One small change

[wittyandwaiting]

Hello All,
I feel a work in progress, which is great and I'm always making changes or fine-tuning things to be the best version of me. Lately I've been working on making little changes towards meeting my goals. I'm not sure if anybody else is working on anything right now but I thought it be nice to have a place to share what our one small change may be.



If you're with me, feel free to join in otherwise I'll just be periodically posting in this thread by myself.

ETA: feel free to post multiple or big changes here too!

[wittyandwaiting]

So right now I'm working on cutting back on my sugar intake. Last week I cut the sugar I add to my tea in half and this week I'm cutting it in half again. One day down.

[esquette]

I'm working on getting 3-4 days of cardiovascular exercise per week! Also, trying not to be owned by my diet coke cravings.

[JustJudy]

Right now I'm working on getting a full 10,000 steps a day at the very least 5 days a week.

[officerofthelaw]

I am working on budgeting at the grocery store better. I know that seems silly but when I go to the grocery store, I don't go with a plan and end up spending up to $400.00 on items. So the other day I made a list and I stuck to the list for the most part and only spent $150.00 which is really good for me.

[Stringy]

I've been cutting way down on carbs and trying to up the exercise.

[twotxmommies]

cutting down on salt and downing the water. its getting too hot here and the swelling is in full force this week! :/

[RM80]

I've been focused on water intake, I'm horrible. But I'm steadily getting my 64oz/day and some days more!

[kona]

I'm trying to read a book a week. I find that the hardest part is to find books that I want to read.

[wittyandwaiting]

As I type this I am drinking my tea with NO SUGAR! I realized that I was only using half a packet at work and then I felt bad about wasting it, you know, when I could be sending it to starving children halfway around the world, so I decided to just forego the sugar and it's been fine so I'm checking that off my list.

I can't figure out what I want to work on next....I'll decide my the end of the weekend. Hope you're all doing well with your small changes this week.


kona - My local library has a thing called The Book Genie and if you go through a questionnaire and list some books that you loved and books that you hated they send you a list of 10 books to check out in 2-3 days. I always have good experiences with that - maybe your library has something similar? Also, sometimes I go on Amazon and look at books that I liked to see what comes up as related.

RM80 - Way to go with the water; what has worked for you to help you increase your intake?

twotxmommies - I found that having an abundance of fresh and dried herbs helped me cut salt a few years back; the only thing I add salt to now is egg yolks and water for pasta.

Stringy - I really love carbs. Have you noticed any crankiness cutting back? I think that needs to be my next project.

officerofthelaw - Totally not silly at all! I found that I had huge savings when I started menu planning and making a list. Now I get competitive with myself about saving money...I'm also all about couponing. If I lived in the US I might be an extreme couponer (without the stockpile) but it's not possible to do that in Canada. (Sad story right megd893?).

JustJudy - How's it going with all the steps this week? That's a great goal!

esquette - How's the cardio going?

[JustJudy]

Well, of course I woke up yesterday with a cold, blarg! But I got them done the rest of the week so I'm feeling pretty good. It helped to know I had made a commitment out loud instead of just in my head.

[RM80]

I got a new cup for my desk at work that's 24 oz, so 3 fills gets me there! I try to drink 1 in the am, one at lunch, and one in the afternoon!

[kona]

I made it a point to hit the library after work Friday. I'm not sure we have a Genie at our library but I will try the Amazon trick. Thanks wittyandwaiting,