Day 9 at sparkpeople

Today I stayed home with my son because he was running a fever.  All of my snack food is at work because I didn't realize I would be staying home today.  So I had to wing it and I didn't do as good as I could.  I didn't have all the great snacks to help me through the day without getting too hungry.  By the time dinner rolled around I was craving something sweet and opted to have two large glasses of my mom's sweet tea with my dinner.  That didn't go to well in my nutrition columns and pushed me over.  If I would have just stuck to water it wouldn't have been such a big deal!  Lesson learned for next time.
I am still keeping up with walking the dog once a day, we usually go for a one mile route and burn about 100+ calories.  I have been walking it lately and enjoying the weather and the sights.  I feel like I should run a bit of it, but the fact that I am out there and incorporating it into my daily schedule is something that I should be proud of on my own.  Maybe I should set a mini goal here.... to change my route once a month or kick it up a notch once a month... I will think about how I can tweak that one to keep pushing myself.
Since the beginning of the year I have quit smoking and planned on getting a cheap massage at our local massage school once a month to reward myself.  Around January 15 I called to make an appointment and they weren't taking appointments for that week.  I called the next week and they scheduled me for my lunch time on Friday.  By Thursday they called me to reschedule because a student was out sick and I booked it for the next week.  Again on Thursday they called me to reschedule because of the winter weather we were having in our area (whatever!  it is winter, not a blizzard!)  Now we are into February and no reward massage.  Not to mention I didn't realize I already had another appointment this Friday that I completely forgot about.  I will have to call them tomorrow morning to see if I can reschedule yet again!  Here's to hoping I finally get my massage.
That's pretty much it for today.  I need to make a plan of attack for when I get another one of those major sweets cravings!  It seems the longer I put them off the harder I fall when I do get something sweet in my mouth.  OH!  Today was weigh in day and I recorded all my measurements for this month.  I have lost 3 pounds so far and am very proud of it with all the hard work I have been putting in!!!