It's a Monday - every day can't be full of motivation :) :)

 For Christmas I received 2 motivational / uplifting calendars... what can I say, the people who love me, know me!!  Today's quote from "You are doing a FREAKING GREAT job" calendar:

May I give myself the love, kindness, and compassion I deserve.

  Sometimes that gets challenging.  Feeling deserving of that self-love and compassion that for me is easy to give to others.  I can almost always see both sides to a story...fault or understanding on either side...but I've been known to have a difficult time cutting myself some slack.  I know some others in my life deal with the same, so I figure it's something to talk about today!  It's tough sometimes to hear a compliment and feel you deserve it or have earned it.  This year I want to work on accepting compliments better.  To hear "You're amazing!" or "You're a good cook." or "You're beautiful" and learn to say thank you - to take it to heart and believe it rather than jumping to, "I'm okay..." or "Ehhh, I'm not beautiful..."  I urge you to do the same with me this year if you find yourself in the same boat!  We want our friends, family and children to believe in themselves -- we need to set the example.

  The past two days I had woke up motivated to hit the gym.  I went with Steve on the 1st and 2nd and was really proud about that. This morning was Monday... back to work... back to reality... and I was not feeling it.  I've been sore from working out for the first times in forever and figured I would take today off from the gym anyhow, but I'm thinking that I will go later on tonight and at least walk on the treadmill.  My eating hasn't been amazing today -- finishing off a peanut butter block and falling into the temptation of cheez-its.  Dinner will be grilled chicken and asparagus though so I'll make up for it, but I figure I owe it to myself to either go to the gym or do a home workout.  I know every day won't be perfect, but I'm still owning it -- still logging in MFP -- still holding myself accountable. 

  The other thing that I started on the 1st was my temperature blanket.  It's coming along great. It's going to be massive and I'm going to love it!!  So far it's just one color -- can't wait til we get some variations in temps to spice it up!!  I'm also working on this super soft blanket with this velvet yarn -- it's amazing.  

I'm not really sure what this blog will become this year, but if you have any suggestions please let me know.  I figure this is another tool for me to be accountable with.  If you'd like to join me on MFP (My Fitness Pal) my user name is perfectlyimperfect83  I tend to be good at starting with logging, tracking, any type of routine really -- but then I fall off quickly.  As the year begins, I will be creating goals for myself to help keep me on track -- first MFP goal is simply logging for 7 days straight.  It may seem like nothing for some people, but this will be big for me. 

Alrighty -- I hope everyone has a fantastic Monday!!  

-- Kate