Motivational Monday: Checking In on a Thursday!

I use to post once a month on average. I have recently discovered that having a goal that takes 30 days to accomplish is way too difficult for my scattered mind. I might start the month off focused for a few days and then lose track of my goals all together. I am amending my approach. For a brief period of time I use to fill out these weekly goal sheets every Friday and I managed to lose 10 lbs in 30 days doing that. I did not know it then, but now I am sure that creating those weekly goals is what helped me to ultimately reach my goals.

My new plan is to create goals for the week each week on Monday. Monday is the day when I feel most energized. I am back at work, I feel like I have a clean slate and I am ready to roll up my sleeves. I will review that past weeks progress and make goals for the week on Monday. Monday is simply a virtual day, a day when I get started, if I am slacking on Monday, I will get it together an take action on Tuesday.

So far this week I have had two binges, and one day on what I call my Sacred Snacks. I am currently using a harm reduction model to deal with my compulsive eating. I limit my sweets to just jello pudding and I snack on light popcorn and other light chips.

The basic meal plan that I follow each day is as follows:

Breakfast- cereal or sliced turkey, toast and fruit juice

Mid-Am Snack- Energy Bar + Fresh Fruit

Lunch- Turkey Sandwich + Yogurt

Mid-Afternoon Snack-Energy Bar+ Fresh Fruit

Dinner- lean cuisine, soup, sandwich, or something else light and easy. I usually eat the same thing three days in a row before moving on.

My current goal is to get back to 275 from 300 LBS. I only weigh once a year and focus on healthy habit formation and observing my bodies changes.

* I primarily focus on limiting my snacks to my Sacred Snacks, as I generally eat good meals.

Current Goals for the Week:

1. Don't Shoot Out the Tires  ( "When you have a flat tire you don't shoot out the other three."-unknown weight-loss blog source) When I have one bad day of eating, I don't want to give up. If I mess up Monday, I want to do better Tuesday, if I mess up Thursday, I want to do better on Friday.

As of now I have 1 out of 7 days on plan with my Sacred Snacking.

I can potentially finish this week out with 5 out of 7 days on my Sacred Snacks!

Something Cool I did today:

When I go out to eat I tend to over eat, and I also tend to eat the left overs, especially bad with pizza. Today I ate Panda Express. I got the bowl instead of the 2 entree, string bean chicken and steamed rice. I ate 1/3 of the meal for lunch. I visualized myself eating a lean cuisine and how much food would fit into one, and ate just that. I tossed the rest of the meal away instead of eating it for a later meal, primarily because I don't want to eat fast food left overs when I could be eating my own healthy meal. I realized there is really no need to continue a one meal event into several meals.

CLM