Week 1 Summary

So.

I love my new planner and plan and I'm very happy with my goals for this year.

This had to be said.

Week 1, which ended yesterday, started out very well and then I fell apart on the weekend.

This leads me to the idea that perhaps I should put more thought into my weekends. The standard format that worked so well for me during the week is not an option for Saturday and Sunday. First, I have a completely different structure to my weekends than to my work week, which is fairly standard, but I made an executive decision to ignore that in my planner, and so my weekend left me feeling like everything I'd done during the week was a complete waste of time. Which I'm not happy about.

I mean, I slept until noon, did almost nothing on my checklist, but still, my week was fantastic, and I feel like I'm ripping myself off because I'm not getting a reward for that effort.

Other lessons learned from the week.

• I need to get to bed earlier. My alarm goes off at 4:45 am, and I can push through about 4 days on very little sleep, but then my system crashes. Which is, I think, part of what happened this weekend - I stayed in bed until noon on Saturday.
• My journal for the next week needs to be prepped and printed by Friday night before I leave work. Or I need to set up my printer at home.
• My menu plan needs to be a bit more detailed. I found myself frequently having to log onto my computer to figure out which veggies to cook, or wondering if my smoothie should have protein in it or not.
• I need to set aside time on Sunday to prep for the next week. I didn't do that yesterday, and I'm feeling almost panicked about this week.

And now, off I go to prep myself for this week. Look for posts about my meal plans and fitness plans to follow.