Day 21
Food
Breakfast - Slice of toast with low fat Spread
Lunch - Turkey Dinner
Tea - Scrambled Egg & Toast
Snacks - Piece of Homemade Cake
Steps - 17834
Mood - Fantastic
Reached day 21 and I am pleased with how I am doing, a little bit of me wants to keep going with daily updates to keep me focused.
I have looked back at my original post to see what I set out to do and see if the habits have changed.
Earlier mornings - currently I drag my slightly over-sized rear out of bed at the latest possible moment then rush around like a nutter getting everything ready to get out the door for 8am.
I have not managed the earlier mornings, well not as early as I aimed to do but I am awake and up earlier than I used to be so this one I will class as "in progress but could try harder".
No Diet drinks after 9pm (unless I am out) - sounds a weird one but I struggle to fall asleep at night and I believe a good amount of this is due to the huge amounts of caffeine I am drinking through the day. Then the tiredness kicks in as the week goes on and then I eat more and don't have any energy
Well this didn't happen LOL, (my addiction to Pepsi Max is greater than I thought). I did cut down on how many cans of Pepsi Max I have been drinking through the day, trying alternative diet drinks to try and change the habit of taste, and swapping for more water. On an evening it all depends on what I am doing, if I am busy I don't drink as much, I find drinking diet drinks is my substitute for snacking on an evening. On a plus I am going to bed earlier and sleeping better so the overall outcome is a positive one but needs a little more work.
Hit my daily steps targets - currently set at 8k on my Fitbit, to increase to 9k next week and 10k the week after.
This is the one I have enjoyed the most, I have hit my daily steps and more. I am really enjoying the walking and would happily do more given the time, but I am adding in as much as I can around work and home life. Today was a sign of my new enjoyment when I set off for a small walk and 4 1/2 miles later returned feeling amazing (the sunshine helped of course). I am sticking to 10k a day as I find this achievable but still need to put in extra to reach it.
Put myself first - realising I am worth it is a hard one the get my head around, realising that sometimes being a little selfish is ok. This is going to be the hardest one for me but I am going to try.
Putting myself first is always going to be tricky, my family are the centre of my world so they always come first but making the time everyday for my walks has been a good start. I have also been sticking to my food choices and not changing my plans for others, this sometimes is testing as it means making different meals but that bit I don't mind.
One habit that I have broken is the vending machine curse, I have found myself at the machine, money in hand, and talk myself out of it and walking away. I have found I am not thinking about snacking through the day like I used to and have started eating fruit instead. I don't think the fruit will last as I don't like many fruits but I am trying while the desire is there.
I don't know if admitting "talking to myself" is a good thing, but that is what I am finding myself doing. Standing in a supermarket telling myself I don't need things I would normally buy, telling myself I don't need a cream cake when everyone else is, refusing the chocolate biscuits being handed around at work because I don't need them.
I have found in the last 21 days that I do have Willpower, after years of telling myself I didn't, Success in my eyes
Weigh in this week was another 3lb gone, so I am guessing my new approach is working and I am one happy Dolittle x
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