I Sweet Talk Myself
Yesterday we set the clocks back and instantly made the daylight stick around an hour longer each day. I'm so excited that I'll get to walk again. Tonight I went on a ride to plan out a safe route. Sadly, my typical route is pretty snowy and icy. My favorite part of that route doesn't even have a sidewalk right now. The back roads seem to be my best bet. I'll just have to wear something very bright, walk against traffic to ensure I see cars coming, and not walk with my headphones in.
I should have gone to Zumba tonight but I didn't. No excuse I just didn't and I should have. I get into these "negotiations" with myself. I won't go to Zumba but I'll have a salad for supper- I basically bargain my way out of doing something that I've vowed is important to me. This is a very bad habit and I'm hoping that talking about it will help me to identify it as a red flag when I do it. I need to stick to the plan.
Furthermore, I need to put more effort into actually making the plan. The weeknight meal plan is probably the most critical piece of planning. If I don't have a plan for supper and haven't made arrangements to make the preparation time twenty minutes or less, I've set myself up for failure before the day even begins. If I don't have a plan I feel like I don't have time to do it and work out unless I want to eat at 8pm. I need to get much better at making this my routine for the week. The supper plan is key.
Now that I feel like I have actually found something that works for me I can't go back to just being complacent. I know every element I need to execute to get where I want to be and now I just need to do it. I need to make the sacrifices that are required to make habits of the healthy choices that I make on my gold star weeks.
<3Katie
184lbs
Day 271
Feeling frustrated with my sweet talking self that can sweet talk me into laziness
I should have gone to Zumba tonight but I didn't. No excuse I just didn't and I should have. I get into these "negotiations" with myself. I won't go to Zumba but I'll have a salad for supper- I basically bargain my way out of doing something that I've vowed is important to me. This is a very bad habit and I'm hoping that talking about it will help me to identify it as a red flag when I do it. I need to stick to the plan.
Furthermore, I need to put more effort into actually making the plan. The weeknight meal plan is probably the most critical piece of planning. If I don't have a plan for supper and haven't made arrangements to make the preparation time twenty minutes or less, I've set myself up for failure before the day even begins. If I don't have a plan I feel like I don't have time to do it and work out unless I want to eat at 8pm. I need to get much better at making this my routine for the week. The supper plan is key.
Now that I feel like I have actually found something that works for me I can't go back to just being complacent. I know every element I need to execute to get where I want to be and now I just need to do it. I need to make the sacrifices that are required to make habits of the healthy choices that I make on my gold star weeks.
<3Katie
184lbs
Day 271
Feeling frustrated with my sweet talking self that can sweet talk me into laziness
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