[Day 2] Bad start

Posted on February 3, 2016

Today was not a good day. I had nothing planned this morning so I felt really bad. I am not ready for such a change, I don't know what I was thinking ^^. Yesterday I was like "Let's go!!!" and today I was more like "Wait a minute... what am I doing? Ôo".

I had things in mind, but nothing on paper. I woke up early... and then I didn't know what to do. "Maybe I should eat first?" "What should I eat?" "What if I do too much noise working out early/the micro wave makes too much noise/the shower makes too much noise?" "Maybe I should work out later when my work is done because I will lose time"... 4 "what if" and 5 "maybe" later, I just felt really overwhelmed and I had done nothing...

So I basically did nothing today... At one point, I felt so bad that I didn't even care about my food because I "had to" do other stuff because I was late hesitating (I ate junk food, not proud) *_*.

And on top of that, I felt really tired and disappointed.

BUT that's okay. It happens, I have to move on, it is just the beginning.

This evening I will finish my work, eat well, do the 7 minute workout and plan things for the month. I have found cute printable to organize all I have in mind.

Today was not a good day UNTIL NOW :)!

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LilyN

02/03/2016 9:34AM

Planning and prepping are so important for me, if I have time to think, I talk myself out of exercising/eating right. For exercise, I prep by sleeping in work out clothes and picking out my clothes for the day the night before. In the morning, it's basically brush my teeth, go work out, shower and change into the outfit I picked. I've been a little off the past couple days, not cooking what I'd planned and not deciding what to do during my workout the night before. Today, I'm going to prep my food for tomorrow and plan my work out before I go to sleep.

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Lavender

Thank you for your ideas! I will definitely prep my work out clothes, it will be motivating. And keep it up with the planning! :)

PDXJael

02/03/2016 8:51AM

Planning is work too! Great that you found a printable. :) Maybe even instead of your next workout time you can take time to plan what you will do next time you feel how you did this morning. What will you eat for a healthy breakfast next time? Do you have something handy or do you need to grab it from the store? What will you do if you think your workout will be too loud? Do you have a quick 10-15 minute body weight routine you can do quietly on a yoga mat or towel (squats, lunges, planks, etc.)? There have been quite a few scientific studies recently that say that making decisions is an exhausting process (as you felt today) and so you need to give yourself quick easy pre-set options the next time you're at a cross roads. You can do this!

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Lavender

Thank you, the questions you ask were helpful for planning so I started by making a list of questions that need answering first. I think this way I will have a lot of options :)

Brandy I.

02/03/2016 8:30AM

Keep your head up and stay as positive as possible. Our negative thoughts is what got us to where we are right now, so turning them in to positive motivating thoughts will get us where we need to be. You know what you need to do. Take little steps each day. Don't try to do a total 180 in the beginning or else you are setting yourself up for failure! We are all in this together! Have a great day!!

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Lavender

Thank you! You are right, step by step with a positive attitude is the right way to do it, I will keep that in mind! :D

Cheryl R.

02/03/2016 8:18AM

We're going to have good days and bad days, just don't let the bad days derail you from your ultimate healthy goals. Allow yourself to feel sad and disappointed every so often, then pick yourself right back up the next day! Keep going, do not give up, you got this!!!

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Jean

Totally awesome post. I love how you identified what went wrong and why. I think you'll nail this soon!Most effective thing I've done with meals is 1) Have a small breakfast. If your cutting calories significantly, you'll need SOMETHING in the morning so your body has something to run on, moreso than you did when you ate "normally". 2) Do dinner for lunch. Honestly, how does it make any sense to eat no/light breakfast/lunch then have a big dinner? Dinner occurs 4 hours before bed! Have your big meal of the day for lunch, then nibble on dinner. Otherwise you'll get hungry, and cranky, and be hungry and cranky your ENTIRE day, then gorge around dinner and snacks because you just don't care anymore.

Lavender

Thank you :) I will follow your advices! It is true that I wait until the evening to eat dinner with my bf, so I tend to eat too much because of that. On top of that, I am afraid to eat too much during the day, waiting for dinner... It makes no sense! So dinner for lunch seems a very good idea! :D