Uninspired week leads to Tool for Living #4

It's Friday and although I haven't had a bad week point wise, I feel like I'm slacking in the healthy lifestyle department. One reason is I haven't gone food shopping in a while so my fridge is no longer stocked with healthy items, fruits, veggies, etc, so I'm resorting to my unhealthy stash of snacks when I'm home. And I haven't been going on my daily walks for a variety of reasons--none of them really good reasons. And after all the excitement about getting my bike...have I actually ridden it? Nope. I don't think I'm completely off track this week, but I feel like I'm losing my way & I want to get back to that.

In this week's Tool for Living I'm going to skip to Reframing (#7 down the list) because I think it will help me get my priorities back in order.

Reframing discusses the fact that bad habits tend to get in the way of good intentions of moving towards a goal or my winning outcome.
WW recommends using this strategy for the following reasons:

• When you want to stop a negative or unwanted behavior.
• If you let your emotions govern your food choices.
• If you eat under stress.

While the last two aren't really my issue, the first one is what I will focus on.

So what behavior do I want to change?
Lazy eating habits during the week

What does that behavior get for me?
Convenience of not having to think about what I'm eating

How else can I get that benefit?
Keeping my kitchen stocked with good food choices
Making meal lists for the week with different options
Having quick meals/snacks that are healthy & quick to grab
Leave enough time for dinner
Keeping my kitchen clean and organized for easy cooking

Which of these new behaviors would I be willing to try?
Maybe I should start with keeping my kitchen clean and organized as well as keeping it stocked with good food choices. That will lead to the rest.

I think if it were this easy, I would have been doing this from the start. But I will try to put things in order this weekend and get back on track. Plus the weekends are always good for exercise--walking...biking :)

I just have to keep thinking, the more I keep this up, the easier it will be to move towards my winning outcomes!

Until next time