Day Thirty Seven - Thirty Seven Tomorrow!

Well folks it is another lovely day her is Ontario Canada!  and I am off to yet another bbq!  I once again have packed myself a cooler bag with all my wants and needs fulfilled within.  I have cooked up, prepared and baked an abundance of goodies for everyone to partake of ....but me,but I am good with it.  I sat right beside the bbq last night where a massive roast slow cooked, onion garlic baked pototoes roasted away, huge sausages sizzled and 3 lb steaks grilled.  It all smelled delicious and looked fabulous but I was happy with my afternoon snack: v8 to go my dinner: pototoes, veggies and grilled chicken along with my nestea ice tea(diet) singles that I drank.  I guess the point I am making is that tomorrow I will be thirty seven and for most of my life things have been centred around food.  I grew up in a Pentecostal church and there is always food!  Every event has fabulous foods at it.  Now I am learning that I don't have to centre everything around food at least not for me and that there is far more to life itself than eating.  Funny I am learning, I guess you can teach an ole dog new tricks!  I am impressed with myself as I half you through our Canadian Holiday weekend and the food aspect of it really hasn't bothered me....yet!  I usually would have gone to bbq #1 and eaten until I felt sick, sampling a bit of everything.....especially the roast beef and steaks.  Then bbq #2 I would have sampled a bit more food still feeling full and sick but still shovelling it in my yap.  Starting again the next day I would have done the same thing....thinking it's ok next week I will watch what I eat to make up for this splurge.   Next week never came or if it did I would feel that I did so well that I could splurge again.  This is a bad catch 22 in everyday life....If we take 3 steps ahead and 5 steps back everytime we do something will we ever get ahead?  Absolutely not!  Remember to be strong friends,  you are in this for you...you alone, your health, your welfare....yes it might help others, friends & family included but ultimately it is all about you!  Take good care of you!
Tootles
Steph