Stonie

May 21, 2020 Morning Routine: done everything except my workout; i got distracted writing notes for my story that i blew off exercising except for pushups. I had tea again in the wee morning hours but im still crashed and burned by 10am. Today feels like the longest day of my gd life Workout: rest day 1x30 (kitchen bench) incline push ups Meal Prep: done i made a heap of taco filling last night and had taco salad for dinner, And am going to make some tortillas tonight (I would have done this yesterday but I had no flour or yeast) and prep some burritos to go in the freezer. update: done. intermittent fasting: not done. I was cooking and drinking. Self-Care: done the boss tried to beg me into working tomorrow (making that 7 days in a row) and i said no. I'm too tired to feel bad for their lack of emergency preparedness. Evening Routine: not done. once i buy something to drink when i knock off work im getting into my pjs, watching a movie and falling asleep to sleep in tomorrow. finally. this didn’t happen... I went to bed drunk.

May 20, 2020 Morning Routine: done Somehow sleeping a little bit less helped me get up a bit better (or sleeping better? my cat didn't escape last night soo...) that probably has something to do with what point in my sleep cycle i am waking up in so i'll take it. I even used my morning half hour to write some words down in my wannabe sci fi novel draft #zero. I also had tea instead of coffee this the morning in an attempt to mitigate Any energy crash later in the day... which didn’t work but that’s possibly because I’m on day 5 of 6 of days working in a row. Cold Shower: The Way You Are Aftermath by Put a Donk on it Workout: done 1 minute jumping jacks dynamic stretching 4x5 Incline Pushups (dining room chairs) 3x10 (each leg) Single Leg Deadlifts 3x12 doorway rows Intermittent Fasting: done Self-care: gonna get done. i have a clinPsych appt today i also watched a few episodes of rick and morty. Evening Routine: done so my ClinPsych made a suggestion that tracks with my current idea of doing my evening routine when I am ready for relaxing and then going to bed later, with the thought that the moment I feel tired - and my sleep cycle is dipping into sleepy times - I can straight up hit the sack instead of getting tired, diddling around, then going to bed feeling awake because I’ve just been doing stuff, so that’s good.

Right?! I was fully expecting him to fling it across the room or something but now. But no. Controlled AF. Great GIF!

May 19, 2020 Morning Routine: not done again, just wasn’t awake enough at 4:30am this morning to want to get up. I think maybe I’m going to bed too early? Like I’m not resting very well I’m just lying in bed. I’m going to try switching back to a 8pm sleepy time and see if that helps since last week this routine was working just fine. workout: done just 20 push-ups done in the stairwell at work. Intermittent Fasting: not done boss brought cake into work and that’s my absolute weak point. I’m thinking some kind of halt on the amount of sugar I consume could be in the books for next challenge because I have zero self control. evening routine: done I really didn’t want to do this for some reason?i just wanted to go to bed to try again tomorrow. Tomorrow is day 5 of 6 work days in a row and I think instead of adjusting to the samey same roster I just get more tired as the week goes on having to get up early. Boo. I’ll keep trying until I get this right anyway. self-care: done played some Saints Row IV on the Xbox

May 18, 2020 Morning Routine: not done. so my cat decided to climb under my house at around oh... 10:30 last night? Woke me up by yowling at a random neighbourhood cat from under the house. Cat yowling is my #1 Least Favourite Sound. So then I locked her in the house so she didn’t go back outside for her to walk up and down the hallway for the next two hours yelling at me (my cat is a noisy one) to let her out, which I did after finally relenting.. only for her to be under the house again when I got up this morning. So I was in no state to get up at 4:30am to do anything other than snooze my alarm. I think I’ve re-blocked the hole she got through but we’ll see tonight. workout: rest day. im not doing good at these early mornings. I am however doing my best. Intermittent Fasting: done. I took Mac and cheese out of the freezer but I think it can be my lunch for work tomorrow instead. Self-care: done i wrote a few sentences of a story I have been wanting to write for ages. evening routine: ?? i can't remember if i did this or not since it was a whole 4 days ago.

