SB Day 3 - The Next Right Thing...

So I got up and did my weigh in 130.8

Breakfast - coffee w powdered creamer (non-fat)
leftover 1/2 pork chop
2 eggs w cheese, zucchini, onion

Lunch - salad w chicken
rest of omlette - laughing cow cheese w green beans
Snack - walnuts, orange

Dinner - salad - chicken green beans tomatoes w/ curry sauce and a bit of dry coconut milk
Snack - walnuts so far....this is the bad time (night) for me.

Exercise - dance class, ball, and walk to c. house to walk dog.

Who knows what will happen tomorrow.
Goals for tomorrow - more water, more exercise

Cheats for the Past 3 days- Plantains at dinner, 2 Oranges mon&tues
It will suck if I don't lose any weight bc of some veggies and fruit carbs
But tomorrow I will try to stop eating the oranges - it sucks bc we have a huge box.

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The Next Right Thing...
I once went to a meeting and a very large man (I am a fat girl myself who used to be thin...I am working on my body image and my feelings towards others who are overweight...I can be very critical...but for the sake of this story...)

At this meeting when I was very new I heard an obese man who truly wasn't good looking say.
"I (Ian) live in a studio apartment and I know the next right thing is to do the dishes...but sometimes as I walk across the room I obsess, "why didn't I marry the prom queen", "why didn't I run for president of the united states" when all I need to do is the dishes..."

It was the first time that I had heard "do the next right thing" and it hit me..my obsessions, like his are so unrealistic, he couldn't marry the prom queen or be president of the us. why do I obsess over the things that are so far out of reach when I should focus on the things that are in my reach.

At that time I was taking in kittens for the local shelter and keeping them until they were old enough to be neutered and adopted. So for me the next right thing is to empty kitty litter boxes. And what a joy that is. when the litter is clean inevitably one of the kittens would run over to "mark" the litter and try so hard to pee that only a drop or two would come out. But the kitten was so joyous at leaving his mark!

So I need to remember to stay in the day.
I heard yesterday.
"those of us who are richest are not those who have the most but those who want the least" I need to remember that. I have everything I need and I really don't want much more...i have a good husband, good cats, good friends, good health (I need to get over my weight issue...and accept that just because I don't look like jennifer aniston or heather locklear I am okay...I need to eat healthy and accept my baby belly).

I also heard at a meeting
"when you don't know what the next right thing to do is ...do the next thing right"