Satisfaction

Week 2 is almost over and I am feeling energized and excited about working out. This is fantastic since the last few attempts I've made at working out regularly have crashed and burned by the end of week 2. The reason: trying to do too much too fast.

This time, I'm doing a lot of things differently:
1. I'm not trying to get up in the morning to work out. This is VERY important because I noticed that I am NOT a morning person. Given a choice between sleep and well....anything, and I will almost always choose sleep.
2. Everyday I'm packing my workout bag and taking it to work with me.
3. As I go through the day, I periodically ask myself "would it be nice for me to work out today?" and if the answer is yes, I ask myself "what would it be nice for me to do?" This gets back to that point of avoiding words like should/need/must. I'm noticing that by asking if it would be nice, I'm checking in with my stress levels, various priorities, and listening to my body a lot better. I also find myself weighing all of those against my desire to lose 10 lbs and look better naked. So far, today was the only day I decided it would not be nice to run home from work. And the great thing about that decision is that I'm regretting it and looking forward to making a different choice tomorrow. I'm noticing that when I'm inclined to say I don't want to work out, I'm still feeling a little guilty for that decision and I'm working on that.
4. Food-wise, I'm eating more slowly and am working very hard to consciously focus on when I start getting full. I'm also challenging myself to deliberately NOT eat everything on my plate. There have been a few times when I have finished everything but only after taking time to make sure I wasn't full.

This is a pretty nice streak I've got going on and I like how it's making me feel very happy and satisfied.