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This is copy and paste from my challenge I am skimming through a diet book that I read before "You Can't Screw This Up" by Adam Bornstein. I find it super helpful. It's very pragmatic. He has a whole list of menu items that you can from restaurants that are good, filling, but not super high in calories. One of the ideas he spoke about was from James Clear (habit guru) When you are struggling with a goal a question to ask yourself is "How can I make this easy?" I did that when , at the beginning of the week, I was worried I would fail at my diet goal. I realized that I was worried I would go over my calorie goal. So, I decided to cut my calorie goal by an amount that I thought I could do. The author, Bornstein, also talks about how it is good to step outside your comfort zone, but you don't have to leap. You can keep one foot in your comfort zone, and one foot out. When we stretch too far in dieting, is when we tend to get burnt out. And you don't have to stay there. You can slowly up it. Applying this to my calorie goal, I can up the deficit slowly. Which makes sense. I feel like sometimes it takes a while to get in the groove. And adding, because after I read Harriet's post, I remembered this: One thing he suggests is a shorter time frame for diet. And then staying at maintenance for a bit and letting your body adjust to it's new set point. I thought this was interesting since a few of us were going to try that method

Somehow missed your update. This is a great plan, and I am glad it is working for you.

Today was a good day. In the morning, I joined a couple of friends for chatting and scrapbooking. Then we went and met some other ladies for lunch. We ate at Cheesecake Factory . For the win, I had preselected something from the skinnylicious menu (tacos!) so I stayed within my calorie budget. Not tempted to have cheesecake, since my stomach and that much dairy do not get along. I came home and had some chicken. The nutrition guide said they were enough chicken for 30 grams of protein, but to me, the tacos seemed pretty light on actual chicken. Then I went for a walk in the sunshine. After dinner, hubby and I went for another walk, I have over 10,000 steps. I am skimming through a diet book that I read before "You Can't Screw This Up" by Adam Bornstein. I find it super helpful. It's very pragmatic. He has a whole list of menu items that you can from restaurants that are good, filling, but not super high in calories. One of the ideas he spoke about was from James Clear (habit guru) When you are struggling with a goal a question to ask yourself is "How can I make this easy?" I did that when , at the beginning of the week, I was worried I would fail at my diet goal. I realized that I was worried I would go over my calorie goal. So, I decided to cut my calorie goal by an amount that I thought I could do. The author, Bornstein, also talks about how it is good to step outside your comfort zone, but you don't have to leap. You can keep one foot in your comfort zone, and one foot out. When we stretch too far in dieting, is when we tend to get burnt out. And you don't have to stay there. You can slowly up it. Applying this to my calorie goal, I can up the deficit slowly. Which makes sense. I feel like sometimes it takes a while to get in the groove. My motivation right now is to look good in my shorts. I tried on several pairs of shorts, and they were too small. I want to look good in them by summer. I've talked before at how I sorta feel guilty for having an appearance goal. I know weighing less is healthier, but that seems so abstract. Fitting in my shorts for summer feel like a nice goal. Not too hard, but a bit of a push.

Thanks, Yes, I've had some wonderful walks

2024 - Year of Progression Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 10 Hrs Water: 2/4 Meals: 7:00am - Coffee, biscuits 8:30am - Coffee 11:00am - OJ, Egg whites, toast, greens drink 1:30pm - Diet Soda, sandwich, chips 3:30pm - Pre-workout 6:00pm - Turkey meatballs, pasta, salad 8:30pm - Cereal Fitness: Lift Day Language: 1 Portuguese Lesson 1 Spanish Lesson 1 Japanese Lesson Reading: 0 min Meditation: 5 Min Notes: Another Lift Day done. Training Notes: 2 Positives - - increasing on lifts - shoulder is getting better 1 Negative - - need to increase range of motion on shoulder

I'm re-reading a fantasy romance series by Rena Marks. The job frustrations have faded considerably, which support the theory I formed back on Tuesday, that the frustrating incident on Tuesday was actually very minor. It just became that famous very last drop that cause the water glass to spill over. I'm trying to learn from mistakes I've made in the past, when I "managed" stress by hiding from it, and self-medicated with ice cream and whiskey. shockingly, this doesn't actually make the stress go away. Gym again tonight. I is leg day!

