Day 5

Drinking more water has been coming along well. I am up to at least (and more) 48 ounces by now. I met my intake of 64 ounces yesterday. Sometimes it is hard to drink so much. What goes in must come out ... right? Yea.

I decided to order take out Chinese food yesterday. 2 egg rolls and a small curry chicken later ... I was still happy with my food choices.

My snacks in my snack drawer are about gone. All I have left is a handful of raisins that I'll assume are still good to eat.

Eating a pound of bacon may not have been the wisest life choice last night, but it was certainly welcomed! I don't eat bacon often ... but when I do... ;)

I never got out for my walk yesterday, but I went swimming/trading water for the better part of an hour. It felt SO good to be doing something new and different as I haven't been swimming since last fall.

Today's eating choices were good still. I received my herbalife product and have been successful at having a protein shake today as well as keeping up on my multivitamin, too.

I had couscous for dinner tonight. It was tasty.

I might stop at the store tonight and pick up some icecream? I am not sure. I already had 4 girlscout cookies tonight. I bought them in April, and here I am close to 2 months later, and I still have some left. I only bought 2 boxes! In ears past, I had devoured on average a box a week (sometimes more!).

Goals.

• Continue to increase water intake
• Continue to cut back on refined sugars and replace them with healthy options
• Eat more fresh foods, working on eliminating processed foods
• Exercise regularly 

At only 5 days in, I have been able to celebrate success and failure. I have seen already areas of my life where the negativity needs to leave and the positive needs to flow more freely.

I want to let go of being my own worst critic, and really embrace everything about me. I have been able to "talk the talk" in so many areas of life, but for "walking the walk" I have not truly embrace who I am called to be and live my greatest potential being WHO and WHOSE I am.

I was created for a purpose. I have a destiny. I am so very loved by my ABBA. I want to live a life that is holy and pleasing to him.

I will leave you with this quote, re quoted by a friend of mine on facebook from someone wishing to remain anonymous:

"My life got a thousand times better once I stopped censoring myself. And by censoring I don't mean I suddenly started indiscriminately swearing; I mean I stopped trying to sugarcoat my past or my feelings;I stopped lying by omission. I stopped having guilty pleasures; I began unabashedly enjoying whatever I liked; I became very honest. I cut poisonous people out of my life and negative ideals, and I'm so, so much happier for it."