In honor of the Grand ReOpening I’m digging back into some of my favorite posts. This one is especially important to me because it’s turned into the guiding engine of this site. Beginning Monday we’ll get back into using these themes for discussion each weekday:
We need to decide what we want (a vision.) Decide how to do it – the steps (a plan.) Make working on the project a priority (a commitment.) Review our goals and plans everyday (an affirmation.) And do something everyday toward those goals (action.)
Here’s my personal checklist:
A Vision: I want to lose enough weight that I don’t have to take Diabetes medication everyday.
A Plan: I’m not going to eat between meals & I’m not going to take seconds. And I’ll weigh myself everyday.
A Commitment: When I make new plans (entertainment for example) I’ll make sure they don’t collide with or impede my goals.
An Affirmation: I will review my goals and write them out everyday.
Action: Just 4 Today I’m NOT going to eat between meals and I’m NOT going to take seconds.
The focus here at Eat4Today is often on the Action element. “What are you going to do today?” I ask. But, those other steps are always lurking in the background. The full question should be, “What are you going to do today to succeed in your goal?“
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Just for today – and as long as possible:
A Vision: I will lose enough 15 pounds so that I feel as good as I can every morning when I wake up – physically – and emotionally because I will have achieved this personal goal.
A Plan: I am going to begin Weight Watchers (on-line…where I am so much of each day) and eat smart…watching and acknowledging everything I put in my mouth each day, and exercising a miniumum of 1 hour five times a week.
A Commitment: I am starting to work toward this vision today, Sunday, June 15th (Happy Father’s Day to all the guys!) and will stick to it until I have reached my goal of 15 pounds of weight loss. I will then make a new committment to keep those pounds away by living and eating healthy.
An Affirmation: I will review my goal every morning and tally my achievement every night, reaffirming my commitment each morning.
Action: Just 4 Today I’m NOT going to eat “fillers” (carbs and sweets) when the “need” arises.
And so it begins. I promise!!!!
Okay, I’m not quite sure how this works. Do I have to do all the steps at once or can I work into it?
Because I have started one of the steps, I think.
I pounded a nail in the wall opposite my treadmill and hung up an outfit that is one size down from where I am now. As I walk, I envision myself wearing that outfit.
Once I get into that I plan on changing to the next size down. No big steps, just a bunch of little ones. I figured that way I wouldn’t be overwhelmed with how far I have to go.
Although I must say the look on my guys face when he saw that nail pounded in the wall almost made me fall of the treadmill. If Frankenstein had been talking a walk with me he couldn’t have been more horror-stricken.
I told him to get over it. A little Spackle and a touch of paint and it’ll disappear like it never was. Priorities baby, priorities!
Perfect, Marge!
One step at a time is great…as long as we all finish the walk.
I love your description of your guy’s face…mine would do the same thing. But imagine his face when he sees you in each of those outfits!