When you think of success in the coming month, what comes to mind?
How will you keep track?
How can you prove to yourself on August 31 that you have had that success?
I have been putting a priority on other things rather than paying attention to my health and it shows. I'm not beating myself up over this but simply acknowledging it. It has been 42 days since DMom entered the end-of-life stage and I put that as my priority. At first, I tried to eat what my body needs but gradually I just started eating whatever was easiest. Then it became easy to also ignore portion size. It is no surprise that I find myself 8 lbs heavier than I was 42 days ago.
One thing I have been doing well is getting exercise minutes in each day. I try for 30 minutes a day
(using fitbit which means it doesn't count the minutes unless 10 consecutive minutes has been exceeded). My goal is to exceed 150 minutes a week so that gives me some wiggle room to still reach my weekly goal even if I have a bad day (or 2).
I would consider it a success if I started paying attention to what I am eating and the portion size. I'm not ready to commit to restricting myself but simply keeping track would feel like a good success
I'll keep track with my favorite digital food log software.
I can prove it to myself on August 31st by looking back at the daily logs.
1. Know what you want.
2. Go after it relentlessly.