It is a new year, so it is the perfect
time to recommit to my weight loss journey.
Yes, I have gone to meeting religiously
and have generally lived a healthier lifestyle than I have in previous years.
But admittedly, I have not done everything I could to help my own weight loss
cause. Weight loss is about 50% physical and 90% mental. No, I am not that bad
at math. Anyone who has ever had a weight issue knows that what we are dealing
with mentally controls our physical being. For most of 2013, my head was just
not completely in it. I addressed these in previous posts, so I'm not going to
rehash them in this one. I am moving forward with 2014 and getting my head in
the game again.
Each year about this time, the
"Dubs Dubs" introduces a new program. Some years it completely
revamps the program, like it did with Points Plus, and other years, it just
tweaks the previous year's program. This year they are tweaking the 360 program
with simple start. Simple sounds good to me.
Mel asked us in the meeting this week to
commit to one simple thing to do for the next three weeks and to write it down.
I didn't write it down right away because I wanted to think about what I would
commit (or recommit in this case) to doing. Over the last 5+ years, I've
learned a lot of skills that are proven to lead to success. I am going to use
some of those skills now. I pride myself on being able to make small attainable
goals because the big picture is just too overwhelming. Another thing I learns
last year is to take one thing and do it over and over to make it a habit. So
for the next three weeks, I am doing two simple things (because I can’t JUST do
one): tracking my food and eating my GHGs (or good health guidelines). Yes,
there are a lot more habits that I doing here: planning my meals in advance,
bringing my food with me, having a fruit or vegetable with every meal, etc.
These I already do, so I am tackling the habits I have not done lately.
I know exercise and activity are important
to weight loss and I will get some activity in. I will probably go to the gym a
few days a week. But I don’t want to complicate things. I want to make things
simple, get back to basics.
