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Lift. 2x week. It didn't work last time, let's try it again, eh? Monday & Saturday mornings. It doesn't even have to be the program, FFS. Just move something heavy-ish up and down a few times. Walk. 2x week. Before work, when possible to avoid the heat. Alcohol. None on weeknights. Snacks. Think about when/why. This is often due to boredom. Fix the boredom with something other than food. ----- Yesterday (Friday) was not a lifting day. I did get a short walk in (just over a mile) Had a couple drinks with hubs before bed since it was Friday and thus allowable. Snacks were better controlled-ish. Mostly because I got a bunch of sewing done in the afternoon. This morning I lifted. Goblet Squats Lat Pulldowns DB Flies Hanging Knee Raises Superset each pair of exercises, 4 sets each and blew through it in about 25 minutes. Went on a walk afterward (2.5 miles) It's only about 6p, so no drinks as of yet. I woke up from yesterday's two mixed drinks feeling cruddy, so I will likely not have any tonight. Snacks have been minimal today as I did a bunch of sewing (again) and have finished my WIP, finally. Still have not done dishes (though I did load and run the dishwasher).

Lift. 2x week. It didn't work last time, let's try it again, eh? Monday & Saturday mornings. It doesn't even have to be the program, FFS. Just move something heavy-ish up and down a few times. Walk. 2x week. Before work, when possible to avoid the heat. Alcohol. None on weeknights. Snacks. Think about when/why. This is often due to boredom. Fix the boredom with something other than food. ----- Yesterday (Thursday) was not a lifting day I did not purposefully walk, but a couple errands in the morning meant my Garmin auto-detected one. No alcohol yesterday Snacks are.. snacky. I did not do the dishes yesterday I did dye my hair I did sew. I would like to be done with this project sooner rather than later.

Damn. Right in the feels.

Lift. 2x week. It didn't work last time, let's try it again, eh? Monday & Saturday mornings. It doesn't even have to be the program, FFS. Just move something heavy-ish up and down a few times. Walk. 2x week. Before work, when possible to avoid the heat. Alcohol. None on weeknights. Snacks. Think about when/why. This is often due to boredom. Fix the boredom with something other than food. ----- Yesterday was not a lifting day. I did briefly noodle on what a routine would look like if I added a third day of lifting. And then promptly let it sit, since I don't want to distract myself by thinking about next challenge before this one is even finished. I did get a walk yesterday after my morning meetings, before it got tooooooo warm out. No alcohol. Snacks were a bit out of control. Sharks are here and I have some other fun hormone things going on, so my urge to eat is somewhat all-consuming. I will attempt to be more thoughtful about this today. Yesterday I did not do the dishes, dye my hair, or sew. I did have a phone chat with my doctor so am feeling like there is some kind of direction there. She was thoughtful, listened well, answered my questions, and gave me what felt like a very individualized plan of attack moving forward. As I've only ever had 'routine' appointments with her in the past, I was happy with her approach when there is an actual issue.

Easier said than done! How do I feel like a worthwhile human being if I'm not suffering and struggling? 🙄

I have questions.

Lift. 2x week. It didn't work last time, let's try it again, eh? Monday & Saturday mornings. It doesn't even have to be the program, FFS. Just move something heavy-ish up and down a few times. Walk. 2x week. Before work, when possible to avoid the heat. Alcohol. None on weeknights. Snacks. Think about when/why. This is often due to boredom. Fix the boredom with something other than food. ----- Back to previous format, to help keep goals in mind for the last couple weeks of the challenge. Yesterday was not a lifting day. Didn't get a walk yesterday. Will probably try to do so after my morning meetings this morning. No alcohol yesterday. Snacking is getting a bit rough. We have a bag of mini (like single bite-sized) chocolate bars in the pantry. It's way too easy to grab one or two as I pass through the kitchen and then they are gone before I even realize it. In the future, I will refrain from buying such tiny chocolates, since I think if they were larger I would be (1) more hesitant to grab them more often and (2) I would have to spend some time actually eating them and could actually get some experience of enjoyment out of them rather than one bite and gone. Interesting (to me) thing to think about. Stuff to do: Work. Wednesday is always a heavy meeting day. Walk. It's warm already and the sun is OUT so getting this sorted before lunch will be a good idea. Dye hair. my roots are quite bad at the moment (why do I always feel like I'm behind on dying my hair?) I have a conference to present at in a couple weeks so I do need to get on this. Dishes. They're starting to pile up a bit, so I need to clear them up. Sew. I have a project for hubs that has been languishing. I'm getting a weird mental block about it so I just need to go get some progress on it sooner rather than later.

They are working, in that I am doing them. I question whether they are working as in having any effect. 🤔 The decreased alcohol consumption is definitely good/working. Walks are good. Any lifting is better than no lifting. I suppose I need to keep from assuming that because my goals haven't been a struggle means they aren't worthwhile.

Hrmph. I'm annoyed. I put aside all my procrastination and inertia to call my doctor's office to move my appointment sooner and they have nothing sooner than the appointment I already have at the end of next month. Dumb. I really hope that when I do have my appointment, my doctor handles it well. This will be the first time I've come to her with a medical problem, as opposed to routine health stuff. She's been great for the normal stuff, but how she response with an actual concern is TBD.

I'm not sure how it's been 16 years already... And thanks! Making sure they are manageable/realistic has gone a long way to actually meeting them. I'm unsure whether they were perhaps TOO low, but perhaps we will adjust that for next challenge rather than worrying about it now. Thank you! And yes--"mindless handful of Oreos" hits a lot differently than "10.30a serving of cottage cheese" heh.

What has even happened in the last almost-week? Well, we finally got our taxes sorted. Our accountant helped us find some deductions and reduced the amount we had to pay pretty significantly, so that was good. Still a hefty bill, and still the latest I have EVER submitted my taxes (the payment still says 'pending' but the due date was made). Our 16th anniversary was on Friday. Dinner was had. Saturday, I worked out and walked, then we mowed/did other lawn work and enjoyed some margaritas on the lanai Sunday, I think we lost most of the day playing Helldivers. Well worth it. Monday, I had a dentist appointment in the morning. Workout afterward followed by a walk. Some laundry. More Helldivers in the afternoon. Today I am back at work after being off all last week. I have spent the morning digging through a backlog of emails and making myself a task list. As for goals: walks are on point, workouts are being had alcohol is pretty well in check snacks are slipping. Some of it is definitely related to boredom/mindlessness, but I do think there is some evidence to encourage me to increase my calories overall. Perhaps a planned mid-morning snack would be of use.

Ohai! Thanks for checking... update incoming

I'm glad he's integrated well, but I feel bad for the poor girl who now has no cat Welcome to the 4 Cat Club.

Yes, on both counts. Fortunately our accountant is AWESOME and was able to give us some good advice. Just have to wait for his revisions now. 5 days until they're due--no anxiety here whatsoever I think this is the latest I will have ever submitted my taxes. EVER. Thank you both! Here's hoping I can keep it up for another week.

Lifted on Saturday Goblet Squat Lat Pulldowns DB Flies Hanging Knee Raises Then went for a walk Lifted this morning Good Mornings DB OHP DB Rows Calf Raises Then went for a walk. And now I'm poring over our taxes and waiting for our accountant to call me back because, oof.