1 April is a new quarter. Is anyone else setting a “new quarter resolution” (i.e. to achieve between 1 April and 30 June)? Mine is to lose 10lbs. You can share here and we can keep each other accountable.

1 April marks the beginning of Q2, 2019 (going to use calendar year, not financial year here). So it’s a new opportunity to set a new intention.

I know goals can be set whatever the date is, but sometimes our weird brains like to align goals with a bit of a momentous date, hence the popularity of New Years resolutions on 1 January.

Well, why not a New Quarter resolution on 1 April?

On 1 Jan, the first day of the quarter, I weighed in at 130lbs. Today, on 31 March, the last day of the quarter, I weighed in at 125lbs.

5lbs weight loss in 3 months is not fantastic progress but the truth is... I actually weighed in at 125lbs on 10 Feb. I then fell off the wagon a bit and spent the rest of Feb and all of March in maintenance land. This is fine though, the past is the past.

115lbs is the ideal body weight for a 29F who is 5’3”, according to the Devine formula. That’s 10lbs away for me. If I can lose 5lbs in 6 weeks, I can lose 10lbs in 10 weeks.

I took a good hard look at my life. I thought - why can’t I lose these pesky 10lbs? I practice OMAD, I am moderately active, and I don’t drink calories.

Well my vices are: 1) eating out, and 2) eating processed, shelf-stable packaged, foods.

Now, I can’t give up eating out. Going to cafes and restaurants is a big part of how I socialise with my friends and family, and go on dates. I love exploring new places and a big part of that is exploring new things to eat.

I’d honestly rather be fat and have an active dating and social life rather than slim but lonely at home by myself (I live in a small condo with a tiny kitchen so it’s not great for entertaining groups).

So, here is what I’m going to do differently this quarter:

• Give up buying processed, shelf-stable packaged foods. No more shopping in the centre of the supermarket. Those foods are not necessary. I’ll only shop in the produce, deli/seafood, bakery and refrigerated/frozen sections of the supermarket.
• Join a gym and actually go. Every evening I don’t have a fitness class on (I do yoga and dancing), or a social occasion, I’ll go to the gym and run.
• Write down everything I eat in a notebook. I’ll keep doing OMAD since it works with my life, but calorie counting doesn’t (because I eat out a lot). However I will write down the situations in which I eat. For example, was my OMAD at a restaurant or at home? What kind of cuisine? Who was I with? etc. then hopefully I can see trends. I already know I tend to eat more (volume) when I take my OMAD at home because I supplement it with the aforementioned processed food snacks, which I could not do if I was sat in a restaurant and just eating what’s on my plate.

What are everyone else’s “New Quarter resolutions”?

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