Planning and Journaling

I need to get back to planning and journaling. How easy it is to get off track with doing that. Today when the dinner hour arrived,I had know idea what I was going to make for dinner. I did manage to find some brussel sprouts, fish and brown rice to cook, but it made me realize that I have not been planning very well - not my meals or my workouts. I did go to the gym today and did the stationary bike and a walk/ran on the treadmillfor 45 minutes (I was one sweaty Betty after that!), but I just went when I felt like it without a plan, which messed up my day. So, next week I am going to plan my workouts and stick to the plan and plan my meals and stick to the plan. What a concept!! I will make a meal plan on Saturday for the week, shop for food and cook what I can make ahead of time on Sunday. And, I will plan my workouts and the times of my workouts. Also, I have changed my weigh in day to Monday - trying to avoid the weekend party with the "little drunk monkey." Remember that guy!!! I'm going to show him he can't boss me around every weekend!!! We will see if that gets the scale moving more quickly. I think it will...I know it will!!!

Planning and Journaling

Today I focused on planning what I will eat for all my meals this week. Then I went to Trader Joes and bought all my healthy foods. I realize I just can't have any trigger foods in the house. I am all set for my meals for the week. I have also planned when I will do my workouts, cardio and Pilates this week. Plan, Plan, Plan and now I will be sticking to my plans. I wrote my first essay assignment for my writing course. It was a little difficult to get the words out. This week we are learning how to use journaling as a means to finding story ideas. So, I guess I am ahead on that since I have already started this Blog, which is in essence a journal of my weight loss journey. The funny thing is that I was looking on the Jillian Michaels website and she was talking about the importance of journaling for encouraging weight loss. I noticed that I am going about my day and thinking of what I might write about each evening. At times it is like I am narrating my day in my mind, like I am reading a passage from a book. I guess that is how a writer is born - and how I will transform into a fit healthy 50-year-old by the end of this year.