Day 5

The 30 Day Challenge | Dreaming and Grounding

Today's email focused on the process of defeating the triggers that lead to Habits of Disease, the first step in replacing them with Habits of Health.

Before I move onto today's exercises I have to say, I am already feel better than I have in months!  My diet is both healthy and satisfying, this usually wasn't the case in the past.  My approach this time around does not have an end goal.  I keep telling myself that I would like to eat and workout like this indefinitely.

DAY 5 Exercise 1: List five lifestyle events that you'd like to experience. Next, list the habits that support or prevent these lifestyle events from happening.

My 5 lifestyle events I would like to experience (not in any particular order):

• Pilot a float plane onto a lake in MN
• Write a book (non-fiction)
• A visible six pack (or something resembling it)
• Swim to Madeline Island
• Weigh less than 200 pounds

Supporting habits for the list above:

This applies to all 5: Getting a better grasp on my life, namely my physicality, will lead to increased mental acuity, leading to better management of time and resources.

Preventing habits for the list above:

I wish I would have listed this one yesterday under Habits of Disease, I have a terrible habit of hitting the snooze button.  5 sometimes 6 times.  This is a habit of disease that I need to wrangle in.  I have never been much of a morning person, but I am not longer allowed to make that excuse   I believe, if I begin to have quality mornings, my entire day will be better, leading to a better week and so on.

DAY 5 Exercise 2: List five habits that you rely on when you're upset, stressed, depressed, angry, sad, bored, tired, or overworked.


Habits that I rely on:

The first one that stands out is overeating, or poor eating.  For example, the past me found himself eating a bowl of ice cream to relieve the pain of financial struggles    I had a tendency to associate the comfort of food with stress relief.  My hope is to replace this with a physical activity.

The majority of my stress arises from money.  It can overwhelm me quit rapidly.  We currently operate a budget with room for little to no error.  The one reason I started the HaseGeld Blog is to assist in relieving some of this stress.

Over the past 2 months, I have been utilizing a life organization method call the The Secret Weapon Manifesto.  This has helped to reduce a lot of stress, as it is designed to free your mind of the little to dos in life.  I am still honing this to be habitual.

I have not considered this until now.  I have a habit of inviting people over as a way of interrupting my responsibilities.  There may be a more positive implication to this than a negative, as social interaction and relationships are very important and need to be maintained.  It is still a habit.

FOOD | Best Day Yet

I am feeling great!  Perhaps all of the garbage I have been putting in my body for months and months is being flushed out.

Here are my daily result:

Food Log Entries:

Good breakfast, Oats and peaches and a cup of coffee at 7:15.

32oz of water before 10am. 

Orange at 10am.

I feel more full of energy than I have in months.

32oz of water before 11am.

The boss took everyone out to lunch to celebrate the departure of an employee.  I had a chicken sandwich and tomato soup.  The menu selections were limited.  The meal was small and satisfying.  The portion was a little bigger than a standard lunch that I would have brought in.

I ate the rest of my peaches at 3:00.

I drank 24oz of water before 3:30.

I ate fish, rice, and broccoli at 5:05.

EXERCISE

I was looking forward to this work out!  It felt good to get my heart rate up for a small period of time.  One more step in the right direction!