IDENTITY
ORIENTED – “I know I should make dinner tonight!”
I
have a big confession to make. This may
be the first time I’ve told anyone…
I’m
not always good at organizing my time.
There I said it. Like many of
you, I’m always on the go, always making sure the kids are where they need to
be, making sure I am where I need to be!
Where my time management seems to suffer the most is at mealtime. If I
don’t have something already prepped and ready to heat up after a busy day of
work and after school activities, my family and I are often scrambling to pull
something together.
Feeling
defeated, I’ll resign myself to fixing the “emergency” stash of frozen lasagna
or we’ll just go out to dinner often spending twice or triple what we’d
probably spend at the grocery store if we had made a proper plan.
NO MORE EXCUSES!
Inspired
by Chris’ motivational video series on “consistent fitness success”, I’ve
decided to stop the “downward spiral” of consistently coming up with
excuses. I will be consistent with
planning healthy homemade meals for my family and me.
“Motivation is what gets you started.
Habit is what keeps you going.” ~Jim Ryun (American track athlete and
last American to hold the world record in the mile run)
PROCESS
ORIENTED – “I will have dinner on the table tonight!”
I
am now taking the steps to “cultivate” a process oriented mindset. Rather than try and gather a meal together at
the last minute, often spending limited time and/or money, I will carve out
time I know I have available to plan, shop and prepare our meals for the week.
For
many of you, this may seem like an easy challenge especially if you’ve been
implementing a plan like this for a while.
But just like starting a new fitness routine or changing an eating
habit, I am facing something that I always “wished” or thought I “should”
achieve. If I can dial in meal planning
so that it becomes routine, I know that I have successfully made a positive
lifestyle change. This will not only
benefit me but the ones I care about, too!
ON YOUR
MARK, GET SET…
Go! The time to start is NOW. I’ve already cleared out a time this weekend
to do my shopping and prepping. I’ve
also chosen some recipes to make and have begun my shopping list so I won’t be
overwhelmed with what I need on shopping day.
I’ll
follow up in a couple weeks to show you my progress. I’ll share how I went about making a plan of
action and what I did to implement it. I
expect it may not always go smoothly but I’m determined to stick to my plan so
that eventually, my weekly meal planning becomes a habit!
Ami Hodge
TNF Fitness Coach
