I have a tendency to make grand plans for myself. Swear that I will make major changes that will make my life so wonderful and amazing. Maybe it works for a little bit, I'll start a routine or buy some excellent groceries but it seems to fall down in the end. With 15 items that I want to accomplish in the next 15 months it would be very easy for me to try to do all of it and end up doing some of it kind of/none of it really.
What I'm hoping will change things this time around is some more careful planning, rolling out changes rather than trying to accomplish everything at once. Rough out a plan and start putting it together piece by piece.
I want to start with item #2: lose 100 pounds, a crazy ambitious thought. Losing weight in a healthy fashion is two pronged, exercise and eating. For the next two weeks I want to focus on the latter. I'm going to work on menu planning so that it is easier for me to make good choices in the moment.
Step One: Create a menu planning board. I have these wicked awesome boxes and a bunch of wine corks that I want to turn into message boards to hang in my kitchen. One of them will be for a menu plan and the other will be for often used recipes. So I'm going to put the boards together first. This will also be my first art project, so double awesome.
Step Two: Using recipes I've collected and menu planning tips from the internet I want to create a one week menu plan and see if I can stick to it. I want to make sure there is some wiggle room that I don't feel constrained. This will also help me not waste groceries (something I'm guilty of far too often), which will help me save money (indirectly working on #10 - boom!).
Step Three: Refine plan after seeing how it goes. It would also be great to find a way to make it flexible so I'm not eating the same thing every week.
Lets see how it goes.
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