I would like to thank the Academy....

Just kidding...I want to thank everyone who has sent me nice emails and also those who have joined as followers! That is awesome and totally inspiring to me! Thanks, everyone!


Today was pretty easy to get my three small changes in...I guess because it's a weekday and I was pretty busy!


SMALL STEPS FOR FEBRUARY 1ST

Normally on a day like today I get up, watch some kind of news show (either Fox and Friends or Today), have a couple cups of coffee, plan out my day, and take care of my dogs. Well, I'll be adding one more thing to that list-packing a lunch!
INSTEAD of no planning on my part for lunch I actually made a turkey sandwich and 7 pieces of celery with cream cheese. I packed it in a cooler with an ice pack and off I went. I kind of ate everything in bits and pieces between visits. It felt wonderful to keep my blood sugar steady by always having something next to me to munch on in the car. It made for a much less frantic time when I would feel my blood sugar dropping and I had nothing with me. I felt much more stable than I usually do.


I was peeking through a Reader's Digest(I LOVE that magazine) and I came across an article talking about health tips from around the world. I found a blurb (is that a word?) about Rooibos Tea. I found it online:

Sip some rooibos tea-South Africa (Compliments of Reader's Digest online)
Enjoyed throughout the country, rooibos tea is more robust than green tea, and because it's naturally sweet, it needs no sugar. Ditching your daily Frappuccino for a cup of rooibos—Starbucks now sells it—could save you thousands of calories per month. "Tea-drinking cultures generally have lower rates of obesity," says Dr. Pescatore. "That may be from special compounds, such as catechins, that certain teas contain, or it may simply be that we often think we're hungry when we're really dehydrated."


Is it legal to copy and paste from an article online? Eek...if it's not...I apologize and claim ignorance to the copy and paste police!!!!

I normally would have walked into Starbuck's and ordered a yummy Pkie's Place roast coffee.
INSTEAD I walked into Starbuck's and ordered a cup of rooibos tea...and completely butchered the pronounciation! I had everyone in the place correcting me. Thank God there were only three people there! I didn't really enjoy it, probably because I'm not really a tea drinker, but someone who is a tea drinker might LOVE it. Now that I think about it, though, I slept through the night last night, whereas I usually wake up about 3-4 am which may be caused by the caffeine I sometimes drink during the day and early evening. hmmmm.......

I am a pet sitter. So I do alot of doggy walks each day. Normally I just stroll along with the dog and, unless the dog is extremely vivacious, I would not really pay attention to how fast or slow we go.
INSTEAD I concentrated on squeezing my butt and thighs with each step I took. That has to count for something, right?