Day 5 MMEW Jumpstart

So day 5... and I am totally bringing my A game!!!
I am doing well at this.
My main Healthy behaviours that I am trying to nail are:
- Drink my water
- 7 hours sleep
- minimum 6000 steps
- track all my food intake ***( This is my One thing this week)


I am finding the steps really hard to get in.
I reduced my goal by 2000 steps, but I want to make sure I HIT it everyday.
I would prefer to get 6000 steps in every day, than 12,000 one day, and 2500 the next.
I think if I can really get this Move More piece into my daily ritual, then I can up it to 8,000 then up to 10,000 :) ( I really want to be at 10,000)
My fitbit 'thinks' I have an 8,000 step a day goal, but my MMEW Jumpstart goal is 6,000.
again, if I am able to hit 6,000 everyday (especially when the temperature is crazy and the snow is getting deep, and winter has settled in for the LOOOOONNNNNGGGG haul) 6,000 is I think a great goal.

So today's MMEWJ homework was to figure out ways I feel nurtured, where I feel peaceful and relaxed.

I think that I feel nurtured by doing this, by writing things down.
I know I feel great when I plan... and I spent about an hour last night (yup, 9:30pm on a Saturday night I was planning my meals and activity for the week) Ben was watching football, Bridget was asleep and I was feeling really motivated. I need to grab those moments when I am motivated and make the best use out of them... and I totally did.

The new WW 3 month trackers have a great section at the beginning of each week where you plan your week, it is called "My week at a Glance"

I find this the BEST tool ever... it allows me to look at what's going on with me and the rest of the gang (Ben & Bridget) and plan around this.  I have a pretty boring daily 'menu' I have some type of soup/chili/curry/stew for lunch everyday. Right now I have Mexican veggie soup, Chickpea and veggie curry, Turkey and Veggie and Beef and veggie chili in the freezer. (I make big batches and freeze them). This means that my 'soup' everyday is really mixed up and yummy. So don't be fooled what looks like the same old same old isn't actually all that boring.

I'm listening to an old Roni's weigh podcast, and really finding it motivating. She is talking about when she started, she made small changes like paying attention to portion sizes and staying within her points... these were the things she started her healthy lifestyle with. She emphasizes that she didn't just jump all in and eat quinoa, chia seeds and do cross fit and run marathons all at the same time... So, this gives me hope. One step at a time. My healthy habits that I am working on will get me to my end goal and establish the healthy routines I need to stay on this lifetime journey.

Part of me is dreading tomorrow, because of the snow (eek!!!) but I am excited about tomorrow, because I get new homework from MMEWJ :), I get to get back into a normal routine at work :), I get to eat well all day!!! and I'm going to end the day by hoping on the Elliptical. (just noticed a spelling error in my tracker)

So here's looking toward the future, my new mantra comes to mind ... Move Forward...