Setting daily outcomes
Just catching up after v. busy week - school trip went well, all arrangements fell into place, no disasters, and the kids themselves were well-behaved and sensible (or at least, in front of me). Am feeling absolutely shattered, but also lacking in exercise, so am about to catch up on yesterday's workout. We walked a fair bit on Thurs and Fri, but it's not the same as working up a full on sweat.
I was thinking about the thing about setting daily outcomes - over the years, I have become pretty focused - and I do think setting goals is really important - but equally important is making sure you celebrate them when you've achieved them. Giving yourself rewards - a new pair of jeans, a night out, a day of just total vegging - is a real incentive to hit your own targets. The other thing I'd say is you have to make sure that the goals and targets really are yours - not ideas you've got from a magazine or what your husband/best friend/sister tells you should be your goal. My trigger for taking my body more seriously was health and fears for my health. I couldn't ignore the mounting evidence about things like diabetes, cancers and heart disease. Taking unnecessary risks with my health seemed increasingly silly given how a little bit of discipline and effort could turn things around. That was all fine, but working out the logistics in terms of shorter-term goals has been tougher - not impossible, but tougher.
Tomorrow is no-car day in Brussels - we'll wander the streets, pick up some UK sunday papers, and hopefully, take them down to the Grand Place and sit in the sunshine with a glass of wine and a few moules. It's time after a really hectic start to the school year to take a deep breath and regroup, ready for the autumn.
You really are talking sense about rewarding yourself and making the rewards personal. You have so embraced the programme and I think you are a super star.
I love the sound of no car day. Can you bring it over here please???
Take good care and stay in touch
Pete