8 weeks to a better you Challenge

I just started a challenge today.  It is 8 weeks to a better you!  There are 10 daily goals that all support a healthy lifestyle.  One of the goals is to write in a journal everyday.  I figured this blog is the perfect place to record my thoughts.  I am plannning on journaling one of the days in a journal dedicated to my children.

I have started many fitness routines and set many weight loss goals.  It seems just as I am about to reach to goal I quit.  It is a personal problem I have.  This time, however, I am doing the challenge with almost all of the girls in my family.  I hope that keeps me motivated for all eight weeks.

This journaling experience is not just about a physically healthier me.  It is also about a mentally better me.  I have let a lot of things go in my life due to lack of motivation.  I am the queen of procrastination.  I know it drives those around me crazy, especially my husband.  I took a psychology class last semester and made a goal to be better about procrastination.  Everytime I think I have a handle on it a relax a bit and go right back to my old ways.  Like, right now, I should be signing up for classes, but I don't want to.  I also have a huge mental list of things to get done, but always forget them becuase I don't write them down.  I feel ovewhelmed with a long list in front of me.  Some people feel encouraged as they mark something off their list.  I feel like someone tied me up with rope and is squeezing really tightly.

Now, with the 8 week challenge I have 10 daily things I have on my to do list automatically.

So far I have

 walked for an hour (I was stuck at the car service department, but I had my stroller)
Got 8.5 hours of sleep
Drank 6 cups of water
written in my journal
poured out a diet coke that was temping me

There a lits of dones!