MMEL month 1

Well ladies (and gentlemen) I have made it though month one on MMEL. Have you? There were ups and downs, the journaling explains it all. 

February update coming soon. I'm off to do some yoga before bed!

putting together my MMEL journal

I am so serious about reclaiming my good health this year. This chick is moving more and eating less. 

But in order to do that, I needed to do a couple of things- one of them being that I needed to get honest with myself about the state of my health. 

It's kinda a mess. 

I eat very well most of the time, its the moving more that's getting in the way. 

Whatever the reason, I need to do something about it now.

After purchasing and downloading the pages for the move more, eat less journal that Cathy Zielske designed, it took some time to figure out what I think is going to work for me- but I think I have found something that is going to be effective.

After writing my intention page, I printed out one month’s worth of pages and put them into the album.

Then I printed my "before" picture for the month of January. (eek) I used picnik to make the collage and add the text. 

I filled in my resources page as well as my numbers (double eek) 

After getting the journal together and doing a bit more thinking about how I can really make this work, I decided there were a couple more things I wanted to add.

First, I decided to set small goals for myself for each week. After I decided on 4 goals for the month of January I wrote them on post it notes and stuck them to each Monday page-that way I can tackle one goal per week. I am keeping a small stack of post it notes at the front of my journal for future months and for other notes I might want to add.

I also decided to print an extra journal page so that I can do a month end summary. I will probably end up scrapping one as well, but I wanted this in there to keep track of my thoughts in case I can’t get to scrapping when I want to. 

Of course, this journal is only going to work if I do- and if I stick with it. Both of which I intend on doing. It's only day 3, but so far I have done a good job of tracking everything I eat. I've even noticed that I eat far more after noon time and need to balance that out a bit. So far, so good.

Lastly, I have decided to set up a separate blog to keep track of this reclaiming-my-health journey that I am on. I grappled with the idea a bit, but then decided that having something strictly dedicated to this plan is going to help me stay organized. I will still be posting about MMEL here, but if you should wish to keep up with me on this healthy trek, you can find me here.  

So, who's with me? Are you doing MMEL this year? 

What’s working for you so far?

mmel intentions

Have you written out your intentions for MMEL 2011? 

My intentions are somewhat simple.
 I intend to be healthy again. 

And that doesn’t mean never eating another french fry or cupcake again. To me, being at my healthiest means feeling good, both inward and outwards. In order to get there I intend to find a form of exercise I love and commit to it and to eat cleanly and track what I eat. I intend to lose weight.

I intend to be able to go shopping and feel confident. I intend to reduce my risk of getting cancer. I intend to continue living a full, authentic and happy life-just in a more healthy way. I intend to look at pictures of myself and not cringe at love what I see.
I intend to take good care of, and respect, this one body that I have been given, not only for today- but because the choices I make affect my tomorrows. I intend to take this one day at a time.

I intend to move more and eat less.

(renovations to come on me and the bathroom) 

;-) 

What are your intentions?