My Imperfect Perfection

Okay so today marks the end of my first week. Did I earn my reward?
No, BUT here's the breakdown:

Breakfast was eaten every morning so I was successful on that front. I have to say that making myself eat breakfast did help control some erratic eating patterns throughout the day. I find that I do not crave typical breakfast foods which are carbohydrate based in the morning though, I crave more protien rich foods (just wondering how good it is to eat eggs so often, anyone have a good suggestion for non egg based protien rich breakfasts?) The protien rich breakfasts also help me to feel more energetic and fuller longer.

Working out was not a failure, although my "all or nothing" mindset is having a hard time accepting that. I worked out for 20 mintues everyday except Sunday. Now, I have lots of legimate reasons why I did not do 20 minutes on Sunday, but I'm not sure they really even matter. The bigger point is am I going to let that one day cancel out my efforts and ruin the rest of my plan?

If I can make it through the remaining 2 weeks with only that 1 missed day, that will be quite an accomplishment. I am right back on the horse today with working out again, but when I look at my chart all I see is that one square with no sticker in it. I have to start retraining myself to be proud of all the stickers I did earn and use that empty sqare as a motivator to work harder, not as a means for reminding myself that I wasn't perfect which will in turn lead me to quit (since I can't do it anyway).

A wise poster once told me that I should strive for improvement not perfection. Excellent advice, let's see if I can do it!