So, it seems that even the spark baby steps are too much for me to do consistently just yet, but I'm not letting that get me down. No, 8 glasses of water per day didn't happen consistently yet, but hey, it did more days than not. And on the days I didn't make it, I still drank more water than I did in the past. I didn't get in all the exercise I planned every day, but I got it done three times, anyway. Yeah, it's only ten minutes here and there, but it's ten more than I've been doing, more days than I have been in the past. And I'm tracking daily. I forgot to finish two of the days, but I did finish five of them. I'm moving slowly in the right direction.

Last night I had a dream, and when I woke up I was still thinking about it. I was visited by my cheerleader, a vision of myself at goal weight. She was the personthat I have tried to be toward other people. My goal weight person wasn't trying on new clothes or living a life different than the one I live now; she was jogging in place and gesturing for me to come along. She was so upbeat and happy, not a care in the world. She was asking me to think about the things I like about myself - she said, "Quick, name five things you like about yourself!" I said that to many a person feeling down on themselves. I smiled at the familiarity of the exercise, and answered the question. I dreamed that I was getting up to go run with her. (AHA! Another goal for me that I wouldn't think would happen - I never was able to run for any length of time!)

When I popped out of bed today I was excited to think of her, my cheerleader vision, instead of the creepy comfort dragon I have been giving all my power to. I picture my cheerleader bopping along to music I love, jogging away, feeling awesome about the accomplishment. And I was ready to try, all over again, to achieve my sparkstreak goals. This week will be even better!