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sylvanwitchHello, Friends:
So, how was your first week of 2019? Did you take a step toward your short- or long-term fitness goal(s)? Did you face impediments to those steps? Has it been a struggle to be motivated, or have you blazed a righteous trail?
On the food front, I was much more conscientious about eating "clean" in terms of consuming fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, etc. However, we have a lot of holiday goodies left in this house, and I have been slowly whittling away at them. I've avoided the REALLY bad stuff (eg. the delicious but most definitely NOT VEGAN Dutch goodies in the care package a dear friend sent us), but I have been feeding my sweet tooth after dinner each night. This has to stop. Or, rather, I have to replace one urge for a slightly better one. I'm going to try to stick to tea and/or ginger beer (non-alcoholic--a fancy schmancy kind we have to order through T's work but that is as good for me as a soda is ever going to get, in the sense that it has real ginger, is all-natural, and uses cane sugar rather than processed stuff) as my "sweet" for the night. I may also venture back into the wonderful world of frozen-banana-based smoothies if dessert is still an Issue. We'll see.
On the exercise front, I can report a much better performance. I exercised five of the seven days of week one, and for six of the seven days, I made my fit tracker steps goal. I'm going to keep focusing on getting in my steps every day and on making sure I do some deliberate exercise for at least twenty minutes at least four days a week.
No meditation, precisely, but I did LEAD two meditation sessions for my students, and I did breathing and muscle relaxation during those, so that's something, anyway.
Sleep has been...challenging. I've had some anxiety lately, so I usually fall asleep in my reading chair or on the couch and then wake up sometime in the night to move to my bed. I've had a few nights when I haven't had to do that, but it would be helpful to my 7-hour sleep goal if I could just go to bed like a grown-up. Alas, I'm not always the boss of my anxiety, so... I do what I need to to get ANY sleep.
My plan for Week Two is the same as for Week One: Eat better (with fewer sweets), exercise as above, meditate at least once, and try to get enough sleep.
Since my goal is to lose weight, I should also report that I somehow gained .6 pounds this week. *sighs* Hopefully, I'll have better news to report next week.
So, how was your first week of 2019? Did you take a step toward your short- or long-term fitness goal(s)? Did you face impediments to those steps? Has it been a struggle to be motivated, or have you blazed a righteous trail?
Please do tell us how the week has been for you and also fill us in on what you hope to do in the week ahead. Remember, this challenge is you-centric, so you may change your goal(s), your plan of action, and/or your participation commitment at any time. We aren't here to judge (unless you're into that--lmk ;-) but to cheerlead, commiserate, etc.
On the food front, I was much more conscientious about eating "clean" in terms of consuming fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, etc. However, we have a lot of holiday goodies left in this house, and I have been slowly whittling away at them. I've avoided the REALLY bad stuff (eg. the delicious but most definitely NOT VEGAN Dutch goodies in the care package a dear friend sent us), but I have been feeding my sweet tooth after dinner each night. This has to stop. Or, rather, I have to replace one urge for a slightly better one. I'm going to try to stick to tea and/or ginger beer (non-alcoholic--a fancy schmancy kind we have to order through T's work but that is as good for me as a soda is ever going to get, in the sense that it has real ginger, is all-natural, and uses cane sugar rather than processed stuff) as my "sweet" for the night. I may also venture back into the wonderful world of frozen-banana-based smoothies if dessert is still an Issue. We'll see.
On the exercise front, I can report a much better performance. I exercised five of the seven days of week one, and for six of the seven days, I made my fit tracker steps goal. I'm going to keep focusing on getting in my steps every day and on making sure I do some deliberate exercise for at least twenty minutes at least four days a week.
No meditation, precisely, but I did LEAD two meditation sessions for my students, and I did breathing and muscle relaxation during those, so that's something, anyway.
Sleep has been...challenging. I've had some anxiety lately, so I usually fall asleep in my reading chair or on the couch and then wake up sometime in the night to move to my bed. I've had a few nights when I haven't had to do that, but it would be helpful to my 7-hour sleep goal if I could just go to bed like a grown-up. Alas, I'm not always the boss of my anxiety, so... I do what I need to to get ANY sleep.
My plan for Week Two is the same as for Week One: Eat better (with fewer sweets), exercise as above, meditate at least once, and try to get enough sleep.
Since my goal is to lose weight, I should also report that I somehow gained .6 pounds this week. *sighs* Hopefully, I'll have better news to report next week.
Here's wishing you a great Week Two!
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Date: Friday, 11 January 2019 09:26 pm (UTC)I don't know if you've been thinking of trying out intermittent fasting? It's supposed to have health benefits beyond weight loss, which may help with motivation. I do it sometimes (the lazy version of just skipping breakfast) and I find it's a pretty easy way to cut calories, but if you're either very hungry or very physically active in the mornings, I might not recommend it.
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Date: Saturday, 12 January 2019 04:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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