Reset

So, where are we?

Well, the diet isn’t going particularly well.  I have a weakness for stuffing my face with pizza and ice cream.  Interstingly I’ve never really though of myself as having a sweet tooth.  More teeth in general.  Perhaps my body is sending ‘I want sugar’ hints to my subconscious.  I don’t know.  I do know that this much take away food is not a sustainable option,  financially, physically or on a mental level.  I get far too annoyed and self critical afterwards.  Of course, the application of a drop of willpower would help this problem.  I’m settling for throwing out the menus.

Exercise has also been sporadic of late.  General focus and attitude problems have been fluttering about.   I can either complain about the whole situation, or hammer the reset button and start over.  I’ve gone for the second option as it seems a more positive step.

To prevent relapsing into bad food habits:

Throw out takeaway menus.

Begin keeping a food diary.

Improve overall focus.  If I’m able to improve my efficiency at work, then I should have more time available for cooking/exercise.  I’ve been using TeuxDeux to help keep track of the various things I have to do.  Although it’s a very simple piece of software, that simplicity is part of it’s strength.  Effectively it acts as the piece of paper with ‘To Do’ scrawled at the top.  The advantage being that you can always find the piece of paper, and don’t end up (as I often have) with 17 different notebooks to check.  The only problem is the inability to check/add to it when away from a computer.  An improved mobile phone might fix this problem, though I’m loath to spend any money on it.

In any event, I now have  a set of actions.  Hopefully they work.  I’ll update in a week.