Goals

So I had this great idea to start being "good" this week. It flopped when I got the flu and amazing people (a friend, a VT, and my husband) fed me yummy comfort food. Oh well...Next week. So here's my plan/thoughts: To be healthier I need to do several things:

1-  Watch my diet by lowering my carb intake. I have been slowly working towards this, Carbs are my friend, a BFF actually. What I have found is that I don't really want to eat a "low carb" diet, I believe God put grains, fruit, and veggies on the earth to be eaten (and for good reason, they are good for us). But I do think that taking out the bad carbs (most of the time! I am all about exceptions) like my favorite chocolate chip cookies could benefit me greatly. Changing the way I eat will be a work in progress. I am use to counting calories yet still eating whatever I want (as long as it fits within so many calories per day) and not really focusing on making sure what I put in is healthy. This will be the biggest change and the hardest. I hope it will also help my family to eat better too.

2-  Keep up my LOVE (really and seriously) for Cardio. I am addicted to Zumba. But I REALLY NEED TO ADD in some strength training. I don't belong to a gym so this is slightly difficult. I don't have a weight room and I think the biggest weights I have are 8 pounds! Of course to solve this, I go search Pinterest...next week I will be trying a few at home workouts and will post my findings. While doing strength training I need to ignore the scale and constantly remind myself that muscle weight is good weight!!! My brain sees the scale go up and says "more cardio less food"...no way, no more.

3- DRINK MORE WATER, I am pretty good at getting in 8 glasses when I plan on doing it (I have alarms set on my phone that say "water break") but come weekends I slack.  I would actually like to drink more than 64 oz a day. To lose weight I have heard you should drink 1/2 of your weight in ounces, well needless to say I don't weigh 128lbs....add several more, lol! So goal; add more glasses per day when possible.

4-  And that darn Dr. Pepper has to go for good (Soda free for 19 days and yes I still want one! Does that go away?) It's just bad for you, all of it...diet too. Sorry, I wish it wasn't so!

Well there it is, written down! That means I am obligated, accountable, and now must do what I say. RIGHT? Right! I designed this weekly reminder sheet. I haven't figured out how to post it as a printable (working on that) but I can easily email it. Its design is a bit crazy all over the place, but I wanted it to be that way. That is my life...a bit crazy all over. Watch for more from me or my sis (hint hint!) to see what is working and not working!

 ~Lori