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I've been blogging for a little over two months now.  I got on the scale this morning. I weigh the same as when I started. I had weighed myself at the end of the day a couple times last week and thought, do it in the morning. So I finally weighed in the morning ("in the morning" during the past two weeks has been 510a and not much else is happening than changing my clothes) ((more on that later.)). So I weighed this morning with a little bit of hope in my heart for a pound or two difference.  Nope. Negative. Nada. Here's where my mind is changing. Big deal. Who cares what the scale says. Is it really about those three blasted numbers??!!  No. It's about (we're now at the above mentioned "later") the fact that I've been to CrossFit four days a week for the past two weeks. It's about the fact that I didn't  completely blow my food choices yesterday.  It's about the fact that I'm actually doing it.  And I'm going to keep doing it...

Mindfully Relentless  Relentless: Never giving up. Never.  Mindfully: describing a mental state of awareness; being aware of what's going in your mouth  Mindfully Relentless: always being aware of what's going in your mouth.   Relentless kept popping up. I saw it everywhere.  My new motto...my new mantra. It has to always be on the forefront.  You have to be aware of what you're putting in your mouth and why you're putting it in your mouth. I had a stressful day on Thursday. I had an hour and a half before I had to pick up Maxwell. I immediately thought about QT. I could get my diet coke with crushed ice, my two taquitos and my peanut butter M&ms. This is a regular snack for me - heightened in the summer when drinks are 79 cents. I knew I wouldn't get M&ms. I'm mindful enough at this point to at least cut out one treat. I've occasionally gotten unsweet tea instead of diet coke; however, I've been drinking it a lot lately so it's calling my na...