"A light heart lives long"--William Shakespeare
I believe this is true. People with less stress and more happiness in their lives live a fuller, happier, and better life than those under a cloud of stress, misery, and depression. But just as importantly...
"A light body lives long"--Me :)
So light heart + light body = super happy, fulfilling, long life
I've decided to set weekly goals for myself each week to help me stay on the pathway to a healthier lifestyle. Every wednesday I will set a new goal for myself and make it through the week and the weekend. Just because the week is over doesnt mean I will quit with the goal. I will try to maintain it as a part of my lifestyle and add on the new goal.
My goal for this week is to cut back on sugar intake. I am not going to say I'll be 100% sugar-free because that is almost impossible...but I can control myself from grabbing that afternoon candy bar. I can cut back on sugar a lot.
I believe the most realistic way to reach a healthy lifestyle is to do it gradually with baby steps. That is why I am setting these weekly goals. It is too hard to just do it all in one giant leap. Unhealthy lifestyle one day--healthy the next. Does anyone else set weekly goals for themselves like this? If not would you like to start? What goals would you set?
Friday after work this week I will go train for 2 hours at my new job then go to my boyfriends. I'll get there maybe around 8 o'clock. Then we are going to go to a drag race. Also, as I have mentioned before, I want to start doing more active activities on my weekends. I was supposed to go with my boyfriend to hike Stone Mountain about a month ago, but it rained that weekend. Well we are FINALLY going to do it this weekend! Its a 1.5 mile hike up, and I am so excited. It'll be hot so I'll be sure to bring lots of cold water. After our hike up and back down, we are going to eat healthy sandwiches on a blanket in the field below and watch the lazer show they do on the side of the mountain. We may go out and shoot pool or go bowling after that. I'm really excited. If we don't end up doing that we are going to go to the beach where I'll do lots of swimming. I haven't been to the beach in years. What do you all think I should do? Beach or Mountain hike? Whichever we do, I'll take pics and it will be in my Wednesday goal journal next week :)
