Back to School

Aug 24, 2009

Gee!  I've been really lazy about posting to OH lately!  I actually keep my blog on another site, and I haven't been great about copying it over here.  I'll try to do better.  Here is today's.  If you are so inclined, you can see others at www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp

Today is the first day of school for children here. As I drove in to work I saw kids with their brand new backpacks, their new "back to school" outfits, and it reminded me of the nervousness and excitement of going back to school as a child. Would my teacher like me? What was I going to learn? Who would I sit with at lunch?

Even when I was teaching, there was a lot of excitement and preparation. Decorating the room, deciding the first day's activities, trying to make my classroom a welcoming and wonderful place where children would want to be. There was always a lot of careful, thoughtful planning. A lot of reflection over the previous year, and decisions to be made about how to approach the new one. There were goals to be set, data to be analyzed, strategies to put in place.
The first day always held so much promise! It always seemed so full of possibility. A new start. Blank pages to be filled. (I know I should come up with another cliché, but none comes to me right now. )

Anyway, it has me thinking about how I could incorporate this new beginning into my wellness activities. I may not be going back-to-school, but I can go "back to basics." I've noticed that I've started to slip a little bit on my eating and exercise plans. Nothing dramatic. Just things like buying food products without carefully reading the labels and ingredients. Choosing foods that are not necessarily high in calories, but are empty calories. Not getting the best bang for my nutritional buck.

So this week I'm really going to focus on making better nutritional choices. Remembering that every bite is a choice, and making sure that my choices are the best ones that I can make.



Blessings!

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