Day 8

Okay so I packed a lunch got everything ready, got to work early and 10 minutes before I'm about to start my shift I realize that I forgot my lunch on the table in the apartment. *Shakes fists aggressively.* Seriously I've been eating absolutely great foods this whole week and feeling good about it. I didn't feel deprived, I wasn't obsessing over it as I have at times in the past, it was going well. So I had the decision between buying an expensive healthy-ish meal from one of the restaurants, buying fast food, trying to make it home and back on my break, (which would probably work except for the fact that I wouldn't actually have time to eat. Just literally drive pick up lunch and come back) or just not eat. None of the options were really appealing. So I decided to split a pizza from Papa John's with my coworkers. Now of course it isn't healthy or Paleo but I don't feel bad about it. One day doesn't mess up an entire week's worth of effort. My last post was talking about cutting things out completely that aren't Paleo, but I think more long term and about habit building. I think Paleo could be a good guideline to everyday healthy eating. But unfortunately life throws us curveballs sometimes and we have to switch it up. And that's okay. During any of my past attempts to be healthy for 2 weeks or 30 days, I was so strict that if I had the slightest hiccup I would completely throw the towel in or start all the way over. But, I'm gonna keep it at day 8 because even though it's a 90 day personal challenge, the goal behind it is to finally adopt a healthy lifestyle that will stick. And that only happens when I accept the fact that I can't control every detail. I have to just consciously make the decision to eat a healthy meal, and then decide to keep going. The last thing I want is to do like I've done in the past and start doing the "today is the last day so I'll eat everything that I want" which goes on day after day for weeks until I convince myself to start again. So instead, I'm not starting over. I'm continuing on this journey. I will be healthy.