Changing plans.

I am a planner, I live by that little day planner that sits neatly to my right all day long at work and conveniently slips into my purse to accompany me while I am away from the office. This calender is in ways similar to the Weight Watchen Blog for Roni , should it ever be lost I would seriously cry, some might say I would go MAD! Even though most of the information I keep in there is useless to anyone else, it talks novels to me. Small symbols I have used for years tell me when to work out, when to WI, birthdays, anniversaries, memories and future responsibilities. I think my obsession with planning started while I was a freshman in college. This is the year I sold my time to Mary Kay, yes I wanted to get me one of those pink Cadillacs! Long story short the one great thing I learned from my MK experience was that planning and goal setting was key to success. Every night I wrote down 6 things I needed to accomplish the next day as well as planned my day (with colors!) including study time, personal time, MK time, work time, etc... It was a scary but very organized time in my life. Although I am not quite as dependant on my day planner these days it is still filled with notes, lists, goals, dates, etc...

So why you ask am I telling you about this?!? Well, if I flip back to Monday, August 20th, 2007 I see several things, the number 4 (countdown to the big walk) a small stick figure with the number 6 (meaning run 6 miles), the number 24 with a star around it (the number of points I had planned for the day), several appointments during the day and 7:10 - Twins Game!! (written in green to represent personal time). I'm getting to my point, which is NONE of this HAPPENED! Yep, my entire day was a wash yesterday. I ended up getting slammed with a huge change order first thing in the morning which kept me from making any of the meetings during the day. I got home late with a headache and threw on my game wear. Derek wasn't home so I called to find out he was picking his sister up and she was running late. Knowing we were trying to make a 7:10 game across town, she NEEDED him to drive her to pick up her prescription at 6:30 making them get back to my house at 7. I had planned on making dinner at the house and that was out of the question since we would be late already. Then she told me her PLAN "yea, I decided that instead of the Twins game you guys should bring me to REI to get a sleeping bag and we should go OUT for dinner"...WHAT??? Who asked you? I have my night planned out and I am already off of my schedule! Since I feel obligated to be nice, I said whatever and we did exactly what she wanted. Now, I am not usually the type that gets upset about changing plans (okay, yes, yes I am) but seriously, we had $20 tickets to a game and I had rushed out of work to get home in time to cook her dinner and get to the game.

Argg...I was a little upset last night. Also, since I had planned on making dinner at home I had left just enough points for my dinner, I ate over my points and didn't get my run in. Luckily I have been tracking and according to my log I still have 13 FPs left after last night and I don't think that is horrible.

So tomorrow is WI so today is my final day to accomplish my goals, here they are:
* Follow the Wendie plan for a second week. Day 6, about 3 points over.
* Eat 5 servings fruit and veggies EVERYDAY! I ate about 10 servings!
* Drink 100 oz. of water daily. I probably just barely got them, I fell asleep before finishing the last glass that would bring me to 106.
* Get in at least 1 activity point everyday. Well, I didn't get my workout in but I did get up and get out, so it was better then just sitting at home on my butt!
* Get in at least 4 long walks or runs (6-12 miles). 3 walks down. I need to get number 4 in tonight!
* Use any APs earned above 4 in a day.

Mondays Menu:

B - Yogurt (1)
B - Clementine (1)
B - Fiber One (0)
L - Apple (1)
L - Carrots (0)
L - Pudding (1)
L - SO Lasagna (5)
L - Cookie (3)
S - Baked Chips and salsa (2)
D - Salad with Apples, Grapes, cheese and FF dressing (8)
D - Bread (2)
S - Oreo (1)
S - Candy (1)

Day 6 Points Used: 26/24
AP's Earned: 0