New Routines

So, I'm attempting to to incorporate healthy habits in to my daily routine. It looks like I'm trying to fit in a lot of different things at the same time, but really, each new habit is something that I already do, sometimes, but want to do more of.

So today I've started four new habits. In three weeks, they should stick and become second nature:

26. Dog walk every day for a month

I used to do this twice a day, morning and evening. Then it became once a day, morning. Then it became "Let the dog entertain herself now we have a back yard." I'm going to bump it back up to a good amount of exercise every morning.
We walk to the park, play fetch, walk home again.

31. Cook healthy dinners everyday.

I used to cook healthy dinners practically everyday. But then when the bf got transferred to a different city through the week and I started cooking only for myself, I stopped the menu planning, the grocery list making, and stopped cooking.
Now I've included "menu planning" on my weekly schedule, and have gone through my recipe books and magazines and made a list of healthy, low fat (less than 15g fat per serving) recipes to choose from.
I'll keep you updated with the recipes I make.

32. Drink 2 glasses of water a day

I know that you're supposed to drink 8 cups a day, or something like that, but I don't drink a single glass of water, ever, because I don't really like water. (Think morning sickness, with nothing in your stomach except a glass of water, sloshing around, making noises, and making you feel even more sick...) I survived for years on coffee and beer being the only 2 beverages that I drank. I never drink water. So two glasses is a good way to start.
I've scheduled one glass when I wake up in the morning, and one glass with my evening meal. I feel I have to schedule, or I'll be downing water just before going to bed, and then getting up through the night needing to pee...

33. Drink green tea every day for a month.

Another way to get me to drink more. Also, green tea has lots of antioxidants and other goodies. My quest for daily green tea has come a long way already. I used to drink it pretty often when I lived in Taiwan (usually iced). When I moved to Canada, I found it wasn't the same as green tea in Taiwan.
Then I smelled Jasmine green tea in a tea shop, and realised that that was what I'd been drinking in Taiwan.
Then I had to get used to drinking it hot, because it's too much hassle to have a pitcher of iced tea on hand.
Then I had to get used to drinking it without sugar, for the sake of my teeth, because it was standard in Taiwan to serve it pre-sweetened.
Now I plan on drinking a mug of this everyday with my lunch.

See you next week to let you know how it's going!