WEEK 1 WRAP UP Getting better.. Morning routine: 5/7 (same as last week) Excellent. If I get a decent nights sleep this isn't too taxing on my brain to do at any time of the day and I don't really dread it which is good. Knowing all i have to do is put on pyjamas and make coffee when I get up first is helping i think? Once I'm up and halfway through a coffee I generally feel like I can handle the next few steps. I just need to work on sticking to it even when my brain is yelling NOPE at me. It's hard to quantify how much of a difference the cold showers are making. my skin and hair feel nicer, but I've also been doing my skincare routine more lately which is probably also helping. I want to think it's helping me wake up in the mornings but i also have a few coffees in the morning so I'm not sure which is doing more to help that. I am almost starting to enjoy them though? Especially once I stopped making them 100% fucking freezing. Evening Routine: 6/7 (better) Much better than last week. Getting my shit together in the evening 100% translates to the next morning's success. I also really like waking up to a clean kitchen with the dishes done and stuff. I need to work on taking my eds at the right time though otherwise i'm still drowsy in the morning and it takes me longer to get going. I feel like these last few weeks have been suuper long. maybe because I've been more productive than usual and not just wasting away my time scrolling through the endless internet? or maybe because I'm making better use of my waking hours with my routines. Intermittent fasting: 7/7 (same) Noice. I definitely need to cut back on the snacky things i eat. i dont know that i will stick to IF once this challenge is over but i need to work out a way to eat better without really thinking about it. Workouts: 5/3 (Same) I'm definitely feeling better about my body now I've started exercising again. I hate the way my body exists much less when I do the barest minimum of exercise. I might sit down this arvo and just write down the most basic of bodyweight exercises I can do in sets so that I don't have to think about what to do at 5am when I'm incapable of congruent thought. The push ups are getting ever so slightly easier too. Maybe ill even be able to do a whole full push-up by the end of the month! Self Care: 6/7 (Same) this is actually hard to remember to do XD and I run out of ideas since im trying to do more than the same thing every day and calling it "self-care" I’m also trying to do something that’s not already in my routine so I can’t cheat and be like “oh yeah I did some self care...” like trying to cheat myself out of caring for myself is just dumb? hard to improve on last week except for my evening routine which I did, but I need to keep doing it consistently so that’s good. Still room for improvement. just 4 more days of work to go and I have three whole days off. Glorious.

May 17, 2020 Happy International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia! Morning routine: like, 20% done. I washed my face and packed lunch and made coffee. that's about it. I did not wake up more awake this morning. I slept terribly. I think it took me ages to wind down and get to sleep at such an early time. I should adjust, since i have the same roster all week (thus far) no Cold Shower because it was like 3 degrees when I got up this morning. Workout: rest day But I did do 10 push-ups in a test run of setting up my dining chairs to do push-ups off. Intermittent fasting: done Good news: I am a great cook. Bad news: I can modify my mum’s microwave self saucing pudding recipe into a single serve so I can make a single serve chocolate self saucing pudding whenever I want. Which is probably not ideal for my waist. Maybe one day I’ll learn some self control... Self-care: done i started a new painting I’d been meaning to do for a while. I got a bit of the way through it but I have to wait for it to dry now before I do any detailed work on it. Evening Routine: done I’m sitting in bed Now at 6:08pm. I turned down dinner at mums tonight since I was knackered when I got home from work and wanted to try getting to bed at the right time again.

May 16, 2020 Morning Routine: done Cold Shower: Never Satisfied by Kick the Habit. Workout: done 1 min burpees dynamic stretching 3x20 (kitchen bench) incline pushups 3x10 side lunges My 4:30am Mornings: a story in pictures 5:30am, post workout and cold shower By 9:00am I hope this gets better. it would be great if my nighttime loving ass could adjust. That would be super. Intermittent Fasting: done broke my fast at 9.30 coz i was hongry. Also stopped eating at 5:30 so all is well. Self-care: done finished my Mailbox refurbishment and lit the fire and finished crocheting one of a pair of mittens Evening Routine: done. I’m typing this at 6:52pm. Hopefully tomorrow i am more awake.

