I was getting ready for work this morning and forgot to do my food list for the day. I guess most of you don’t know what my food list is all about. I start by writing down all of the food I plan to eat during the day. I plan on eating my daily allowance of food and try not to deviate from my list. There is a second column next to my food list which is where I put all of the food I eat throughout the day that was not planned, whether it was an unexpected piece of candy, gum or even cake. Even an unplanned trip to a restaurant gets logged. This keeps me honest with myself and allows me to more closely monitor my progress. If I see a dramatic weight gain or loss I can look back and see where I went wrong or what I may have done right to achieve the weight change.
I stopped my program recently and noticed that I was rather quick to put a few pounds back on and I think that when we lose weight, we seem to do it methodically, we follow techniques that provide results but we don’t make those techniques part of our lives. Once the goal is reached or we feel better about ourselves, we tend to kick back into old school mode and we eat ourselves fat again. What I am trying to do is get used to this list making and exercise routine and I am trying to make it a habitual part of my life. Putting the food I eat in writing and making the list adjustable helps me to see my progress and helps me “road map my success”.
We get lost in our lives when we don’t follow a map, sometimes it’s a good thing most of the time it is not! I have my workout routines, which alternate, written down for me to follow. They are there to provide me with the “road map” I need to reach my fitness goal. I have my food list to provide me with the “road map” I need to get to where I want to be with my nutrition and my weight loss. I have a road map spiritually as well. What are some of the tools you use in your own journey that can be described as road maps?
Do you have a “road map” to assist you in your relationships? Do you have a list of the qualities you look for in a mate? Do you have a routine written down that helps you get to your goal professionally? Spend some time today looking and assessing your “road maps” and see if they are taking you to the right place?
I was, back in the earlier days of the blog, posting the foods I was eating and making them public for everyone to judge and discuss. I stopped because I began to see, at that point, that we are ALL different and what is working for me might not work for you. I eat a lot of yogurt, A LOT OF YOGURT. I am the Michael Weston of Chesnee SC (I eat a lot of yogurt), but a lot of you might not be able to physically handle the amount of yogurt I digest. I also eat a lot of bananas, to the debate of hundreds; nonetheless I eat lot of bananas. I also eat about a third of the US consumption of Tuna and roughly my own body weight in eggplant each month and a trees worth of pecans a month. I am assuming that right about now some of your stomachs are turning but I like what I like and it is all helping me to lose a great deal of weight. I still keep track, I just don’t make it public. This is a good example of how the wrong “road map” can almost get you lost. My private list helps me to see what I am eating that helps me to see what is making me feel better. There are a number of different advantages to keeping a food list and I highly suggest that everyone use a food list as one of your “road maps” on this journey. Keep it with you and keep writing in it as you eat, not just when you pack your food for the day.
This is something that is working for me and I hope it helps you this week.
Thanks again for all the great BD wishes! I had a blast!!!
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