Helen ~ Heynen

"I’m doin’ the work… I’m baby steppin’." That’s what Bill Murray says in that movie, What About Bob?. Sometimes I want to say that out loud, but then realize nobody will know what the Eff I’m talking about as always! -- they just don't get it.

Okay, so I’ve been setting new goals lately and am changing up a lot of things. I’m like a whole new person over here. First off....I think I am gonna chop off the locks!....yep...come Jan.
No more party on the head anymore and it going to go with the new look I will be sporting in the New Year! I’m all business -- eat that baby up!

But seriously...... I’ve been setting new goals and am very excited about them. I have my new goals set , which is to get down to 16% body fat by Christmas, 10 pull ups, and a 6 min mile run. I’d say Halloween, but I’m planning on a whole dramatic episode at Christmas, when we are are all stuffing our faces like mad people!

Picture this:

I want to act cRaZy just to freak people out a little.......and if I get a, "Man, I wish I could eat like that and look that way" --- I’d be a very happy girl! Little do they know…I’ve been busting my a**! but....shhhhhhh.

I’ve cleaned up the diet a lot! despite all the crapola merging it's way into the office at work! (more to come on that later)
I've been following through the days and it just keeps getting easier and easier. Right now, I am writing down all my goals and planning out my day the day before, which helps me a lot to stay on track. I love to check stuff off of lists. I’m a check-off junkie.

But anyhow -- back to work officeses....

I've been putting my foot down, cause sometimes you just have too! -- it hurts, but you just have to.

I am always saying...."it's not my cheat day"...and sometimes people get a little huffy over it. Why people get bent out of shape over my own diet, I will never know. I figure most people would be used to this by now. Well, except my own family....I don't care much if I gorge down my food in front of them....they know how I roll. But some people just keep trying to get me to re-roll my dice.

I DO cheat! Of course I do (a lot in fact) But I am careful with it....I have rules around it...and I take it seriously.

If I cheated every time there were goodies and snacks at work.....seriously I would be dead right now.

One day -- donuts
another day -- chips
another day -- birthday cake
another day -- chocolate
another day -- cookies and muffins
another day -- cinnimon rolls
another day -- apple crisp
another day -- Baclava .......OMG....Baclava. Do you EVEN know how hard it is for me to turn that down.....and this goes on and on and on....day after day after day......you get the picture.

I sincerely had not noticed this before I started really paying attention to my diet....and it was this kind of unplanned, mindless eating that I was doing day in and day out.

I did not realize that before, I was eating that kind of food every day. If it was in kitchen at work or in the office side room...I would walk by it and it went in my mouth. These days, I work too hard to do that! I was not wasting my cheat day on silly stuff like that....well not unless it is Matthew Mcconauhey and it involves dessert with flames or whipped cream or something extrodinary like that. * sigh* *smile* ....okay where was I?

If there was one thing I would strongly suggest is to start taking a long hard look of your surroundings. I guarantee that there are way more treats and cheats around you then you realize and you simply cannot take every one.

Plan your cheats and enjoy them. Don’t give them away freely.

Don’t have a "donut" on your break on Tuesday when you can have Crème Brulee or Cheesecake with your date on Friday.

Savor the choices you make.

That salad I had yesterday? It means I can have my cheat day with my boys or with my friends this weekend.


Put your foot down people! Put your foot down!