May 15, 2020 Morning Routine: done not quite as early as I had planned but I did it nonetheless. It’s very hard to convince myself to get up before 7am if I have no plans to be anywhere at a set time. Next challenges problem. Workout: Took that rest day except for my pushups. 1x30 pushups done Intermittent Fasting: done broke my fast a bit early but also have to hit the sack early so it actually works out quite well. Self-Care: done Did alll the DIY things today. Stuck some fancy numbers to the front of the house. Cut and sanded a beautiful piece of jarrah to turn into a shelf. Finished sanding and painted the mailbox I’m refurbishing. Replaced the broken handles of my bargain corner tv unit with sweet new ones. Hung fairy lights across the roof of my loungeroom. Screwed my Kmart-hacked little side tables together so they were one piece instead of a cheese board just sitting on a pot holder. Evening Routine: done / doing so I’m a bit late to bed writing this out but only because I had to run a quick errand for a friend who needed food and couldn’t afford delivery. So I did that.

Damn that sucks. both you having to listen to him and her having to live with him. Maybe if she keeps seeing you do cool things she won’t take all his outdated societal expectations to heart!

Damn, the brainwashing really starts early hey? The little one probably CAN do a pull-up since she probably weighs close to nothing! I hope she decides she can someday too.

May 14, 2020 Morning Routine: done again, easy to do when you don’t have an alarm set. Cold shower: The Purple Worm by Griffin McElroy Workout: done was going to take a rest day, except for pushups, and then a teammate needed a skate tool, so I took it out to her and had a skate with her while I was there! Since the sun was actually out and everything. also 3x10 push-ups done. Meal Prep: done spent some time cooking a vegetable curry, with rice and naan bread. Turned out pretty good for a first crack at this recipe. ill be eating it for the week so I’m glad it doesn’t suck xD Intermittent Fasting: done Didn’t eat as badly today since i was actually quite busy today, going to plant shops and hardware shops and cooking curry etc. I did have a few drinks but all within the eating window and I didn’t go back to the bottleo for more. Self-care: done did some gardening. It was lovely. Got a free orange daylily plant off my neighbour and bought two succulents from the fancy plant shop in town and potted those. Also remembered to water my transplanted dahlias. Also built a sweet pot stand out of a pot plant holder and a cheese platter for a grand total of $14 to free up room for more plants in the sun room. Evening routine: done i was in bed by 9pm (which I planned) but did have to pull out Ye olde meditation app to help me get to sleep.

May 13, 2020 Morning Routine: done this is a lot easier when you don’t have to be up before the sun. Cold Shower: Wonderland: Round Three by Griffin McElroy Workout: done 1min jumping jacks dynamic stretching supersets of: 3x10 incline pushups 3x12 Bulgarian split squats when the sun is up and it’s not freezing I can use my back stairs to help me workout which is nice. I’m not going out there at 5am over winter though. Fuck that. Intermittent fasting: done still ate a bit crap, as a coping mechanism to Being on my last day of working 9 of the last 10 days. That’s next challenges problem Self Care: done there’s a lovely warm spot in my front sunroom that is perfect for meditating in so I did just that. evening Routine: done mostly done before I went to work if I’m being totally honest. All I had to do as fall into bed at 10:30 since that’s when I got home. Now I’m. Back on early shifts for the next month or so? Just to properly throw me out of whack. At least I might even *gasp* get a routine going? The horror. Not looking forward to all those 4:30 wake up times though... oh well! Good thing my social life won’t suffer! Hahaha.

Hey fellow Australian Push Up Challenge buddy! I'm glad I'm not the only person who got talked into that one. Following for solidarity in reset goals.

May 12, 2020 Aha! I knew it! getting my evening routine right did in fact, help me sleep and get up at 4:30am with less resistance! and I was even asleep by 7:30pm. Oh shit. Again, it being dark by 6pm probably makes a difference but it's also still dark at 6:14 when I walk to work so... yeah. Being in bed by 7pm does pretty much take away my evening plans for the weekend though, since i start work at 6:30am both days; so our DnD session is going to have to wait one more weekend. Morning Routine: done! Cold shower: Dig Down (Gospel Version) by Muse So I discovered yesterday while doing some googling that the cold shower idea works well when the water is 20 degrees C or under, Not just “turn your cold tap on as cold as fucking possible” Like I’d been doing 😂 so I tried that today and it was still cold but actually much more manageable, especially for winter! Workout: 1min jumping jacks dynamic stretching then Super Sets of: 3x20 pushups 2x20 bodyweight squats + 1 minute of banded monster walks (just because I wanted something different) Evening Routine: 70% done i didn’t do the dishes and I didn’t come back to this and journal. Honestly I planned on staying up a lot longer last night but crashed around 8pm and had to go to bed. Intermittent fasting: done ate pretty well. I tried to start planning set meals I can eat that I know are good for me so I don’t have to think about calories or anything but didn’t get very far. Tomorrow I’ll do some food prep so that I have stuff to eat for the rest of the week. self care: not done i was pretty much in survival mode yesterday just getting throigh. Y last day of getting up at 4:30am (for a few days at least) so I didn’t really put any thought into anything. Self care is hard yo.

