Gratitude Adjustment…Fage discovery

I was reading an entry over at SeattleRunnerGirl’s blog about taking credit for our success and it dawned on me that I’ve not really ever given myself credit for what I have done success wise in the last few months. And as a matter of fact I’ve not given myself enough credit for my successes over my lifetime.

Today I’m going to have a gratitude adjustment. If you haven’t had one in a while and you’ve been beating yourself up over something trivial I suggest you do the same.

Here are some of my success:

• I am the survivor of an alcoholic mother. One of my brothers died due to his drug abuse and another brother is close to being on the way out because of his alcoholism. It’s in our genes. I will not follow in their footsteps today.
• I am a recovering meth-head. That’s saying alot considering I have many friends (or at least they were my friends during the time of using 20 years ago) that did not survive their use/abuse. Again, I will not be following in their footsteps.
• I put myself through school and do what I love to do. Not many people can say “I want to be a (insert fantasy job here) when I grow up” an actually do it. When I was 12 years old I said I wanted to be a sign language interpreter and here I am today doing it…and doing it very well.
• I quit smoking 2 years ago. It’s been an ongoing battle for my entire adult (and not so adult) life. I started when I was 12. Even after my mother was diagnosed and subsequently died of lung cancer, I continued to smoke. I have quit before (5 years is my longest time as a non smoker) and I hope to never quit again.
• I paid off all my credit cards. I did it during the financial downfall of 2008/2009. Not many people can say the same.
• I’ve lost 22 pounds since December 29th 2009. It may not seem like much but I’ve done it solely on eating less and moving more. NO pills. NO diet fads. NO Tony Little. Just eating less and moving more.
• I have completed 5 of the 8 weeks in Couch to 5k. What I couldn’t do 6 weeks ago was run 60 seconds. What I can do this week is run 8 minutes. This will not be what I can do next week. I will be running longer, guaranteed!

For all of these things I say “Job well done, Tara!”

What’s your gratitude adjustment look like?

Fage:

I’ve heard people talking about it.

A lot!

So I tried it tonight with blueberries and some honey (2 tbsp just in case I didn’t like it)…

Not only did I like it, but I loved it. And at 160 calories for a tasty bowl of fage, 3 oz fresh blueberries and 2 tbsp on honey (which I know I don’t need all of that so more like 120 calories), this is going to be my new favorite treat.

Tell me how you eat your fage!