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"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."-General George S. Patton, Jr.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

I cheated....sort of

Ok I have a major confession. Well once at work my department orders us lunch because we are closing the books and we don't have enough time to go out and get lunch during the closing process on 5th day. Well of course you know one of my main goals during this 60 day challenge was to give up Chipotle. Imagine my surprise when they told e that they were ordering Chipotle for us. At first I was like, damn I can't have it. It will go against my 60 day challenge, but then I started thinking. I can't control what my company decides to order. I can either eat the Chipotle or buy something else. Well I came to a decision that some may not agree with. I took the FREE Chipotle. I had a Steak Burrito Bowl. I know. I felt bad about eating it, but I have to say I didn't buy it. I haven't stepped foot in a Chipotle since giving it up and still don't plan on it. Do you think I did the right thing? Please let me know.

Everything else is going good. Been doing some intense workouts this week. I'm already at 10 miles of cardio for the week. Hopefully tomorrow I can finish up the last 5 miles and meet my weekly goal. I still haven't officially decided on a book, but I plan on getting that figured out for sure this weekend. I got three books to read so I gotta get started!

Some have asked, "Why are you doing this?". I'm really doing this to get better self-control. Proving to myself that I can go without some of the many things that I indulge in really tests the strength of my mind. When this is all said in done I want to make sure I am able to make better food and lifestyle choices. We will see though. So far so good but it's only day 8. 52 more days to go.

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Day 5 of the Challenge

Well well well....what can I say. The challenge is at it's 5Th day. I have to be honest. It's been a rocky start but I am sticking to the plan. Yesterday was my first craving for Chipotle. As I was driving around trying to decide what I wanted for dinner I passed Chipotle and wanted to pull in so bad. I decided on sushi but this giving up Chipotle for sixty days is gonna be a lot harder than I ever imagined.

I forgot to put this in my list when I did my original post but I am also giving up ice cream as well. During the summer time I could eat ice cream every day. Recently I have become attached to those vanilla oreo twisted frosty's at Wendy's. Those things have to be sent from heaven because they are AMAZING!!! So yet another challenge I am adding for myself. I know I can make it so I'm not worried. Like Kanye West once said, "That that don't kill me, can only make me stronger!"

I still haven't decided on a book yet either. I know what in the world is wrong with me. I bought Barbra Walters' biography, Audition, from a book sale at work. I think today I am gonna crack it open and see if I can get into it. I love biographies so let's hope this one is good.

I haven't been updating myfitnesspal....damn it I forgot all about it. Oops. Gonna start that again today. I used to be so good with it. Now I just got out of the habit of updating it so I never do. Gonna fix that today!

Okay I the plan is to give at least three updates this week! Talk to you all again soon!


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