Monday, June 4, 2012

Discipline = Routine = Discipline


Discipline & Routine go hand in hand; I believe you can't have one without the other. And this week proved it.

I have always tried to keep some sort of routine in our  crazy household: Between school, sports, work and just crazy kids, it's VERY hard to keep a routine going. But I know in order to be successful in weight loss (and having an organized household) I must have them both.







This past week thru me for a loop when my husband took a unexpected vacation. He is an OTR truck driver, so normally he is only home every other weekend, but with some mechanical trouble and so forth, he ended up home this past week. Now I LOVE my husband; and I LOVE when he's home so I can spend time with him - what I DON'T love, is the lack of routine that comes with it.

Not only do I get thrown a curve ball, but so does he, and worst of all the kids. I'm a lackadaisical Mom for the most part, my former-Marine husband is um, not. SOO what our relaxed whatever-goes-as-long-as-you-get-bathed-and-homework-done-and-bed-by-10 attitude routine is, it gets turned upside down when Dad is home.





I didn't know which way was up or down, whether I was coming or going, and I was constantly breaking up arguments (mostly between kids and Dad) SO obviously my routine and discipline were out the window, along with the eating completely healthy and exercise.

Now I did *Some* work outs in, but I didn't eat the best. And as they say no matter how hard you work out, you can't out run a bad diet.., so point in case I decided NOT to weigh myself this week and I will weigh myself next Monday.

By Saturday I was feeling tired, and lethargic. So I went to the store and decided I was going to plan my breakfast & lunch for work for the entire week and I took the kids on the bike path and walked a good 6 miles. My dear husband is back at work today, and we are back to our regularly scheduled program.

Goals for this week:

   - 90 oz water daily
  - work out EVERY day, including at least 5 miles of walking
  - Continue to plan each and every meal ahead of time to
   keep from getting off track 

  - Keep a food journal 


I can't wait to get back on track this week!!! 






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3 comments:

  1. Oh husbands, they are so great at throwing schedules out of whack! lol. You have a great plan for this week :)

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  2. I am a Mess when I am out of my routine. Hope you have a better week

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  3. You are amazing and I really needed this posts and little sayings. I'm so not keeping to my routine like I should be.

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