It's been awhile since I've set any real goals for myself, so I think that justifies the GotW picture being extra big, right?
Anyway, I'm finally starting to feel better and kick that sickness to the curb. More than that, I'm starting to feel disgusted with myself and how lazy and bad food habity I've been lately. A little bit of self disgust is a good thing, right? Only if it elicits positive change, you say? Okay, then here's the positive changes I'm making:
1) One diet coke a day.
Seriously, this has gotten out of control. To the point that last week, when my teeth started hurting from what turned out to be a sinus infection, I thought I had drank so much diet coke that I had rotted out all of my teeth at once. Not okay. Nor is the lecture I'm going to get from my dental hygienist when I go in April. I'm starting to think about giving it up all together again, but for now, I'm just cutting back.
2) Drink more water.
Goes hand-in-hand with #1.
3) Work out at 7 a.m. five days this week.
What?? Am I crazy? Didn't I write a whole blog once about how I'm not a morning person, and I will never work out in the morning? I don't know, I just have the feeling I need to try something different. I've been skipping my lunch time workouts a lot lately. Just not motivated to change clothes, get sweaty and change back mid-day. Call me crazy. So this morning, I rose before the sun and made it into the pool by 7 a.m.. I was worked out, showered, dressed and at my desk 10 minutes early. Bonus: I got in extra praying and thinking time while doing laps and I was wide awake at the start of the work day.
4) Purchase no meals outside my home this week.
Another bad food habit I've slipped right back into is eating out a lot. There's just no call for it during the week. I have leftovers in my fridge. I have sandwich-making material. I have food in my house. I do not need to purchase meals. This is getting out of control.
I'm not exactly considering this a reboot. I'm not tracking my calories or trying to eliminate all bad foods from my diet. I'm just trying to make some better choices. Here goes nothing!
You can do it!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely with you on re-focusing and trying to take back control. You will feel better when you are back on track even though it sucks sometimes. Let me know how the AM workouts go. I assume at some point in my life i will probably have to force that upon myself.
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