As I’ve already discussed, I’ve spent a better part of this year already trying to work on the changes I wanted to make for losing my goal weight. They say it only takes 21 days to form a habit, and for the most part I have proven I can fall into that pattern when I put forth the effort (like when I was on Keto).My goal has been to find things that work for me, so that when I started #Project150, it would just be a matter of incorporating those things into a full day and repeating it. I’ve done tests days (and weeks) over the past month. Luckily, I love foods that are actually good for me, and have no hang ups about eating healthier. I’ll talk more over the schedule I’m installing for myself in the future, but for now, these are the habits I’ve been working to improve to create a healthy way of living!
FLUIDS
In the past I’ve always been able to adjust my bad habits when it comes to what I drink fairly easy. I’ve gone a full year eliminating soda, and I have always had an addiction to drinking water. However, since being diagnosed with diabetes last year, I’ve found it harder to cut the pop out altogether. In January, I stopped drinking standard soda on a regular basis and switched to Zero Sugar sodas and an increased my Unsweet tea, and water intake. I’ve still been having a normal pop sparingly, but with the start of #Project150 now here, that will be attempting to remove that from my intake altogether.
Preferred Beverages – Unsweet Tea (Gold Peak/Pure Leaf/Lipton, Water, Coke Zero
BREAD
Look, this will forever be the hardest adjustment for me. I LOVE bread. Keto was a struggle for this reason alone, but I found some amazing Keto friendly wraps and bread that I substituted to help me get through. Since I’m not really worried so much about carb intake, I am not removing bread altogether from the diet. I will be limiting it due to sugar intake as to help keep my blood sugar down.
MODERATION
As I mentioned, I have no qualms with eating food that’s good for me. I am a lover of all foods, and the older I get, the more appreciation I have for things that I didn’t when I was younger. My biggest setback are more due to quantity as opposed to quality. Limiting the multiple helpings of the food that isn’t good for me is what’s going to take a lot of will power. The late-night eating habits are also something that is a big detriment to the way I eat. A small late-night snack is fine, but eating almost a forth meal at 8:30 PM is not.
STAYING ACTIVE
I’m still finalizing some things, but for now, I plan on walking more again. Even my oldest has shown that walking is something he wants to do more of. It’d be easier with a treadmill, but finding an affordable one that isn’t used or run down seems to be fairly difficult. COVID increased the market for at home exercise equipment and it’s not fully fallen off. My city’s park and rec has several facilities that I can make use of with a membership that I feel is much friendlier than that of joining a Gym, and hopefully I’ll be able to get signed up next week so that I can incorporate some bicycle riding, as well as swimming and light weigh lifting.
TRUST THE PROCESS
Having faith in what I am doing is helping me is what I am afraid will be my ultimate hang up. My already low self esteem mixed with depression can constantly make me feel like most things I do are worthless, and I should just go ahead and stop doing whatever it is. But I must try.
