It's a Start!

These are all changes in my life instituted on January 1st, 2018.

Avoiding potato chips and tortilla chips.

Weaning myself from sodas, especially those with caffeine, a primary trigger for my type of kidney stones. When I'm tempted, drink water!

Switched to using Kosher Sea Salt instead of regular table salt. (I am aware I need iodine.)

I have cooked most meals at home for several days. I can better control what I put in my body this way.

I have studied for my property and casualty licenses for 3.5 hours a day this week. I must complete the 40 credit course online before I can begin my part time work with StateFarm.

I have continued to use my local library instead of purchasing hard back books.

I am exercising at least 3 times a week.

I met with my case manager at Health Partners today to determine health goals for the year:

Goal 1: Meet with a nutritionist and create a plan focusing on gut health; examine how what I eat makes me feel; get to the source of my daily fatigue.

Goal 2: Lose 30 lbs in 2018.

Goal 3: Improve my financial health and stability.

I can do it!

Goal 1: Step 1: I have an appointment with a nutritionist in February at HealthPartners Riverside Clinic. I will continue the changes I've already made unless she suggests otherwise.

Goal 3: Step 1: I have taken one of my two credit cards out of my wallet and put it away, reducing temptation to use it on the fly.