Week 2 Goals

I was a little anxious tonight when I solidified my goals for week two. Which I'm taking as a good sign. It means I'm going to have to work hard this week to make them happen. And I'm okay with that.

So here's what's on tap for this week:
1. No Drinking- I actually went all last week without a drink and it was fine. Although I don't think I have a drinking problem, I do have an eating problem and when I drink, I tend to give myself permission to eat whatever I want and I can't have that going on right now. So, no drinking for another week.

2. No Eating Out. I'm really craving sushi right about now, and tonight I almost blew it, but thanks to my lover who went out and got salmon and other groceries to make dinner, we stayed in and we haven't broken our streak yet. So with that renewed sense of commitment, I'm sticking to the no going out to eat rule again this week. Especially because I'm going to NYC next week and I know it is unrealistic to think I can keep that up while I'm there. Sushi will have to wait until early February when I have a friend in town visiting.

3. Try Spin Class...Again. Spin class is guaranteed to kick my ass and I definitely need to work up some nerve to getting in a class. I know 100% that I will feel so much better once I do it, but it's so insanely hard and my friend is no longer the instructor, so it's a little intimidating. But, it's a goal of mine, and I'm hell bent on reaching these mini-goals, so it looks like I'm going to a spin class this week. If any of my friends in LA are reading this and interested in going, let me know :)

4. Get Out and Write- at least one night I will go to a coffee shop to do some writing. Time to catch up in my journal and on some letter writing. Plus, I like getting out of my apartment and being around other people.

5. Go to the Farmer's Market. One of the highlights of last week was when my team call ended early and we all agreed to step away from our computers. My twin had asked me to go and get her some clementines at the Santa Monica Farmer's Market and so I went and was totally blown away at the size of it- much larger than the times I've been on Saturdays. It was a great way to spend my lunch break- surrounded by good food and flowers and I got to be outside. I definitely plan on making this a regular thing for my lunchtime break.

So there are the five goals on deck for this week. I'm off to a great start already and feeling good about the week ahead.

One quick note. I had a loooooooong workday, but I realized last week that if I start off my Monday morning with a workout before starting to work for the day, it helps me stay grounded and gets my week off to a productive and helpful start with the whole working out and weight loss effort. So Susannah and I met along Ocean Ave. to do yoga while looking at the ocean.

Here was our view:




Not bad, huh? I love Santa Monica!

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Goals: Update

Earlier this week I set a handful of goals that I wanted to accomplish. Here's an update (and more):

1. I will start running again. Check. I ran not only once, but twice. I ran on Thursday and then again on Friday. Both days the runs went well, but my shins are (yet again) feeling bad. Today I am going to get yet another pair of sneakers and see if that'll do the trick.
2. I will make dinner at home at least four times this week. I only made dinner at home three times this week. Too many other social plans. Which helps me see that I need to cut back on planning things that revolve around food and plans which get me out of the house at dinnertime.
3. I will go to yoga twice. Check. Managed to make it to YAS for class on Tuesday and yesterday, Saturday.
4. I will have one "Molly Only" night. Nope, I didn't make this happen. Steve's been sick so he hasn't been going to class, and my twin got a gig in England for a year...so I've been trying to make the most of my time with her. Not really good excuses if you ask me. So another thing I need to make an effort to make happen in the upcoming week.
5. I will write in my journal about what I'm feeling and thinking and I will talk with Steve. Check. Although my conversation with Steve was dragged out over four different occasions, we both were able to get some things off our chest and get back on a good path. Which feels really good. I should still write more in my journal about it.

Then during my therapy session on Wednesday, I had a few more things to work on:
1. Behavioral Experiment- buy a pair of shorts and wear them. I know to some of you reading, this may not seem like a big deal. But for those of you who know me...can you remember a single time you saw me wear a pair of shorts? For most of you, probably not, for some of you, maybe not since 1999. Anyway, I did pick up a couple pair of shorts and wore them a little bit around the apartment on Friday and might just wear them out today kayaking.
2. Put some cliff bars (or other type of food that can help curb my hunger and prevent me from eating a less than ideal meal just because I'm starving) in my car and some of the common bags I carry around. "Just in case." I put two cliff bars in two different bags and in the glove compartment of my car. This way, if I'm starving and find that I'm about to make a decision because I'm starving and need to eat something right away, I can eat a cliff bar and ward off that nasty habit of mine.

And that's where things stand right now.

I'm leaving shortly to go kayaking for this morning. And then I'll reward all my hard work and activity by spending most of the afternoon doing nothing while sitting in a beach chair overlooking the ocean!

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