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Weight: 179
Inches: -0.75″ since 3/20

This week, I will focus my thought and attention on the things I’m doing well.

It occurred to me a few minutes ago that this new lifestyle is becoming easier. While I’m still not perfect at some of the things I need to change, other things are becoming routine.

For instance, while I’m still not sticking to a regular bedtime, it has become much easier to make good food choices. While my activity level still leaves much to be desired, there are fresh fruits and veggies in the house at all times. While I still need to remind myself to drink water, I’ve gotten very consistent with taking my daily nutritional supplements.

This is real progress. It’s tempting to think that I can now pay less attention to the things that I’m doing well, and start concentrating more on the aspects that could do with some improvement.

This week, I’m adding something new to the mix: a weekly “theme” to help me focus on a particular aspect of change that I desire. For these first few theme weeks, I will borrow some wisdom from an old song my mother used to sing.

The refrain of the song goes, “You gotta accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, and don’t mess with Mr. In-between.”

So, this week I will accentuate the positive, focusing on the things that I’m doing right. I will also praise myself when I make good choices. I will devote the bulk of my energies to positivity.

I will begin each day of this week with a positive statement, as I have done above. As the week progresses, I will revisit the statements I have made, taking positive energy from them, and finding ways to manifest the ideas throughout my day.

At the end of the week, I will take stock, to see how the theme influenced my choices and my progress. Each week, I will do the same with a new theme. In time, I will know whether this tool is helpful to me.

Maybe you would like to do this along with me. That would be nice. I welcome your company and your thoughts.

Weight: 181
Inches: +2 since 3/12

So, my weight went down a pound, yet my measurements went up 2 inches. Now, I could attribute the inches to added muscle, but since muscle weighs more than fat, this is not likely to be the case.

This tells me that I may be losing some muscle and retaining the fat. This is not a good thing. It’s time to add consistent weight training into the mix. I’ll look up some plans and get working on that right away.

Inches: -5.5″ since 2/15

Lovin’ it!

Weight: 182
Inches: -2″ since 2/15