Active August

Today starts August and with that is my agreement to join the pack in what is being tweeted as “Active August”. You can follow all of the tweets here. The rules as I understand them are quite simple: we agree to be more active during the month of August, look to be mindful of our nutrition choices, and hopefully drop a few pounds.

I have seen a few different blogs where people spell out exactly what they intend to do over the course of the month. So, I will do the same. And as with many things in my life I will do my best to keep things simple.

• I will weigh myself twice, and only twice. On August 1st and again on September 1st.
• When I am hungry, I will eat.
• I will eat whatever I want.
• I will eat consciously. I will not be distracted by the television, by my laptop, or anything else. I will be conscious of my eating, how quickly I may be eating, and will enjoy every bite.
• When I am full, I will stop eating.
• I will look to burn, on average, about 2,000 calories a week. The calories can be burned by any activity but will probably be done through jogging, swimming, and lifting weights.

You may notice a lot of those same concepts as they are part of the “I Can Make You Thin” series by Paul McKenna. I think it was over a year ago I saw a series of sows on TLC where these concepts were introduced. I have tried them off and on for the past year and they do work but they require some effort in order to break out of the bad habits you have formed over decades.