When you do, you control the outcome of your day by determining in advance the most important and rewarding thing you will accomplish before the day is done.  Of course there are times when interruptions or emergencies happen. Before you start to handle them, identify and then schedule the earliest time possible to complete your #1 priority.

Answer Honestly:

* What is your #1 health priority?

* How far down your priority list are you so far today?

* What one thing will you get done today to advance your most important goal?

* What priority deserves all of your attention next?

What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know.

No matter how much we plan, something always happens. It’s like someone is playing a joke on us. I once heard trying to have control described as trying to hold something tight in your hand. The harder you try to hold on, the more gets squeezed out. The best you can do is to set your priorities.

Dead Reckoning

I love this term. It is the process of calculating your position in order to keep on course. When you set your #1 priority, you control the outcome of your day. That’s because you have determined in advance the most important and rewarding thing you will accomplish before the day is done.  Then you get it done.

Today I decided to make exercise my priority. I gave myself a list of 3 exercises that I could do during my day (stretching, walking the dog & the vibration plate). I may only spend 10-15 minutes doing them but they add up. I stretched first thing this morning and it felt great.  I just returned from walking Monk. Tomorrow I am going to add a workout program. What one thing will you do today to advance your most important goal?

It helps to have a priority as a dead reckoning. What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know.

I just realized that I have spent hours this week measuring and special mixing food for Monk, my puppy. He is has been sick:-(  I never spend this much time doing this for myself! In the end, I put Monk on rice and bananas and extra walks. Oh, I’ve heard pumpkin is also good for dogs and people. I put it on my shopping list.

What is wrong with this picture?

As I think about this, I realized that I know what the portion sizes are for my standard food. Over the years I have found dishes that are the right size for the food I’m eating. That way I don’t have to measure every time. Every couple of months, I recheck so I don’t develop portion creep.

But the really big difference, I’m a shame to say, is I rarely make myself this big of a priority. I was on-line looking up articles, changing meal times, size and content. What ever it took. Now granted, cleaning up running puppy poop is a VERY big motivator. Maybe we all need to ask, “What are my VERY big motivators?

What actions am I willing take to make sure I am getting the results I want? What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know.