I haven’t posted in over a month. Sorry for the silence, as you will read in the following posts, it’s been a weird month. I decided to write multiple posts, sort of like chapters, so that everyone doesn’t have to read one mondo post. I’m still trying to stay on top of my daily habits and doing ok for the most part. I really would like to add or expand on them now that most have become in grained habits. For the most part I feel pretty stagnant and I would prefer to feel that I am constantly reaching and growing. I am giving it some thought as to how to expand my list. Look for an updated checklist next month. In the meantime, enjoy the following posts on reflections of this past month.
I'm living on the eighth day, right now!
Showing posts with label habit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label habit. Show all posts
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Week 5
I can't believe I'm starting week five!!! I woke up with an AMAZING start. I am down another 4 pounds this week, for a total of SEVEN pounds!!! I was so shocked I had to weigh twice.
All of my daily disciplines are really feeling like a habit now. The day isn't right until they are all done. Although, Sundays haven't been good prayer partner days. I guess with church and Bible study we don't realize it's missing until too late at night. We both have been doin' so much prayin' all day already!
This week, I was talking with a friend of mine and she said that she wished she could take that kind of time for herself but her family is too demanding. Another lady said her family needed attention and threw her off track. My husband has reminded me that taking care of myself IS taking care of my family. I think he equated it to car maintenance (not very flattering) but the point being if I break down then I can’t take care of them. I know as moms we feel selfish if we take time for ourselves, this helps me to not feel too selfish. Marie Osmond talked about this on Larry King when she was discussing her recent weight loss. Moms are the caretakers of the family but they often forget to take care of themselves. I am always amazed at the additional energy I have when I exercise and eat right. It actually does mutiply my time. So no more excuses of "don't have the time" or "my kids have kept me too busy". Take the time to take care of yourself and you will get MORE than that time back.
I'm living on the eighth day, right now!
All of my daily disciplines are really feeling like a habit now. The day isn't right until they are all done. Although, Sundays haven't been good prayer partner days. I guess with church and Bible study we don't realize it's missing until too late at night. We both have been doin' so much prayin' all day already!
This week, I was talking with a friend of mine and she said that she wished she could take that kind of time for herself but her family is too demanding. Another lady said her family needed attention and threw her off track. My husband has reminded me that taking care of myself IS taking care of my family. I think he equated it to car maintenance (not very flattering) but the point being if I break down then I can’t take care of them. I know as moms we feel selfish if we take time for ourselves, this helps me to not feel too selfish. Marie Osmond talked about this on Larry King when she was discussing her recent weight loss. Moms are the caretakers of the family but they often forget to take care of themselves. I am always amazed at the additional energy I have when I exercise and eat right. It actually does mutiply my time. So no more excuses of "don't have the time" or "my kids have kept me too busy". Take the time to take care of yourself and you will get MORE than that time back.
I'm living on the eighth day, right now!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
21 Days!
21 days today!!! It is definitely feeling like a habit to do my daily disciplines. I wouldn't call it an ingrained habit yet but it's getting there. I'm almost done with my monthly book, long before the end of the month! My attitude is much more positive thanks to the audios and lots of communication with Jeff. My payoff plan is going well. We had a couple of unexpected expenses pop up and were able to handle those. Over the last two days my prayer partner and I have recieved news of at least half a dozen prayer requests that have been answered (yes prayer works). I bounced back from my fibro flair pretty quickly AND I am down 3 pounds!
So they're small gains but for only 21 days... Let's multiple that out over 6 months... 6 months = 180 days (rounding) 180/21 = 8.6 (rounding again) 8.6 x 3 (pounds) = that's 26 pounds!!! That would put me 3 pounds lower than my lowest adult weight EVER! The slight edge at work.
I heard something today on my audio that exactly summarized why I am doing so well at this. I have had many people say, "Oh you're so disciplined" or "I don't have that much self control". Well, I'm here to say NEITHER DO I! The reason this has worked is in this quote (sorry don't have the source)
When performance is measured performance improves,
When performance is measured AND reported the rate of improvement accelerates.
First, I have my check list of daily disciplines and am checking it daily (performance measured).
