October 9, 2009 Diet Blog

I had a 'karmic' experience of the instant kind today. This morning I went to the bank to cash my paycheck with a fellow co-worker. The teller, an innocent twenty year old-if that, with a cute Spanish accent accidentally gave me an extra hundred dollars. Now I'd be a liar if I didn't say that the thought crossed my mind to keep it but it left as quick as it came. I counted the money three times, cut the line and handed her back the cash. She counted it out, gave me back the correct amount and thanked me profusely. Since I've never seen her before and I've been going to that bank for several years now, I assume that she was new. Anyway, my co-worker and I left the bank discussing it. I felt like- and it was true that all eyes were upon us as we departed the scene. She agreed that giving the money back was the right thing and we moved on to another conversation.
As we arrived back into the office our other co-worker- the one that handles the office lottery every other Friday by collecting a dollar from everyone and the winner gets all of the dollars- ran up to me with the envelope saying I had won. You want to talk about 'instant karma?' I'm pretty sure that was it. It wasn't a hundred dollars...but it was guilt free! In case I was unsure that it was a case of the cosmic forces intervening, the funniest thing happened after that! The co-worker that had accompanied me to the bank won the other one. There were two lotteries this week because of Columbus Day. When there is a Holiday of some kind, we always do two. I was convinced at that point. I thanked the Lord for watching, the angels and the powers that be that let me know that I had done the right thing. It would have been very easy to do the wrong thing. A hundred dollars is a lot of money to me. I'm glad that I made the right choice...I wonder if the powers that aligned for that to happen could take a few extra pounds or inches off me this month...what do you think?
I had oatmeal for breakfast, rice cakes for snack, smart ones for lunch, yogurt for snack and 5 point smart ones little pizza for dinner. It was a better day food wise. I'm awfully proud of the fact that I didn't beat myself up too badly over the past mistake and jumped right back on the bandwagon towards feeling better about myself.
I'll sign off now. Remember, you look as good as you can for today. Tomorrow you will look that much better. Do not let your perception of your body stand in the way of you having a good time. Stay positive. See you on Saturday's blog! ;-)