Just Be Myself

by Marisa

Hey all! Weekend go okay? It was so nice here. I had intended on going for a walk or maybe doing some Pilates as my “rest day” activity, but ended up doing NADA! Oh well! I have to say that my hip is thanking me for it. I gave it a nice recoup time this weekend and it feels a lot better! So instead of working out, I worked around the house cleaning and catching up on laundry. I worked up an appetite for breakfast and stopped for an old fave of Trader Joe’s High Fiber O’s, strawberries and skim milk…

More cleaning and laundry. We live like pigs, I’ve decided. Or maybe our dog is really disguised as a pig. I don’t know, it was just a mess around here!

I finally got things in semi-order and settled in to make lunch. I was craving a wrap, mainly because I found these cool new (to me) Joseph’s Lavash Bread (found them in BJ’s)…

They are huge! A serving is a half, but with these great stats, eating a whole one is no biggie…

I made a basic turkey and asiago cheese with lettuce, tomato and dijon mustard and had a super sweet Fuji apple on the side “for dessert”…

I really wanted to have some time to sit this afternoon. I’ve been thinking a lot lately that I don’t take time to “just be”. Everything is so fast; the day flies by and I have a million things in my head about what I should be doing, what I want to do, where I need to go, etc. My mind is never quiet. I’m feeling unfocused, maybe even a little unnerved because of it. Even if it’s just 5 minutes to STOP. BREATHE. LISTEN. That’s all I’m asking of myself. Did I do it? NO! Too many distractions. But, it’s a goal I have for this week!

My Mom, Dad and Gram came over later in the day to hang out and have Sunday dinner with us. It was so nice out, we decided on squeaking out the last days of grilling time. I made burgers on the grill served on “healthy” Ezekiel Hamburger Buns and white, fluffy kaiser buns for the protesters to healthiness (you know who they are …