Week 2

52 Small Changes: Week 2-- Get Enough Z's.

I think I do pretty well with this one.  The goal is to get 7-8 hours of *restful* sleep each night.  I normally get about 7-8 hours of sleep each night; I'm just not really sure how *restful* it is.  Ever since I had McCoy, I have been a pretty light sleeper because I'm always listening for him.

The trick is to keep up with the 52 Small Changes from the last week.

I did pretty good (all things considered) with the water last week.  I can always do better, it's just that for ME, it was pretty good.  Being a teacher, it is hard to consume as much water as I'm suppose to.  I was constantly running to the bathroom and even had to go during a class (I asked Julie to keep an eye out for the kiddos while I went pee).  But, I'm trying it again.



I also decided to take part in another 52 things... This is about being Relaxed.  It's a book called Relax: Brilliant Little Ideas to Chill Out.

Week 1: Hug Your Home--

This week is about making sure that you read up on FlyLady (done.)
-- Always have a clean kitchen sink (ahem, most of the time I do)
-- Adopt the laser beam approach (Divide your house into sections and clean each one during the week)
-- Bless your home (Cleaning your house for about an hour, to include vacuuming, mopping, dusting, ect)
-- Ideas-- while cooking, fill the sink with hot soapy water and dump stuff in as you go along.  Then clean while it cooks.

Week 2: Grumpy Old Git-- Or Really, Really Sick?

This week is about men... does not apply to me!!! :)  

52 Small Changes

I recently bought a book that is called "52 Small Changes".  It is about how I can make small changes each week over a year to live a more happier life.  I want to do this and I hope that I continue.

I read Week 1 today and plan to implement it starting Monday, although it is something that I already do on a regular basis.  I'm hoping to keep this as a journal to that success story, along with exercising and eating right.  I've also kept a running log of my weight which is at the top.

Okay, so week 1: Drink UP!

This chapter was interesting because of the actual amount of water that I need to be drinking.  I've always heard 62 oz everyday.  But this author says that you should take your weight and divide it in two and that's how many ounces you need each day.  Well, let's see I'm 160, divide that it's 80.  That's a lot of oz!  I don't know if I can do that, but I'm going to try.  I installed an app on my smartphone to remind me each hour to drink up.  I have to have ice in my water and drink through a straw so I'm hoping that I can accurately see how much water I actually consume.

So, let's do this!  I'm ready to start!