small victories.

Sometimes I have the tendency of dismissing small victories as not being important... but not this year! I've come to realize that small victories are just as important (if not more important than big ones).

This Friday, I had a couple of small victories...

Victory #1 - around 11am on Friday, I started having huge cravings for a pop and some junk food. Thankfully I didn't have any cash on me (for the pop or candy machine). But our office is less than half of a mile from a gas station. Multiple times, I contemplated quickly driving to it and picking up a snack... BUT I resisted!

I ended up leaving work early (around 3pm). My plans were to head home for the weekend (3.5 hour drive) and have a girl's night with my sister.

I don't know what it is about car rides, but I always find myself snacking. But Friday, I didn't! Although when I left work, I was still craving a pop and a snack, I didn't get one! I had already filled up on gas the night before (so I wouldn't need to stop). I had to stop and use the bathroom once but I decided to stop at a rest stop instead so I wouldn't be tempted to buy something. And I didn't!

Victory #2 - my schedule on Friday was pretty full and I didn't foresee having time for a workout. So I decided to do a car workout.

I started at mile marker #27. For 1-2 miles I would do an exercise, then I would rest for 1 mile, and then I would do a different exercise for 1-2 miles, and then rest for a mile and so on.

I did this for 110 miles! The exercises I did were simple and not very strenuous... quick feet, high kneels, bicep curls, abs, shoulder presses, calf raisers, etc (I'm sure people driving by thought I was nuts...).

I didn't count this as a workout for the week but it did make the time pass faster and I hope I burned some calories!

So instead of falling into my usual bad habit of snacking in the car (consuming calories), I made a couple positive choices and hopefully burned calories instead!

"Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding"