Nusuth

Wed-Fri

Diet : I now eat every day Nuts & fruit.  But not on the right time :s  I seem not to be able to drink coffee in the morning without 'something' sugary to go with ..

I'll have to eat breakfast earlier.  On the train.  drink coffee later as .. a drug, medication.

Fitness :  I'm doing alot of Planks.

Life : I'm starting to get there.  My householding is through the roof.

Fri - Tue

Diet : Didn't buy new bread so that is gone out of my life for now.  Ate more Nuts & fruit.  Made Bacon & Eggs on saturday.  Sunday I went to fetch Viennoiserie

On Tue all was ok, but I still bought one Viennoiserie to go with the coffee.  Apparantly this is a life long habit.  In dutch we call them 'Koffie-koeken".

Last Friday I missed the train: I seem to have an habit of buying a Coffee + croissant while waiting for the next one.  I'll add them to the original post.

Fitness : Planks slacked during the weekend , ok otherwise.

Life :  Ivy Lee notes not consistent.  I should anticipate evening 'feasts' like : soccer on tv ; raiding in wow ; and write the notes earlier in the evening

Welcome !

Waw! That's a lot of sub-goals ^^  I wish I had your motivation and willpower   

21 hours ago, mollytigerc said:

Check in on water consumption to make sure I'm getting at least 12 cups of water

That's one I should do as well one of these challenges.  I'm in the illusion that I drink enough water since my 0,5l bottle never leaves my side during the week.  Objectively (aside the color of my pee) I have no clue how much I actually drink of it. 

Take care!

Wed- thur

Diet : Ate banana & nuts on wed ; but allso bread everyday, since I couldn't just throw it away.  thu was full bread

Fitness : Planks x3 ok on both days

Life :  Only the thursday evening note was written

Evening note was forgotten due to soccer-matches.  After the Wed match straight to bed & forgot about the note.  Thursday note is written.

Work-note : my notepad which I used for the 6 tasks got smothered by an unending tail of 'reminders' from which to choose from.  I think I need to open a fresh notepad everyday to keep my mind clear.

Hey Mollytigerc!  tnx for the support.  I'm loving the ivy-lee method.  For me it kills the 'too much choice'-factor.  "Sooo many things to do, in the end I do nothing" -> Now I look at note : "yep , that makes sense, can't dodge that: start"

Looked up the Chaturanga pushups.  It looks very alike what the Navy Seals consider 'proper form' for a pushup.  I tried one just now.  Went from plank down, and then realised I would never get up anymore ^^

So back with another after the last one crashed half January

Diet

New habit goal :  Eat breakfast of Nuts & Fruit ; During weekend Eggs for breakfast after morning-walk.

Old Habit :

• I'm used to eating peanut butter sandwiches & Philadelphia sandwiches at work.  This was to protect myself from buying Viennoiserie at work.
• During the weekend I take my coffee & sandwiches to watch an episode of StarTrek on netflix.
• edit : When I miss a train in the morning I usually buy a coffee + croissant to wait on the next one.

Fitness

New habit goal : Hold plank 3 times a day

Old habit :

Atm next to 20min Qi-gong I have no workout effort.  I sometimes do some squats or some push-ups, but one couldn't consider that even a warm-up

I do sometimes hold a plank when i'm alone at the fridge or at my desk, since I read that working out 'the core' reduces stress

Life

New habit goal : Ivy Lee method notes.  6 for work / 3 for evening ; Weekends : 6 for myself

Old habit :

Started last month with it.  Was a success. I'm starting to feel like getting a grasp on my life.   Far from a habit tho.  Want to let this one sink in more

My outlook reminder at work is still running but even then often I still run out of the building without taking the time for it.  Sometimes there are colleagues chatting the end of day away preventing me from writing the note.

Week 3 ; started drinking again on Tuesday.

That killed of the smoothie goal.

Tai-chi , or any other evening-course is impossible as long as I don't get the homeworking routine.

the Ivy-Lee note is still alive 

Sat :  smoothie of Apple / Pear / Banana / Water    ; wrote the sunday-note

Sun : did some of the sun-note ; no smoothie   ; wrote the mon evening note

After 2 weeks 

Fitness goal :  0/2   No Tai-chi schools visited

Diet goal :  2/6 smoothies  ; no new recipes

Life goal :    9/24

We - thu : we're ok on writing the Ivy Lee note ; I managed to completely forget about it on Friday.

No smoothie's so far ; intermittent fasting instead ; and Friday I caved in on a binge with a huge pack of pickles chips & a can of soda.

tai-chi course seeking does not lift off

the evening measurement of 105 didn't happen ; It's stuck at 107cm.

Day 7 sun ; I can only remember re-potting my big plant & splitting his babies in vessels to grow root.  and being seriously pissed at myself for having not noticed there are no holes in the pots !! 

Day 8 mo : forgot the note again at work ; Did write the evening note.   Was more motivated to do intermittent fasting then to drink smoothie.

