Spring is Near....**

Ok…so, let’s get straight to the point. My goal today is to maintain the motivation to eat healthy and exercise my body whenever possible--especially when is this beautiful outside.
I feel so amazing when I actually take the time to take care of myself.
It’s Tuesday and is gorgeous outside. Just came back from Lunch. According to my co-worker we are 4 days away from spring. Shocking…. But good! Just thinking about my spring walks cheers me up!! (More on that on a different blog entry).

So, breakfast this morning was good & balanced despite the fact that I had to rush out of my house as I was running super late for work:
-Cinnamon raisin bagel w/ cream cheese (Did you know: Thomas’s Bagels have only 240 calories and 8 grams of Protein!--the cream cheese was the 1/3 less fat kind and I used in moderation).
-Green Tea (Love Yogi Tea)
-Small cup of coffee w/ a little bit of regular milk (about 2 tablespoons)
I couldn’t bring lunch from Home and I was starving at around 1:30pm so I had some melon & grape fruit salad I had left over from yesterday. Then went to Blimpie & had:
-6 inch turkey & provolone sandwich on wheat bread (lettuce, tomatoes, red peppers, black olives & a little bit of xvoo & vinegar)
-100 calorie Doritos chips

Came back in to the office & felt like running to the snack cart and getting chocolate. For some reason I sometimes crave sweets after a regular, complete meal. However, I fought the tempting thought and somehow I steered my mind in to drinking some peppermint tea instead and here I am with my tea ready next to me. I also have a 100 calorie chips ahoy snack but I don’t even feel like having sweets anymore.

Lesson learned: The mind appears to play tricks on you temporarily to see if you are going to follow its commands. The key might be in steering your mind in to a different direction--away from the original thought. Makes sense, right? :)

Love yourself.
Xoxo,

Belle