Vacation

As I've mentioned, I'm on vacation. I'm choosing to not let that be an excuse, though. So I'm still eating smaller portions, not having dessert, etc. Well, at least not at every meal! I did eat dessert today...bananas foster is hard to resist, so I decided to make that my splurge for the week. I'm also working to keep exercise in my day as well, although I missed that today. (Not such a good day today - dessert and no exercise! Whoops. Oh well...back at it tomorrow!)

It's easy to find excuses to not do the things that keep us healthy. "I'm tired." "It's raining." "I'm on vacation." "I don't have the right clothes/shoes/whatever." (I know, I've used them all.) There comes a point, though, where you realize that excuses are simply that - excuses. I am in control of my choices. I can choose to make excuses or I can choose to take care of myself. It's not about making a single choice, either. I mean, it's not that one day you say "from now on, I choose to...(fill in blank here)". (Well, it may be that way about some things, but not about exercise and healthy eating.) Instead, it's a choice which needs to be made every day. Every meal. Every time an opportunity to make an excuse rears its ugly head.