My Lifestyle Logbook

Here’s the question for today…if you keep a daily log of your lifestyle, actually writing it down on paper for anyone to see, will you live a healthier lifestyle? I guess if you really don’t care how you live it wouldn’t matter, but what if you do?

Today I am scheduled to start a 9 week daily log for my KPE – Active Health class. The logbook is provided and laid out nicely, all I have to do is record my resting heartrate each morning, the amount of and quality of sleep I get each night (no room for naps so will have to put that in my notes section), my daily activity (time, duration, heartrate, etc) what and when I ate (keeping track of the number of servings in each food group), my fluid intake (I am assuming this means water), the weather and my mood for the day.

A couple of semesters ago, I kept a similar log but it was only for 3 days and I got to selectively pick the three days (one day had to be a Friday or Saturday). Tonight, I am hosting the parents of my daughter’s softball team for an 80′s Party/Fundraiser. I have been asking myself since I got up, do I really want to start this today? I am not planning on ripping it up or anything, but I kinda wanted to make a good impression especially on my first entry. I don’t have much going on tomorrow, perhaps tomorrow is a better day to start, no parties, no nibbly food loaded with not so hidden calories…what’s a girl to do.

Nope, I am going to start today. A couple of hours will not spoil the day, and I think that logging my day will ensure that I have a very healthy day before before my guests arrive, not to mention I have already gone to the trouble of taking my resting heartrate when I woke up this morning.

So here’s to 2 servings of dairy products, 2 servings of meat and alternatives, 7-8 servings of fruit and veggies, 6-7 servings of grain products and 6-8 cups of water….in the next 11 hours.