March was busy and rather hedonistic. My April goals are all about self care, but it's the kinds I find challenging, so I may be aiming higher than I can actually go. But I'm just going to see what I can accomplish!
1. Eat super healthy for the first two weeks (including NO drinking), practice moderation the rest of the month (ie, no drinking or pigging out except for special occasions, and "I had a hard day at work" isn't a special occasion).
Here's my version of healthy eating (everyone has different goalposts, I know):
A. Breakfast will be just fresh fruit.
B. Lunch and dinner will be healthy whole foods, which for me means no fake meats & cheeses, no white flour, no pasta, no processed potato products (basically no Ore Ida or Lays products!). Whole wheat bread is OK. White rice is OK. C. Limited sugar if part of recipes, but no candy, sweetened juices, etc.
D. No alcohol and no sodas. Coffee is OK.
E. Some snacking is OK but it has to fit in the parameters of the diet.
2. Continue harmonica every day. I started this in March and only missed 5 days.
3. Do extra activity every day, and do more than I did last month. (Longer walks, more bike rides, etc.)
4. Limit screen time, and find other things to do when I feel like vegging out. I have the kids, puzzles, adult coloring books, my harmonica, books, the nice weather hopefully soon ... there is no excuse! I'll use the computer for budgeting, menu planning, scheduling, catching up on news and a bit of socializing (such as checking in here), and I'll watch TV if it's to sit down and watch a specific movie or episode, but no just having it on all the time, or surfing mindlessly. (This will be hard because I use mindless TV to get sleepy every night, and I spend a ton of time surfing the interwebs.)
Yesterday went well:
Breakfast was banana, pineapple, canteloupe, honeydew and grapes. Lunch, two pieces of whole wheat toast with natural peanut butter. Dinner, hoppin John (blackeye peas & brown rice) and roasted cabbage. Snacks: pineapple, apple, and a Naked kale juice blend.
I played my harmonica and got a bit of extra exercise (walking half a mile instead of taking the second bus to daycare).
I did use my phone to surf while on buses, and I used my work downtime to go on Facebook etc. quite a bit. But once I got home, I didn't use the internet, and while the TV was on for others, I didn't watch it and worked on a 3D puzzle instead. I picked out a book to read and will also put one in my backpack so I read on the bus instead of get on my phone.
So far so good!
April goals: health and moderation
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Yes to health! Yes to moderation! I've been sedentary (well, I'm just emerging from survival mode/recovery mode). My goals for April: fruit smoothies for breakfast, at least one salad for either lunch or dinner, whole foods and baked snacks. It is unrealistic for me to think that I will make it to the Y, but I will at least walk the dogs at least once a day for a decent walk (.34 miles around my subdivision). Trying to limit screen time, too! And prioritize commitments (outdoor Club soccer practice starts on Monday, and the calendar is kind of scary to me) and encourage proactivity in daughter for making career goals for herself (rather scary for her - but she needs to come up with a plan that works for her). So those are my roughly sketched goals. Maybe this will morph to a post of my own, rather than a comment on yours.
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