Lining up my Ducks

I heard somewhere a phrase 'getting all your ducks in a row' which means 'to organise things well'. So that's exactly what I've been doing this week. There is 8 weeks of 12wbt to go for this round starting Monday. While I haven't been as good as I could have for the past 4 weeks I'm determined to make the next 8 weeks make up for it and to sign up for the next round.

To achieve the success I want I realised I needed to get serious and organised to make this happen. I discovered a wonderfully inspiring girl through Instagram & then found her blog cocogirlbutter@blogspot.com.au

Her name is Cocogirl & she has turned her life around - from being 141kgs and unfit to losing 50 odd kgs and running half marathons. I have been reading her blog from the start & getting so many ideas and super inspired.

One thing I need to improve is my water consumption. I am also trying to quit diet coke. I have cut down considerably but aim to quit altogether.  So I copied Cocogirl's idea and bought some water bottles and labelled them with times to drink them.  Here they are:-

How nice do they look? They gave certainly helped me this week. I'm a bit devastated though as I dropped one & broke its lid today. I can't get the same style so had to get a totally different one. Didn't realise how OCD I am but having it not match is messing with my head a bit.

I also copied another idea of hers and made myself a reward chart. I also set some realistic goals. Here is a photo of my chart beside a motivation chart I made a few months ago:-

I have also set up a reward schedule.

* every sticker = $1

* 7 stickers for 7 days = an extra $2 bonus

* if I get 7/7 stickers for all 4 categories of diet, exercise, water & sleep = an extra $5 bonus

* each goal achieved = $20

I'm hoping that having all these visual aides will help keep me focused and motivated. I'm starting my sticker chart week on Sunday.

I'm falling asleep as I type so will leave off for now.

Terri x