What is habit tracking?
Using a habit tracker, is an easy method to see how well you are practicing a new habit or sticking to a routine. It is a log of progress.
Why use a habit tracker?
- It is a simple, visual way that makes you act. You can see what you need to do, so you do it.
- It motivates you to move forward. Each win makes you want to carry on. On a bad day, you can see how well you have actually been doing, so you start again.
- It’s satisfying. It feels good to tick boxes.
My experience
Routine
I am a scattered person. I find it difficult to make one day the same as another. Keeping a routine has been a life-long struggle. So, I’ve set up a ‘routine’ habit tracker that is resolving this problem.
If you can’t read the habits (I like using pencils), these are some of the items I have put in my routine:
- strength exercises
- asthma preventer 1
- fill water bottle (for desk)
- brisk walk outdoors (lunch time)
- asthma preventer 2
- read book in bed (no scrolling)
Weight loss
Pleasingly, I have lost weight by following a wonderful weight loss podcast by Katrina Ubell Md. Her target audience is ‘busy physicians’, and I’m not a physician. But her guidelines work for all bodies, and she is lovely. She focuses on behaviour, thoughts and feelings, rather than calories and recipes. So by keeping to the basic things that she says (no sugar, no flour, no snacks between meals, and lots of her encouragement) the weight falls off.
Finally
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