Making a great day

The title is borrowed from AJ's blog, but is (as he has stated) a great philosophy to live by.

I am making a great day, week, month, hopefully life...from this day on.

As I have alluded to in earlier post, I was not happy with where I am physically in my life. I was not happy with my weight, and I was not happy with the city I am living in. I had not made a great day. But now, I am making great days.

I just took the first step, deactivating my account on facebook. Over the few years that facebook had been a part of my life, it had brought more negative than positive in my life. The bumper stickers sent and wall postings posted brought laughs. The pictures that are shared on there are good, if not great. However, the hours of my life I have spent on there over the last three years have been a waste of time. It has put one more 'middle man' in the mix of social interaction. It has dumbed down what a friend really means. More importantly, it has done nothing to help me stay fit.

I also heard back from AJ about advice on progressing towards becoming a vegan. I have not fully decided on if I am going to be a full blown raw vegan, but I know I want to eliminate animal calories from my diet. Tomorrow I am starting my journey. For breakfast I am having apples and oats. I feel like that will be a staple breakfast for me, at least in the beginning. It is simple, very little prep, and filling. After that I guess I don't have much planned.

Me and my dad have our weekly dinner tomorrow. I am going to tell him about my plan, and I know he will be happy. He might even want to join, and that would be good because it will be a tough transition for me so immediate support helps. Also, while I am up there, I am going to stop at the whole foods store and pick up some oranges and greens.

That is my plan on this diet. I want to eat at least 3 different colors a day, and beige (such as oats) do not count. I have reds, blues, and yellows here. I need some orange and greens to complete my spectrum.

As a closing to this entry I want to share the first experience of my transformation. Immediately after deactivating my account, I propped up my futon to begin writing this. Sometimes when I prop up the futon, the peg doesn't find the groove. As I went to slide the futon into place, my thumb slipped underneath the peg and now I am bleeding underneath the nail. My thumb still throbbing, I am making a great day.