What's your plan?

These last few days I've been struggling... struggling with what to say. WHY? Because I don't want to admit the truth, that I've been feeling like a failure. WHY? Stupid old Jules reasons. Not for any valid reasons. It's been a struggle to keep reminding myself that JUST BECAUSE the scale does not move; or better yet, does move just up not down. Does not mean I'm a failure. So when reading Chubby Chics blog this morning and reading about her Plan and what she's doing to get healthy. Reading her question of what is your plan?... I was inspired to do the same in her honor. :) If you don't read her blog... go check it out :) It's sparked words flowing thru my head to share with you all. So here we go. :)

1. I'm doing Weight watchers. I don't pay for the plan so I'm sure I'm doing some things different. But currently I'm eating 24 points a day. I try hard to stay away from my Flex points and instead rely on my Activity points because I feel like IF i need the extra points I should earn them. I try very hard to only use them if I need/have to. Not to use them just because. I don't count calories because I don't like to.

2. I am working very hard to reach the goal of drinking 4 bottles of water a day. I'm almost consistent on this but not yet. I don't count my coffee as part of my fluid intake as WW suggests because caffeine is dehydrating and that's just crapola to count it. Sorry that's how I feel. I don't drink anything else all day. just my 2-3 cups of coffee a day and water.

3. I work very hard to only eat when I'm feeling hungry and to stay away from snacking. I eat 4-5 times a day and try to have at least 1 bowl of Fiber 1 cereal a day, preferably 2 bowls a day. When i do "snack" I choose foods that are NOT considered normal treats.

4. I workout 5-6 days a week. My "days off" fluctuate and I DO NOT take 2 days off in a row. lately my workout consists of 21-30min a day of walking/running. I walk to warm up and run as long as I can... walk and then start it all over again. In the last few weeks I've realized this is not enough. So I'm working on tweaking my routine and that new routine will start on this coming Sunday. But I've found skipping no more than 2 days a week and not more than 1 day in a row has really helped me stay motivated. Even if I'm not motivated to work out... just telling myself I can't today because I did yesterday has really helped.

5. I take a gazillion vitamins a day to help keep me healthy... well... OK... I try to take them every day 2x a day... and I'd guess 2 days a week I probably "forget" or get too busy. But I'm trying :)

6. I've been trying really really hard to only weigh myself 1x a week (and am still trying to beat that obsession) and I started taking my measurements 2x a month so that i can have a 2nd way of seeing the changes my body may be making that the scale may not be showing :)

That is the basic of what I do... I'm sure there is more in there I could throw in. But I can't think of them right now because all i can think of is today. So I'm going to write another post for that. :)

Always,
Jules