Goal Tending: Week 1

I know this is a little overdue, but this is the first real chance I've had to sit and write! Here's my recap for Week 1:

1) No Soda: In the first week, I kept to this really well. In fact, I only had one soda the entire week - and that was the very first day! Otherwise, it was fairly easy to bypass most days and I was only tempted once or twice to say "screw it".

2) Coffee: Kept pretty well to this one as well. Especially when my coworkers informed me my big big cup is only 16oz, not 20. Whoo hoo! I went back and adjusted my numbers and instantly felt even better. Notice that on the weekends I usually don't have any coffee at all - and that's usually when I need it the most. Hmmmmm....

3) Water: Since I wasn't drinking coffee or soda, water was usually the easiest to grab. Sometimes I would have a tea or lemonade, which of course don't get factored in anywhere, but they have to be better than coffee and soda!

4) Sweets: This one is MUCH harder for me to keep, especially at night and on weekends. It just isn't routine for me to grab fruit or whole wheat crackers or something. Not when a reese's cup or ice cream sound SO much better. But, I'm learning and working on it. Someone needs to yell at me more on this one though...

5) Workout: Ok - when you get home at 6pm, feed kids, do homework or crafts, cuddle and are supposed to be going to bed early, when exactly are you supposed to workout?? I started (finally!) doing some weight work before I go to bed (and I HURT thank you very much!). I also realized that walking 2 malls for 4 hours DOES count as exercise. Especially when you're not really stopping to try things on, cuz nothing looks good. And when you walk in the mall like I do, it is definitely aerobic. No sauntering for this girl - pick a destination and it's walking so fast I'm nearly jogging. Saturday morning, my legs felt like jelly!

6) Screen time: What was I thinking on this one?? Seriously - 60 minutes or less? Just writing a post to both logs can take up that time! And forget about games. Once I get started on one of those (my recent favorites are Build-A-Lot and Chocolatier 2) I lose all track of time! When I next look up, it's 1am and I'm screwed. Gotta get this under control.

7) Sleep time: This is definitely in direct correlation to screen time. One goes up, the other goes down. So, to get more sleep, definitely need to get the screen time under control.

So - that's the first week. I don't really feel any better and I'm actually suffering from a constant headache. Nothing is making this bad boy go away. But,I was having these massive migraines before I started this goal tending thing, so maybe it's something else. I was hoping if I got myself better hydrated my headaches would improve. Now, I'm thinking I probably need to go see a doc about these. Will keep posted there. Otherwise, the experiment continues...