What gets measured, gets done

One of Mitchell's coworkers gave Mitchell this great piece of wisdom and we have seen it proven true in several areas of life.

A long time ago, a manager of a power plant would walk to the middle of the warehouse at the end of the day in front of all the workers and write a number really big on the floor in chalk. Every day he did this without saying a word and every day the number was different. This went on for awhile until eventually it clicked with one of the workers what he was doing. He would go out there and write how much work they had produced that day. Once it caught on and the workers could see each day how much work they produced, they started producing more. What gets measured, gets done.

Mitchell has been working really hard at this epic Excel spreadsheet that helps their power plants track how much power they are producing daily, which has never been done before. They are already starting to see positive results from this spreadsheet. Proud of him. :)

Ok, how does this relate to us? Last week, Mitchell and I both stepped on the scale to check on our weight and let's just say, we were a bit depressed the rest of the morning. :-/ Now, we haven't really gained that much. You probably wouldn't be able to tell if you saw us but we want to make some changes so you won't notice in the future either!

With "what gets measured, gets done" in mind, we each have a spreadsheet with our goal weight in it and we can add in our current weight whenever we weigh and track our progress. We're also trying to come up with a system for tracking how often we work out so if we miss a workout, it'll bother us and motivate us to not miss. Having a healthy diet and exercising regularly is our plan to stay in shape. We are not obsessed with our bodies but we want to be overall healthy and our physical health is definitely important!

Plus in California, they put your weight on your driver license!