Commitment

Commitment 1.
I have decided to commit to a three day detox plan. There are a couple problems. I want to do this now, but there are several events this weekend that will incorporate alcohol, which really doesn't go with a detox plan. So I think I'll have to compromise. I will have day 1 tomorrow, day 2 friday and then pause... drink moderately friday and saturday and continue normal healthy diet, restart the detox on Sunday or Monday. Ok? ok. I'm considering doing the Master Cleanse diet at some point (http://themastercleanse.org/), but it seems much more involved and will require planning and preperation. We'll see.

Day one:
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Water!! or water with lemon
light whole grain cereal/oatmeal/bread
fresh fruit juice
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vegetables
a few ounces of fish
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same for dinner

Day Two:
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Water!! or water with lemon
fresh fruit
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dark green salad
with olive oil/lemon
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steamed veggies and fish

Day Three:
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lemon water and fruit only
steamed vegetables for dinner

Buy:
lemons or lemon juice
vegetables
fish
some kind of whole grain cereal

ok done and done... starty offy tomorrowy.

Of course two days later and plane tickets are 40 bucks more. sucks.
my tooth hurts.
ok to drive or fly. I don't know. have to think about that tonight.

I did two flights of stairs today. that's 824 stairs thank you very much.

I would like to be done with a little exercise by 7:30pm. then a quick shoperoo done by 8:30. maybe get some draino and finish the dishes. read/meditate/organize starting 9:30. bed by 10:30.

Commitment 2: I commit to becoming an early riser. See: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser/

The challenge... to get up when the alarm goes off. I will begin by actually getting up... and inching the wake up time earlier. Right now it's usually 7:40 or later when I finally decide I can't put off the day any longer, and race to decide which is more important, wash face or brush teeth cus there isn't time for both, check on kitty rations real quick and dash to the car to race to work getting there you know... close enough in my opinion, at pretty much 8am. So anything 7 or earlier will be success, but I have to decide tonight what I want that to be. I think 5:30am would be ambitious but leave me time for 1. shower, wash face, AND brush teeth (wow) 2. stretch or exercise 3. a little soul time to get composed for the day 4 maybe even walk to work! ok, so 5:30 it is.

I commit! I'm writing it here for all you invisible friends out there so that I have accountability! Because by writing it and sharing it it becomes real. and I will have to confess it if I fail. but I'm not afraid of failure. but I'm hungry for success. I really need to stand behind this one because morning and sleep makes me wishy washy. so whatever. wish me good luck.

and I want to send out a lot of love. Sometimes I think I get scared because I don't have enough places to put my love.... like in Magnolia "I have a lot of love to give, I just don't know where to put it"... So I send it out today, in my imperfection and confusion and hurting as I seek to love myself and love my struggles, I feel a lot of love for all you out there, all fighting your own battles. I hope for the light. I hope for peace. Here I go.

Commitment 3
I will have some sort of activity tonight, 30 minutes at least. Lets do Back, Hamstrings, Pushups, Abs, and a little run around the neighborhood. Sounds good. I'll go for
Dumbell rows or reverse flys for back
single leg romanian deadlifts for hamstrings, walking lunges
pushups, army style, slow for chest, shoulders, arms
reverse crunch, hanging leg raise, scissor kicks, and side bridges/oblique crunches

KEEP IT SIMPLE. HAVE FUN. LOVE YOURSELF. k lets go.