Day 14 (for real) - How do I achieve what I want?

Day 14 (for real - yesterday was actually Day 13)
Weight: not weighing for a week, just in case I get discouraged with increasing the calories
Activity: shoveling snow for 1 hour - approx calories burned 400 :)
Food today:
Breakfast: Bagel thin w/ PB and skim milk
Lunch: Tomato Soup and Aborio Rice, 6 oz chicken breast.  You know, when you weigh the foods, its not nearly as much as you think.  Restuarant portions are gigantic - no wonder we have weight problems.
Dinner: Baked Haddock and Tilapia (decided I don't really care for Tilapia 2nd time I've tried it and probably the last), roasted baby yukon gold potatoes with garlic and onion powder and a tsp of olive oil, green beans
Snacks: clementine, pretzel sticks, apple, almonds, FF SF fudcicle
I'm only at about 1550 calories.  Not quite the 1800 for non active days and I count my snow shoveling as a workout as that is not a typical activity, so technically I should have had another 770 calories or so.  I decided to not do another workout tonight and maybe that will help balance it .  However, I'm planning to get up early tomorrow and do one before I take my son to school (I'm so not a morning person so we'll see).

I learned a valuable lesson tonight - I need to preplan my meals for the day (I really need to do it for the week so I can prep as much as I can and always have the items on hand that I need) so that I can work in the proper amount of calories.  Then I just have to follow through and eat.  But trying to work it in through the day... doesn't work.  I should have had another small meal between breakfast and lunch after my workout, and then another between lunch and dinner instead of a few small snacks (I was starving and dinner wasn't until about 7 tonight).

~Mindset~

Know what the difference is between me and some other people who feel they don't get what they want? Mindset!  When I set my mind on something I want, I believe I deserve it, I know why I want it, I have passion about it, I take action to get it.  I've had people say to me in the past: you are a force, you are so driven, you always seem to get what you want, you always get your way.  Sometimes it is said with a negative attachment (at least that is how it feels at times depending on the situation that caused the remark).  But honestly, I do deserve to have and achieve what I want.  If its not hurting anyone else and is for my highest good, then there's no stopping me.   The same can be true for you too. 

I don't know how I got the belief that what I want I get (I wasn't especially spoiled as a child nor as an adult) but I have it and I do truly believe I can accomplish anything I set my mind to.  And once I believe it, I'm excited and passionate about it, I'm eager to start it right away (I don't hem and haw and worry about all the details, is it right, how should I go about...) all that takes too long.  I jump right in and get going.  That's the Law of Attraction in motion - when you actively take steps "as if" you already have what you desire, you believe it and you are excited about it - it can't help but to manifest in your reality.

How did I get the mindset to change my lifestyle? I don't know - it doesn't come with days of analyzing, doctor's orders, poring over unattractive photos (though it helps), discussing it with friends, making a plan, getting info to make the plan work.  NOPE, I just wake up and say I'm done.  I'm done with looking and feeling like I do and I know what to do to change it, so let's go.  Immediately, my body wants to move, immediately I'm looking for healthier choices in foods.  Somehow I inspire myself and then I surround myself with other people who inspire me, whether that is other people to spend more time with, reading books that will help me to achieve the lifestyle I want, joining sites of people that inspire me and are doing or being what I want to do or be.

So,

1. Be clear about what you want

2. Know why you want it

3. Believe you deserve it

4. Believe you can have it

5. Take action "as if" start living it today

6. Surround yourself with inspiring people (online and offline) be inspiring for yourself!