I like to make lists, To Do Lists especially, which is one of the reasons I bought a smartphone, I can make electronic To Do Lists…well that and I felt peer pressure from my Twitter pals :P But the trouble with me and my lists, I tend to load them up soooooo long that they are overwhelming and they scare me so much that I avoid looking at them and checking things off. Yesterday I was making a mental list of all the things I need to do to be healthy and happy and it was just so long that I thought I might as well give up before I begin, when I had an idea. I could challenge myself to do one thing at a time, and work my way through the list every week, look at short term goals, and not the mountain of I NEED TO LOSE 30LBS and do this this this this this and this thoughts.

So this week will be the start of my HHC, a personal challenge to develop one healthy habit at a time, some of them will be very simple and relate straight to health matters (exercise and eating specifically), but I some will be more for mental health, learning to de-stress (if that is possible for me.) my HHC will be one simple change I institute for the week, so that I start slowly changing over my daily behaviors to create healthy habits that I can stick with.

Every week, on Sunday or Monday I will blog my HHC goal (and update on how the previous week went)….Please feel free to comment on the blog entries, it might guilt me into sticking into the challenges if I know people are reading this. If you would like to do a HHC for yourself you can comment on the weekly blog entry with your HHC post and maybe stop by someone else’s to offer support.

if you want to play along I think the first step will be to start brainstorming a list (I told you about the list love I have) of weekly goals you might want to try to reach, just to have a starting point. As I continue I will be adding to my list, and maybe even taking suggestions, sort of like a Choose Your Own Adventure Book…but you know with exercise haha

The List

Eat Breakfast (I never do this)

Eat Lunch regularly (I…sometimes do this)

Eat Dinner regulary (you’d think if the lack of food I eat I would be skinny, but then I do things like eat a bowl of goldfish crackers in the bath and ice cream for a late dinner and…yeah)

Exercise in the Mornings (my walk away the lbs DVDS)

Exercise in the Afternoons or Evenings (I have a lovely elpitial machine that I hang my clothes to dry on)

Wean myself off juice (I am a juice addict lately)

Wean myself off candy (I am a diabetic waiting to happen)

Learn to cook

Set up a cleaning schedule

Watch a movie a week

Read a Book a week

Those are just some ideas that will be fleshed out as I choose them for challenges. This week my HHC will be to eat Breakfast Everyday which sounds silly, but breakfast eating (and really a eating schedule in general) is something I have issues with. I know what I am SUPPOSED to do, but I can’t make myself follow through, but maybe blogging about it will make me do what I am supposed to.

I’m going to hold off on the exercise challenges until I am over this sinus infection. I’ll keep up with my twice a week exercise date with the girls from work, but for today at least my running is out. Since I am coughing up a storm, I thought it was safer to start of my road towards eating like a normal person this week.

What do you all eat for breakfast that might appeal to an anti-breakfast girl?