Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !

Hello Everybody - Will try to do a better job than last nite. Ended up sleeping in my chair all nite and waking up cold around 6 am - barely making it to the loo in time - all the lites on, tv blaring am news. Rained cold and hard - must have been sent by @Kaye - all day long! Drove errands -ran in and out of stores everywhere - could NOT find a glass loaf pan to save my life -including the one I saw at Goodwill on Saturday afternoon -Drat! But, I always leave Goodwill with a sack o' something and these I put under the tree for me to find Christmas morning! @Kelley -Kah - finally got the Almond Butter and had to taste it so ate a taste, liked it and ate a big spoonful of it - oh is that good. Nice single serving, protein rich snack! But the price - WOW! Need to dole that out carefully!
@Skinny - you're doing great on all your chores. WHen I saw the fish cleaning chore on your list, I chuckled because it was on there the last time, and it got done way at the end. One of those things a person really just doesn't get too excited about doing - so I'll wager you it doesn't get done until the New Year.

Niki - Thanks for bringing up the January Challenge. I agree, I think we should keep up this Monthly Challenge - it is working well towards getting people to really toe the line with ther personal commitments to keeping their eye on their total calories.

But with it being a New Year and all it would be Fun to add another twist to it. Last December I mentioned New Year's Resolutions and the majority of people no longer made them. I for one do not keep them.

I tried something else in January 2014 - I chose one word that I would try to add to my life and my lifestyle - a word that I would think of first thing in the morning, to work on and apply to a problem I was eternally having: I hit the coffee immediately when I wake up.

This is both ceremony and medicinal. I have a rare, painful form of arthritis that immobilizes my shoulders for just a few hours in the morning. I take medicine for it as soon as I start drinking the coffee. Within 3 hours, I feel much better.

The word I chose was "finesse". Why? Because, when I poured my cup of coffee, I always slopped it a little - just a drop of two. But that sloppiness aggravated me. So, I wished I had more finesse - more style in my pouring, more good technique. It's funny. But that word popped in my head every morning this year. Every single morning, I think. And I practiced my pouring and it improved. I can pour from high above now, quite expertly, and not spill a drop.

Now, when I'm sitting and sipping, that's another story! No finesse there!

I read an article the other day that said its a myth that a new habit can be developed in 21 days, or 3 weeks. The scientists proved this wrong, at least among Americans. It actually takes most people about 255 days to really build a new habit. The problem lies in the interruptions in our routines. We have "weekends off", illnesses, other people's needs come up. Just a lot of reasons whereby, in those 21 days we don't get to practice the new habit. So we really need the most part of a whole year to engage our mind and body in the new habit to get it ingrained in our mind/body connection. And for good measure, we need to complete another year of repetition to really build up that habit.

So, I'd like to suggest we all think about a personal word for the New Year and connect it to a habit we want to build. A word that may resonate with us. Maybe its a word we already use a lot. But, maybe there is a new habit we want to develop, or an old habit we haven't done well with yet.

We can find a word that will trigger good thoughts about that habit. Or trigger thoughts about us growing better in that habit.

Its a beautiful mind we all have. Lets exercise it for the New Start we are all approaching. Lets all toss some inspiring words about these next few days!