This challenge will start on Tuesday, April 14th, and end on Wednesday, May 13th. During this time, I will:

1. Reducing how much I eat every day by cutting down on food portions.
2. Reviewing my yearly goals and weekly plans every day. (This also includes making weekly plans, naturally.)

Edited by The Helldragon on April 13, 2009 at 10:13:47.

2. Sounds an excellent idea for anyone who doesn't keep a close eye on their schedule. For me though I would have to go with the opposite of 1.

Mental note: Make sure nothing's going on during day trial is scheduled to begin.

Revision time! This starts on Tuesday, April 14th and goes to Wednesday, May 13th.

DAY ONE - April 14th

Let's get things off to a cumbersome start! Yeah!

Made my crappy weekly plan for the rest of the week. Made sure not to eat much at Chik-Fil-A. Started logging what I eat. That's the last time I pay to go see a movie I know is gonna suck-it'll just mess up my day.

(BTW, I did have fun riffing Dragonball Evolution, but it's still a steaming pile of goat dung.)

DAY TWO - April 15th

Almost didn't review the plan and my goals, but I remembered to fairly early on. Just looked at the plan now to figure out what to take care of tomorrow. Now that I'm adding moonlighting back into the fold, I can only hope this daily review keeps me on track.

Portion control went decent today. Got this GIGANTIC plate of pasta at a deli, but I broke it up into two seperate meals. (There's enough left for a third tomorrow, if need be.) Also found these small portioned peanut butter sundaes. Great taste with a low impact. Just how it's supposed to be.

It is, in fact, delicious. It's more like a sundae with peanut butter cups, but you know.

As for 'moonlighting', it's another term for part-time freelancing. I kinda cut it out at first since I was deviating a lot from my main goal, but I'm bringing it back on a part-time basis so I can get some extra cash on hand. But my main focus will still be on the blog.

DAY THREE - April 16th

Haven't whipped together my to-do list for tomorrow list (too busy watching old episode of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego) but I'll get there. Gotta take care of homework tomorrow, unfortunately, so it'll be easy to figure out.

Portions were okay. I ate an entire smokehouse bacon burger at Chili's but skipped the fries, so I could've done worse. (Burgers there are huge, in case you don't know, so cutting that in half would've been wiser.) But I was good in holding off from eating or snacking for a few hours. Just now I had some of Mom's chicken from the restaurant-only two pieces-plus the few fries she had left. That chicken sucked, though. Greasy, too. I'll digest a bit before dessert.

DAY FOUR - April 17th

Just redid the weekly plan, overlaying the scope of the week to come. I know my week probably won't follow the exact plans I've made, but I feel more confident having figure out ahead of time how I want my week to go.

My portions are turning out irregular. It is admittedly hard to eat just half of a meatball sub, okay? It wasn't ungodly huge, mind you, but it probably wasn't that healthy, either. At the very least, I can counter this in the future as I constantly attempt to transition to eating healthier things.

DAY FIVE - April 18th

Took another look at the plan to remind myself what was coming up this week. Way things are going, hopefully I can balance everything I want to do.

DAY SIX - April 19th

Right now, I have less control over some attempts at change than others. Some of this is by circumstance, some of this is by falling prey to other desires. Because of that, I've got no reason to expect optimized results. All the same, it can still make some days annoying when you're trying to make a lasting change.

DAY SEVEN - April 20th

Let's see, revised the weekly plan...really need to start keeping track of the times I eat so I can make sure to space them out...oh, yeah. ProTip-if you buy a salad mix, make sure to use it before it goes brown.

Also? When you go to the store, WRITE A LIST.

DAY EIGHT - April 21st

The weekly plan's been a big help so far in keeping my week on track. Been spending the first part of it working on my blog, and I'll dedicate Thursday and Friday to getting some writing gigs, actively and through job boards.

I was pretty good on toning down the pizza I had today. When it hits 7 PM I'm gonna get some more, but usually I eat three-four slices in one go and maybe another one or two later on in the same day. Of course, I wouldn't be so tempted if I didn't allow myself to eat the stuff, but...eh, maybe later.

DAY NINE - April 22nd

Checking out my food logs so far, I don't think I overeat or anything. I'm just at the weight I am now because I eat junk and I don't exercise. If I replace most of the junk with better food and actually start a consistent exercise routine, then I think I'll have an easier time of it than I thought.

DAY TEN - April 23nd

Okay, I...kinda have an idea of how the next week's gonna end up. Gonna need to spend time hunting for clients if I'm gonna make this work. I just hope the plans I've got will hold.

And yeah, I ate a lot of crap today. I really think I'll be better off replacing junk with better stuff in the future.

DAY ELEVEN - April 24th

I'll probably toss together my new weekly plan tomorrow. It ought to be interesting, what with the micro-plans I'm making in order to tackle my writing business.

Didn't really bother to measure food much today. It's safe to say that this habit's gonna be tossed fairly quickly.

DAY TWELVE - April 25th

Just made up the new weekly plan. I always seem to wait the longest amount of time possible before making my to-do list for the next day, though. I really need to fix that.

Portions were all over today. I really didn't care much. I guess that says something about me when I've already decided to give this habit up :V

Edited by The Helldragon on April 25, 2009 at 19:38:39.

DAY THIRTEEN - April 26th

I think I could stand to monitor when I eat as a seperate trial. I don't think I'm too bad in overeating, but it would help create awareness.

DAY FOURTEEN AND FIFTEEN - April 27th and 28th

Cue a rather frantic revision of the weekly plan. Priorities sure can change quickly.

DAY SIXTEEN - April 29th

This might be one of those weeks that doesn't go very well. I'm still trying to keep things even with my plan, sure, but stuff keeps popping up.

DAY SEVENTEEN - April 30th

The plan sure is changing a lot. Well, hopefully next week's plan is more stable.

DAY EIGHTEEN - May 1st

Okay, now that I'm a bit more clearer on some of my professional sub-goals, hopefully I'll be able to keep on better track and make some actual progress.

DAY NINETEEN - May 2nd

With the aid of a fellow freelancer, I've gotten a lot of ideas on where to go next, and the weekly plan's been made accordingly. This should still allow me to promote the blog at the same time, so I can take care of both of those at once.

DAY TWENTY - May 3rd

In case you haven't figured it out yet, I've abandoned my other habit! Next time, I think I'll go with one habit I can really focus on.

DAY TWENTY ONE/TWENTY TWO - May 4th/5th

So Gilgamesh came back today, and I was sure he had a plan, because last time we met I told him that if he came back I was going to hit him with a thousand uppercuts. So we met outside and I was all "got an umbrella for the coming rain?" and he was like "you can't hurt me, I have a bodyguard!" Turns out he hired some big schmuck with green tubes all over his body to protect him. Then he said, "what do you have to say now?" and I was just like, "is he bulletproof?" Turns out he wasn't.