Tracking my Habits and weight every day. I picked 6 habits (exercise, meditation, teaching, presence, community, cleaning/oragnanizing) I wanted to focus on and used the Loop - Habits Tracker app to check my progress. For weight, I bought a WeightGurus smart scale.
Now, when I'm feeling irritable or tired I can check my app and see if I've been keeping up with the habits that "fill me up". If not, then instead of dumping my irritability on friends and family, I can focus on myself and put my energy into those habits instead.
For weight, getting daily feedback of weight and body composition helped me clearly see how tolerant my body is of carbs and over eating (not much!). It's way easier to pass on the pasta and garlic bread after seeing the results on the scale the next morning.
Now, when I'm feeling irritable or tired I can check my app and see if I've been keeping up with the habits that "fill me up". If not, then instead of dumping my irritability on friends and family, I can focus on myself and put my energy into those habits instead.
For weight, getting daily feedback of weight and body composition helped me clearly see how tolerant my body is of carbs and over eating (not much!). It's way easier to pass on the pasta and garlic bread after seeing the results on the scale the next morning.
Common theme is more data on things I care about.