New Plan.

Feh. I’ve lost track of how many “new plans” I’ve made over the past several years. However, the foot injury I recently sustained dictated this particular change in plan, even before my own laziness could get around to fucking it all up.

I’ve also come to realize (and this is going to totally be a DUH moment, so try to restrain yourselves from rolling your eyes) (I’m speaking to all three of my readers, by the way) that I tend to want to jump into an “all or nothing” sort of plan, instead of easing my way into behavioral changes. Which, as anyone with half a brain can tell you, is dumb. Sweeping changes to multiple aspects of one’s life all at once never last for very long before they’re given up on.

So this is what I’m going to do. It’s very, very simple.

- Exercise on the days I’m not physically at work – weekends and my telecommute day. I find that I just can’t get the gumption up during the week, but by GOD there is nothing from stopping me from exercising on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. Three days is far better than zero days, and perhaps as my physical wellness starts to improve the good habit will extend further into the week. Now, for the time being exercise is going to be restricted to anything I can do without my feet – a challenge, let me tell you. Pilates, yoga, balance ball, and free weights seem to be working for me at the moment. It’s incredibly important, given the current condition of my body, that I stretch as often as possible. In the near future, when all of my limbs are in working order again, I hope to buy a bike, and maybe get back into the Couch-To-3k routine.

- Eliminate bread/wheat from my diet, and add a significantly larger amount of fruits and vegetables. I know that South Beach rules dictate (among other things) no bread, no pasta, no rice, no potatoes, no corn, and very controlled amounts of fruit. And when I adhere to these rules I drop weight like gangbusters. I still plan on getting to that end state, but for the time being I’m easing into things. I’m a carb junkie. I’m going to work on that. I don’t always make good choices, among the choices that are available to me. I’m going to work on that, too. As I get better at the basics, I’ll be able to add more dietary goals with a higher likelihood of success.

- Water. Water. Water.

- Vitamins and supplements daily – a multi-vitamin, a probiotic, fish oil, calcium, glucosamine, chromium, L-carnitine.

That’s it. That’s as complicated as I’m going to let things be, for now. And I’ll re-assess when I re-assess. No more of this “X done in Y weeks!” crap. It just doesn’t work. Once I start feeling better, healthier, more in control of my habits, THEN I’ll adjust accordingly.