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balhoff
balhoff Posts: 66 Member
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I don’t menu plan normally but today, I entered the food that I was going to eat today in the Food Tracker all the way down to the snacks. It has worked really well looks like a habit to continue.

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  • prgirl39mfp
    prgirl39mfp Posts: 3,154 Member
    Good for you @balhoff Keep up the good work.

    I downloaded an app to help me keep hydrated. It’s called Water Lama. So far so good.
  • balhoff
    balhoff Posts: 66 Member
    @prgirl39mfp excellent I use the Fitbit and MFP to track water. The are synced together. I like how Fitbit stores it. Does the Water Lama send you reminders?
  • prgirl39mfp
    prgirl39mfp Posts: 3,154 Member
    Yes it does!
  • OneWildAndPreciousLife
    OneWildAndPreciousLife Posts: 282 Member
    Here is a really great list of tips for developing good habits. Gretchen Rubin is a writer who has written a bunch of books about cultivating healthy habits effectively and successfully. I've used her habits manifesto in a writing group I've facilitated at work, and it's just as relevant here.

    Here is her Habits Manifesto:
    • What we do every day matters more than what we do once in a while.
    • Make it easy to do right and hard to go wrong.
    • Focus on actions, not outcomes.
    • By giving something up, we may gain.
    • Things often get harder before they get easier.
    • When we give more to ourselves, we can ask more from ourselves.
    • We’re not very different from other people, but those differences are very important.
    • It’s easier to change our surroundings than ourselves.
    • We can’t make people change, but when we change, others may change.
    • We should make sure the things we do to feel better don’t make us feel worse.
    • We manage what we monitor.
    • Once we’re ready to begin, begin now.
  • prgirl39mfp
    prgirl39mfp Posts: 3,154 Member
    Love her books! Great post @OneWildAndPreciousLife .
  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,152 Member
    OneWildAndPreciousLife wrote: »
    Here is a really great list of tips for developing good habits. Gretchen Rubin is a writer who has written a bunch of books about cultivating healthy habits effectively and successfully. I've used her habits manifesto in a writing group I've facilitated at work, and it's just as relevant here.

    Here is her Habits Manifesto:
    • What we do every day matters more than what we do once in a while.💚
    • Make it easy to do right and hard to go wrong.💚
    • Focus on actions, not outcomes.
    • By giving something up, we may gain.💚
    • Things often get harder before they get easier.
    • When we give more to ourselves, we can ask more from ourselves.
    • We’re not very different from other people, but those differences are very important.
    • It’s easier to change our surroundings than ourselves.💚
    • We can’t make people change, but when we change, others may change.💚
    • We should make sure the things we do to feel better don’t make us feel worse.💚
    • We manage what we monitor.💚
    • Once we’re ready to begin, begin now.

    And I’d add
    Forgive yourself for not doing it sooner...

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