Action encourages action – I need to remember that.

As I knew, I was out late last night with some friends. While my eating yesterday was pretty good and I did my workout, having drinks with friends is going to negate that progress. Not that I am going to give up on going out – but I will have to tweak the approach to limit myself to 2 drinks and stop there

I am going to a soccer watch party this afternoon and I plan on drinking the Non-alcoholic, 0 calorie beer. I plan on researching more non-alcoholic drinks to add to my repertoire

I also have to learn not to differentiate between the weekdays and the weekends – I give myself way more permission on a weekend to eat and drink more than I do during the week. Soon enough I will be retired (Aug 4) and there will be no distinction – I need to treat every day the same with the same opportunity ahead to make progress.

Today – eggs for breakfast, soup and salad for lunch, chicken for dinner. No biking today but will take my dog for a 5k walk to get some steps in. This afternoon I will plan for my week ahead – what my meals will look like and make the shopping list for tomorrow. If I miss this step, then I know everything is up for grabs!!

On a positive note, I did create a daily habit checklist and have been hitting the mark. This is 4 days in a row on setting myself up in the morning – lots to go for sure but the fact it is a Saturday and I am starting my day with a thought process for the day is progress in my mind!

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My reflection on above – I am just explaining what I did yesterday but not considering the choices I made. I have to actively choose to pick the route that takes me to weight loss or the route that takes me to the couch overweight. I need to choose today to stay on track with food and exercise – and I have that power of choice (I just need to choose to convince myself of that 🙂 )