Second, I am reporting it, to all who read my blog AND to my abandonment ladies on email AND my prayer partner who unwittingly got made a part of my disciplines AND my husband, Jeff, who reads AND comments on my blog daily. In other words, I have a lot of eyes looking at me and whether I am going to do what I say. That's not even counting my kids who are watching and commenting on me doing my checklist. That reporting to others is what causes my rate of improvement to accelerate.
I've heard many people say that they are going to quit smoking, or quit drinking, or diet or read their Bible daily... but I don't want to tell anyone "in case I fail". Well, they are GOING to fail, simply because they aren't telling anyone. Another word for it is accountablity, if you are accountable to more than just yourself, it makes it easier to stick to the daily disciplines. So whatever it is that you want to accomplish. Tell many people about it, get a philosophy about it AND report to them daily. It sure makes it easier to stick to it.
I'm living on the eighth day, right now!
Heart
check 30 Minute Exercise
check ate fruits or veggies
check followed payoff plan
Soul
check Prayed with prayer partner
check Talked to Jeff
check Reached out to one more
Mind
check listened to audio
check read 10 pages
check blog checklist
So they're small gains but for only 21 days... Let's multiple that out over 6 months... 6 months = 180 days (rounding) 180/21 = 8.6 (rounding again) 8.6 x 3 (pounds) = that's 26 pounds!!! That would put me 3 pounds lower than my lowest adult weight EVER! The slight edge at work.
I heard something today on my audio that exactly summarized why I am doing so well at this. I have had many people say, "Oh you're so disciplined" or "I don't have that much self control". Well, I'm here to say NEITHER DO I! The reason this has worked is in this quote (sorry don't have the source)
When performance is measured performance improves,
When performance is measured AND reported the rate of improvement accelerates.
First, I have my check list of daily disciplines and am checking it daily (performance measured).
Second, I am reporting it, to all who read my blog AND to my abandonment ladies on email AND my prayer partner who unwittingly got made a part of my disciplines AND my husband, Jeff, who reads AND comments on my blog daily. In other words, I have a lot of eyes looking at me and whether I am going to do what I say. That's not even counting my kids who are watching and commenting on me doing my checklist. That reporting to others is what causes my rate of improvement to accelerate.
I've heard many people say that they are going to quit smoking, or quit drinking, or diet or read their Bible daily... but I don't want to tell anyone "in case I fail". Well, they are GOING to fail, simply because they aren't telling anyone. Another word for it is accountablity, if you are accountable to more than just yourself, it makes it easier to stick to the daily disciplines. So whatever it is that you want to accomplish. Tell many people about it, get a philosophy about it AND report to them daily. It sure makes it easier to stick to it.
I'm living on the eighth day, right now!
Heart
check 30 Minute Exercise
check ate fruits or veggies
check followed payoff plan
Soul
check Prayed with prayer partner
check Talked to Jeff
check Reached out to one more
Mind
check listened to audio
check read 10 pages
check blog checklist
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Challenges of Travel
I did get up early to go to the fitness center, got in the workout and audio. Then it was off to the track. It is now midnight and we were at the track ALLLLLLL day. It is sandy and very windy here in Florida so I feel like I spent the day on the beach without the relaxing part.
The veggies were a challenge since the only food at the track was a snack bar i.e. hot dogs, nachos, candy, and soda. Not a vegetable to be found! Jeff did a run to subway at lunch time but I didn’t think I could count lettuce and cucumbers on my sandwich as a serving of veggies. So later, he went to 7-11 and got a little mini veggie platter with dip. I spent the day with Jeff so THAT one was easy. And of course, there were many new people to meet. We have to leave the hotel at 6:30am to be back at the track tomorrow. Yeah! The big challenge will be to read 10 pages without falling asleep!!! Since I’m counting the night before reading on today’s status I get it for today. Remember the airplane yesterday? But tomorrow???
I'm living on the eighth day, right now!
Heart
check 30 Minute Exercise
check ate fruits or veggies
check followed payoff plan
Soul
check Prayed with prayer partner
check Talked to Jeff
check Reached out to one more
Mind
check listened to audio
check read 10 pages
check blog checklist
The veggies were a challenge since the only food at the track was a snack bar i.e. hot dogs, nachos, candy, and soda. Not a vegetable to be found! Jeff did a run to subway at lunch time but I didn’t think I could count lettuce and cucumbers on my sandwich as a serving of veggies. So later, he went to 7-11 and got a little mini veggie platter with dip. I spent the day with Jeff so THAT one was easy. And of course, there were many new people to meet. We have to leave the hotel at 6:30am to be back at the track tomorrow. Yeah! The big challenge will be to read 10 pages without falling asleep!!! Since I’m counting the night before reading on today’s status I get it for today. Remember the airplane yesterday? But tomorrow???
