Fabulous Friday!

     TGIF! Thank goodness the weekend is here! After the hectic week here at work I am ready for some cocktails and fun. Woke up with some (good!) sore muscles today from my training session last night but was able to squeeze in a (non-painful!) run this morning.
     In just a bit me, the husband and Lucy are off to Bloomington for the weekend. Like I said yesterday I am looking forwards to it! I am also not as anxious about the food aspect as I used to be. Being armed with my new mantras and views of food, I know I can handle it. I can enjoy myself, without STUFFING myself, and starting the awful berating thoughts. I can have exactly WHAT I want and be satisfied! I just have to "check in" with myself.
       I am already one step of the game, getting ready to have some lunch now before I leave the office. In the past, this would never have happened. And earlier today, when I needed a little snack I HAD it!!! I didn't completely ignore my hunger like I have before.I also packed a snack for the road in case I get hungry, to avoid my past mistakes of showing up starving!!  These two steps are helping to keep me in the frame of mind that I will and can do this!  I will  prove to myself (and that negative voice in my head) that everything will be just fine, that a balanced relationship with food and my body will happen. It just takes time, practice and patience.  
     So (in the words of Rihanna) cheers to the freakin' weekend!!