I would love to say I am starting over again and now really getting focused – but this is the point of this website. I do this all the time and don’t pause to tweak, to commit and review as to what is not working and what is.

I think I need to focus on daily habits and getting more specific on what it is I want to do each day that will lead me to weight loss and a healthier life. The habits I really want to work on include:

• having a list of go to food that I enjoy, that is easily available/made and that is in line with where I want to go in terms of clean eating and eating for weight loss. I don’t have it and have realized that in the first two weeks, I had the meal plan sorted each Sunday and in these last two weeks I have been too busy. This has to be a non-negotiable – planning for my food
• I let myself decide on my physical activity on a daily basis – today is it bodypump or cycling? I need to commit to a weekly routine and get on with it. I find I give myself too much discretion and then don’t end up doing anything versus just deciding and committing to getting it done. I do think I want to start to run again – it is just an easy one to get in regardless of travelling etc
• I need to increase my repertoire of healthy snacks – have premade fruit cut up and ready to go (seems weird but I would also like a small list of go to here so can shop and have it on the ready)
• I need to sit down with a tea in the evening and increase my focus on nonalcoholic drinks as my drink of choice.

All sounds easy but these are the habits I have at least told myself I have been chasing for some time – but I have never really committed on a daily basis to really developing these over the long run. I used to have these habits – call it 15 years ago – where physical activity was a need not a chore and drinking wine other than the weekend was not even a whisper of a thought. I can get back there – one day at a time and one week at a time – focus on the process and not the lbs. (but trust the lbs will follow!)

Today I plan on the following:

• yogurt and fruit for breakfast
• may need to buy a Farmboy salad for lunch
• I have turkey meatballs and sauce for dinner – will add soba noodles and a side salad
• I will buy a watermelon today and have that for a snack
• Pear and ricotta is also a nice snack
• Finally will make a new batch of maple, rosemary and cayenne nuts – nice little break

I will spend the afternoon planning for the week – time to get at this and start making my 1% change each day