The Small Changes

Well, it's Monday afternoon and I didn't blog all weekend. 2 sick kids and some great football took up most of the time. I got a long run in on Saturday and a short one yesterday. P90x showed up today, so Laura and I will start that tonight. Might not be able to walk tomorrow, but the misery should be worth it in the end.

The last thing I wanted to do in explaining my all around change was discuss the small things. I never realized, but there are so many things that effect your health, but you never take the time to think about it. I am just going to list these with a quick explanation if required and that will be it for today.

1. Never park near a store. No explanation needed, just don't be lazy and park as far away as you can. This frustrates Laura some b/c we always have the kids, but it is an easy thing to do and will hopefully teach our kids to do the same when they are older.
2. Have 5 meals. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, but you have to throw in snacks to keep your metabolism going. It's hard to do while in and out of meetings and in the car, but truly makes a difference in the long run.
3. Don't eat dinner after 7pm. I know I mentioned this before, but once this becomes a habit it truly works.
4. Take your daily vitamins
5. Quit depending on advil/tylenol to make you feel better. Stretch, drink more water and quit sitting around in 1 position all the time. If you get up and move around, your neck and back won't hurt. De-hydration is a large part of headaches, so drinking the proper amount of water helped stop that problem.
6. Find someone to talk to about the change. It's amazing how much better your feel about all the work you are putting in if there is someone to tell about it.
7. Include your spouse. Let them help you, if they are enjoying the change then it just makes sure you enjoy the change.
8. Make tons of small goals in the process.
9. Find one item of clothing that becomes a goal (or one store that has certain clothes you like)
10. Change your fitness routine as much as possible. Keeping it interesting keeps you excited about the fitness piece.

Those are the little things that kept me going. Tomorrow we start discussing triathlon training and you get a report on the first day of P90X!