Everything this week is new.
My focus.
My plan.
My actions.
My habits.
What’s that you say? I said the same thing four weeks ago? I sure did. And all of those things did change. But here’s the thing…overall I did make these changes and kept them up throughout the month. But I didn’t keep things going as anally as I should have.
It’s Saturday and I’m setting goals? But today is treat day! Sure is. I don’t really deserve it either. But I thought that stirring the pot a little will give me a little more of a refreshed outlook, starting anew, as if it was January 1st. Because let’s face it, everyone gets excited about new programs on January 1st. And that happened to me. But once the excitement wore off I was like, “Ok, so I’ve been there done that and I’m bored.” Now I didn’t consciously say or think that, but looking back on it, that’s what was going on subconsciously. Thought for the week: Hmmmm…why is it that the bad habits don’t ever get boring? A topic for another day?
I decided to set my goals today instead of tomorrow so that I will be all set in advance – I want the plan set and in place right when I wake up. Otherwise I sabotage myself myself throughout the morning with too much coffee, and my body then craves yummy stuff. If I make this my usual habit it may also help me to keep my focus up for treat day and not go overboard. I have a certain level of expectations to live up to, so I can keep everything under control.
So here’s what’s going to go down this week:
- I’m back up to three to five cups of coffee in the morning. Seriously. I only need one. I ONLY NEED ONE CUP OF COFFEE to counteract my night time medications and satisfying my caffeine addiction. A SMOOTHIE WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE OTHER TWO CUPS OF COFFEE.
- I have drank zero drops of water. Well maybe one or two. MORE WATER!
- Menu planning kinda stopped. We had a basic plan and everything, but I didn’t get excited about meals because there wasn’t a big plan in place in terms of new salads, no feta, nothing to make it interesting. MENU PLANS ARE BEING CREATED WEEKLY ONCE AGAIN.
- Accountability stopped. I wasn’t checking in with my support group, wasn’t writing my blog and I stopped taking pictures of my meals. DAILY PICTURES OF DINNERS TO BE TAKEN AGAIN. For the times when I’m not dealing with a food diary, at least there is some sort of record of what I’m eating every day. And I don’t have to necessarily post them online, as most of those meals are quite similar in their appearance.
- That’s another thing, my food diary. I never truly got on board completely with it because it is such a big pain in the ass. It’s not even that hard. I have the Calorie Counter app on my iPhone. Is it that difficult for me to input stuff as I eat it? What’s neat about it is it tells me where I’m at for the needs my body has in an analysis section. CALORIE COUNTER APP WILL BE IN USE REGULARLY.
- The Biggest Loser Wii game. Well I was supposed to weigh in last night and complete a challenge. I wasn’t that excited to go and I didn’t. So I don’t know what the game is going to do now. Will it change the schedule to weigh in today? I know what the result will be and that is that I will be eliminated. So…CHECK IN WITH THE WII GAME, TAKE THE LOSS IF ELIMINATED AND START A NEW GAME.
- The Biggest Loser Facebook App: I definitely didn’t neglect this one on purpose. I have worked out more than I’ve logged. Just kept forgetting or was just plain lazy. BEGIN LOGGING WORKOUTS REGULARLY.
- Addidas MiCoach online program – this is an awesome tool that I just have not been using. I’ve completed two workouts on it, having begun the program two weeks ago. There should have been six workouts completed. DELETE OLD PROGRAM AND BEGIN A NEW ONE THAT I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH.
- RESEARCH MORE IDEAS FOR DINNER SALADS, KEEPING IT INTERESTING ON A REGULAR BASIS.
- BEGIN LOOKING FORWARD TO MEALS AGAIN.
So I know I haven’t been much of an inspiration lately guys. Hopefully this week will be a bit better. I’m not the best example to be following but at least you can see that it isn’t easy and if you are having trouble too, then you’re not a bad person for it. Just normal.
HAPPY HEALTH EVERYONE AND DON’T LET THE FEBRUARY BUG BITE YOU IN THE ASS! LET’S ALL STICK TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS WORK! BE NEW WITH ME!
