December 21st, 2015 Softly Hitting The Pillow

December 21st, 2015 Softly Hitting The Pillow

I've been really sore all day. I did work a regular schedule. I'm keeping tonight's edition short. One thing I wanted to do is share a little excerpt on my parallel streams philosophy.

I've written about the "life stream" and the "fundamental elements stream" and how they must run parallel to one another without crossing.

If we allow life and all of the energy it takes to maneuver, to negatively affect our ability to maintain consistency in the daily elements of our extraordinary care, then it always will. The frustration of inconsistency will be a common theme if the life stream is allowed to dip down into the fundamental elements stream on a regular basis.

And if we get too carried away, making the fundamental elements all consuming, then we run the risk of it crossing up into our life stream. And that's when it isn't any fun and we dread what we're doing every day.

I've had several challenges of late where I really had to remember the power of this "parallel streams" philosophy. I've discovered, when life demands more attention, we don't have to let go of the elements giving us our success, but we can scale back the amount of energy it uses to operate. We don't sacrifice the integrity of the elements, we just do what we can do. For me--on super busy days, I have three requirements: 1. Stay within my calorie budget  2. Hold my abstinence from sugar sacred  3. Send the accountability tweets and write this blog--even if it's just the tweets of the day.

Taking some otc pain medicine and softly hitting the pillow. I'm hoping I'll feel much better tomorrow after a decent night's sleep.

I'm letting the Tweets share the rest of today's story...

My Tweets Today:

Good Monday morning! Dark roast with two tablespoons half & half X 2 cups. 80 cal. pic.twitter.com/GOrtvjTvoJ

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 21, 2015

Breakfast in MFP. Missing the fruit...entry too long for screen shot. pic.twitter.com/GE1qyYhZKh

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 21, 2015

Scramble-(3 whole-1 white) w/2.4oz mshrms, bell peppers & red onion, 6.5oz apple, 4.2oz orange, 4.1oz banana. 523cal pic.twitter.com/xDYr6KOOYX

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 21, 2015

3 cups water with Midmorning snack. #wateraccountability pic.twitter.com/O3rLeN3O8j

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 21, 2015

32g natural peanut butter & 18g Polaners sugar free All-Fruit Strawberry on Ezekiel bread. 405 cal. pic.twitter.com/cejO59HZC6

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 21, 2015

Afternoon coffee. Yesterday's cup, today's fresh home brewed dark roast with 3 tablespoons half & half. 60 cal. pic.twitter.com/Dm8ZU0GN86

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 21, 2015

2.5 cups water with lunch. #wateraccountability pic.twitter.com/yhjtj2ftjG

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 21, 2015

Lunch in MFP... pic.twitter.com/AcW7Vjc4Hx

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 21, 2015

SF/FF bean & mozz. tostadas w/130g beans, salsa, 2 slices mozz, 30g sr crm. 4.3oz banana & 4.3oz orange. 416 cal. pic.twitter.com/c5VvjQaufj

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 21, 2015

Afternoon cup of dark roast with three tablespoons half & half. 60 cal. pic.twitter.com/yHRpmUMLRT

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 21, 2015

Dinner in MFP... pic.twitter.com/xJoQ9UNI8o

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 22, 2015

4.6oz salmon & fresh cut/baked sweet potato fries (363g) w/3secOOSpray. ❤️this meal. Simple & Delish. 607cal. pic.twitter.com/tbzW9CeUHs

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 22, 2015

Two cups water with dinner. #wateraccountability pic.twitter.com/QxrwpRFjFT

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 22, 2015

6.6oz apple & 1/2 banana (2.4oz). #lastfoodofday 130 cal. pic.twitter.com/PmOEUnNtEk

— Sean Anderson (@SeanAAnderson) December 22, 2015

Thank you for reading and your continued support,
Strength,
Sean