Goals into Habits - Update and Goal #3

1. Drink half weight in oz water

2. Eat 7 servings of veggies

3.  Spend 15 minutes every day meditating

4. Eat breakfast

5. Cut out alcohol

6. Cut late night snacking

7. Journal

8. Menu plan

9. Concentrate daily on plan, goals, and the power of me

10. Cut wheat

11. Switch coffee with tea

12. More outside time

 Update on Goal #1 - 

Update on Goal #2 - 

Goal #3 - This time around I've chosen #3 for my goal, which is to spend 15 minutes each day in meditation. I plan on doing this when I wake up, before I go downstairs. I think it will be a good way to ground myself every day and start off in a better, hopefully calmer mood.

I'm not sure if I should play nature sounds or soft music, or if it should be quiet. I wake up early, and since nobody is awake yet in my house, it's pretty quiet here.

Goals into Habits - Update and Goal #2

1. Drink half weight in oz water

2. Eat 7 servings of veggies

3.  Spend 15 minutes every day meditating

4. Eat breakfast

5. Cut out alcohol

6. Cut late night snacking

7. Journal

8. Menu plan

9. Concentrate daily on plan, goals, and the power of me

10. Cut wheat

11. Switch coffee with tea

12. More outside time

 Goal #1 Update -


Goal # 2 -  This time my goal is to drink more water. Half my weight in ounces is what I heard you are supposed to drink, so that's what it is. I weigh 200, so my goal is to drink 100 oz a day. I've made progress on it already, so I have a head start. Part of my plan is to drink a 12 oz glass of water when I wake up, while my coffee is brewing. Then another glass with each meal (3) and snack (2), a glass before bed, and that makes 84 oz. The rest I'll drink throughout the day.

Starting my 12 Goals - January

1. Drink half weight in oz water

2. Eat 7 servings of veggies

3.  Spend 15 minutes every day meditating

4. Eat breakfast

5. Cut out alcohol

6. Cut late night snacking

7. Journal

8. Menu plan

9. Concentrate daily on plan, goals, and the power of me

10. Cut wheat

11. Switch coffee with tea

12. More outside time

 Here's my list of 12 things I want to accomplish in 2014. Although I will be working on all of them all the time, every four weeks I will focus hardcore on one of them and make it a new permanent habit. 

This month I will be cutting out alcohol.  I drink. A LOT. Way more than is good for me. I can't have just one glass of wine. It has to be a bottle. A few times a week. Ya, I'm probably on track to being an alcoholic, if I'm not already there. So it's going. It'll be difficult, but much better for me in the long run. This one will take much longer to be a habit, which is why I'm starting it first. I've gone a month without alcohol before, so I know I can go that long. Going longer will be more difficult.

Eating Well

I'm very proud of how well I've done with my eating plan this week. I actually finished off the container of spinach that was in our fridge, a first EVER! I've been eating a lot more healthy things, produce and such, and a lot less bad things (fast food is the main bad thing I eat). I have plenty of room still to add in cookies or other treats, and haven't felt deprived at all.

I went to my first official weigh in last Sunday at the local Weight Watchers: 214.6. I'm going to make Sundays my weigh in day, hopefully it's not too busy there, or I might have to change to evenings during the week, which I don't really care for. I remember the leader from the last time I was following the WW plan, and I like her.  I already have my final goal weight, which is 150, but I'm going to see how it goes once I get down to 165-170 (169 is the highest I can be and still be at a healthy BMI). If I'm happy at 165, then that will be my goal.

A huge challenge for me is going to be baking day, which is coming up on Sunday. I'm really going to have to watch myself, but I added in a recipe for cookies that are low points values, and will try to stick to those for the most part. 

Getting Started

I joined Weight Watchers today. Yes, again. Yes, I know I can get the same results from other (free) programs. But WW has worked for me in the past, and I am comfortable with it.
I'm not sure what day I'll go to meetings, but I started tracking already. When I saw how many points my planned lunch was, I changed it to something more healthy (and still delicious!)

Here we go!

Disclaimer: I have a potty mouth at times. It's usually not too bad, but do not read this blog if you have a problem with profanity. I will not censor myself any more.

I have been trying to lose weight for years. The lowest I've been in the past 7 or so years has been about 170. The highest (non-pregnant) weight has been 230. Right now? About 211. My goal is 150. That's 61 lbs. A lot. But I'm going to do it this time. What's so different about it?

Me.

My attitude, that is. I'll get more into it later, but I've been really down on myself for the past 4 years. There's a story there, but I'll just say that I wasn't a very nice person. To myself, or to others. But I'm changing that. I tell myself that I'm beautiful. I tell my girls that they're beautiful too. I tell my husband that I love him at least a few times a day, and I work hard to see the happy in things. Some of these things are easier than others, but I make sure to do them all. I especially watch what I say to myself. I stopped believing anything good about myself for a long time. If I tried to give myself any kind of pep talk, that (VERY strong) part of me that was down would come out and make sure I knew that I wasn't good. I was ugly. I was fat. I was stupid.

But I have become a fighter. That bitch shows up and I slap her down. She will not have ultimate power over me any more. I know there will be days that she will win, but she will NOT take over my life. I have lost too much because of her. I don't accept that anymore. I AM beautiful. I AM smart. And yes, I am obese right now, but that is me no longer. I am working to let my healthy person out again, because she's been locked up too long. I have 100% support from my husband (who is even willing to eat vegetarian, a huge step for him!). Together we are going to work to make sure that our bodies allow us to see our grandkids, because at the rate we are going, that is not going to happen.

So stay tuned for my trials and successes!