This month of December is full of building (rebuilding) healthy habits! I started with tracking my food ad drinking water at first. But then last week I added a new one! The questions is how did I do?
I continued tracking my food. I'm back in the grove and it has truly become a habit for me to track every bite I eat. I feel happy with my assessment that it was time to add a new habit!
My new habit was to keep my calories/points at a good level in order to lose weight. first day of tracking was ROUGH. I was honestly trying to eat right and keep my points low..but that first day I was 6 points over! Eii Yii Yii! Luckily we have those weekly points to allow us to 'live a bit!" But the other days, I was able to eat pretty decently and had no issues staying within my points. Ok, lets be honest, I WANTED desserts. I WANTED more food! I WANTED to eat junk food. But I didn't! I've kept my eating right where it needs to be!
My other original healthy habit......drinking 64 ounces of water. What in the world? This one is SOOO difficult! I struggled. Oh, I freely admit that I struggled! BUT, slowly...surely I managed to start to bring it back around. By the end of last week, I was getting my 64 ounces of water. I was chugging the last 8 ounces at hte end of the day sometimes, but I was doing it! I had to default to putting some flavor packs in my water (which I try to limit) but I got it! This habit is far from set in stone. But I finally feel as if I have taken a step in the right direction!
So how is my weight doing?
I honestly have no clue! I weighed myself on Monday, the first day I started to try to eat the proper amount of points/calories. I have not weighed myself since then. Part of that is due to convenience. I've been showering in the hall bathroom....my scales are in the master bath. But a bigger part is that I haven't felt the need. I know that my eating over my birthday weekend was horrible...so I know that on Tuesday and Wednesday and maybe even Thursday my weight was still trying to regulate after that. I didn't want to see a higher number. I didn't want to be demoralized! So I have stayed away from the scales. Maybe next week! :-)
Christmas is around the corner. I'm as ready as I'm going to be. Dinner on Christmas Day should be low key and not too big, which should help with my eating! And if it does go a little crazy, well that's ok also. It's only one day....one meal. Meanwhile we had an ice storm....but no snow. Will we have a white christmas? It remains to be seen!