😍 With diamond teeth? Toxic fumes breath weapon? I want in on this boss fight!

Agreed, the only thing it has in common with rice is they're both white. I'd rather just skip the rice if I need to.

This ALWAYS happens at the dentist too!! One time the hygienist and I watched the end together before she called the dentist back lol

Maybe you need to bring a book and just go back to the doctor's office and sit and have a quiet read. I always like that my doctor's office has HGTV on and I can watch some home improvement show. Although I hate when I miss the big reveal.

Training Performance Report Officer: Sara Kingdom Date: 18/04/24 Department: Special Assessment Unit Physical Formae Daily Crura impello Arma scindere Scindere practice set Bonuses Boxing practice Dance Visit genii locorum Support Electrolytes Hydration Meds Vitamins Meds. Vitamins. Working on hydration. Scindere practice set. All but one, because you said not to overdo it. Oh, well done. Score: 1.5 Mental Formae Tool Reversal of desire Gratitude flow Cue Avoiding a task, restless, distracted Any negative thinking; during daily wrap-up Score: Recovery 2 hours practice, start before noon. 6-8 hours sleep. In bed by midnight I got six hours! It took a lot of work. And a lot of time. Score: 1 Silentium Mentis Mindfulness Metta Cast a magical circle or ground energy Score: Home Front Reintegration Yoga nidra Podcast Yoga (regular) Yoga nidra. Score: 1 Record Keeping Make a daily plan Journal practice Make a weekly and monthly plan I made a new plan when my daily plan didn't work. Adaptation is an art. Score: 1 Spring Cleaning Make a daily plan Project work Make a weekly project plan I have a plan. Five minutes each in the two problem zones. Score: 1 Space reserved for office use Date rec'd: Initialed by: Form ID: Zulu Foxtrot 18.C.68-v2-Jun-1977 (ZF.18.C.68/1977.06) (Supercedes form 64B from Nov 1932) For internal use only. Sensitive records. Not to leave the Folly.

Scientia potestas est Society of the Wise • Est. 1775 The Folly Russell Square London, WC1B 7ZF 18th April, 2024 Dear Sara, Yes, all right, that seems reasonable. Don't overdo the training. Yours, Thomas Nightingale Detective Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police Acting President, Society of the Wise

18th April, 2024 Dear Inspector Nightingale, I did a weekly plan, and I've slept enough to come off suspension tomorrow, and most of my current lack of sleep is due to things that my training plan would help me do more reliably. Can I be unsuspended now, please? Yours, Sara Kingdom

Some pictures of the street art on the bridge https://www.heidichronicles.net/2024/04/what-good-bridge-youve-been.html

I got to my appt early and they took me back immediately! I was done with the whole thing before my appt officially started. It wasn’t too bad, soreness is pretty low on the scale. Poor Dad got the stomach bug so I stopped at the store for bland food on the way home. I didn’t get the quiet I wanted but it’s okay. I’m feeling better anyway.

I am so happy for you!!

A lovely blessing, thank you! Thank you, Sea! Cassis is on the Côte d'Azur, near Marseilles. It has lovely cliffs that the impressionists liked to paint, and we are near the sea. There are charming little villages, like Aix en Provence, that can be reached by car. But I will mostly rest and look at the trees and water and cliffs. Thank you, Ever! There's no specific internet at the house, only whatever my phone has, so I may drop in just briefly to say hello. I'm not really sure how much internet data my phone has. Probably plenty for browsing but not videos?

