Feeling proud of myself

In the past 28 days, I accomplished the following:

1. Got to bed before midnight almost every single night — often even before 11:00! The latest I was up was 12:30, and that only happened once or twice. This is like a MIRACLE to me!
2. Got 7-8 (or more) hours sleep every single night.
3. Cut out all sugar and starchy carbs. Period. And I finally understand that I didn’t have a sugar addiction; it was the carbs, baby! Once I stopped eating them, no problem with cravings at all.
4. Walked for thirty minutes 24 out of the 28 days.
5. Saw my blood pressure readings go down into the normal or optimal range almost every day.
6. Fasted one day each week.
7. Best of all, I felt a renewed strengthening of my will power!

And, yes, I did drop some weight — which is a big part of what the program I’m doing is about — but that seems almost incidental to all these other benefits (aka NSV’s or Non Scale Victories).

So, yes, I’m feeling pretty darn proud of myself! We’re on a break now but I’ll start another 28 day challenge in April. It’s working for me!