cinaflower's Journal

I decided I have done well this week working on myself so I think I should update this goal. I will probably finish this goal before I am really fit- so I can work on some more concrete short term goals. I have done well this week with my diet and exercise and plan on walking almost every day that I can. I have no excuses. I can walk on the treadmill when I watch the news or just for 30 minutes while I listen to my ipod. I do have enough time. I have to do that for myself before I do anything else. I want to start strength training and I'm trying to eat low carb. I know that I can be addicted to carbs and it makes me have hunger and cravings I wouldn't have otherwise. I decided to start drinking decaf coffee because I gave up coffee for 4 days to "detox" and I was exhausted and cranky and had a terrible headache every day- so I figure that's not something I need in my system if my body reacts so strongly to not having it. Decaf tastes the same, no big deal.

The rest of my life is okay. I'm trying to be positive and live in the moment and I'm really worried about my daughter's lack of maturity and her attitude of entitlement. I'm going to help her be more responsible, mature, realistic, and independent and empathetic. She needs that from us. I don't know how, but I'm going to try. I can't count on my husband to help me enforce any rules or consequences so that makes it tricky and I feel so overwhelmed with everything I have to do as a working mother that I don't know where to begin or what battles to fight. I'll find a good book or a website and it'll give me some direction I know. For now, though, I have to keep myself motivated to take care of myself. I need to do that for myself and my family.