Right, where do I start?
Basically, I've grown slowly tired of things, the healthy eating malarkey and the like. I've kept up with my exercise, but not enough. So now I've decided that I'm going to have to set myself goals, time limits, rewards etc.
I think this will give me the ambition and motivation that I've been lacking as of late. What do you think?
So, heres the idea, the aims and the goals.
- Get healthy. This has many facets - healthy eating, which will be a balanced diet favouring fresh fruit and vegetables. Exercise, which will be the gym 4-5 times per week, walking the dog (preferably twice daily, around lunch and then on an evening). Sleeping - basically starting to get up each day around about half 7/8, so as I can get into sync with the rest of my family. I'm sick of getting up at 12, going to sleep at about 3am. Its just not working out, its not fair on my family and its not good for me - I'm not getting enough work done and when it gets around to the time of night I want to have a bath my parents are in bed and its too late to actually run a bath or shower...
- University work - I really need to start making headway with this. August is rapidly approaching, I need to get all of my forms in order, send them off, finish some assignments. This is something that the "rewards" will be based around. Basically whichever comes first.
- Job - I'm sending my notice off tomorrow, as my job at the cinema is just pointless, its hindering me more than anything - I need to go to Newcastle for Uni Work, but theres always the possibility that work will take me being there the wrong way. Its best if I quit - this way I can visit my friends without the threat of being "caught". I'm going to start looking for a job in this neck of the woods once I have my operation and I'm recuperated. Hopefully I should fall into something pretty easily - theres the Newsagents or possibly some bar jobs that I could see about...
Right, so thats been said, whats the plan for tomorrow?
- Get up at 8am. Off to bed as soon as this is posted, so hopefully that shouldn't be too much of a challenge...
- Exercise for 2omins.
- Have breakfast.
- Get ready and take the dog out for a walk.
- Type up notice, begin to fill in the various other forms.
- Go to the post box.
- Begin uni work - 2 hours.
- Free time - for lunch/reading etc. 1 hour.
- Gym.
- Uni work - 2 hours.
- Dinner.
- Free time - walk dog, write blog.
- Exercise 20mins.
- Bed at 11:30pm - read/listen to ebooks.
So my rewards?
- Assignment finished/half a stone lost - CD - Pendulum or dan le sac vs. Scoobius Pip.
- 2nd Assigment finished/1stone lost - Tattoo - Mike-Mignola-Skull-in-Spade or 40k Boxed set.
- 3rd Assignment finished/1 1/2stone lost - New DC shoes.
- 4th Assignment finished/2stone lost - LOEG tattoo on leg.
I'm really serious about this, my operation could be next week - I need to lose some weight so that I'm healthier for it - I'll be continuing to eat healthy during my recovery, lots of fruit and veg and hopefully I'll be sorted by the time I start my physio!
All comments are welcome. I've had a few weeks of nights out, mini adventures and generally just messing around, I'm happier than I have been for years and I really need to do this - I need to start looking towards the future. I feel like I've changed quite a bit over the past 2 years, and I like the "new" Chris. I'm a bit more confident than I was, I'm looking forward to my future - the past is done and gone, so now I raise a glass to the rest of my life...
May it be healthy and full of times like I've had these past few weeks!
My food diary will begin renewed tomorrow and is something that I really need to keep up with.
Wish me luck :)
Christopher
