Habits

They say it takes 30 days for a habit to start to form. I googled this little "fact" and came across this website here listing 29 ways to successfully ingrain a new habit or behaviour.  There are some good ones in there.. including writing down your goals, posting them (along with progress reports) and ensuring you have solid reasons for doing what you're doing.  So far so good; I've got those down.

The habit that I am trying to ingrain right now is eating proper meals.  In the past I often skipped breakfast.. and sometimes even lunch.  I couldn't be bothered to get up early enough to make myself a lunch to take to work with me (or sometimes made the excuse of not having enough food/felt too poor to eat more than one meal a day).  Making one in the evening didn't really work either.. leftovers were rare (let's chalk that up to overeating) and I had "too many other things to do" to bother with a lunch.  No more of that - I'm done. Finished. It's not healthy and really it only harms me in the long run.  It's not difficult, it's not expensive, and really.. once the habit is there I'm sure it'll be a snap.

Recently I've been doing bananas and yogurt in the mornings.  That seems to be working alright.. easy enough, don't require any prep/clean up, healthy and fast.  Lunches lately have been salads and such, made with the red leaf lettuce that has been growing on the porch.  That feels pretty good.. eating food that I've grown myself.  Eating the same things day in, day out can get boring though (as much as I love salads) so I'm trying to find some recipes to shake things up.  Tomorrow's lunch will consist of perogies and salsa, chopped carrots, and sliced strawberries - mmm!

It's only day 2 with myfitnesspal, but I'm really feeling that it's making a difference with my eating habits.  I learn best visually, and having the charts of nutritional value in front of me does wonders.  Math in my head is easily forgotten and shrugged off.. this is something comprehensive.  It keeps me on track by keeping me accountable to myself and my friends - I love it.

Now, I promised measurements and weight today.. but I forgot my measuring tape at work.  I will weigh myself tomorrow morning - no excuses!  I did enter my measurements in fitnesspal, but I can't seem to find where they've been recorded (it's only asking my what my new ones are so it can show me a graph..)

Heather's birthday is today and she's home from her vacation tomorrow.. I'm off to bake a strawberry rhubarb pie (with rhubarb from the garden! - I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing that)

Cheers~