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Today, I begin a new day.

Today I can choose to form new habits or conform to the old ones. Today I can make better choices than yesterday. Today I can start anew, if I choose to.

I will greet this day with love in my heart.

I will choose to love not only those around me, but I will choose to love myself. My thoughts will be loving thoughts, my self corrections loving ones. I will love myself by the foods I put into my body, the effort I expend with my body, and the time I take to care for what God has given me.

I will live this day as my last.

I will live this day as if it were the only day, forgetting what has passed, ignoring what may come. I will not kick myself for what I ate yesterday, for I cannot change that now. I will not worry about whether I will be able to maintain my new habits tomorrow, for who knows what tomorrow will bring? I cannot change tomorrow today, nor can I change yesterday. The only day I can change is the one I am living now, so I will make choices today worthy of being the last choices I ever make.

I am doing some life coaching these days, and one of the things we are doing is reading the scrolls by Og Mandino. While they are not scriptural, there are some very good bits of truth in them, ones that support what scripture has to say and help me keep perspective on things.

I am not "dieting" right now. To update you on what is going on in our little world, we are moving out of our house somewhat unexpectedly in 8 days. We are still in the process of looking for a new place to live (hoping that one lead in particular pans out) and packing and all that fun stuff. On top of that, I have 2 Holiday Shows for Mary Kay this week (tomorrow and Thursday nights) that are keeping me busy. I am having to rethink my holiday season, since I had several open houses at my house planned in the next few weeks - not any more! There are a lot of things going on beyond those, too, but those are just the big things. =D

SO... I am not concentrating on exercise or calorie counting right now. BUT I am choosing to live today as my last, greet the day with love in my heart, and begin a new day today. And those things are going to help me make better choices when it comes to idleness and food intake.

This morning for breakfast I chose to eat cut up strawberries and apples, bathed in vanilla yogurt, sprinkled with some pumkin-flax seed granola. It was delicious! Filling! and not too bad for me! ;)