Big Change little change

There are so many things that I know and choose not to put into practice...it is kind of mind boggling sometimes.  A while ago I read a cute little book about small changes and the basic premise is that people fail to change their lives because big sweeping changes don't stick.  Small changes are easier to digest and more likely to stick.  I know this, it makes sense to me and yet I still try to diet, exercise, banish lazy and procrastinator all at once. The problem in making small changes, well, it makes everything take longer and I, and everyone else, like quick results and gratification.

But that doesn't work.  Making big sweeping changes doesn't work.  So my goal is to try something different...a hybrid of sort.  I will focus on one big change and one small change.  The big change will be a 1-2 month short term goal and the smaill change will be a week by week goal.  I will not move on to the next change until I have mastered the 1st change.  (The definitition of master will be consistency). My health related changes:

Big Changes
Weight Traine 3x/week
Cardio 2x/week
Increase Protein intake
Track Calories and Nutrients

Small Changes
Give up caffeinated coffee
Drink More liquids
Eat 1-2 fruit/day
Eat 1-2 vegetables/day

So for the next 2 months I will focus on weight training 3x/week no matter what.  I will not add cardio.  I will not track my calories.  JUST WEIGHT TRAINING.  I put the scale away so that I would not get distracted by the weight thing (up or down). I choose to focus on weight training first because I know from previous weight loss attempts that exercise is a KEY component of my weight loss.  I want to establish a good base of muscle and a good routine before I try to worry about calories.

For the next week, I will get AT LEAST 64oz. of fluids per day mostly in the form of water and tea (with a little decaf coffee thrown in).