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Today I am super sore from workouts and walking so it's rest day. Only doing stretching today and maaaaaaybe a short walk. Yesterday I got no work done. I bought vegetables, proteins and stuff for my morning smoothies. I was diligent with my meals and good about not indulging in stuff I shouldn't. Today's scale said I dropped a pound. That pound could pop back up any minute though...so I'm resolved to just care about the measuring tape and what it tells me.
Mondays workout was a butt kicking. Literally, lots of glute action and the dreaded squats from hell. I'm on Week 2 Phase 1...after week 3 I will move into Phase 2. This program takes you in phases to adjust you properly. Aside from weight and measuring inches you take assessment every week of things like your sleep, energy, cravings, mood, etc...my score has gone up since starting one week ago. Better sleep and energy is certainly just as valid as what the scale says. My sleep went from 4-5 hours to 7 hours. My energy is better and my cravings are down. I'm not deprived and feeling hungry anymore. Phase 1 is the Harmonize phase and all things are being brought into harmony in your body.

Yesterday I was really feeling the weirdness of not seeing my friends in like FOREVER. Aside from some blue moon social distance popovers - I haven't chatted with my friends and am missing laughing with them as I nurse a cider. Jeez, a cider...it's been so long. I don't even drink any more. 😂 Everyone is just a photo on social media now and has been for awhile. I'm a photo too.

Since I didn't work yesterday I'll make up for it today... But I did get some more reading done. This is a GIANT book but I do enjoy Jon Kabat-Zinn and his insightful and easy to follow way of laying it out. Less Facebooks more real books.

This passage resonates with me and how I feel. People are always looking to others instead of looking into themselves. They would rather do ANYTHING than look into themselves and be quietly within themselves. They give all their power to everyone else and follow things that serve no purpose. Then they create a lot of useless chatter for everyone else, the cycle continues. And since I can create a lot of chatter too 😂 I've decided to get down to work today, offer some quiet to the world and just be.
Have a fantastic week everyone!
Just be!

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