The count down is officially on, 30 days till our second international family vacation! *Internal scream of excitement, and terror* I’ve known about this trip for a while now, I mean we’ve had our room booked since August 2018. Still I did nothing to move me closer to my goal.
It wasn’t until March 1st, that I even made any efforts. You’d think that I’d be motivated since May, is fast approaching but nope… I’ve become Queen of Lazy Land. In the last 11 months, I’ve gained more weight than I did during my entire pregnancy with Kennedy. The day after Kennedy was born I weighed less, then before I found out I was pregnant.
I’m up by almost 40 ish pounds. At the beginning of March, I was scrolling my Instagram feed. When I seen a post by someone I follow, about a 31 day March Plank Challenge. (CLICK HERE to see her post.) I figured why not so I started by doing my first Plank, in probably 8 years.
I managed to do a Plank every single day, except for the rest days. I’ll link up that post, as soon as I get it published. It’s great I took that small step towards fitness, but I also started back up some terrible habits too.
- I had cut back on my Starbucks consumption, just before Christmas. Recently I’ve started having one every single day again. That’s a lot of empty calories!
- I’ve consumed multiple bottles of coke daily.
- In the last month I’ve been eating like crazy between, midnight and 5 am.
- Going to bed at 4-5am, which isn’t good for the body. I’m very tired, all the time.
So obviously I wasn’t seeing much improvement from my Planks, but enough about that. That’s the past and I can’t change it, I can only move forward. It’s might be too late for my May goal, but it’s not too late to start. SO I’ve decided I’m going to take the next 30 days, and push myself.
For the next 30 days, my plan is to detox myself from pop, save some cash and hopefully be in a better place mentally.
For the next 30 days, my goal is to make these small positive changes in my life. I’m very hopeful that these little steps, with help me get into a better mindset both physically and mentally.
- Giving up pop for the next 30 days (except my birthday.)
- Making myself walk at least 10,000 steps a day.
- Plank 3 times a week. Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays.
- Only drinking 1 Starbucks drink a week, imagine the money I’ll be saving.
- Drink more water, (should be pretty easy now, without pop and Starbucks daily.)
- Eat smaller portions of food.
- Not eating after 11pm.
- Going to bed by midnight, every single day.
I need to get out of the mentality that this is all for our family trip, of course I might see some changes. Feeling more confident in my bathing suit, would be a great bonus. Ultimately though I need to do this, so that I can start focusing on these goals long term.
There might be some challenges, but it’s stepping stones. To be a better example to my kids. To become a healthier me, so I can be there for my kids. So I can play with them, and keep up with them. I need to remember that these goals aren’t unrealistic. I need to love myself enough, because I’m worth it.