Today I drove into Sidney to visit Capital Iron and buy myself a food scale. It's a little StarFrit one, but it is fantastic. It has grams/kilograms, and ounces and pounds, making it very easy to compare portions to labels and various other nutritional information. I've been eyeballing it for a while, but it seems that I was pretty close to being on track with most things that I've recorded so far. Since it's the weekend, and one of my cheat days, I portioned out some chips. It's all fine and good to think that we're having one serving when we try to stop ourselves, but I am a very visual learner. Seeing what 50g looks like makes my life so much easier. The fact that it's separated in a bowl and the bag is put away is another huge improvement. I don't eat simply because it's there, and I'm not tempted by the sight/smell of more. Huzzah!
Writing in this blog has become a part of my night time routine. While I am normally a stickler for editing, this blog is written simply as I think. My whole thought process just spills out into cyberspace. I do this for two reasons.. one, to be able to later reflect what state of mind I was in when I wrote it so I can review and evaluate my journey, two, to not censor myself; if this journey is to be about getting healthy, then I need to focus on a holistic approach. I need to nurture my mental, emotional, and spiritual self too. Letting the words flow helps me get these things out of my head. It puts the energy out into the universe.. who cares if it's not my best writing work? This is for me, and me alone. I guess it helps, too, that I think I am my best work, eh?
My goals over the last week have been:
- Eat breakfast
- Take a lunch to work
- Blog daily
- Work on portion control
- Exercise daily
I would say that I have succeeded in all of those things, but I could improve the amount of exercise I'm getting, and I would like to expand the recipes and types of food that I bring to work with me for lunch. Breakfast also needs to be more than a banana. I am proud of the fact that I have been able to meet most requirements for my goals.. and shall now work on improving those standards. The above stated will be perpetual goals. Every Sunday I will state additional weekly goals, to go along with them.
My goals over the next week will be:
- Introduce strength training at least three times a week
- Start practicing yoga again, and perhaps find a class (that's not too expensive) or a video to follow
- Find more healthy recipes
- Roller skate
Yes, I think that'll do for now. With that, I am off to dream land - good night, World.
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