Day 3: changing one habit at a time

Today I am feeling frustrated with myself and my need to do this one step at a time. I need to get off that guilt train wreck. I keep saying, last time you just did it and all at once, my habits stuck for a long time and it was easy and you didn't get headaches from giving up soda. Then I remember that before I changed I didn't drink hardly any soda. I didn't eat hardly any junk in the first place. It was simply cutting out all eating out and packaged foods, drinking water. I didn't have to get myself over so many hurdles. Now I have to take those hurdles one at a time because when I try to jump over all of them I fall down big time.

So, today is just about reminding myself to just take this one thing at a time. Giving up soda water is a big one thing for me. It has been such a big bad habit for me for so many years. Hard to get my mind used to asking for something else to drink, not stopping at a gas station to pick one up on the way home etc.

Being consistent with exercise is another biggie. I often put it off until I feel the house is clean enough but....that can some days not be until late at night and then, yeah, not gonna happen.

Here are my "plans" or you could call them "goals". Just some things I need and want to do very badly! In no particular order:

1. Kick the soda habit once and for all!

2. Drink half my body weight in ounces of water every day.

3. Drink my green drink every day.

4. Take all my supplements every day.

5. Eat only homemade or healthy food. Some places we eat out have good choices and I know we will eat out once in awhile so I must vow to make the good choice.

6. Give up white sugar! I think I will let myself have some cake on my birthday if I reach my birthday goal! That would be awesome! (I know I have yet to make that goal list up) :D

7. Exercise at least 3 times per week and keep fairly active all day every day. Not too hard with all the work I have to do!

8. Dry skin brush every day! I don't know why five minutes is so hard for me to make myself do, but it has been.

9. Get more sleep at night. I am a night owl and my kids are early risers...not a good combination.

That is pretty much it, I know if I do those things the weight will come off easily barring any unknown health issues like thyroid. But I don't think so. I know I tend toward a sluggish one so I have to keep up my supplements to help prevent a problem.