Choose You Blog

My participation in the Choose You program came from the instigation and inspiration of my son Daniel, who’s been studying abroad in South America for the last semester.

As any parent can imagine, I’m beyond ecstatic that he arrived back in the US this weekend after being gone for 6 months.

He’s been keeping tabs on my progress long distance—but I thought I’d give a an official status report on his  feedback since he’s been home.

Time elasped since he’s been back on American soil:  36 hours.   Surprisingly he’s been awake for most of them.

Time elapsed before he asked whether I’ve kept up with a serious cardio program: 4 hours

(By the way, the answer was “no”.)

Number of meals we’ve eaten together since he’s been home: 6

Number of times he’s reminded me before, during or after those meals to eat less sugar–0

It’s not that he’s changed;  I have.

Without even realizing it’s happened, over the past few months I’ve developed some new habits—-healthy ones—-and have managed to drastically limit my consumption of sugar.  Even chocolate.

I’m not aware if I’ve affected the sales figures of Sees Chocolate for the last quarter.    This shift happened so gradually and organically I’ve barely noticed.    It took Daniel’s journey home for me to realize that my Choose You journey is well under way.