A New Week, A New Month, and A New Me!

I'm happy to say that June is here. I love summer! Although, it's not the perfect weather for me for running, but since I've been running on the treadmill in the basement, it really won't affect me that much. I just love June. Everything is green outside, the days are long, swimming, lots of cookouts, and I just feel much happier this time of year.

Speaking of cookouts, we went to one for my MIL's bday yesterday. My SIL has one of those big Bonzai waterslides that's about 10 ft. tall. It's a little big for Cecilia but we let her go down from halfway. She LOVED it! The water was freezing, though, and she was shivering. The reason I didn't do a Nutrition Daily entry for yesterday was sort of due to the cookout. I had already planned what I was having and I pretty much stuck to my guns. I loaded on the veggies as my appetizer. I made the Pasta Salad with Smart Taste Pasta, I had a little bit of grilled chicken/steak, lots of grilled veggies, and an ear of corn. I made the cake with Fresca and sf/ff chocolate pudding for the frosting. So, I knew what my points were for basically everything I ate. Add in chasing a toddler around a large backyard for 3 hours in the sun, and I got in a few activity points. The damage to my eating came after the cookout.

We went home, all exhausted. I had the munchies, so I cut up a bunch of cucumbers and grape tomatoes. An hour later, I was hungry for supper, but DH wasn't ready yet. So, I made a waffle and put a tbs of pb on it. And then I made another. Oh, and one more. So that was 12 pts. right there. I'm sure I can add up the points, and I really should do so as a lesson to myself.

I also didn't get my run in last night. I was too tired. Not a huge deal because it would have been run number 4 for last week, but I was looking forward to the rush afterwards. I think dealing with Dr. Destruction during her witching hour when she tears our whole house apart the hour before bedtime really made me extra tired.

As for the New Me part of the title - I was upset, angry, frustrated, and hurt by an incident with my side of the family this past weekend. I won't get into it on this blog, but it was totally out of my control and my actions really couldn't have prevented it. I really need help with not letting the actions of others affect me like this. I need to be stronger and focus on myself and loving my daughter and husband. I spent a lot of time crying in bed last night and I know this incident added to my eating the waffles. If anyone has any self-help reading they can suggest on how to make me a less-sensitive person to things like this, please bring them on! I'm so sick of focusing on things that I can't control rather than living my own life.

I have set a running goals for the month, too. Run/walk 30 miles in the month of June and run one complete mile without walking. I'm doing the C25K workouts and the Serena Interval training, so that's about 24 miles doing those 3x per week.