Make A Daily To-Do List

A great habit to help keep you focused on your weight loss goal is to make a daily to-do list for yourself. As simple as this sounds, don't dismiss how beneficial it can be especially if you are embarking on a mission to lose weight and get into better shape.

Successfully changing your daily living habits can take some time getting used to particularly if you have been partaking in unhealthy activities for a prolonged period of time. When you make a daily to-do list, you essentially list exactly what you want to accomplish the following day.

Since we want this list to focus on nutrition and exercise, those two topics should be priority number one. Pay particular attention to your nutrition since eating moments occur numerous times every day. You may be surprised it's often more than the three times we assume is all.

Just for fun, list each and every thing you ate yesterday and how many specific instances that occurred in. Was it 4, 5, 6, or more times you were confronted with opportunities to eat or drink something? Don't forget to include the times you may have snacked while either driving, watching television, using the computer, reading a book, or doing some other leisure activity at home.

If you found yourself with a rather large list consisting of a number of unhealthy items you know you need to get rid of, this is where a to-do list can really help you stay focused on task.

Keep it simple and quick so when you make a daily to-do list it does not take up too much of your time and become cumbersome. The night before, on a post-it or small piece of paper write down what you are going to eat for breakfast along with your mid-morning snack, the lunch you will take to work, along with your after lunch snack. Finally, write down what will you prepare for dinner since you don't want to ruin that great day of eating by going to a fast food spot or restaurant after work right?

All this should be added to your list to help constantly remind you of the plan you envisioned for yourself. Don't forget to include the exercise along with the block of time when you are going to complete it. Even though exercise likely will not be happening every day of the week, when you are planning to workout be sure you add it to your to-do list just in case it gets overlooked as the day progresses.

Finally, at the end of the day take time to review your list. This is an extremely important part of this process and one of the main reasons why a daily to-do list can really help you focus on improving your healthy living habits. Checkmark, cross out, highlight, or use any other marks on your list you want. This will help you visually see what you did positive that day, along with other aspects that may not have turned out as you had envisioned.

This is also a great opportunity to create your list for the following day so you will have a brand new agenda to help guide you for the next 24 hours. And the pattern continues.

The more often you create and stick with a to-do list, the quicker you will create healthy habits that guide you through an entire day. Repeat this effort over an over and soon you will be living a healthy life shedding a bit more weight day after day.



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