Well we made it through another day! Phew! What a day it was! I spent the day deciding if it's really worth taking an 11 day vacation, just to come back to a big mess at work. I sure had a fun vacation, but today was quite stressful! Luckily, by the end of the 12 hour work day, I had made great progress on the issues that arose while I was away. So overall, it was a successful day and I'm back to loving my job!
This is what my day looked like:
Because I am trying to change my schedule to earlier to accommodate school and work, I got up at 4 this morning. I rode my exercise bike for 30 minutes and then proceeded to make my green smoothies for the day as well as make Jake some food for the day (he's trying to increase his raw food intake, so he had apples, grapefruit, bananas, and clementines today at work).
For my breakfast smoothie, I made a grape, blueberry, banana base with mixed greens and spinach.
For my lunch smoothie, I made a grape, apple, spinach smoothie.
Both smoothies were quite good. What I usually do is make 48 ounces for the morning (Jake drinks about 12 ounces in the morning). Then I like to make another 48 ounces so I can take 32 ounces with me in my lunch bag, with some ice, so I can drink it whenever throughout the day. Then I put the rest in the fridge for later in the evening. If Jake nor I feel like a smoothie in the evening, the doggies get it with their dinner. And they LOVE it! Today I didn't feel like drinking the second smoothie until about 3pm and I drank 16 ounces.
I drank about a half gallon of water while I was at work today. I could tell I was in detox mode as my breath started to get kind of nasty. Overall I am feeling pretty good. Since I got about 3 hours of sleep last night, I'm going to try and get a few more hours today.
A few things I've been thinking about:
First, in the book The 80/10/10 Diet, by Dr Doug Graham, he points out that: "Foods do not heal, the body heals". To me that means, if we are feeding the body the fuel it needs and deserves, our body can heal properly from whatever ailments we may suffer. This is what I'm striving for. On certain food isn't a miracle food and won't cure us. If we have our bodies in the right state, they will heal. And this isn't just about food. It's about exercise, erst, sunshine, less stress, etc. Someday, maybe I'll figure all those things out :).
Secondly, the last few days as I have been dreading returning to work, I've been thinking about what I would rather be doing or where I would rather be. The grass seems to always be greener on the other side: "if I had kids, I (hopefully) wouldn't have to work, and life would be easier OR if we lived somewhere warmer, I would enjoy life so much more" etc, etc. But I've come to a conclusion. Life is what we make of it. We can be happy in ANY situation. My new motto is: 'Happiness is not based on our circumstances, it's based on the perception of them.' The next year is going to be the craziest year I will have experienced, but I choose to use this experience as a tool for growth in many areas. We have started the year off with a WONDERFUL week of green smoothies. I am increasing my exercise to appropriate levels. I am starting school this week to train in the area I've wanted to all my life. Plus, I'm pretty much married to the best man on the planet. So, I'm pretty dang happy. Except that I realized today, that most of my clothes no longer fit me very well :(. Which is a good and bad thing :).
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