What's the healthy habit you're working on building?

Archcurl

Trying to make this weightloss journey sustainable by using healthy habits to get to the end goal. All the little habits add up to the total.
Some of the healthy habits I've been working on is going out for a walk every day. Another one is eating more protein.
Currently I'm working on my water intake and trying to do a quick yoga routine each day.
I was wondering what healthy habits everyone else is focused on making.
(I've noticed a lot of scale focused threads lately and yes the scale is a great tool, the end goal is being healthier which is a lot broader than only the scale. That's why I made this post & I'm hoping to learn from your habits on the road to success and possibly implement them into my routine)

themommie

I am trying to do a walking video 5 days a week and an ab video 5xs a week. I am adding in walking my dog 4 xs a week. I plan on increasing my walks and adding in arm workouts 2xs a week and adding in but workouts 3xs a week starting in Feb.

boilerdawg2009

I'm doing a little bit of yoga and I'm challenging myself to a daily pushup goal. Each day this week I get five a day. Next week will be 10 a day, then 15 and so on. By week 52 I'd be at 260 a day.

dawnc616

A am trying to build reasonable and sustainable habits to reach goals. Changing out old habits for productive new habits. Consistency, Commitment and Endurance are my words for this year!

Archcurl

@dawnc616 that's exactly what I'm trying to do! Goodluck!
You can add me as a friend if you want

Walkywalkerson

I'm going to work on weekends not sabotaging my good efforts during the week and plan for a meal and drinks out etc and work them into my calorie goal.
Also try and only do it for one day rather than Friday, Saturday and Sunday 😬

willboywonder

The one I'm working on is getting more sleep. Sleep is an important tool in the weight loss journey. I find good sleep doesn't happen by accident. You have to create an environment for better sleep. So, I'm lying down earlier, refraining from eating or drinking close to bed time, meditating, and putting down the phone and tablet. These things help me a lot.

rosalia1111

The big one is going alcohol free for a few months... drinking alcohol (for me) leads to making poor food decisions and poor sleep. I have also started a morning yoga routine, and am focusing on using the food diary to see what the foods I eat are really adding up to.

jaded989

Drinking more water. As someone who really doesn't like water (I know, I know, it's supposed to be neutral tasting so what is there to not like?) I really struggle with water intake. I need to be more disciplined at drinking throughout the day as I find myself 2-4 cups short for the day late in the evening and I can't drink it then or I'll be waking up all night long to pee, LOL. I see a definite correlation between my water intake and weight lost so you would think that motivation alone should get me drinking. Sadly it doesn't seem to but I'm working on it.

Nikkidemas

I already pack my kids' lunches every day. I want packing MINE along with them to become a habit.

RobMFrazier

I am just trying to keep my calories in check and not eat out of habit. I have my smart scale now and I am logging, trying to stay at a deficit.

samdner

Moving every day and meal planning every week! My husband and I were doing really well at those things a few years ago, but we got off track and now we don't feel anywhere close to our best selves. There is a lot of superficial thinking - of COURSE I want to look "better" - but I'm also trying to replace that with a more body-neutral internal monologue and a focus on what I want to do better.

Archcurl

Killed it with the water and yoga today. I'd like to get to 100% activity on my polar but it's not going to happen today anymore sadly. Tomorrow is another day

dralicephd

I'm returning to work this month after working from home for the last two years. The healthy habit that I HAVE to work on is to continue to make my health a bigger priority than work. In other words, not letting the stress of work sabotage my weight loss and fitness goals. This isn't a small habit, but it is one that I have to be intentional about if I want it to happen.

ADC0809

I am trying to be good to myself. Meaning getting enough rest, drinking more water and keeping up my workouts. I was once upon a time a gym bunny so now I am working to keep going with my strength workouts at home and getting back to the basics with my eating.

travelingmermaid25

I am trying to eat at least four full servings of vegetables and drink at least 48 oz. of water each day. Water is proving to be much harder for me than the vegetables.

Archcurl

@travelingmermaid25 what I use for water is a big pot of herbal tea. Find a flavor you like or several. When it's cold it's easier to drink it (quickly) since it's hot in your hands. I also try to have water in my line of vision at all times. Yes it's definitely not always possible but when I see it it's a visual remember to drink it.

NewTJ65

Up by 5 and working out by 5:30! It is CHANGING MY LIFE! It is literally FREE TIME that I have been wasting sleeping my entire life! I am down 23 pounds and have completely stopped night (sleep) eating as I have for my entire life. MFP is totally helping me manage my food! The natural hunger I feel from working out takes the guilt out of eating all day! If I am hungry at night, I just call it "meal 6" and work it into my days calories. If I eat past 12 am, it's "Meal 1" of the following day.....easy peasy!

TriShamelessly

Cutting out processed sugar. I have a weakness for sweet baked goods. But I'm back to focusing on regaining my triathlete endurance and body with moderate weight training mixed in.

xxronexx

I am doing dry January and hoping this builds into a fairly dry 2022. I also do almost 0 resistance training (bad, I know) and am hoping to do at least a few minutes each week with the goal of 30 minutes a week minimum by year end. I found myself unintentionally doing a gentle 20min dumbbell workout on youtube yesterday - I thought it was going to be a cardio one lol.

crazyinspired11

Working on my water intake and being more active. I feel like if I get these two things at a good point, eating healthy will fall into place. When I exercise, i always eat healthier and water is one of the most important things for a healthy lifestyle to me

VanVanDiane

Trying to eat more fibre - reaching for an apple instead of a hobnob biscuit etc.

hoodncoast

A couple goals for me. I've been eating poorly on weekends and when I eat out. I do pretty good during the week and have managed to loose 20 lbs prior to MFP, but when I go out I don't feel like a salad all the time. On weekends, I eat to much unhealthy foods. I'm a T2 diabetic that is not on insulin, and I'm changing my ways slow but sure. Having a bone surgery later this year, so my focus this year is achieving an exceptional A1C.

cmtran85

I'm working on being more active throughout the day - like getting up for 15 min walks outside for some fresh air, taking 10 min to stretch, etc. Although I workout 5-6 days a week pretty moderately, I also work a desk job so a great deal of the time I'm sitting. I want to increase my NEAT activities. I'm also working to change certain aspects of my eating (snacking) habits. I am so wired to eat very specific types of foods as snacks and at certain times of the time. I don't even think I'm truly hungry when I snack. It's just a very hard habit to break/change and that is what I aim to do. Just want to eat more intuitively and listen to my body when it's hungry and not just bored.

elisa123gal

Drinking way more water.. that's easy enough. Give up drinking alcohol during the week.. and getting back to the daily exercise I love. When I do those three things.. my body goes back to the size I like.

kenziestabes

Walking the dog at least 30 minutes every day, and not counting that as my workout for working out 3x a week. That's the baseline, and workouts are built on top of that.

GinLee61

Getting some form of exercise at least 5 days per week.

willboywonder

Mine always comes down to getting more sleep. If I could do that, I'd be so pleased.

trackercasey76

Positive Mental Attitude, and not screwing up on the weekends.

HEYREFF

I am going to get away from my evening wine, totally detoxing for the month of February. Too many empty calories that cancels out all of the calories I'm burning from exercise.

crazyhorse8

trackercasey76 wrote: »

Positive Mental Attitude, and not screwing up on the weekends.

Oh my gosh, you just said what I was thinking about the weekends in this discussion. I do fine on my weekday work structure, but the weekend can pose a free for all at times!