important and at the forefront of your mind they can and will be achieved. You can thwart the “Mondays.” You can thwart those negative things that can make your day go off the rails. You can and do have a choice in how your Mondays go. I know I do and I will use it to make sure mine doesn’t. It’s one day at a time on this weight loss journey and, once I re-reach my goal, I will celebrate it with you. Until then, I’ll be humming this classic tune to help get my mind right for the day ahead…

…Monday, Monday…so good to me…

…I also might try to make a few of those Easter recipes I gave you guys yesterday. They sound good to me, too.