So I want to set my intention today to be good to *myself*.  I’ll skip the bucket-loads of waxy chocolates and smarmy cards.  I’ll just choose to be kind to myself.

I read a quote the other day (from a Glamour magazine while i was in the check-out line) saying that we don’t compare our intelligence to Einstein’s, why do we compare our bodies to Gisele Bundchen?  I’m not focused on Gisele as much as comparing my current weigh-scale reading to that of a certain pre-holiday timeframe.  I’m a tad freaked that the winter weight that’s clinging to to my behind will become a permanent fixture.  

But I think being kind to myself means, knowing and reminding myself continuously that it’s winter.  As much as I want to hibernate and eat - it’s natural - it’s winter.  And spring will come.  Really.

So here are my commitments, the things I will do to be kind to myself:

Not train for a marathon - it’s been pretty cold and tough to get my butt outside to run.  But I  commit to do the things that will make it easier to start up again soon.  And that includes doing enough Sun Salutations in my personal practice so when I get to a 6:30 a.m. Ashtanga class (likely when it’s light out at that time) it won’t kill me.  I know I’ll have more energy in the spring, this is not the time to fake it, it’s the time to prepare where I can.

Eat as many fruits and veggies as possible.  Sure I want to eat spag and meatballs - it’s winter.  But I’m going to at least throw in as many veggies as I can get away with.  Breakfast cereal and fruit?  Same deal.  Not as a *diet* or a *detox* (that’s for spring) but do the extra work it takes to eat boring winter veggies to support my health and immune system.

Get my liquids.  Not ice cold water - it takes 3 hours to stop shivering - but something, anything to combat the dry house and dry office.

Lose the evening eating.  May the nights that I don’t eat after dinner outnumber the nights I do.  May the nights without a glass of wine, outnumber the nights I do. 

Do the things I love.  Try to balance the hibernating thing with seeing friends and doing something fun more often.  Hibernating alone makes Jill a dull girl and makes spring fever come something fierce. 

And what will you do to be kind to yourself?  Enjoy waxy chocolate, or not, while you think about it.