I am going back to using a formula that worked for me for a long time several years ago : writing up a plan for the week with a limited number of goals for the week.  Next week I’ll check in on how I did on these and setting new goals.  The idea is that something stays a goal until it becomes easy, then it can be replaced w something else.  Baby steps meets accomplishments!

So, what are my goals for this week?

  1. Create daily intentions and keep it in mind all day
  2. Consistently make good food choices
  3. Keep daily track of the number of fruit & veggie servings
  4. Be careful with cheese
  5. A four-day challenge : use my daily diet planning sheets TWICE a day to see what that double-dose adds

I have some ideas for future goals, including starting in on exercise w a 15-min a day goal for 3 days a week, and setting a standard wake-up time of 6:30am so I can find time to do it.  Currently my wake up time changes each day depending on my schedule, but I’m wondering if I’d be helped having more consistency in wake-ups where some days of the week I’d have a few extra minutes, other days I won’t.   For now, it’s just an idea brewing…

This week has one two-day meeting in Brussels, so less control of food for those 2 days, and 3 normal but busy work days.  Our weekend for the moment looks blissfully free of major committments, so I’m hoping to be able to really focus.  The fridge is stocked, the celery and radishes already cut up, a few healthy leftovers are available for a quick dinner, and enough other veggies to challenge my creativity in the kitchen.

My weigh-in this morning showed the scale +1, which wasn’t a huge surprise nor disappointment, as last week’s -4 seemed surprising.  I’ve also got some major bloating going on (in part due to the carb-fest at yesterday’s brunch) so it was no surprise to be up one pound, and it was in fact a good signal to me.  If I want to lose without exercising I need to be really careful with my diet, not just ‘pretty careful’ as I have been this past week.