Day 9 Tue : I put the repeating reminder in my outlook and behold : I wrote the 6tasks in notepad.  Acutally executed two evening-tasks & wrote the evening-note : easy one : no tasks but to go TableTop gaming with collegues tomorrow.

I've got an issue with the Tai-chi course goal ; Due to my work/life flow , I come home late.  So I was counting on a day of HomeWorking to make this plausible.  With the introduction of Agile programming ; I'm flooded with meetings, presentations, kick-offs , reviews etc.   Need to broaden my search towards the weekend.

Day 5 ; eventually forgot the note again at work ... I'm going to make a reminder in my outlook 30min before end of workday.

did wrote the weekend note.

no smoothie

Day6 ; executed a lot of the weekend-note ; and forgot the sunday note :s    I think I need to write the note before I switch on my PC for amusement..

no smoothie

Day 16 of being sober starting Friday 30Dec :  morning measure of 103cm waist ; if it's 105cm this evening I'll do a happy dance.

day 4:  

We had an emergency at work in the afternoon.  At the end: rushed out of the building to catch a bus.. forgot the note :s   If this continues, I need to be more flexible on the timing of this note-writing.    Came home late. no tasks done.  Crashed into bed early.  Wrote the evening note in the morning after waking up.

day 3 : 

After a debate with a collegue at the end of day, I closed my pc and ran for the bus :  and did not write the work-note :s

At home I did execute the 3 evening-tasks & I wrote the evening-note before going to sleep.   Looking forward to this evening.  The middle task between 'starting the laundry-machine' & 'go to dry-house with laundry'  is 'Transfer plant to bigger & multiple pots'  

/edit : Forgot to mention 

Diet : made a  Cucumber/apple/water smoothie  

day 2:

Wrote the note (notepad) at work ; managed to forget about it again in the evening. That said; i've got a note lying around since Sunday and the tasks on it are still valuable.  but ya..  

day1 : 

Life-goal ; Just before ending the day I was at risk of falling asleep at work.  I went into survival mode and totally forgot to write the note.  And somehow 5hours later before going to bed I forgot the write the evening note :s    baffled

Edited the Life-goal ;  specified the number of tasks / life-piece.

I've been experimenting with this system for the last 2 weeks.  It works like a charm.  It's very seldom I see the note and I don't have the willpower to read it.  

And well: the last years I've been in such an apathetic state it is allready a huge gain if I only do 1 task an evening, That over a week; is like living in another universe.

My joy at work allso allready got a boost, since I'm getting things done pro-actively.

Welcome ! 

You can be a Force of Nature

nice writing.  Gl with your goals !

New year , new challenge : 

• Diet : Make 3 smoothies a week.  One being a new recipe.
• Fitness : Scout out the Tai-chi schools in the area.  One / week
• Life : Use the  Ivy Lee Method .  6 Tasks for work / 3 Tasks for evening  ; 6 Tasks for Weekend-days
  •  Stress being on writing the note with tasks.  Not actually doing the tasks.

I consider this challenge a win.  Follow-up rate was very high.  

Qi-gong I view as a blessing now.

Vegetables is not a habit yet.  But I'm getting there : deepfrozen veggies ftw.

culture thing : not a habit by far , but it kinda slightly opened my eyes.

Happy newyear !

Tue & Wed

Qi-gong at work

twice leftovers of christmas which contained chicory

Starting to realize a cultural thing during newyear-weekend wil be hard.  I'll have to default to Cinema I guess

Mo ; no Qi-Gong  :/   ;  vegetables at mother's house.

Third week summary.

Fitness : QiGong ok : 6/7    Zombie on Christmas

Diet :  3/3

Life : Did Christmas

love the pictures.  nature <3

On 24/12/2016 at 8:20 PM, Gaming_Jeweler said:

 

Every time I make excellent progress, I wind up backsliding and barely any of the changes I make stick.  

they do stick.  You go out eating anyway cause the habit hasn't fully sunk in.  but the groceries are sitting already in your fridge.  that's half way there.  You wouldn't believe how much fruit I've had to toss into the bin last year.  My new NF-ego finds it an excellent idea to buy fresh fruit when i'm at the shop.  Yet it doesn't find the time to consume that fruit after a day at the office.  I've even brought some of that fruit to the office, and half of the time I succeed to eat it or I have to toss it away.  That's Intention.  The small habit's in these challenges feed your intention and that never goes to waste.  Even if every day routine pulls us down to crappy choices.  One day we will find balance in all these forces tearing at us and we will be as happy & healthy as can be..  And it will be our Intention or Will or Belief to work towards it that will have guided the way.

Happy xmas & newyear !    

Whole week of Qi-gong at work ; only offday was today when I only did the first two Brocades.

Ate the carrots on Tuesday.  Pea's on Wednesday.  tomorrow is christmas eve.  So I'll eat vegetables at the big feast table.

Just need to sort the Qi-gong out before I travel.

Just realised I would have a problem with the cultural goal.  but going out for christmas could be considered cultural, so I guess i'm good.