March 17, 2008

Happy St. Patrick's day everyone!  This is a very special edition of "Outland Observations" and I hope its the first of many blogs I post during the week.  Up until now I've only updated the site on weekends with a blog every other week or so.

Today marks the start of some changes for me which I'll talk about below:

1) Time I get up:  I'm a night owl--always have been.  Due to that and other time issues I have typically started work at 9 AM the last several months.  That has resulted in me spending later and later hours at work.  Therefore today I woke up at 6 AM.  I got ready and ate some breakfast while watching some TV.  I then got to work by 8 AM.

2) Organization:  I've always been a pretty organized person but lately I've been lacking in that area and it is taking me longer to do things it shouldn't.  So therefore I really buckled down and organized myself at work and at home.  I'm following the rule of only touch something once in that you don't set something aside to do later--you do it while you have and then finish it.

3) Diet:  I have formally started Nutrisystem today.  I did it in the past and lost 50 pounds.  After going off of the program I gained the weight back and then some because I went a little too crazy with eating regular food.  I'm now at my heaviest.  I've tried to do the program again but have always failed.  I'm now going into it with new resolve.  Today was day 2 on the program and so far so good.

So that's pretty much been my St. Patty's day.  Check back for updates as I will be trying to make them daily to update on my weight loss and what I'm calling my "Lifestyle Change".  I once said I needed to attune myself to the force again and I think that's what I'm doing now!

Take care,

Jace