Do you remember when you were little and used to get gold stars on a tracking devise for doing chores or homework or something? Wasn’t that a great motivation? I wonder if that would work for losing weight. Something as simple as a gold star for making sure daily activities get done. To get one gold star my motivators would be all of the following:
1. Drink at least 4 glasses of water in a day
2. Take a 15 minute walk, for exercising only. Not shopping, etc. For exercising.
3. Climb at least 5 flights of stairs in daily activity
4. Take my vitamins
5. Walk at least 5,000 steps in a day
6. Come in under the calorie goal
June is a new month. That starts tomorrow. I haven’t had much progress in May so obviously I need to change something up, or manage consistency. Maybe for a double gold star, if I work out, not chores, work out for 45 minutes in a day (on top of the 15 minute walk) then I get the extra gold star on my calendar. For working out, due to the fact we might be hitting reno/moving mode, which will occupy a lot of our spare time, which is very physical and tiring I will count that as working out, but will need to be the time equivalent, or if the evening is slightly less vigorous double time equivalent.
7. Double gold = Working out for 45 additional minutes
May June be the month I reach the elusive 200’s, and walk a total of 50 Fitbit miles. At the end of the month, hopefully my calendar will be full of gold stars that I can reflect on and see that I made a good effort for the full month. I think I will do a non reported weigh in tomorrow morning to get my true June starting weight.
Then maybe in a month or two, I won’t need the stars as a visual reminder. I will be able to see it in the mirror more, and on the scale.
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