No More Excuses!

I got a great suggestion from a newsletter I subscribe to (the Buzz from Bikini Bootcamp): "Monday Mantra: No More Excuses
Let's face it — adopting a healthy lifestyle can be challenging at times (like when the person in the cube next to you is scarfing down French fries), and making excuses as to why you should eat that last slice of sausage pizza is easy to do: "it's the last slice and I didn't want it to go to waste," or "I was in a rush, and besides, it was a small slice."
You catch our drift.
However, excuses can sabotage your progress. Instead of making up another excuse for that candy bar, grab your journal and write down all of the excuses you make in order to eat something you shouldn't. Keep your journal handy because you'll likely come up with new ones over the course of your plan. After you've written down your excuses, alongside each one, list a way to combat the excuse. For instance, if your excuse for your morning McDonald's run is that you don't have time to prepare a healthy breakfast, then next to that excuse, write, "Get up 30 minutes earlier" or "Prepare a bowl of fruit the night before."
Sure, you might still make excuses every now and then, but when you look back at your journal, you'll see how easily you can overcome those excuses and come up with solutions that will get you back on track to a healthier you!"
(for the Bikini Bootcamp website, go to http://www.amansala.com/index.html)

So I was thinking that instead of using a journal, I could write them down in this blog. I might use it as a weekly feature, sort of like my Monday Weekly Updates - I'll decide that later. But stay tuned!