Progress, Not Perfection

1. I’m eating much healthier, except for snacking. I carry healthy snacks and eat them but sometimes sugar overwhelms my mind and I end up with a candy bar.
2. I would say this part is complete. I’m going to the gym at my school and I love it. I’ve been doing cardio 4 times a week, strength training twice a week.
3. My internet hours have gone down since I started school simply because I don’t have the time for it anymore. I feel like at home I’ve been cutting down significantly.
4. This week was the craziest week ever in the history of having this job, but I feel like I held it together alright. Could always be better though.

1. My eating habits (I eat way too much sugar)
2. My physical activity level (I get none of it)
3. My internet habits (way too many hours)
4. My temper at work (I work in a preschool and lately have been on the end of my rope with the children. Also with some coworkers)

1. I’ve limited myself to one ice cream a week and so far I’ve been pretty good about it. I’ve been putting less sugar on my cereal and in my coffee. I’m taking little steps for sure.
2. This I haven’t been doing much on. I was meaning to start walking home from work but I’ve been so busy it hasn’t worked out…
3. I have a thing on my computer that forces to take a 10 minute break every 30 minutes. I’ve been listening to it more. yay!
4. I feel much better on this one since I had a vacation. I’ve been asking for help from coworkers when I can’t handle a situation with a child without stressing out. Breathing more helps.

1. My eating habits (I eat way too much sugar)
2. My physical activity level (I get none of it)
3. My internet habits (way too many hours)
4. My temper at work (I work in a preschool and lately have been on the end of my rope with the children. Also with some coworkers)

I’ll start with 4, I can get too overly ambitious sometimes. Steps I’m taking:
1. I’ve started counting calories, starting to realize how many are in the sugary things I love. Lost weight already, just paying attention to what I’m eating. Now I’ll keep it at my 1700 Calories a day goal and when I can maintain that easily, add more healthy foods, subtract some junk.
2. I’m going to start walking home from work (45 minute up-hill walk) and when I start school in the fall I’m going to join the school’s gym and work out during my 4 hour break between classes. I have faith in myself in this one because when I had a membership at a gym right by my work once, I went all the time.
3. I’ve recently completed my first goal-always get ready for the day before going online. Now I’ll keep it a habit while creating a new one-always turning my computer off at 10pm on weeknights.
4. I think my first step needs to be to take a deep breath and realize when I need to step away. This is so wrong of me but there is this one specific child that gets on my last nerve every time I see her and I feel like I’m always telling her to stop doing something. I need to sit down with her and give her positive feedback. Have a conversation with her, give her a hug. I also need to breath and enjoy my job like I used to.