I Can't move 300 pounds all at once, but I can move 1 pound 300 times

 Today I had an epiphany of sorts, I was listening to podcast about diet tips for weight loss and I realized that you can't do everything all at once.  If you do you feel restricted and deprived which causes me to be depraved.  But baby steps are not my style.  I want to lose a hundred pounds and I want to do it yesterday, so every time I start I go a little gung ho.  Be it Keto or Weight Watchers it was jump in and do, and while both worked I couldn't sustain the victory.  None became a new habit or a new way for me to continue.  But I realized this morning that when I do a big job, whether at home, like cleaning or at work, working on files, I breakdown the tasks. (Dan, there is that stinking word, tasks)   But I wasn't doing that for my self-care.  Instead I was trying, even though I didn't think so, to do too much at once.

So, where do I start?  There are lot of steps in self care. Maybe I should start by making a list, I like lists.

Here are some things I can think of:

Sleep 7 to 8 hours a night (that I can do - I love sleep)

Plan your meals, do meal prep on the weekend and get everything ready for the week.

Drink at least 8 glasses of water

Walk, even 10 minutes a day

Journal - keep a gratitude journal - better yet a food journal

Count the calories/or points/or macros depending on what diet you are on. 

But make your own list, work on what you have trouble with - me - snacks and candy in the afternoon.  I substituted protein bars and healthy snacks but then I stopped, what can I do to learn a new behavior?  Not sure. 

But instead of me trying to move a whole pallet of stuff by trying to pick it all up at once and carrying it across a room, which is impossible; I can take one box at a time and move it. 

So I can make one change at a time - or two - whatever I am comfortable with.

So just for today - I am drinking my huge jug of water - all 64 ounces, yes, I have gone to the bathroom a lot.  And I logged food on my Noom app.  And tonight I am going to make a list of things I can do and see what works for me.  What I can change and keep doing.