Healthy Twists

Well, I’m now officially 26. My mom even said something like, “Jeez…25 is such a nice number. 26 sounds like it’s practically 30.” (Gee, thanks, Mom. I can’t be too mad at her seeing as how she was a pretty important part of me having a birthday, and also…she can’t talk to me about being old. She’s the one with a 26-year-old child. I’m just saying).

I had a fairly fantastic day yesterday. I met Jenny for a 3-mile run in her neighborhood (it was kinda tough! I had to stop and walk at one point, although that might have been mental…) and then met another friend at Starbucks for a birthday breakfast. I haven’t had a “skinny” vanilla latte in forever and wow, those things are GOOD.

Then I worked, left work early, went to the gym for about an hour of weightlifing, then went to Whole Foods to pick up some dinner from their prepared foods section. Who goes to a grocery store for thier birthday fun? Me, of course (and maybe you, if you’re reading this).

I had a fairly light dinner of some butternut squash and this apricot-chicken salad thing that was delicious. I also sampled a few bites of the pizza I bought for Mitch, you know, just to make sure it wouldn’t kill him.

Then my friend Erin came over and we hung out and chatted for a few hours. When Mitch came home from school, he enjoyed his pizza while I enjoyed the cutest thing I have purchased in a really long time (since we got Nina years ago).

Come on. Just look at that thing! It was massive, too (TWSS). I pride myself in my ability to put away some dessert, but even I could only eat half this thing. And my teeth kinda hurt after, but it was pretty incredible so I was ok with that.

This morning I told Mitch I thought I’d be skipping dessert when we go out to dinner tonight, but he goes, “we’ll see about that.” Boy knows me well.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes on Facebook, Twitter, etc.! You know, sometimes I feel pretty lonely, but then something like my birthday rolls around and I realize how very lucky I am and how many incredible people I have in my life, near and far. I am a lucky gal indeed.

Speaking of which, thank you all for your nice comments on my last post. It’s hard to be that honest sometimes, but I really appreciate the feedback and knowing that I’m not along (sensing a theme here?). If you haven’t read the comments, I encourage you to do so, but my favorite was by the superstar herself, MizFit:

I so so can relate to this post and as a few others have said FOR ME it was the LOVING MYSELF AND MY FLUFF which allowed me to finally shed the fluff (and keep it at bay for 16 yrs).
its a process and you are on your way.

And that’s totally what it is, a process or a journey. It’s not a linear path to complete self-acceptance (or a “happy weight”), but every step forward is a step in the right direction. Maybe that’s what getting older is all about (well, that and the 9 PM bedtime and the thought that music today is just horrific).

Happy Friday!!

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