Καλό απόγευμα! (Good evening)
My laptop keyboard is still typing in Greek!Luckily I am smarter than my laptop. And in the process, hey-I am learning Greek! One word at a time!
A bit tedious, using the online keyboard.
Μuch cutting and pasting am I.
It is ok. It could be worse!
Plus, I am having a good day. I am proud of myself for pulling myself up by my boot straps. Resurrecting the self discipline, am I!
I was hungry this morning. REALLY hungry. Which is a good thing. I am reinstalling my no food after 8 p.m. rule. It is good because, if I am hungry in the morning, that will motivate me to GET OUT OF BED!
And get out of bed I did. I left in time to stop at the little gas station and fill up my coffee mug. I made all my bus transfers with time to spare. So I sat at Safeway, and enjoyed a cup of yogurt and fruit, sipping my coffee.
Speaking of food, this is my food diary for the day. Yup. Reinstalling the food diary too!
9 a.m. Coffee, with 2 T cream and 1 T sugar.
9:40 a.m. 1 cup vanilla yogurt, topped with 3 strawberries, 5 blueberries, and 1 T granola.
11 a.m. 1 cup coffee with 2 T cream and 1 T sugar, 6 rice crackers, 2 small squares of sharp cheddar cheese.
1 p.m. 1 small bowl beef pho. 2 cups hot tea. 1 glass lemonade.
3 p.m. 8 ounces salted peanuts, 8 ounces unsweetened green iced tea.
6 p.m. 1 Tillamook Cheeseburger on a gluten free bun at Burgerville. Ice water.
9 p.m. 1 cup herbal Sleepytime Tea. No sweetener.
Tomorrow I will weigh in!
At church this morning, I almost dropped my Bible, when the pastor told us to turn to 1 Thessalonians 5:14, the first of our study passages for the day. He started to talk about how Paul tells us to be patient towards everyone and encourage the weak, idle and lazy. He said it can be difficult to motivate people without making them dependent on you. He then mentioned how he likes to motivate people to exercise, but even he sometimes has trouble. He said the hardest part about working out is just getting to the gym!
Seriously felt like he was talking directly to me. Because going to the gym was on my agenda today. After church, I was heading to Pho Vietnam for a nice pho lunch, then to my eye appointment for new glasses and then to the gym. But secretly, I was worried that I would get tired and lazy after lunch.
Then the pastor mentioned the Greek word " ἄτακτος" from the passage.
The Greek word ataktos literally means “out of line,” “undisciplined,” “not maintaining order.”.
I told you he was talking to me! In Greek even! ἄτακτος is my Greek word of the day.
Well, needless to say, I made it to lunch, my eye appointment, AND the gym.
I did 30 minutes on the treadmill, and did some weights focusing on back and biceps. Then a bit of stretching. Just getting there was most of the battle like my pastor said!
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| Proof! I made it to the gym! |
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| Most determined am I! |
I did end up having a cheeseburger for dinner. I was going to just have fruit and cottage cheese again, but my cell phone was dying, and I knew I could charge it at Burgerville. Plus they had gluten free buns. Plus I had such a good workout, I figured I deserved it.
Do you see how I rationalize?
But overall, I feel good. We shall see what the scale tells me in the morning.
My new, or shall I say refurbished goals are to stop eating at 8 p.m. Eat three solid meals a day, limiting in between meal snacks to fruit, nuts, water and iced tea. Exercise every day. Continue gluten free and low carb. Increase veggies.
I can do this!
Χαρούμενη Κυριακή!
(Happy Sunday!) Talk to you tomorrow!
My fruit of the spirit today was self control. And I conquered!
Zita
(By the way, Zeta is the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet. Just in case you were wondering!)
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