Well, we are half way through the week. How are you doing on staying on track with your goals? Have you even made your goals yet? :) Have you written down what you eat everyday?
Sarah made a comment on yesterday's post about how easy it is to just put a little bite of something in your mouth when you are in the kitchen. I am feeling the same way. So, how are we going to help ourselves avoid that trap. There are a few ideas. Make a healthy meal plan. This should include 3 meals and 2 snacks. Ill talk more about that next week. Next go shopping and buy the food you have planned for. Having healthy food at the house to eat is MOST of the battle. Next have that food ready to go. Cut up veggies or even make appropriate snack pack sizes of food that are in bigger bags. Next week we will focus more on getting our eating on track and give you some more idea. Sarah suggested staying out of the kitchen! :)
While you are focused on eating right I want you to write down when you get hungry and maybe why. Sometimes these things can be solved by adding protein to certain times of the days so you don't feel like you are starving. You can also know your eating triggers and find some activities that will help you avoid eating because of stress, anger, boredom, habit and other reasons. So before you put something in your mouth ask your self why am I eating this. If it is because you are hungry OK! :)
I read a thing about how to be successful and it mentioned a 20 second rule. Which is the 20 seconds of energy it takes to get started. If you can't seem to exercise put your clothes out the night before. It removes those 20 seconds and makes it easier. Want to stop watching so much tv? Remove the batteries. Create the 20 seconds so that its harder and makes you really think about it. I thought it was a great idea. It has helped me to get going in the morning.
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