I feel like I started hearing the term “wellness” during quarantine. I’d come across blog posts that talked about maintaining your wellness during that time, and those posts always targeted not just physical health (which is what I always think of when I think of wellness) but also emotional and mental health.
I have really struggled with my weight ever since going through IVF. When I had lost so much weight after college, I had trained myself to have self control and self discipline–which we all know is SO instrumental in losing weight. I eased off during IVF because I was having to restrict myself in so many other ways that I felt like it would be fine to have that cookie dough blizzard, right?!
Well, long story short–I feel like I’ve lost my self control when it comes to food. A cookie tastes so much better than a carrot 🙂
So this year I’ve decided to fully focus on WELLNESS in all aspects. I know that if I ate better all the time then my mental health would be a little better, too…..less stress over regretting what I ate. I also wanted to share with y’all my wellness goals for the year! I’m sure they may change as the year goes on.
2021 Wellness Goals:
- track my food in my WW app – I’ve gotten terrible at that and can go days with only tracking one thing and consistency is key
- make better food choices and celebrate those – I need to remember that my whole day isn’t ruined if I ate terrible at one meal (or even two!). Celebrating the good food/meal choices that I make will make it much easier to continue making better choices
- no coffee in the afternoon – coffee in the afternoon makes it harder for me to go to sleep at night so I tend to stay up later resulting in less sleep
- exercise 2x a week during school and 4x a week when we are on a break – exercise is a stress reliever for me and I know it’s keeping my heart healthy. It’s hard to workout more than twice a week during the school year unless it’s after 8pm. My goal is 2x a week at minimum
- play outside with Harrison after school (when it isn’t freezing!) – Luckily for me, this one will be so doable because Harrison loves playing outside!
- be nicer to myself – I’m sure we all focus on what we don’t like about ourselves, but I want to get better at making sure I think kind thoughts about my body
If you have any wellness goals for this year, what are they? How do you keep yourself accountable?
