mlk day

since today is martin luther king, jr. day, we didn't have school!  it was so nice to sleep in this morning and wake up knowing i only have a 4-day work week this week!

if you've been reading my blog, then you know i challenged you to find the happy things in your life today.  we are going to prove that man in the UK wrong about january 19th being the most unhappy day of the year.  i'll post my list of 19 happy things later tonight.

this is one of the happy things in my life right now:  yogurt, bananas and kashi's go lean crunch!

since dad's heart attack last week, i've really been watching what/how much i eat.  i was blessed to have been in the room when dad talked to the nutritionist about foods that are heart healthy.  i have so many risk factors going against me that i've got to start doing something now!  so last week, i really paid attention and ate heart healthy foods.  without even suffering or feeling deprived and hungry, i lost 3.5 pounds!  i was surprised and excited!  i'm glad that 3 pounds are gone but now it's not just because i'm 3.5 pounds lighter, but because i'm 3.5 pounds healthier.

change is my word for the year, and so far it's proven to be a good choice.  i've been praying that god will help me make this change of eating healthy a permanent change.  i've even asked him to make bad-for-me-foods taste nasty, too, so that i won't want them!