We all have good days and bad days. When the “bad” days start to be a little too frequent it’s a good time to reevaluate what you’re doing wrong and what you’re doing right. It doesn’t help to dwell on the bad day.
Today was one of my bad days because I didn’t eat full meals so I was really “snacky”. Snacky = a problem for me every time. So, it’s noted. I need to eat a real breakfast – NOT in 2 or 3 mini parts, a real lunch – not some random leftovers and crackers and a real snack if I’m hungry – not a handful of chips here and there, Halloween candy, plus other random things…
Okay. Now that we’ve all learned my lesson I can move on to this weeks: Start, Stop and Keep. My start,stop,keep for this week is really similar to last week since I’m trying to build on my successes and strengthen my weakness…
Start: Brushing my teeth BEFORE making lunches (so I don’t snack while putting trail mix in baggies)
Stop:Weighing myself for a week
Keep: Taking 30 minutes to unwind when I get home
Do you have a Start, Stop, Keep that you need to work on this week?
Dinner was acorn squash with a “fancy” salad. I think salads are fancy when they include cranberries, cheese and nuts like mine did 🙂 
I roasted the acorn squash with salt, maple syrup and *cinnamon. It came out just okay. Hmmmm. I don’t know what I’m going to do with the rest…
In one of my nutrition classes I’m learning about” Functional Foods“. *Cinnamon is a great functional food. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-clotting properties. This may help in heart disease, arthritis and asthma.
The R.D. who teaches the course recommends 1/2 tsp of cinnamon a day. I love it in coffee, oatmeal, on toast and adding it to the batter of cake and cookies!
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I LOVE CINNAMON. It always makes me glad to hear about all the good things it is doing for my body, too. Anytime I have oatmeal there is some cinnamon involved. Always.
I would like to start going to bed earlier and stop drinking iced tea everyday!
The nice thing about going to bed at the end of the day is that if you’ve had a bad day, you wake up the next morning with a clean slate.
After I take my exam this afternoon, I’m going to Start concentrating on my writing again.
I’d like to Stop at least half of my sugary snacks.
I’d like to Keep my workout schedule.
Thanks for the cinnamon info, that’s interesting! Are you getting a nutrition degree?
Sarah, no I’m getting a certification in Nutrition for optimum health and wellness.
Great goals! I want to Start eating more fruits, Stop trying to convince my taste buds into anything other than what I really want, and Keep eating these delicious cookies from Holly’s blog 🙂
i think i would like to get used to coming up with this each week with you. so my START: doing some yoga daily because i have to start teaching my class in 1 week and i can’t just think i’ll wing it. i need to rock it!!
STOP: procrastinating on finding a supplemental OT job and calling about a couple important things. i just need to do it it isn’t going away!!
KEEP: up the amazing work with eating. i have been eating very balanced and it is showing in my physical and mental abilities!!
Thank you for this exercise. i’m excited to see where i am next sunday and set my new goals!!
Kasondra – great goals. I love how they are all positive, yet moving you forward 🙂