my thoughts....

Hey Shely, That’s exactly what me and Julie were talking about last night.  Its funny how once you get into a challenge and start off super motivated…can slowly shift into ‘I don’t really need to do this’.  From the start Julie and I did this in no way to lose weight (look at us)haha, but was purely for the challenge and committing to something I have never done before.   Like you said so much harder than being physically active (and cuz you have to encounter it atleast 3 times a day!), because it involves the mind and strongly formed habits.  That’s why it was so intriguing for me to take this one.  That’s exactly what I did before..went to food to fight off boredom, stress,.. etc like all women.  And this challenge has given me so much confidence and has seriously built myself efficacy bc I have had complete control of what I have been putting in my mouth. Not for 3 days or 10 but for the time I said I was going to take it on. Julie mentioned how you said how we have been so ridiculously strict… but its funny how when we set out to do this it did not at all seem that way..but bc we are sticking to it now it has turned into being anal. Haha Also after the next two days I will not at all be this strict but I will finish what I said I was going to do..ya know. I think it is exciting to complete something ….also I was super motivated to do something like this for a while.   Also Shely it is funny how you are so aware now of your thoughts.  I have had that happening in different habits in my life. I think it is crazy once you realize something and become so aware.  Also I feel that is the only way to change the thought process.  Its like you get the perspective of looking in from the outside. It is pretty funny what kind of thoughts and discussions (like what me and juls have talked about) and I guess you could say awareness this so called challenge has evoked.  Me and Julie also talked about how we cant wait to not log intake. The motivation behind that has been writing to you guys and if I were to ask a client to log I better be able to do it! But what I have really liked about it is kind of giving me an automatic sense of what to eat and how much.
anywho Im done!!!! :) Good job