Ah, it is so nice to be able to blog here again. It's about midnight, I don't have anything that important to say, I need to go to bed, but I have a burning desire to blog instead, so here I am.

Food
Woo Hoo! Another great day with food. I am planning my food ahead of time and following my plan. It feels so good to gain momentum again and be on plan. It feels better than any binge food. I feel very focused on fitting into my pants better at the end of the month. It's like Sarah has said about herself, I feel calm around food and it feels great. Yes, I still have temptations but when I think about fitting into my pants, I refocus. And I have much more confidence in myself right now. Before I never really believed I could do this. But now I KNOW that I will have setbacks, but that I will get right back on plan, that I WILL do this.

Exercise
NONE! But my knee is feeling better. There is almost no pain when I go up and down the stairs. I was so tempted to do some abs but I promised a week of no exercise so that's what I'm doing.

Daily Joy
I don't think I did anything for myself today. The only thing I did was spend extra time on CK (and that really doesn't count) and take time to write in my Christmas journal. That was not relaxing, just something I've been meaning to do.
I need to do better tomorrow, but I already have my day planned out and I don't see any room for anything. I need to change that.

Daily Gratitude
I am so thankful that Collin took a nap today. Seriously, we all needed it desperately. He is in that hit or miss nap stage as he's almost 4.

Other
I am working hard on managing my time better. I really want to make some changes as I think I waste alot of time. So I started keeping a time log in a little notebook to keep track of what I'm doing. This task in itself is time-consuming. But it has been interesting. So many nights I would look at my cluttered messy house and wonder what in the world I accomplished that day. Well, now I can see that I really am doing alot. Things that can't be directly seen, like loading the dishwasher, laundry, settling a sibling dispute, attending to a potty accident, changing yet another diaper, and so on. I'm writing it all down and I feel more accomplished. But I am seeing where I am wasting time. I jump on the computer thinking it will only take a minute to check email and my CK inbox, and in reality I'm spending 15 mins. I do that several times a day and you can see how that adds up. I also am seeing how I need to be more focused in my approach to tasks. I am often so overwhelmed by all that needs to be done, I get scatterbrained. I try to throw in a load of laundry, then put dishes away, then make a phone call or whatever I can squeeze in. And I think I need a better approach to these tasks if I am going to manage my time better.
Okay, that's all my thoughts for now.