Life Challenge #2

My first life change to get my self on some sort of sleep schedule gave me real a sense of accomplishment this past week. Now that I have eradicated the bedtime extremes, that left me feeling foggy most of the time, I am ready to tackle a new challenge. As a matter of fact there are so many changes that I want to make, that I found it really hard to pick the next one. I am so hungry for results that it was tempting to just give myself an overhaul between now and Friday. Lose 10 pounds, eat healthier, reintroduce my lazy butt to exercise, cross train for a marathon, deep clean the basement, reorganize my pantry, clean my closets let go of my size 0,1, &2 skinny clothes once and for all, chose a new career path, apply at a temp agency to explore the possibilities, bake a few batches of intricately iced and sugared fall shaped sugar cookies for my brother to take to the fire house, winterize my home to reduce our heating bills, and find a way that I can personally add to the reduction of globally warming…

Ok, maybe that is a little too ambitious, but now that I have taken the first step, I am clearer on the direction that I want to go with this journey. ((Reminding myself that Rome was not built in a day. Baby steps Loren. Baby steps…))

So, my goal for this week may seem meager in comparison to the list above, but I think it will help keep me on track as I do begin to tackle tougher challenges. This week, between now and Sunday I am going to eat the same way that I have been eating, but with a slightly different spin. Rather than breakfast at noon, whatever I can get my hands on at 3 pm as my blood sugar drops, and a dinner that may happen anytime between 5 pm and 9 pm, I am going to have scheduled eating times. I am going to scatter the usual amount of food that I normally eat through out the day, so I will be eating smaller portions more frequently. I am hoping that this will help fuel my body consistently, so I am more energetic throughout the day. I weighed myself and took my measurements this morning and I think it will be interesting to track how my life changes effect my body.

At 7 am, I woke up to the scent of cinnamon and apples wafting through the air from my crock pot. At 8 am breakfast was McCann's Original Steel-Cut Irish Oatmeal, with apples and cinnamon that had simmered on low through out the night. The coffee pot came on automatically at 7:30 giving me no excuse to duck out of my commitment to succeed.

The rest of my day will look like this:

10:00 Am Light Snack (Dairy)
12:00 Lunch (Chicken al la chase casserole pulled from the freezer and fall roasted
Vegetable medley
2:00 Pm Light Snack (Dairy)
4:00 Pm (Glass of milk, juice, fruit or veggie)
5:30 Pm Dinner (No idea what it will be)
7:30 PM (Yogurt or milk)