Revisiting daily goals

Going over my daily goals to evaluate and pick things I want to work on more. My comments in italics, my DO-list in bold.

It is really easy to be hard on myself and focus on what I have not been doing as well as I want to... Now that I have re-hashed this list, it is obvious to me that even though I coulda/shoulda/woulda be further along, I have made solid steps in the right direction. I'm okay with "Two steps forward, one step back" as long as I am not bogging myself down by losing sight of the fact that this is what is happening.

0) Shop for food twice a week. (new goal I made up right now)
My diet goes to hell when I run out of good stuff to eat. bad bad baaaaad.
Start buying food regularly

1) Read labels. If you are eating something packaged, read the label. If you don't know what it is, don't eat it. Aim to eat mostly whole foods.
I have bought a lot fewer processed foods... I still bought salami last time I was at costco.
Am on track, will keep getting better over time.


2) Eat breakfast. The fog you are experiencing could be because of what you are eating early in the day. Try something with a fat and a carb.... almond butter on whole grain toast and a banana, an egg white and veggie omelet, etc.
So far I've only been doing the carb (unless almond milk counts as a fat). My daily energy has been much more stable as a result.
Time to add a fat to my breakfasts - hard boiled eggs sound easy enough.


3) Eliminate refined sugar and refined flour. Just say no to white (sugar and flour).Potatoes too.
I have taken this to the next level. I would estimate I have eaten half as many white carbs as I was - and none of it in the form of candy. Things I can think of off the top of my head which has sugar or corn syrup in it which I have been eating still:
-Salami
-Instant oats
-hot chocolate component of my morning mud
-I'll add more things if I think of them.


4) Eat something every 2-3 hours. You should be having a good breakfast, a mid morning snack (such as trail mix, 1/2 health protein bar-read label!, veggies and hummus), a healthy lunch such as a salad with chicken or tuna or a wrap, an afternoon snack and a light healthy dinner. I would aim to get about 2,000kcals a day, though I have to do more specific needs analysis.
Compared to what I was doing before I started this effort (zero) I'd say I'm hitting this approximately 50% of the time.
Add snack foods to your morning "stuff" count! (yeesh, that puts the count at 9)


5) Do some sort of exercise everyday and drink lots of water.
I have been getting some exercise in the form of now weekly bike rides, but not even close to daily.
Do something daily even if it is silly
I was doing good on water, but dropped the ball. Pick it back up.


6) Don't eat the majority of your calories at the end of the day! You should be taking in 500 cals at Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and 250 at each snack. That will definitely help keep your energy and focus stable.
Days I eat breakfast and snacks are days where this happens naturally.

7) Nail sleep schedule (new goal)
I've been on the horse and off the horse.
Nail sleep schedule