Short posts for accomplishment sake

Day 1 of my new 21 with the caveat of simply logging into Weight Watchers. Mission Accomplished.

Day 1. A new, new beginning.

A new day. When i started this, i had no idea how difficult it would become. Now that i am several months one month and several restarts in, I have more empathy for people seemingly stuck in unproductive cycles. I have all the respurces a peraon could ask for, and yet, simply reccording data on a website consistently for 21 consecutive days eludes me. I cannot imagine what someone with a serious addiction or handicap of some type must go through when pursuing peraonal improvement.

These challenges have led to a mental re-tooling of this project. The goal is simply to do one thing consistently, for 21 consecutive days, and blog about it each day, which, technically, is two things. With that, as lame as it sounds, I am committing to merely opening the weight watcher site one time per day, between 9 and 10 AM. That’s it. Just opening it.

This approach is largely based on the Kaizen principles of small incremenral improvements.

Wish me luck. Here I go again.

New Beginnings

Time flies. It’s one of those phrases we all hear but we don’t listen to very well. I’m now two weeks into what is supposed to be a project that takes roughly three, and then changes to a new project. Even thought I’m only two weeks in, I’m learning a lot about perseverance. When I began this, my intent was two-fold. One, I needed a way to stick to Weight Watchers, and two, I wanted to test the truthiness of the 21 days idea. Neither of those things has occurred, but what has, is a deepening of my understanding of the importance of hanging in there.

I come from a somewhat, interesting background. One where I was never really encouraged to stick with anything. Consequently, I learned neither the intrinsic nor the personal value of seeing something through. I’ve been fortunate in that, I’m relatively good at seeing things through on the behalf of others, or out of survival (read: work). Seeing something of personal value through to the end remains elusive. This project is helping me to lift the veil on the face of tenacity, and I think she’s kinda cute. Due to that, my intent is to continue to plug away with this to the bitter end (which, in this case, would mean my untimely demise, because this is a habit I’m attempting to develop).

On to tomorrow.

Day 5 of 21

Only 2 points over my limit today. Given that this blog is about doing something consistently for 21 days, I’m counting recording my weight watcher’s points and updating the blog as important too. I find that just recording my progress/consumption on weight watchers motivates me to do it the next day, so I think this habit-forming idea may just be working.

Day 4 of 21

Made it through today with a point to spare. Still working on the power foods vs junk food. Bought stuff for lunch at the store today, so that should help. Pluggin on.

Day 2 of 21

This week’s lesson. Family get-togethers, while good for the spirit, can be bad for weight watchers. I was fortunate enough to attend my father-in-law’s 70th birthday. My wife, being the amazing daughter and partner she is, planned a fantastic birthday party for her dad. This party contained everything a birthday party should. Surprise, friends, memories, food, drink, and fun. Quite naturally, I was drawn to the food, drink, and fun. This led to overindulgence in all three. Sticking to this plan is not as simple as I’d thought it would be, but I’m determined to see it through.

I’ve been following weight watchers, but not by eating healthier so much. I need to add more healthy food rather than just eating crap foods within the points limit. I’m researching power foods tonight to get a better handle on my diet.

Day 1 of 21 Again

Cue the game-show whaaaaa-whaaaaa sound effect. Obviously no post yesterday, and a bad weight watcher’s week overall. That’s fine, I’m planning on staying true to the spirit of this project with no excuses, so here we are at day 1 again. Stay tuned true believers, I will make it through this.

In other news, I have ENTERED all my info into weight watchers, but, since this project is about doing something WITHOUT FAIL for 21 days, we’re back at the beginning.

Day 5 of 21

Quick post for the sake of upkeep. Day 5 was a success. Only 45 of my 48 points, didn’t venture into Xtras! Yep. Dat’s right.

Day 4 of 21

The practice continues, if not the progress. Made it through day four, tracking intact. Went a bit overboard on lunch, but I’m thinking I probably overestimated on some of the points. The point is to track and follow, so I’ve completed another day of tracking. I am, however, down to 4 spare points for the week, with 3 days remaining, so I’ll have to really discipline myself over the next 3 days without cheating. In any case, Day 4 complete, one more red X added to the header graphic. Woot!

Day 3 of 21 Blam

Made it through Day 3. It’s interesting, wasn’t that hungry today. Probably would have come in under, but I had a couple of beers. Those suck up the points something fierce. Either way, success by 21days standards. Woot!