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Well, I did it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I drug the scale from under the counter, stood on the thing and looked down. It was bad. I weigh more than I ever have.\u00a0No wonder I feel so lousy.<\/p>\n

After reading all the helpful (And I do mean helpful. Thank you!) comments on my first post about this, Picking My Prison: Which Diet Program for Me?\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that this is a health habits problem as much as it is an over-eating problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not, mind you, that I don\u2019t over eat. Nobody sees what I saw on the scale this morning without over-eating a lot and overeating often.\u00a0However, there\u2019s a lot more to this than over-eating. I am also exhausted. And totally out of shape. Not to mention stressed.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of reasons for this, some of which I can change and others which I can not. I\u2019ll talk about them in more detail in later posts. For now, I want to focus on what I\u2019ve decided to try to do about this in the next seven days. The changes I want to try to make this week are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1. Start getting eight hours sleep every night. <\/strong>This is my number one priority. I decided on this because I think it is the one thing that will give me the most immediate help in lowering my blood pressure and just generally feeling better.\u00a0I go to bed at 3 or 4 (or later) in the morning then get back up at 7 or 8. I do that every day. Changing my sleep habits isn\u2019t as simple as just crawling between the sheets at a more reasonable hour. I\u2019ve become so habituated to my hamster-in-a-cage lifestyle that I can\u2019t sleep, even if I do go to bed. I\u2019m just too jazzed. So, my second goal for this week is<\/p>\n

2. Exercise every day<\/strong>. I\u2019m not talking marathon here. Fifteen minutes on the recumbent bike is a good start. I\u2019m hoping it will help me sleep. I\u2019m not sure what time of the day I should do it to get the most relaxation\/sleep inducing benefits. I\u2019m just hoping it works.<\/p>\n

3. Don\u2019t do so much.<\/strong> I can\u2019t get everything done if I sleep 8 hours. I just can\u2019t. So, I\u2019m going to have to clean out my life the way I would an over-stuffed closet. This one may take a while, and it will almost certainly involve saying \u201cno\u201d to some things. But it\u2019s gotta be done.<\/p>\n

4. Drink more water. <\/strong>I\u2019m going to fill a 26 oz thermos I have with ice and water and drink it every day. This one\u2019s easy.<\/p>\n

5. Weigh. <\/strong>Every Saturday.<\/p>\n

6. Blog about it here every Saturday. <\/strong>I\u2019m hoping you can be my support group with this. You\u2019ve been so much help so far it\u2019s unbelievable.<\/p>\n

7. Pray about it. <\/strong>For some reason, I have a reluctance to pray about my own health. It\u2019s as if I think it\u2019s something I should handle without God. So, I\u2019ll add this my my daily prayers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s my plan for this week. How does it sound to you?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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