Teeny-Tiny Penguin Steps

SO, day 3 of "detox" is going much better than the first two days as my cravings and "fear" of self-deprivation are easing and becoming less dominant. And Jennifer is absolutely right, I am more using this as a bad habit breaker than anything else. I have done well at work, but as soon as I get home where there are more 'options' I cave a little more than I would like. But, getting these habits broken and learning how to combat the urges around the options will be well worth it.

I am also buying a used elliptical machine tomorrow for $50. I found it on craigslist, saw the pictures, and as long as everything is ok with it when I pick it up, I am excited! Now one of several things may happen...I can get on this thing and kick fat's azz, it can become a decorative towel holder, or my children will figure out how to work it (one on each pedal) and use it to slingshot each other across the room. Maybe a combination of all three. Being a mother of two working a full time job makes it painfully difficult to get the time to go to the gym. In my life, once a week to the gym would be pushing my luck. I wish all the running around I do after them was enough, but all that has accomplished was LITERALLY working my butt off. I got gut, but no but. LOL. Has anyone ever thought about de-toxing their lives? (yet once again, I sound like a junkie. HAHA) Just going through and purging all of the things that are counterproductive to better health and sanity? Let's take cable for example. I put off cutting our cable off forever, even though it was just another expense we didn't need. WHY was it so hard? It was wasting valuable time for me, it was teaching the kids bad words even on regular daytime programming, the husband wasn't getting anything done.... I don't know. Now that its gone, I don't even miss it. On the rare occasion that I need to watch a show, I look it up on the internet. The next thing that I need to get rid of is my stressful commute in the morning and in the evening and reclaim 4 hours of my day!

Im just trying to work through this and my baby steps feel like teeny-tiny, waddling penguin steps. I guess since I am not able to clear leaps and bounds I have the time to look around and make sure I haven't forgotten anything along the way.