Weigh-in Wednesdays - Week 2:  Elminate a Trouble Spot

Week 2 of my 14-week journey to be lighter and healthier by the end of the year.  If you missed my previous posts, here are links to them:

The Anti-New Year's Resolution

Week 1:  Know Your Numbers

This week only down 1/2 lb.  Not great  but slow, sustainable progress is the aim here.  I kept a journal of my eating and exercising, and have been able to identify a few (quite a few in fact) trouble spots that I know need to be turned around.  If I try to change all of them at once, I know that I'll burn out.  So I am choosing just one trouble spot to work on for the month of October.

For the entire month, I am going to battle a bad habit that I've had for quite a long time:  Eating at my desk.  This is going to be a difficult one.  If I'm in a rush in the morning, I'll often take breakfast into my office.  If I'm at home at lunch time, again I tend to make a sandwich and eat while working.  The reasoning has been that I'm saving time by eating and working at the same time.  Unfortunately, it's now become a Pavlov's dog type of habit - go to office, bring food with.   

I've read that in order to eliminate a bad habit, it's best to replace it with something else...an alternate behavior.  What can I exchange for bringing food to my office?  Taking my office down to where the food lives is definitely not an option.  Any ideas?  Well, I'll let you know what I come up with next week.

Until then, stay healthy, stay active, and stay focused.