New Strategy

So I was reading a blog post today in which the writer had talked about having gastric bypass surgery and how worried she was about effectively communicating messages of positive body image to her daughter when she'd had a major medical procedure done herself. As I was trolling through the comments (I don't know if you've noticed, but the smartest, most interesting blogs usually have the smartest, most interesting commenters) one of them struck a chord with me: basically, the commenter said that it's pretty pointless to tell ourselves that we want to 'lose weight' or 'get thin' or 'have more energy' or whatever, as these things for the most part don't work. The thing that works, she says, is when we create a determination to GET HEALTHY, rather than skinny.

I like it. This makes sense to me.

I like having positive thoughts and ideas pulling me forward, rather than other things cutting me off. So, as is my wont, I made at list - these are the 'positive response' things that I'm thinking I can start doing to 'get healthy', instead of trying to 'lose weight':

-In bed by 11:00 (I CAN actually do this one)
- First response: drink water
- Try to do something active every hour or two (get a timer?)
- Veggies first (fruit second) ((anything else after))
- Daily scriptures (half an hour a day, first thing, works better than I thought it would)
- Sign up for a dance class
- Find someone to walk with daily/several times a week
- Schedule an 'exercise activity' once or twice a week
   : hike
   : swimming
   : biking
   : skating
   : a new class (free trials?)
   : (other suggestions?)
- Stretching morning and night
- Learn new meals and recipes, try them out
- Eat three regular meals, or 5 small every-two-hours meals

What else should I try? Anybody want in on this with me this summer? I think I need some water. And maybe some sugar snap peas.

This is a 'happy' apple, not a 'Once Upon A Time'
pass-out-and-DIE apple.  That's not healthy.