Cherishing Small Victories

So I had my first hiccup in my "90 Daily" commitment; Sunday and Monday were no gos! However, I am determined to make up for Monday's exercise absence. I need to start thinking outside of the box. I can do my 90 minutes in different sorts of installments. It could also be that I do a yoga double, but not the back to back kind of double LOL! That is certain death! But I CAN do, like, a 9am class and then a 6:30pm or 8:30pm class. I would actually prefer the 8:30 because that gives me about 12 hours in between classes to rest, recover. I had planned on doing that today, during the storm, but I got tired, did some work, and then made dinner so it was a no go.

But, I digress.

So, today I had 2 small victories. The first was that I only brought 1 bottle of water to yoga and I didn't have to refill during the mid-class savasana! I usually freeze a bottle the night before and then bring a second bottle that is not frozen so that I can replace the melted water I drink during the first half of class. Today, I only brought the 1 frozen bottle and, while it got a little close at the end of class, I managed to save the last sip of water for right before the last posture!

The second victory was going to the grocery store after class and not even going past the milk section AND not feeling bad about it. Milk is a huge staple in my life and to not even think about it in the grocery store while I'm getting my food on is a LARGE accomplishment. Instead, I purchased what feels like gallons of diet cranberry juice (5 calories per 8oz) and egg substitute and turkey bacon. Not the same as real egg and pork bacon goodness, but fair enough substitutes considering my weight loss goals. Did you know that cranberry juice, or my favorite cran grape juice, or pomegranate lemonade, can be as much as 150 calories per 8oz? That's the same as whole milk! When I realized that, I almost fell out! So, diet cranberry it is!

I've been able to stay close to my caloric intake goals since beginning on 1/11/11 so I'm making progress! Gotta just stay the course! This is no time to cut and run LOL!