It's now day 4. I managed the weekend with significantly reduced alcohol intake but did have a cake each day. I'm a bit embarrassed about that as surely it should be possible to go two days without a cake but I didn't and there's no point in having a blog if I don't tell the truth on it.
I feel better than I normally do on a Monday but don't feel amazing, I'm assuming that a) it's not an instant fix and b) I did have some alcohol and cakes so can't expect miracles.
I intend to have a healthy week and lets see how it goes from here.
Because I can be better.
Monday, 30 April 2012
Friday, 27 April 2012
The Best That I Can Be
Now for the next step. To be the best that I can be I've analysed the list from yesterdays post and devised a strategy to make some initial improvements.
I feel that I can make improvements to each point by increasing my energy levels. If I'm looking for a link between the issues that I have, I think it is that bad diet and drinking too much alcohol will reduce my available energy. Which, in turn, will make me sluggish, unfit, irritable and will lead to low motivation, poor efficiency and innevitably lead to me making incorrect decisions.
Next, I analyse my diet. I drink a lot on a Friday and Saturday and have a couple of drinks on maybe two nights a week. The nights that I don't drink, I crave sugar as my body is used to getting a large carb hit from the alcohol so I eat chocolate. The rest of my diet is excellent with plenty of fruit, veg, lean protein etc. I need to remove the 'sugar cycle'. Crave sugar, eat sugar, get sugar high, come down, crave sugar....repeat!
So, here's the plan. I'm cutting sweets, cakes, biscuits etc out of my diet for a month and I'm cutting alcohol back to a couple of drinks on a Friday and Saturday. The result of this will hopefully be increased energy levels which should have an impact on the things that are holding Bob back.
I feel that I can make improvements to each point by increasing my energy levels. If I'm looking for a link between the issues that I have, I think it is that bad diet and drinking too much alcohol will reduce my available energy. Which, in turn, will make me sluggish, unfit, irritable and will lead to low motivation, poor efficiency and innevitably lead to me making incorrect decisions.
Next, I analyse my diet. I drink a lot on a Friday and Saturday and have a couple of drinks on maybe two nights a week. The nights that I don't drink, I crave sugar as my body is used to getting a large carb hit from the alcohol so I eat chocolate. The rest of my diet is excellent with plenty of fruit, veg, lean protein etc. I need to remove the 'sugar cycle'. Crave sugar, eat sugar, get sugar high, come down, crave sugar....repeat!
So, here's the plan. I'm cutting sweets, cakes, biscuits etc out of my diet for a month and I'm cutting alcohol back to a couple of drinks on a Friday and Saturday. The result of this will hopefully be increased energy levels which should have an impact on the things that are holding Bob back.
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Day One
For my first post I'm going to list everything that I can think of on this spot, right now, that I could do better. This list will be added to in due course but I'm thinking it will give me an idea of what I need to work on to be better than Bob.
1. I waste too much time
2. I make too many bad decisions
3. I eat too much rubbish food
4. I drink too much
5. I procrastinate
6. I'm not fit enough
That has actually turned out to be a pretty short list but reading through the points, I'm thinking that each one is actually a category with a number of sub-categories that will hopefully be brought out as I continue.
It's noticeable to me that I'm not actually very bad in any of the categories, it's just that I know I can be significantly better in all of them. I also have a nagging feeling that there is one root cause of all of them that hopefully I can discover. (Is it just me?)
There are easy solutions to each of the points however I've been failing to improve each one for so long now that I need to do something drastic. So here it is, my life and fallibilities in a blog for all to see.
1. I waste too much time
2. I make too many bad decisions
3. I eat too much rubbish food
4. I drink too much
5. I procrastinate
6. I'm not fit enough
That has actually turned out to be a pretty short list but reading through the points, I'm thinking that each one is actually a category with a number of sub-categories that will hopefully be brought out as I continue.
It's noticeable to me that I'm not actually very bad in any of the categories, it's just that I know I can be significantly better in all of them. I also have a nagging feeling that there is one root cause of all of them that hopefully I can discover. (Is it just me?)
There are easy solutions to each of the points however I've been failing to improve each one for so long now that I need to do something drastic. So here it is, my life and fallibilities in a blog for all to see.
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