Sunday Reaffirmation

Sunday is my prep day. I went grocery shopping to get everything I needed to stay on track. I am still amazed at how quick I get through the grocery store now that the majority of my time is spent in produce, meat, and dairy. I also scaled back quantity since I noticed quite a bit of food went bad from the last grocery run. This week will be a busy one, so it's going to be simple meals all around. Not getting fancy in the kitchen this week! 

I've been meaning to do this for awhile, but I finally went through all my old magazines ripping out recipes to try before throwing them away. I am not one for eating the same thing day after day, week after week. It makes me feel like I'm trapped in a "diet" and the quickest way to have me grabbing something unhealthy.

I also started thinking about the week ahead and how I'm going to make this week better than the last. Just the fact that I'm not sick has already surpassed all expectations, but I wanted to reset myself on what I am trying to accomplish. So I am going to start picking 3 things on Sunday to be extra diligent on for the week. Some may be repeats, but if I focus on a small chunk each week, eventually those will become habit and I can pick new things to focus on. 

Here's the 3 for this week:

1. Drinking 128oz of water daily. Why 128oz? 64 oz is the bare minimum, it doesn't take into account being active. In taking with friends, trainers, and my own research it seems like I've heard a gallon a day or half your body weight in ounces. Half my body weight is 120oz (lucky me! not) , but I'm not even trying to count that. It's four fills of the Nalgene bottle above, which happens to be 128 oz or a gallon :)

2. Packing my lunch M-F. I have some dinners planned this week, so there is no reason for me to be eating out lunches too and going way over my calories. 

3. Workout 5 times this week. Right now I am aiming for 2 lifts and 3 cardio sessions.

If all else fails or the world ends, if I have done these 3 things, it is a good week. Next Sunday, I'll reflect, tweak, and start all over again. I'm officially ready to make this week great because I can handle 3 things, I multi-task for a living. 5am comes early, bed time for this girl!