Day 5- Experiences

I love rain.
Thursday was a typical Iowa summer night, hot and still. Driving home I noticed heat lightning, then eventually thunder...low and rumbly in the distance. Suddenly everything got quiet and the skies opened up and poured- fresh, cold and straight down. It rained...and rained...and rained.
I had hoped to sleep in Friday morning, but that doesn't always work out. The storms made it easier to turn off my internal clock at 4am and drift back to sleep.
I woke up around 8:30 (!!), ran a couple of early morning errands and pulled up to order coffee. I got up to the window to pay for my regular Americano and the happy young woman at the window offered me an extra FREE caramel macchiato that was made by mistake. OK...so that's my favorite treat drink... but I didn't do it. Not this week.... I was 4 workouts in, perfect food and no wine. "No thank you...maybe the car behind me??"
As I drove away, I started thinking about how hard it is to BE HEALTHY. Healthy is more than food and exercise and genetics...it's also a state of mind. More and more, the expectation is that we have to "experience" things...it's not enough to just eat and exercise. Our day to day has to measure up to all of the delicious recipes magically created on Facebook in a matter of seconds... Our fitness has to create a high intensity rush.... and our bodies have to be perfect.
Meals out should be special too right?? Lattes at breakfast and wine at dinner. The "experiences" that flash across our screens, all day long, make us long for special things...
And is it just me or do you feel like you've been exposed to the "I deserve it" links too often?
I had reached a point where it didn't matter if the day was good, or bad, or frantic, or scary, or special, or lonely or busy....I deserved a treat! For me the "treat" was a caramel macchiato during the day or a glass of wine at night...there was always a reason. I earned it and yes... I deserved it.
I went downstairs to start working on Sam's room.... somehow he managed to leave more behind than he took back to school. One step in the door, to grab a load of laundry and my foot squished...another step....squish. The rain that had lulled me into a long night of sleep, had also filled the window well like a fish tank, seeped under the window and left me with a brand new to-do list for the day.
Rather than get mad, I set to work, clearing the floor, starting laundry, stopping to remember when I came across a picture or a ticket stub that had slipped under the bed. Fortunately, nothing was ruined...the room is clean and I even got in a few more steps than normal on a rest day!
What do I deserve??? A good nights sleep!

Day 5- 8/12/16
4:00- Awake. No alarm set...It's rest day. It's raining hard and I go back to sleep.
8:30- 8 oz. water. Run out the door to run a couple errands
9:00- Venti Americano, 1 egg, 2 whites, 2 TBS. salsa, 1/3 cup Siggis plain yogurt, 1 TBS, lemon Noosa, 2 oz. blueberries
12:00- 4.5 oz. grilled chicken, 5 oz. grapes
12:30- WATER!!! ugh!
7:30- 4 oz. minute steak cooked with onions and mushrooms. 3 TBS. sauce made with plain yogurt, 2% milk, basil, thyme, pepper and arrowroot powder. 4 oz. green beans, 1 baby red potato (2oz.)

6630 steps, 8.5 hours sleep,  828 calories, 46.2% protein, 28.6% carbs, 25.2% fat
EVERYTHING needed to be better today..... I'm on it though :)