I can do hard things.

Here I am, last day of my 8-week challenge.  Dying to eat a bowl of cereal for lunch.  Seriously.  That's all I want. Just a big, sugary, did I say big? bowl of cereal.  I find myself craving white flour more than sweets these days, which I guess is a step in the right direction at least.  I need to journal everyday, so here is my last *required* journaling for this challenge.

I really can do hard things.

I can exercise every day.  I don't like to.  I hate it actually.  But a little bit can do more than you think.  If I am watching a show on TV or a movie, how hard is it to workout for 30 minutes of it? Not.

I can do nice things.  Being nice goes a long way, and I like that I have met new friends through being nice in this challenge.  I have discovered that I already do nice things everyday, but that the days I stay home, I should look for ways to reach out.

I can drink lots of water.  But a) I don't like going to the bathroom 50 times in a day.  b) I prefer to drink lots of milk and small amounts of water rather than 8 glasses of water every day.  c) My Brita pitcher needs to be refilled about 563 times a day when drinking 8 glasses per day.  (okay, thats an exaggeration, but I swear it seems that way!)

I can eat fruits and vegetables every day.  But they taste a lot better when you aren't required to consume a specific amount daily.

I can eat less sugar.  I can NOT eat no sugar.  I think eating no sugar is ridiculous and only encourages things like eating sugar substitutes, which I think are worse.  But it is possible for me to eat sugar in small amounts, and less times in a day.

When I am required to get more sleep, I actually get less.  Don't know how that happens.  Whatever.

I can refrain from eating after 8 pm.  But I don't like it.  I know it's not very good for you, but nothing beats sipping a nice cup of hot chocolate while snuggling with the hubby on the couch.  (Or a bowl of ice cream after a yummy dinner).

I can find time to read my scriptures everyday.  And I like it.  I can put it into my schedule so it is habit, and is much more enjoyable when I am awake and engaged as opposed to falling asleep and clueless as to what is going on.

I can write in my journal everyday.  I don't enjoy it like I used to.  I used to document everything that happened, but now that I have Jax, there is no humanly possible way to document every funny thing he does, every situation he gets himself into, and all the emotions I feel throughout a day.  But I can scrapbook and make a small dent in recording my life.

I am done with this challenge as of 12:00 tonight, and you better believe I will be staying up to eat myself a big sugary bowl of cereal!!!