Tomorrow's the Big Day

Tomorrow is Day 1!
I just got home from an enlightening weekend at the Miracle Mastery conference in Portland with Donna and Kathy. My head is aswirl with thoughts of unlimited possibility. One thought from the weekend that applies to this challenge is the idea that in order to reach our goals we have to
1. Make a decision
2. Commit to it and then
3. Start taking action.
When we make a decision, we no longer have to keep making that decision. I've decided for the next 90 days that I'm only eating 1500 calories a day. So if I'm at 1500 calories there is no wondering if I should go get a banana or some yogurt from the fridge. The decision has already been made.
I was discussing with Donna today that I'd love to be able to get my exercise in early in the morning to have it done. I'm so not an early riser. So not! I've figured out that if I wake up at 5:15, get out the door by 5:30, to the gym by 5:45, exercise an hour, get home by 7:00 I'll be basically where I'm at on a normal day...except that I'll have 1:45 less of sleep. That's not sounding super fabulous to me at the moment, but I'm not pooh-poohing the idea just yet.

Oh! I also found out Friday as I was traveling to Portland that my boss wants me to join her and a couple of co-workers in Phoenix TUESDAY! Yes, Day 2 of the challenge I am flying to Phoenix. Donna prompted me to start thinking of a plan of how to handle the days there. (Thanks Donna!) I'll be bringing my tennis shoes to exercise, I'll eat an egg beater omelet in the hotel, I'll have salads at lunch (wherever we eat out) and then for dinner stick to some grilled meat with veggies and maybe a baked potato. Traveling days 2-4 are not going to set me back. I've made a decision, I've committed to it, and I am taking the action.

I'm totally beat from a morning of ingesting some really great ideas and then flying home. I'm glad I got myself prepared with some foods before I left because I didn't feel up to going to the grocery for produce when I got home.