New Beginnings

I bought a new journal today. There is something about a new journal that invigorates and inspires me. I think I've inherited this from my mother... she's the same way.  With a new journal there are no reminders of past failures; no reminders of how many times I've tried to do this only to quit two weeks in. With a new journal there are only clean, crisp pages... a clean, fresh start. A new journal is a new beginning.  So in my efforts to change my ways, I logged everything I ate today and kept track of calories in my new, shiny journal. I even woke up early and did my new boot camp video. Yea me! Was I perfect??? Absolutely not. Somehow a spoonful of cookie dough made it's way into my mouth, but it's better than the usual 4 spoonfuls, in addition to the 2 cookies (probably 3 cookies) that I would normally eat. So, I'm good with my one spoonful; which is a step forward for me. Usually I have that "all or nothing" mentality. Usually I would get mad at myself for eating the one spoonful. Then I'd say, "Screw it! I'll just start tomorrow," and continue to eat cookie dough and whatever else I could find. But, not today!! So, all in all, day one worked out to be pretty successful.