be healthier

I have been sick the last week or so and have really struggled with doing the things I need to do for a healthier me. Eating, yeah sometimes. Walking, uhm… only when threatened.

I know this is a process, but these days I feel like I know what needs to be done, but life keeps getting in my way.

Pesky life.

It’s been a rough week or so for me. Dental work, exams, and work deadlines have come together to form the perfect storm of stress over me. Through it all, one thing has become glaringly evident. I am not getting enogh sleep. In the last two weeks I have been averaging around five hours a night. Things have gotten so bad that I have become almost non-fuctional. I am forgetting things and have become very foul tempered. Something has to give.

Given my current state of affairs I have decided to take the next week and focus on one thing only. Sleep. At least seven hours of it. Every night, with no more excuses. No more laptop in bed. No more trying to cram in a few more pages of reading at midnight.

If I want to be healthy, I have to have a consistant sleep schedule.

This week is going to be the new hotness. I could talk about last week, but it sucked and I don’t wanna. Okay, so I’ll say something. I walked everyday and I only ate out twice.

Out with the old and in with the new is what I always say. And since I am notorious for making grand plans that last all of 15 minutes, I have decided to keep it simple.

1. I am going to cook dinner at home every night this week. I have planned my menus and done my shopping. Barring acts of God or a Lost marathon, there is no reason why I should eat out this week. None.
2. I am going to walk everyday. No exceptions.
3. Fitday everyday. I am not going to freak out about calories, I just want to diligently record what I am eating. I need to know where I am going wrong before I can make changes.
4. Meditate at least 4x this week.

I ate reasonably well and I walked most days, but I had my first panic attack in months today. I also noticed that when I had to eat out (birthday dinner) I ate too much.

• log all my food & exercise in Fitday
• walk everday, even if it is just for a few minutes
• portion control

I always try to do too much at once and end up worse off than when I started. So now I am going to baby step things and try to change one thing a week.

This week is breakfast. I am going to eat breakfast everyday. I’m even going to try and make it a healthy breakfast.