Wednesday 10 March 2010

I Know It Ain't Easy But These Are The Roads That We Choose

I feel like I'm drowning in a sea of catch up (not to be confused with a sea of ketchup, though really that sounds kind of yummy) after doing nothing but die of the flu for a week. I'm using this as my excuse for why my March resolution post is being written a third of the way through the month. My blog, my rules, peeps. I did make my March resolution at the beginning of the month, though, and I've been doing my best to follow it.

First, a little review: January was my no spendy month. I was fairly successful. February I resolved to post a photo every day. I managed to post a picture on 25 of 28 days, which in my books is a win.

I think it's safe to say that I like challenges that can be measured. I like to line them up and tick them off my list and in the end I either win or lose.

This month I am forcing myself outside of my comfort zone and making a vague, non-measurable resolution. My March resolution is to make better choices. I could not be more vague, right? Ugh, just thinking about it makes me itchy. Basically I'm tired of this lazy routine I've fallen into and I want to start making conscious decisions to make my life better. Tonight, for example, I will (hopefully) choose to go to karate instead of choosing to sit on my arse and watch the hockey game.

A lot of this month's resolution will revolve around my food choices. The insanity and instability of February killed any good eating habits I'd been enforcing. This month is about meal planning so I don't resort to fast food when I'm hungry and don't know what to make; continuing to shop at the green grocer as well as the regular supermarket so I have lots of fresh produce on hand to make salads; trying new, healthy recipes so I don't get bored; and hopefully starting to feel better about myself.

This month's resolution is not about weight loss or numbers on the scale or deprivation. Last night I was craving pizza so I ate pizza but I chose to make homemade pizza with lots of veggie toppings instead of ordering greasy pepperoni pizza. It wasn't as satisfying as a dirty sausage pizza would have been but it felt good to know that I wasn't mindlessly following my instinct (for grease and salt), I was making the better choice. March is the month to abolish apathy. Who's with me?

12 comments:

  1. I like the idea of keeping it simple, and just asking: what's the best choice I can make? Seems do-able and healthy.

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  2. I love it! I have no energy this month, but maybe I'll take this on for April.

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  3. I've got a vacation coming up and I plan to make plenty of stupid choices while I'm away. So, I'm a no go for March. But, I will sign up to be your cheerleader, because I think it's a very worthwhile goal!

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  4. Good for you with the veggie pizza! And now, I want one.

    Have you seen the diet that Kristin & Corey are doing?

    I'm actually contemplating it...

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  5. I love that idea. most of february was things like Olympic food - if you can call it that. Kristin and Corey are doing that diet through crossfit to try it out for a month and though I don't want to go that extreme, there are some fun choices which I'd like to put into my everyday diet too.
    I'm with ya!

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  6. The image of drowning in a sea of ketchup is kind of alarming to me.

    I would say you totally win.

    And I will try to be with you in abolishing apathy, but I can't promise...

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  7. I'm trying, starting today. I swear, I even made myself a homemade healthy lunch that I packed and brought to work, before I read this post! I have been really sick with an awful chest cold so I've spent the first week of March holed up in bed watching movies and eating soup and comfort foods, but I'm going back to the gym on Friday and trying to eat better now. It's hard until my job is over in two weeks because of weird shift work, but in April, it's REALLY game on. I'm with you!

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  8. Way to go! Great resolution. I'm on board.. :)

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  9. Fab goal lady! I haven't been fond of February this year either and I'm hoping things will improve.

    I've been eating quite the unhealthy items here and there but I always try to steer myself back onto the eat-food-that-is-good-for-your-body route. So far doing ok, but I think I can do better.

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  10. this is my "get back into a workout routine NO REALLY I MEAN IT" month. hopefully. 2 pole classes on monday, yoga last night, and a run during lunch today: excellent! we'll see if i do any of this NEXT week, though.

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  11. That's the only way I lost weight (75 pounds over 7 months in 2009). I found that if I quantified how many calories/food groups/fat grams/meals etc. a day I was going to eat, the pressure was too much - the first time I messed up was usually a. really soon and b. the beginning of the end... I just ask myself "Am I hungry?" "Am I still hungry" "Do I really want this?" And if the answer is yes, then I eat it... I try not to overanalyze it and spend too much time thinking about eating/food/overanalyzing my choices because that stresses me out... which somehow leads me to eat more... ironic, right?

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  12. I must have subconsciously picked up your loathing of apathy this month because I've been trying to do the same thing. When Andrew is at night classes, I usually turn on bad TV (really bad... ) and eat junk while staring at my computer. Because I don't stare at my computer at work all day? I don't get it. So last night instead I made a cake and read 80 pages of my library book. It was glorious. OX.

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