Resolutions Status

In my Happy New Year post I wrote about a few things that you could consider are my 'resolutions' for the year.   

Diet - As I started the year I decided not to focus on calories or protein content or anything specific, but instead just started eating less. I feel like I eat pretty well most of the time and I know what is important to consume, but I think it was really my portion size and frequency of eating that was getting me down. I was always afraid of being hungry so I would always make sure I had extra snacks or fill up during a meal. I have started eating smaller meals and if I do need to something to tide me over until a meal I will just have a few almonds or something instead of a substantial snack. Sometimes I am hungry before a meal, but it turns out I don't need to panic about that. 

Alcohol - Given my attempts at consuming less, then I am not inclined to drink alcohol throughout the week or even on weekends, with a couple of exceptions.  We went out to eat with ski friends and I had wine, and I met a former colleague for lunch last week and I had wine. I still like to have a drink but right now I am limiting it to social situations. 

Fitness - I have been very good at getting up to work out in the mornings. I have done weights workouts on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, a bike ride on Friday and on Sunday afternoon.  And we are skiing twice a week of course.  

Work - I have adopted two new habits to get away from using paper - making my daily notes in a Word document, and keeping track of my to-do list on Teams Planner. I have also started using Gemini as my AI platform of choice, I find the tone of the information is more conversational rather than robotic, if that makes sense.  I've looked up a few things for work and also for the trip we are planning. 

Parenting - This one is a work in progress, as it would be, but I have tried encouraging more helping with things (without yelling) and there have been some wins.