21 Days

21 days to looking sexy starts today!

“First we make our habits, then our habits make us” is a quote from Charles Noble, and how true it is!  I am realizing that my bad habit of eating too much is not getting better…the fact that I have been hungry all day and it’s almost 11pm and I am still hungry after eating at a buffet style restaurant earlier today. What is wrong with me? Why do I feel like eating all the time?  

Clearly a balance diet is something I really need to work on in my life – so putting in boundaries and having parameters on when I will eat and when I will not it’s becoming a must do for me. I have decided that I am going to force myself to set parameters for my eating and cooking that I will implement starting tomorrow (because I obviously blew it today).  I am going to set eating boundaries for myself that dictate the hours I will and will not eat and then I am determined to break my horrible habit of eating constantly. 

 Now, let’s put my bad habit aside and talk about staring good habits in our lives.  Plus, it has been said that the best way to eliminate a bad habit is to replace it with a good one, so we can kill two birds with one stone.

 Studies show it takes 21 days to form a new habit. 21 days. You can do ANYTHING for 21 days if you simply set your resolve that you are going to do it! Don’t give yourself an out. Take a calendar and highlight 21 days for your habit to form and mark each day off as you accomplish it. Another thing that can help is to write down a list of benefits you will get from the new habit you start. For example, if it’s eating healthy you can write down things like: Looking better, fitting my cute skinny jeans again, having more energy, etc. Writing down the benefits will serve as good motivation for you to keep on track for the 21 day period.

Set little rewards for yourself when you hit milestones within the 21 days, for example, at day 5 I get this prize like going to get a manicure and pedi and at day 10 I get this, all the way to day 21 when I get to buy a new wardrobe for myself :), etc. These are just little tricks to help you as you establish your new habits. If you are wondering what new habits you might want to form, I found a list of ideas for fabulous habits people might implement.

EXCELLENT HABITS TO DEVELOP: (by D. Gibson)

1. Habitually think the best of the people you care about.

2. Habitually find the positive side of any equation.

3. Habitually set up a time to read more, grow more, learn more — every day or several times a week.

4. Habitually treat people better — make it a personal standard.

5. Habitually look for the beauty in the world around you.

6. Habitually clean up your language.

7. Habitually do things to take care of your physical self (a challenge for most of us, if there ever was one).

8. Habitually save money.

9. Habitually start looking for new opportunities around you.

10. Habitually make the most of every day.

11. Habitually plan your day or your week, and follow the plan.

12. Habitually take stock of your successes and your needs.

13. Habitually love your family — and spend time with them.

In 21 days I will be in Salt Lake celebrating the 4th of July. Yay! Meanwhile, I can add new good habits at the same time I break my bad ones.  Join me in my latest quest. I need the external support from my family and friends to make this happen. Thank you! 

Con amor,

Vero