Using SMART goals to achieve a plan.

Tuesday 24th January

I’m very excited at the prospect of exploring and improving these aspects of my life.  I decide to use the SMART goal system, making goals that are:

·         Specific

·         Measurable

·         Attainable

·         Realistic

·         Timely

In the past I have set myself up to fail with unrealistic goals. This time as I focus on my vision and goals for 2012 I am going to align them to my values. That way they will be in keeping with my sense of well-being and purpose in life. I’m also visualising how I want to feel about myself and my life in 3, 6, 9, 12 months’ time. What we visualise we materialise.

So onwards and upwards, I am going to do something each day to move in the right direction!

 The first area I am looking at is health and wellbeing

 I want to make a series of small changes that will be sustainable and add up to a big shift in my energy and fitness levels.

Action Points

·         Drink more water ~ a least a litre a day ~ I am going to alkalise this to neutralise the acidity in my body and enhance mobility, digestion and so much more.

·         Move back to a healthy eating plan that focuses on G L foods so that I sustain blood sugar levels and reduce cravings, get and keep fitter and leaner and have more energy/vitality

·         Fit more exercise into my life ~ take a look at local classes, Tai Chi, Qigong and Yoga all appeal.  The walk to my local park/lake takes 1 hr; Pushchair walks with my grandchildren also 1 hr. walks to and from the shops. Schedule a walk or class every day.

 Reading Caitlin Moran’s How To Be a Woman recently,  I was struck by the way she talks about how the ‘ sugar highs or the deep soporific calm of carbs’  amount to ‘choosing food as your drug’

I find that if I start the day with a healthy breakfast I am more likely to keep to healthy eating during the day

One of the joys of the GL eating plan is that I can have two healthy snacks a day as well as 3 nourishing meals.

Action Points

·         Have set up a weekly order for healthy and tempting Graze snacks.

·         Decide that I motivate myself best when I make myself accountable, so I enlist the help of my friend Corrinne as a mentor. My first task is to email her menu plans for next week

Can setting up a healthy eating plan be the right thing for you, can you set fitness targets that work with your life?. How is your wellbeing and can you set SMART goals in this area?