Happy Dance-tastic (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ne_today) wrote,@ 2008-07-02 08:44:00 |
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Feeling strong, feeling ready
Last night I had dreams about screwing up my detox diet before it even began, because that's how I roll. Hardcore, right?
It's easy for me to think I am psychic, and thusly able to predict what the outcome will be of any of my given attempts at finding greater health. My predictions have been so accurate in the past that I no longer think I might possibly fail, but rather know beyond a reasonable doubt that I will fail. Call it a self-perpetuating cycle, or call it "stinkin' thinkin'," it's what I've tended to do in the past.
Well, screw that.
Not anymore.
I'm not a psychic, I'm just a health-pessimist. I tend to focus on my shortcomings and forget my many strengths. For example, I am extremely competitive, if only with myself. This is a benefit to me because with the ways I am attempting health this time, there are measurable numbers I can track to see how I am doing, and what I can do better.
Yesterday, I bought My Weight Loss Coach for the Nintendo DS. It comes with a pedometer that plugs into the handheld game system, and tracks your steps taken each day, in addition to food intake and other activities that you can log. It gives me some good feedback about how I can increase my activity level and nutrition through simple daily challenges. My challenge for today is to run for 10 minutes, which I will have to do in place, as I am not going to have time to get out on the road and run. Plus, it's going to be hot today, and I am a weenie.
When I woke up, I realized it would probably be best to wait a couple of days before cutting out the coffee, so I am allowing myself that cup of coffee to get moving, but cutting out everything else that was supposed to go. Forgoing an evening cocktail, any dairy (after my morning coffee), excess salt, and processed sugars will be a great start, and I refuse to minimize the accomplishments I am making simply by doing this.
Goals for the day are to follow the detox diet (minus the coffee I couldn't give up yet) and to work out for at least 10 minutes on the DS, run in place for 10 minutes, do one minute of jumping jacks, and one minute of stationary lunges. My step count for the day is supposed to be 6000, but I'm not sure if I can physically do that yet, we'll have to see how it goes.
Stats for Day 3, July 2, 2008:
Weight: 266.3 (down by 0.2lbs)
BMI: 38.13 (down by 0.3)
Last night I had dreams about screwing up my detox diet before it even began, because that's how I roll. Hardcore, right?
It's easy for me to think I am psychic, and thusly able to predict what the outcome will be of any of my given attempts at finding greater health. My predictions have been so accurate in the past that I no longer think I might possibly fail, but rather know beyond a reasonable doubt that I will fail. Call it a self-perpetuating cycle, or call it "stinkin' thinkin'," it's what I've tended to do in the past.
Well, screw that.
Not anymore.
I'm not a psychic, I'm just a health-pessimist. I tend to focus on my shortcomings and forget my many strengths. For example, I am extremely competitive, if only with myself. This is a benefit to me because with the ways I am attempting health this time, there are measurable numbers I can track to see how I am doing, and what I can do better.
Yesterday, I bought My Weight Loss Coach for the Nintendo DS. It comes with a pedometer that plugs into the handheld game system, and tracks your steps taken each day, in addition to food intake and other activities that you can log. It gives me some good feedback about how I can increase my activity level and nutrition through simple daily challenges. My challenge for today is to run for 10 minutes, which I will have to do in place, as I am not going to have time to get out on the road and run. Plus, it's going to be hot today, and I am a weenie.
When I woke up, I realized it would probably be best to wait a couple of days before cutting out the coffee, so I am allowing myself that cup of coffee to get moving, but cutting out everything else that was supposed to go. Forgoing an evening cocktail, any dairy (after my morning coffee), excess salt, and processed sugars will be a great start, and I refuse to minimize the accomplishments I am making simply by doing this.
Goals for the day are to follow the detox diet (minus the coffee I couldn't give up yet) and to work out for at least 10 minutes on the DS, run in place for 10 minutes, do one minute of jumping jacks, and one minute of stationary lunges. My step count for the day is supposed to be 6000, but I'm not sure if I can physically do that yet, we'll have to see how it goes.
Stats for Day 3, July 2, 2008:
Weight: 266.3 (down by 0.2lbs)
BMI: 38.13 (down by 0.3)