I've really kicked the distance up another notch by walking to a local independent coffee house in the mornings. You would think this would be enough to close the distance between me and @TimovieMan, but he's been dropping some impressive stats himself (well done!) I've got just under 50 miles left to get to Rauros (about 80 km for you sensible folk), and I'm hoping the weather here continues to be great. I love Virginia in the springtime.

Have a great time in France!

It's extra bad when students come and ask me things like, "I was gone yesterday, what did we do in class?" and I legitimately don't remember. Though that has honestly happened for a while now, given that I'm run ragged with twenty thousand things on my plate at work. Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm not even 100% sure how many years I've worked here...is this year 3 or 4? 🤔 Thanks! Though of course yesterday's doctor appointment has me all worried about my supply all over again, despite the measurable increase... Oh yeah, we'd be up a creek without a paddle if the range was out too!! Honestly it would be annoying but not a problem except my favorite chicken and my lactation cookies are both baked. Though our pediatrician always asks if we need any help with food, housing, or transportation so my husband goes, "yeah, do you know where to get a cheap oven?" 🤦‍♀️ Not what they meant by that question honey... Baby Girl got a great report from the doctor overall. She's growing lengthwise beautifully, hanging out right about the 70th percentile still (where she has been steadily practically since birth) but her weight percentile plummeted. We made it all the way up to the 50th percentile at 2 months and today at 4 months we were down to the 29th percentile She did gain weight between appointments (from 11 pounds 4 ounces to 13 pounds 8 ounces) so the pediatrician isn't worried, but it wasn't enough weight to keep her percentile even close to steady, so I'm fretting about it even though they told me not to!! We also got our next round of vaccines, which led to a fever last night and some extra fussiness this morning, but infant Tylenol and cuddles are helping her through it 👍 Also, the kindergartener came home with his first major school project - an oral presentation on an animal they will see at the zoo! They are going on a field trip next Wednesday, so they are doing research ahead of time, will visit the animals on Wednesday, and then on Thursday they each have to present their information about their animal to their classmates. Of course, my son said he couldn't pick an animal so the teacher assigned him one...then he told the teacher he forgot which animal he was assigned, so he picked a second animal...and now he's trying to talk us and his teacher into letting him do two oral presentations. What's funniest is that he is very much not the overachiever type of kid either, he just legit is that indecisive about what animal to present on! So hopefully his teacher will get back to me today about that issue because we are planning on a library session on Saturday to work on this. Though I've already submitted holds for books on both animals...just in case 😂 Challenge update: Quest 1 - Nutrition Breakfast/lunch - More breakfast egg wraps; yesterday's lunch ended up being mac and cheese with chicken mixed in and today's lunch will be another round of greek yogurt + mix-ins 96 ounces of water - Yesterday I beat this but not by as much as usual, ending around 110 ounces in total. Today I'm only about 44 ounces in so far, but it'll start adding up here soon! Mornings always are slow because I drink my coffee first but don't count anything for this that isn't water. Quest 2 - Movement “Extra movement” - nothing more yesterday Quest 3 - Family Quilt - no more progress yet Weekly post on Moment Garden - Nothing else posted yet... Quest 4 - (28 days of) Work Spanish 3 and 4 curriculums - At 15 out of 18 still, really super duper need to get going on this again ER quizzes - still at 8/15, also need to get my butt moving here... Japanese - Still failing at this, not sure how much I care right this second though honestly 🤷‍♀️ It honestly did matter to me at the start of the challenge, just not right at this moment in time anymore

What will you get to see in France?

you deserve serious points for dealing so well with all this. Surprise house guests (especially awkward ones) are legendary level encounters for sure. ps. Birthday lasagna sounds amazing.

Agree. It is so good to hear you souning more yourself. May the Houseguest go with God and godspeed. Happy Adventuring! ❤️

Hope you have a lovely holiday.

Can you set up a fan to air out the basement (and let it run while you are elsewhere)? Cleaning a basement is bad enough without having to deal with dust and the smell of musty things.