- Weight: 125.2 lbs.
- Workout B: 18 minutes, 0 seconds
- Total inches: 118.2
- Protein: 193 g (75 g over target)
- Calories: 2,410
Modern folklore says it takes 3 weeks to make a new habit.
My new habits include …
- hitting the scale each morning, then rushing to the computer to type it in before I forget the readout;
- drinking a lot more milk, mostly in protein shake form;
- taking half-naked photos of myself;
- psyching myself up before workouts (never did that before doing treadmill);
- measuring my body parts;
- evaluating each portion of food for calorie and protein content;
- planning my eating so I hit my daily goals, rather the much simpler hunger-based pattern;
- fretting about the numbers;
- thinking ahead to the next workout day;
- buying a lot more bananas, milk, chicken and potatoes;
- and learning to enjoy the weird routine.
The success of implementing the habits came from good preparation, small steps and changes and daily reinforcement through charting and blogging. Had I not done all of these things, I believe I would not be in the swing of the routine.
Here’s to finding new ways to live and grow.
You know those scales are light and small enough that you could probably move it closer to your computer… Just a thought. Unless the dash from door to door is part of your new routine, too….
I’d really just like to have the scale send the data wirelessly to my computer/Google spreadsheet. Because I am that lazy.
Project Bulk: Day 19: The new routine. http://t.co/vpCnejx5
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