Building On Habits

Figuring out what habits works for me and rolling with them. Temptation bundling.

General Notes

Major struggles the past couple of days, mentally giving up. Two steps forward, one and a half steps back. Still progress and I'm not giving up now, but it's been tough. 

Some habits I've found success with to build on:

• Skip breakfast. Just doesn't do much for me. Not super hungry in the morning and skipping it gives me more calories to play with later in the day.
• Start drinking water early and take meds. High correlation between skipping meds and bad days.
• Delete DoorDash. Makes it too easy to binge eat on a whim.
• I'm a man of habit. Roll with that by not worrying about expanding my horizons regularly. 
• Lunch/dinner out: Chipotle, local Afghan restaurant, Roti. Good, healthy rice bowls available in all those place around 700 calories.
• Rotate my smaller meals at home. Vegetarian chili, slow cooked chicken bowls.
• Mix up the side that goes with the main dish. A sweet potato sometimes, brown rice sometimes, whole wheat toast sometimes, soup sometimes.
• Add in breakfast-for-dinner as evening meals! Three egg omelets, scrambled eggs, fried eggs on toast with buffalo sauce, just a TON of great options that I'd legit look forward to.

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Daily Article Notes

Relevant notes from my daily set of Noom articles.

• This article introduces the idea of "temptation bundling," mixing something you want to do with something you should do. For instance, only listening to an exciting audiobook at the gym.
• What are some things I want to do?
• play games
• listen to podcasts
• eat sweets
• What are some things I should do?
• walk
• eat more "green" foods
• Potential bundling idea: find a mobile game I can play when I walk