Day 1
So my day wasn't as fail filled as I thought it would be. This cold I have has been kicking my butt up one end and down the other. So needless to say I did not get my phlegm filled lungs on the elliptical this morning. I thought this bad start would set the tone for the rest of my day. Not as much as I was expecting.
My eating choices weren't the best, but I did not snack much and I tried to keep portion size down at meals. I had a little victory party when I stopped eating when I was full. That's always a problem of mine, especially if I'm eating something particularly tasty. I just keep going even after my stomach has done everything in it's power to stop me...short of vomiting. Vomiting would get me to stop eating.
I drank a lot of water too, although really it hasn't been that big of a deal lately. I got into the habit over the spring and summer, so now I reach for water when I'm thirsty. Occasionally I help myself to a soda, but not as often anymore. A goal I have always wanted to set for myself would be to drink milk at meals, with the exception of breakfast. I prefer something lighter in the morning like tea or juice. Since I picked up the habit of drinking water I haven't had many glasses of just milk, and the calcium would be a help. So hopefully picking up that would be a good thing.
Surprisingly when I weighed myself I haven't gained that much weight, if any. I don't remember what my weight was at my physical over the summer but during the spring I was at 196 and according to the scale I used I'm still there. There was a little bit of an ego boost. So that means it's more of an emotional thing than a physical thing. Weight wise that's high, but considering that last winter I was over 200 I'm where I want to be weight wise.
I think the goal I want to work on is keeping my coffee consumption to my guilty pleasure of Dunkin coffee on the weekend. No more Dunkin runs on my way to work on Wednesday afternoon, and no more sneaking it in on the weekdays. It probably won't be that hard. I don't do it as often as I used to when Dunkin was within walking distance. At school I would walk there at least three times a week. It was pretty bad. Now that I have to drive to the closest one my consumption has been cut, just not as much as I would like.
Hmm...with the goals I don't want to cut things out of my life. That's a way to set yourself up for failure. If I decide that I want to cut out hamburgers from my diet, I'm going to fail. That's my favorite food in the whole world, so I can't cut it out. I would want to make it more realistic, such as 1 hamburger a week tops. I also want to have room to adjust my goals. So for instance cutting back on the Dunkin, if I "cheat" I don't want to think of it that way. Guilt isn't the purpose of this, and I refuse to have self loathing over a cup of coffee. Everyone has exceptions to the rule in daily life, so I want to make it more of a guideline than a rule.
There...that's the phrasing I've been searching for. The goals will be guidelines, not rules. Changes can be made without fear of punishment or consequences. More like a pattern than a rigid thing.
This time change has wiped me out. This might bode well for my morning schedule. The earlier I wake up the more inclined I am to go and exercise. Lately I've been waking up naturally because I have set my body on an internal clock schedule. Before work I need to feel like I have time to accomplish things, and sleeping until noon everyday wouldn't help. So I have been trying to be in bed before midnight and waking up at 8am. It works because I don't need an alarm to wake up at 8 on the button anymore. Fascinates me...really it does. Today I woke up at 7 because my internal clock apparently did not participate in daylight savings.
<3
My eating choices weren't the best, but I did not snack much and I tried to keep portion size down at meals. I had a little victory party when I stopped eating when I was full. That's always a problem of mine, especially if I'm eating something particularly tasty. I just keep going even after my stomach has done everything in it's power to stop me...short of vomiting. Vomiting would get me to stop eating.
I drank a lot of water too, although really it hasn't been that big of a deal lately. I got into the habit over the spring and summer, so now I reach for water when I'm thirsty. Occasionally I help myself to a soda, but not as often anymore. A goal I have always wanted to set for myself would be to drink milk at meals, with the exception of breakfast. I prefer something lighter in the morning like tea or juice. Since I picked up the habit of drinking water I haven't had many glasses of just milk, and the calcium would be a help. So hopefully picking up that would be a good thing.
Surprisingly when I weighed myself I haven't gained that much weight, if any. I don't remember what my weight was at my physical over the summer but during the spring I was at 196 and according to the scale I used I'm still there. There was a little bit of an ego boost. So that means it's more of an emotional thing than a physical thing. Weight wise that's high, but considering that last winter I was over 200 I'm where I want to be weight wise.
I think the goal I want to work on is keeping my coffee consumption to my guilty pleasure of Dunkin coffee on the weekend. No more Dunkin runs on my way to work on Wednesday afternoon, and no more sneaking it in on the weekdays. It probably won't be that hard. I don't do it as often as I used to when Dunkin was within walking distance. At school I would walk there at least three times a week. It was pretty bad. Now that I have to drive to the closest one my consumption has been cut, just not as much as I would like.
Hmm...with the goals I don't want to cut things out of my life. That's a way to set yourself up for failure. If I decide that I want to cut out hamburgers from my diet, I'm going to fail. That's my favorite food in the whole world, so I can't cut it out. I would want to make it more realistic, such as 1 hamburger a week tops. I also want to have room to adjust my goals. So for instance cutting back on the Dunkin, if I "cheat" I don't want to think of it that way. Guilt isn't the purpose of this, and I refuse to have self loathing over a cup of coffee. Everyone has exceptions to the rule in daily life, so I want to make it more of a guideline than a rule.
There...that's the phrasing I've been searching for. The goals will be guidelines, not rules. Changes can be made without fear of punishment or consequences. More like a pattern than a rigid thing.
This time change has wiped me out. This might bode well for my morning schedule. The earlier I wake up the more inclined I am to go and exercise. Lately I've been waking up naturally because I have set my body on an internal clock schedule. Before work I need to feel like I have time to accomplish things, and sleeping until noon everyday wouldn't help. So I have been trying to be in bed before midnight and waking up at 8am. It works because I don't need an alarm to wake up at 8 on the button anymore. Fascinates me...really it does. Today I woke up at 7 because my internal clock apparently did not participate in daylight savings.
<3