Becoming a product of...

Last night I got about 2.5 hours of sleep.  Ridiculous.  And all of my own choosing.

With my J boys, I've been doing a lot of thinking about what I want in a husband.  And what I need to be becoming in order to merecer a man so incredible!

One thing that I want to change is how I spend my "free time." I read a talk the other day by President Erying called Real-Life Education that I loved.  He said "We cannot waste time entertaining ourselves when we have the chance to read or to listen to whatever will help us learn what is true and useful."  I need to use my time to study and learn things that are of eternal import.

Today as I was thinking about becoming, I was reminded of President Packer saying that he became a product of the Book of Mormon.  We really are a product of what we consume.  I need to quit consuming so much cotton candy media, and get some more gospel greens and good secular learning smoothies in my media diet.  I want to be a product of the Book of Mormon, not just use it as a garnish.
I want to live up to my potential spiritually and physically.

In other related news, even though I binged last night and didn't get enough sleep, I felt happy and healthy today...I'm becoming a product of my eating and exercise habits.  Can't say enough good about plant-based eating and essentrics.  Essentrics really does change your body so quickly!  I didn't do it today, but did every other day this week!  Shooting for daily next week.

Today:
W: 141.8
E: walking around Scottish Festival, pm yoga
B: n/a
L: apple, banana (couldn't decide which I liked better...so good!)
D: dal, grapes, greens with salsa, tomatoes, mushrooms, and vinegar...live food tastes SO GOOD!

Day off.

Didn't go to campus today.  It was lovely.  However it was a binge day.  Probably because of mixed emotions...quiero casarme pero no tengo con quien quiero casarme.  Y el unico que podria querer asi en estos momentos, parece que no esta ni alli.  Churra!


Today:
W: 138.8
E: 20 minutes of intervals, essentrics a/a
B: 2 bananas
L: dal, orange
S: banana
D: 2 bowls of rainbow chili with tomatoes and lettuce, banana
S: 2 pieces of bread with peanut butter and jam, samosa wrap, hummus and carrots

Team work!

Beth wants to do Eat to Live!!!! And she enjoyed her workout this morning WHILE she was doing it. :)  We've decided that we're going to lose our weight and then send our stories to Lindsay so that we can be Herbies of the Week together.  I'm thinking that if I'm true to the plan, I should be at my goal weight by September 11th.  Beth made some DELICIOUS dal for dinner tonight.  You can do anything you want to when you decide to just do it and work for it.  And it always helps to have a friend/sister alongside!

Today:
W: 140
E: 20 minutes of intervals (I love you like a love song, baby!) and essentrics l/b
B: banana
L: green smoothie (spinach, peaches, banana)
D: rest of green smoothie, delicious dal!

Me.

A cute boy that I thought I'd had "a moment" with on Monday asked for Liz's number tonight at institute.  If she's the kind of girl that he goes for, I'm out!  Someday someone will like me for me.  In the meantime, I'm not going to quit being me!!!  Beth said that she needs to go plant based...I think it's a part of who I am.

Today:
W: 142.2
E: essentrics a/a, 20 minutes of intervals...feels so good!
B: n/a
L: greens, fiesta mix, blueberries, orange
D: banana, walnuts

Old habits die hard.

Binging comes naturally right now.  As does suggesting that we go out to eat.  I need to stop!  At least I worked out today, right?!


Today:
W: 138.6
E: 30 minute walk/run, essentrics
B: green smoothie (blueberry, banana, peach and spinach)
L: slice of Carol's cheese, fiesta mix, green smoothie (strawberry, banana, spinach)
D: cheesy tomatoey pasta stuff, bread, butter, carrot loaf, blue cheese ball
D2: cheese sticks with marinara sauce, caramel apple crisp, strawberry cheesecake.

Discerning.

 I'm learning to pay attention, learning what works for me, and what doesn't.  I didn't eat dinner tonight because I didn't have to (Brenda forgot about our cita), and because I wasn't hungry.

Tonight at FHE the beautiful new boy DD (dark and dimpled...so attractive!) was there and remembered my name, but for some reason (probably several, to be honest), I avoided him in some ways...just not feeling it.  Real boys work for me.  Really pretty ones don't.


Today:
W: 138.4 (1st time below 140 this month!:)
E: essentrics a/a, kickball, helping the Snows move
B: banana and walnuts
L: green smoothie (banana, peaches, blueberry, and spinach), and 2 fresco bean burritos from Taco Bell (thought I was doing well with those, but I just looked up the nutrition info for them...not so much!)
D: n/a

Balance

Today I ate a cupcake.  A chocolate one.  Because I love the person who made it for me.  I think that's my new deal:  Eat to live, except when you can't.  The end.

Today:
W: 141.4
B: n/a
L: n/a
D: greens, tomatoes, palta, mushrooms, black beans, cilantro (hadn't had salad for a couple of days...missed it!), and an Almond Joy cupcake.