I had planned on starting my weight loss journal,( now call Healthy Life Journal) on Feb. 1… But the ice storm kept me at home these past few days, with my car frozen shut (this is a first for me, very funny). Luckily I was able to get a few things before the storm hit, so I have started the diet (sort of).
So far, the items I bought to start the diet for the journal are as follows:
- eggs (the perfect source of protein)
- cheese strips
- pepper jack cheese slices
- cottage cheese
I’ve been eating the cheese at lunch, but the other meals I have been eating regular food around the house. So while this isn’t effective from a weight-loss standpoint, it’s still a start.
I’ve only exercised 1 day, keeping it simple 10 pushups, 10 situps and 10 leg bends? And of course breaking my back trying to break up the ice in my driveway and on my car!
In previous years, I would have become discouraged from the weather and thought it must not be meant to be, or my luck was bad… Either way, I would give up on the effort, but not this year!
I now believe that you have to keep plowing through the barriers and bottlenecks encountered along the way! So while I’m a little bummed, I realize that there is no master scheme to have me stop, things just happen, and my success on my little programs depend on me pushing through the muck!
Have a great weekend, hopefully I’ll have more next Friday!!!
Don’t get discouraged! Change is hard and takes about 22 days of working at it to create a new habit. Good luck.
Thanks for the encouragement! I hate to start out like this 🙁
Good luck with sticking to your plan. Stay encouraged!
Thanks, I’m off to a really slow start…
Keep at it MR, don’t lose hope. Good luck!
Thanks, next week I’ll nail it 🙂
It definitely sounds like you have the right mindset so far, and that really is half the battle of weight loss. Just remember, it won’t be long and it will be nice enough to get outdoors again. That always boosts my exercise drive!
Great points! I would be nice to be in shape for summer!
I really need to make this a lifestyle change!
The one thing I have learned is that you have to leave room for error in your goals. Otherwise, it is just too easy to give up.
Keep up the good work!!
Thanks, so far I’m off to a crazy start this year, but I’m still optimistic!
It’s just a matter of defeating excuses… which will be very frequent at the start. Once exercise becomes part of your routine, the problem dissapears. Good luck with that!!!
Thanks, I agree about the excuses, I use to use the excuses to start such programs (like last year)…
That’s a good start. Just be consistent, long term. Doesn’t matter if you skip a day or two here and there.
Thanks, I should be use to rocky start from now on out 🙂