Monday, Meal Prep, and Minimalism

Hey Y'all!
It's Monday, and I feel more optimistic about this goal than I have about any of my other goals. Literally, it's so simple- it's stupid simple. I don't have to change anything I do, I just have to record it. But in recording it, it therefore changes what I do. It's super cool, right?

Like, today, for breakfast, I had turkey sausage, over easy eggs, and a protein smoothie with frozen berries and 100% fruit juice in it. It was amazing! And super healthy, too. I've also found a new thing to do when I'm bored at work (which is pretty much always right now)- meal plan! I've discovered that I really like trying to match my goals as closely as possible by putting together meals that I'll enjoy eating. Hopefully, I'll make use of this when I go out to school. We'll just have to see.

Just FYI- I don't want this blog to be a "here's my weightloss story, and you too can do this if you buy my ebook, and let's talk about gainz and how swole I'm getting". That's the kind of blog my brother would write (love ya bro), but really, I'd rather this be about goal setting, religion, and minimalism more than anything else. It just so happens that one of my goals is to become healthier, which for me, means losing some weight.

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Right now in my life, I am trying to become more minimalist- not just in things I own, but ways I spend my time. I am trying to avoid "Decision fatigue", or in other words, becoming so exhausted from making little decisions that you don't have energy to make the bigger decisions. In avoiding making too many little decisions constantly, I reduce my decision fatigue. For instance, instead of having a whole wide world of breakfast choices out there, I have two breakfast choices, both of which work within my goals. Voila~ killing two birds with one stone. Capsule wardrobes are another example of this. Everything already goes together, so just grab a top and a bottom out of your closet and you're good to go. I'm also trying to incorporate a morning and evening routine into my life, so that I can function on autopilot as far as the things that are supposed to be routine goes, (brushing my teeth, washing my face, putting on makeup) so that I can be focused on things like what I'm studying in my scriptures, what creative pursuits I'm working on, people I can help, etc.

What goals are you guys working on?

Another update.... (Let's try this again)

My Fitness Pal shows me where I'm at in my macronutrients (carbohydrate, protein and fats) and my calorie goals. I'm sure there's other apps out there that do this, this is just the one I've had the best experiences with.

I set goals to do things, and they never come to fruition. Anyone else have that experience?
Anyway. I have realized something important. I need to slow down. When I set goals, I want to do all the things, all at once. And it turns out that's not very sustainable. So let's slow this thing down a bit, shall we?

Right now, I'm working on my nutrition. I have been struggling for a while with my weight and cholesterol, and I just really want to nourish and take care of my body, instead of neglecting it as I have been. So I saw a nutritionist last week, and she gave me some really cool ideas to try!!

This week, I'm going to start by logging my foods.
The best place I've found so far for logging food is by far Myfitnesspal. It has the most comprehensive list of items, and you can search by barcode, and they have lots of restaurant chains' menus on there, so you can just browse those and input them. And if you can't find an exact match, you can either add it manually if you have the nutrition facts or recipe, or you can just find an approximation that someone else put in at some point.

So it turns out that keeping a food diary has been pretty well researched. This article from the Journal of the Academy of  Nutrition and Dietetics is a pretty good meta-analysis of how you are significantly more likely to reach your weightloss goal. Hopefully, starting with this will make it easier to reach my other goals later!

What ways have you been able to get over that hurdle of wanting to do all the things at once? Comment below!~