Ever since I posted the other day I have been feeling low.  I really need to get started on this journey rather than waiting.

Annual goals for 2018:

• Get healthy: mentally and physically
• Have a healthy work / life balance
• Spend more time with family
• Follow my dreams – eliminate all things I don’t enjoy or causes unnecessary stress
• Have ME time

Being overweight is no fun. I have aches and pains I shouldn’t. My knees hurt constantly. I get tired, I can’t be bothered to do anything and I am so irritable. I don’t want to leave the house or do anything with anyone. Just horrible to be with.  I weighed myself and that was a bit of a shock.  I am now the heaviest I have ever been.

I have been researching how much water I should be drinking as this is the first thing I would like to get sorted. So the advice I am going to follow is:

Take your weight in pounds and divide by 2. This number is the amount of ounces you should be drinking daily.

In my case I currently weigh 261 lbs so this equates to 130.5 oz or 3.7 litres. This is a lot more than the 2 litres recommended. I think (hope) being properly hydrated will really help me get on the right track.  I have measured it using my normal drinking glass and it is 13 and a third glasses a day.  Of course other liquids would contribute towards that too but i am just going to concentrate on water for now.

261 lbs shocked me but I am not surprised as I don’t feel well so another reason for just getting started right away.  Here is a simulation of what that looks like – certainly nothing I am proud of – but I am in control of changing this.

 

 

 

 

The other couple of habits are to do with my mental health.

• Open my post and personal emails everyday.    This may not sound like much but the post can build up and then I get an illogical fear of getting behind and thinking that there is something terrible in the post.  It is not logical, I know that but the fear becomes real to the point I shake opening it. So I would rather avoid this altogether by keeping on top.
• De-clutter the kitchen drawers.   Too much stuff can also get on top of me and I do have a tendency to hoard things I know longer need.  This year I would like to clear the house and make space so every week i will do something to improve this situation.