Let's Get Real

It's crunch time for the quarter kids (actually if you've read my previous posts you'll know that it's almost always crunch time on the quarter system!) It's week 10 which means at this time next week I'll be done with my sophomore year of college. Holy crap. Not sure if I should be excited or terrified.

Anywho, I've been doing lots of thinking (and talking) lately and I've come to some realizations. Wanna hear? Ok, here it goes:

No matter what I accomplish or achieve, I never allow myself to feel good enough. Ever. I rarely celebrate my victories, am quick to judge myself and can't take a compliment to save my life. This my friends, is not okay!  I am incredibly hard on myself when it comes to my physical progress on this whole journey to health. I've come a longggg way but I continue to put myself down. One of my closest friends and I were talking recently about how we both need to be kinder to ourselves. We are constantly griping about how lost we feel for not knowing exactly what we want in life, how we need to lose weight, how we need to make changes in our study habits etc. However, we rarely acknowledge the fact that we must be doing something right considering we're still here.

At this point in my life, there is a lot going on. And by a lot I mean so much so that I can barely remember my name by the end of the day. With CKI, school, babysitting, volunteering, traveling and everything else that somehow manages to work its way in there, I barely have time to sleep. I try to stay on track with my food and my exercise but it is so hard sometimes.

So here's how I plan to address these things (some suggestions courtesy of my bestie, Miss Annie!)

1. No. More. "Fat". Talk. (Here's the link to an article from the NYT that explains a little more). We need to talk to ourselves like we would talk to a friend in the same situation. Be kind!
2. Take time to figure out what works and what doesn't! My summer schedule is a little funky but I hopefully won't be working as much as summers' past so I have some time to work on my routine. I've been thinking for awhile now that I need to revisit my days of being a morning workout person. We'll see how it goes!
3. Cliche but, "It's about the journey, not the destination." I need to appreciate what I'm going through and what I've already experienced. It's been a tough road but I have worked so hard and I deserve to recognize that and take credit where credit is due.

I apologize if this post was a little all over the place. It's pretty much "stream of consciousness" so it's not the most organized.

To end, here are a few of my recent breakfasts. I've been craving eggs like nobody's business lately! Super easy to make and oh so tasty! Basically I just toss in whatever veggies I have on hand. The picture on the top has really yummy Italian chicken sausage in it from TJ's :D