Identifying my month for change
Started a diet on March 21. Unlike previous efforts that last, oh, a day and a half or until I come within smelling distance of baked goods, whichever comes first, this one seems to have potential. I’m using an iPhone app called “Lose It!” that lets you set a goal (you want to lose HOW many pounds a week?) without laughing, and tells you when you’ll reach your goal, how many calories you can get away with in order to get there, adds up your food log, minuses your exercises (and gives you the calorie pluses and minuses for each) and lets you chart your progress on a neat little graph.
So, two weeks in and I’ve lost seven pounds. The good news (other than losing seven pounds, of course) is that I’m still messing around with the entering the foods and measuring the ounces and tablespoons when possible, and exercising. Okay, not as much as I should…exercising that is…but more than I had been doing. And I look forward to doing the counting and logging again the next day.
Looking at the calendar, it occurred to me that when I quit smoking, finally, a couple of years ago, that happened in March, too, almost exactly the same time of the month. I’d tried to quit, and actually quit, several times over the decades, without long-term success. This time I used Chantix and found that I didn’t need more than the first scrip, didn’t want to kill myself, and really liked smelling food and tasting wine. And vice versa.
So I suppose I could go cast my horoscope, if I can get a new ephemeris, and see what’s going on that might account for there being a “best” time for me to institute, and embrace, change in my life. Is March my magical month? The best time to start new things? Maybe it’s just my best time for dropping bad habits. Hmmm. Now I’m going to find myself trying to remember what else happened in other Marches.
Just a thought.