I know, I am way behind on this.  It is almost time for me to check-in for Week 3!  I have made some adjustments as I have gone along.  My purpose for doing this is to establish lifelong habits that will lead to a healthier me and ultimately a healthier family as they follow my example.  My children are imitators – they learn by watching and following others.   In more areas than just food, they will follow where I lead them.  So here’s how the last two weeks went:

Week 1:  I did great! It was very very hard at times, because I really wanted a soda in the afternoon!  And I am extremely fond of sweet tea.  The other hard part was drinking enough water! I have gotten so accustomed to drinking flavored drinks that it will take me a while to appreciate the taste of water again. But I did it!

Week 2:  Well . . . I didn’t do so great.  Not horrible, but not as great as week one.  I did give in a little . . .

So where am I at now?  I will be posting (hopefully on Monday) how my third week went.  Through these few weeks I have been reviewing what I really want this habit to look like.  I am working on establishing lifetime habits and so at this point, I have revised it so that it is something do-able for me. 

Daily

• one glass of juice in the morning mixed in with my liquid vitamin
• one - two cups of hot tea a day (breakfast and/or evening)
• one cup of coffee (during my Bible Study)
• 6-8 glasses of water
• glass of low-fat milk

Weekly

• an occasional soda or tea with a meal (working on keeping this at once a week) You know some foods are just better with a Coke, like Mexican or pizza ;-)

So I think this is very workable for me and still eliminates a huge area for me . . .drinking sodas or tea at random times during the day and therefore not drinking nearly enough water.  On Monday I will post my new healthy habit that I will be working on and also let you know how my third week went :)

I desire to LIVE HEALTHY, not only for myself, but for my family.  I want to model a healthy lifestyle for my children, so they can grow up and know what it is to live healthy and already have those habits formed in them.  So, I have decided I am going to let you all in on the journey :)  Sometimes I look at myself and see so many things that I want to change, but I have come to realize that I do much better working on one thing at a time.   (And I am able to stick with it!)  I’ve heard it said a few times that it takes around 3 weeks to change a habit.  So I am going to be working in three week increments.  I will be working on a habit for three weeks, checking in on Mondays to let you know how I did (accountability is a good  thing!).  After the three weeks I will move on to the next habit that I would like to change, keeping up with the previous ones.  First off I am going to change what I drink.  I like sugar.  I love sweet tea and soda. :( And I definitely don’t drink enough water.  So my goal for the next three weeks, (and forever) is to seriously change what I drink.  Here’s what it will look like:

• one glass of juice in the morning mixed in with my liquid vitamin
• one - two cups of hot tea a day (breakfast and/or evening)
• one cup of coffee (during my Bible Study)
• 8 glasses of water

And that’s it!  That’s what I will be working on these next few weeks.  How about you? Are there any unhealthy habits you want to work on in the next three weeks?