I really wasn’t sure how day 2 was going to go. I woke up tired… never a good way to start off the day. In fact I actually started to write this last night, put my phone on my night stand just for a minute and fell asleep. My little ones have colds dio I’m assuming my body is fighting it off.

I decided to start my day with a healthy breakfast. Coffee and chocolate.

It was the last day of being mite relaxed with my eating so I figured what better way to celebrate.

After my breakfast I decided I should actually put myself together for the day. I picked out some clothes, noted my jeans felt a little tighter and decided cheat week may not have been a great plan. I threw in some make up and was amazed how much of a difference blow drying my hair the night before made.

My daughter decided ahe needed to play with some playdough. We didn’t have anymore. I did make it at home but didn’t have enough salt. I realized it was early enough of I got them dressed real quick I could make it to Dollar Tree before they sell out of the paper and see if they have salt .

Within 15 minutes we were inn the car driving. I guess they really wanted to go. We got so consumed in all the Easter stuff there we forgot to look for salt. I realized it after we were driving home so we ran to Aldi. I found some cheap seeds to start our garden this spring so that made my happy. On the way home I splurged and got a decaf iced coffee.

After we were home and settled I gave my kitchen table a little make over. I love the Dollar Tree. While I do believe in you get what you pay for, I also know that you can find some great bargains there. For $9 plus tax I gave my kitchen some nice color. Plus I have little kids, who knows how long they will leave it alone anyway .

Nothing too big occurred the rest of the day. I cooked lunch and dinner, did laundry, cleaned. Normal stuff.We made playdough. To my surprise it wasn’t as big of a mess as it can be sometimes. I listened to a YouTube video called The Bitter Truth…. all about how awful sugar is for you. I still haven’t finished it , it’s over an hour. But it was very good to reinforce why we are giving it up.

So far I will say this, a little self care can go along way. I felt calmer during the day when things happened that could have stressed me out before. I got a lot done. I also stopped when I needed to stop, recognising pushing myself past my limit wouldn’t really make me more productive. I also noticed I advocated for others to be more aware of self care even more than usually. Who knows maybe this will rub off on others.

Hopefully day 3 will be a good one. First day of going back to stricter habits with food. I miss my coffee already, but look forward to losing the snug feeling in my jeans.