Update on May goals

I looked back at my goals for this month, and decided to make some changes.

First I’ll pay more attention to them, because I’ve been paying too much attention to the scale and not enough attention to the rest. The scale has been quite annoying, because I promised myself that I would not get on it until the end of the month, and it’s still too easy to step on it every day, defining my mood according to the number. Grr. The one thing that helps is to wear clothes when I go in, because I religiously weigh in naked.

Additionally, I am still listening to the IOWL podcasts, and took a break, because I felt that the changes I was making were permanent. Now I know better. To lose over 100 pounds means big big changes in my permanent lifestyle, and I never knew the how miniscule an individual change can be.

Additionally, these changes are incremental. First I try a small thing for the first time, like eating 5 veggies a day. I did it once, then didn’t do it again until I got used to the idea. Then, slowly, I began doing it more often until it’s a regular practice, at least during the week. Now I get to start the process again to create this habit on weekends.

Funny, now that I think about my goals, I don’t really need to change anything except the scale and my expectations. I am giving up my goal tracking after doing it for over 2 weeks. Two weeks is enough.