Monday, July 9, 2012

FUELS for Your Body: The Goals Post

My last post introduced what I'm trying to do with FUELS - fueling my body with food, unloading, exercise, liquids, and sleep. I realized I was missing the specificity of behaviors I need to make this successful. That being said, here are my goals for FUELS.





Every day I will:

1. Food: Never "flood my engine" by eating when already full

2. Unload: Get my work email to less than one screen (weekend/vacation: unclutter and/or disconnect)

3. Exercise: Do something to make my body stronger (walk, bike, play with kids, resistance, etc.)

4. Liquids: Drink half my body weight in ounces of water (ex. 180 lb. person would drink 90 oz.)

5. Sleep: Go to be a minimum of seven hours before my wake up time

That's it. Five goals, totally doable, that when done daily I believe will make a big difference.

8 comments:

Lisa said...

Learning WHEN to stop eating, and actually do it, is hard but probably the biggest key to losing weight.

Jessica said...

Sounds like a great plan!

Michele said...

Love this FUELS plan! Also happy to hear that you are back on a bike. Watch out, Alan, it becomes addicting!,,

Todd Swanson said...

Thanks for the lists, I could use to do a few of those. Particularly the declutter one Oh how terrible I am at that.

Bruce Gudmundson said...

Each of these in and of themselves are great! goals. Put them all together consistently and you will see a big uptick in your health!

Tish said...

Great idea. I love well-done acronyms.

MC Palacio said...

These are great reminders that seems quick and easy to implement! Thanks. mytravelfitness.com

Ryan.Perry said...

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