I'm living on the eighth day, right now!
Heart
check 30 Minute Exercise
check ate fruits or veggies
check followed payoff plan
Soul
check Prayed with prayer partner
check Talked to Jeff
check Reached out to one more
Mind
check listened to audio
check read 10 pages
check blog checklist
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
It's Over
Forget about last year because it's over! I heard that at a meeting tonight (thank you Ryder).
Ball-Peen Hammer Moment! I think we all spend way too much mental space and energy dwelling on the past. Not just last year, but last month, last week, yesterday or even last hour. Forget about it, it's over!
I think the worst thing that we do when dwelling on the past is that we measure our future potential. It's like an algebra problem. If it takes X number of hours to drive Y number of miles then how long will it take to go another Y miles. If I eat X number of calories and lose Y number of pounds... If I do X of one thing it will ALWAYS give me Y results. Not true! Not only is today not the same as yesterday, I'm not the same person as yesterday. Hopefully, I'm at least a little bit better. So forget about last year, it's over. We also can't dwell on the future because it is TOO big of a leap. All we can affect is right now so I will dwell on the daily disciplines and trust it will make for a better tomorrow.
I'm living on the eighth day, right now!
Heart
check 30 Minute Exercise
check ate fruits or veggies
check followed payoff plan
Soul
check Prayed with prayer partner
check Talked to Jeff
check Reached out to one more
Mind
check listened to audio
check read 10 pages
check blog checklist
Ball-Peen Hammer Moment! I think we all spend way too much mental space and energy dwelling on the past. Not just last year, but last month, last week, yesterday or even last hour. Forget about it, it's over!
I think the worst thing that we do when dwelling on the past is that we measure our future potential. It's like an algebra problem. If it takes X number of hours to drive Y number of miles then how long will it take to go another Y miles. If I eat X number of calories and lose Y number of pounds... If I do X of one thing it will ALWAYS give me Y results. Not true! Not only is today not the same as yesterday, I'm not the same person as yesterday. Hopefully, I'm at least a little bit better. So forget about last year, it's over. We also can't dwell on the future because it is TOO big of a leap. All we can affect is right now so I will dwell on the daily disciplines and trust it will make for a better tomorrow.
I'm living on the eighth day, right now!
Heart
check 30 Minute Exercise
check ate fruits or veggies
check followed payoff plan
Soul
check Prayed with prayer partner
check Talked to Jeff
check Reached out to one more
Mind
check listened to audio
check read 10 pages
check blog checklist
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Halfway to a habit!
Day 10 down... It takes 21 days to establish a habit. I'm almost to the halfway point! It really is starting to feel like a habit, where the day isn't quite "normal" without getting everything done.
I am also dicovering new and interesting fruits and veggies AND discovering new and interesting ways to prepare and eat them. I actually have been eating them two or three meals a day and usually more than one servings worth. That is a huge improvement considering I used to go whole days without a single serving.
I forgot to report on my weigh in on Sunday. I have abandoned 2 pounds and the clothes are definitely fitting better! At this rate I should basically be at my goal by the end of March!
I'm living on the eighth day, right now!
Heart
check 30 Minute Exercise
check ate fruits or veggies
check followed payoff plan
Soul
check Prayed with prayer partner
check Talked to Jeff
check Reached out to one more
Mind
check listened to audio
check read 10 pages
check blog checklist
I am also dicovering new and interesting fruits and veggies AND discovering new and interesting ways to prepare and eat them. I actually have been eating them two or three meals a day and usually more than one servings worth. That is a huge improvement considering I used to go whole days without a single serving.
I forgot to report on my weigh in on Sunday. I have abandoned 2 pounds and the clothes are definitely fitting better! At this rate I should basically be at my goal by the end of March!
I'm living on the eighth day, right now!
Heart
check 30 Minute Exercise
check ate fruits or veggies
check followed payoff plan
Soul
check Prayed with prayer partner
check Talked to Jeff
check Reached out to one more
Mind
check listened to audio
check read 10 pages
check blog checklist
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