May 11, 2020 Morning Routine: not done. didnt go to bed early enough so there was no way I was going to get myself out of bed at 4:30am. But I’ll do better tonight. I’m in bed now and it’s 6:40pm. Intermittent Fasting done but i definitely need to start eating better. Had a chocolate bar and a cookie and some ice cream throughout the day. Workout: pushups done 21 incline push-ups. Evening routine: done! i have tried to make it a bit more alluring by getting some pyjamas that actually fit and are hella comfortable. and also was thinking about my “evening” routine - I don’t have to necessarily do it just before I go to bed? I can do my skin care and take my meds and get into my pyjamas as soon as I get home from work and have nowhere else to be. So that’s what I did today and it worked. At least it’s easy to be in bed by 7pm when it’s well and truly sundown by now. Self-Care: done bought some new pyjamas and bras that actually fit. I have been putting this off since I gained weight and I keep hoarding my old clothes thinking I’m going to fit back into them soon but that’s not going to happen in a hurry (not if I do it right anyway) so hopefully that will help with my self esteem a little bit too.

WEEK 0 WRAP UP Mostly good, a little wobbly. My intention with buckling down on my focus for my routines was to cope with the swing in my work rosters, since I can go from a 6:30am start to a 2:30pm start in one week and it fucks. me. up. Especially when I'm trying to build habits and all of the literature around that seems to be "schedule things at the same time every day! :DDD" like no. I can't do that. Soz. The next best thing I can think of is to schedule things around parts of my day regardless of what time my "day" begins and ends. Morning routine: 5/7 Yewww. That’s what I was aiming for. The few times this fell down were generally because my evening routine from the night before fell down and I hadn't slept enough or been prepared enough for the next day. e.g. last night. when i didn't do my evening routine and was late to bed so then didn't want to get up at 4:30am? Can't imagine why. With my work roster swinging like it does I have to plan to get up somewhere between 4:30am - 8:30am, depending on the shift I'm doing. That's a 4 hour difference in my wake up time and I bet you can guess which one is easier for me to want to do? Evening Routine: 2/7 Big Oof. This needs to be a focus this week. How was I worse at this than having a literal cold shower?! Enforcing bedtime on myself is so hard? Even though I can literally see how it messes up the next day I still wing this a bit. I need to make getting into bed more enticing somehow so I don't just blow it off. I also need to remember to take my damn meds so that I actually sleep well instead of tossing and turning. Intermittent fasting: 7/7 Nice. Can't tell yet if it's going to make a difference since it's been only 1 week but i'll have to stick to it for the month to see if it actually changes anything. Workouts: 5/3 days this week. M, T, Th, S, Sun Next week I start the Pushup challenge so at the bare minimum i'll be doing 20 (incline)Push-ups every day. But I will throw in some other stuff too. Self Care: 6/6 days this week. only counted 6 days since i started this on Tuesday. Has it helped my "low mood?" probably not yet. Am I going to keep trying? Yes. Am I running out of ideas to indulge myself in small ways without costing me money? Also yes.

WEEK 0 SCORE CARD Morning routine: 5/7 yewww. That’s what I was aiming for Evening Routine: 2/7 Big Oof. This needs to be a focus this week. How was I worse at this than having a cold shower?! Intermittent fasting: 7/7 Nice. Can't tell yet if it's going to make a difference since it's been only 1 week but i'll have to stick to it for the month to see if it actually changes anything. Workouts: 5/3 days this week. M, T, Th, S, Sun Self Care: 6/6 days this week.

May 9, 2020 Evening Routine: YOU MUST FUCKING STICK TO THIS OH MY DOG I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. 1. Take ur meds. 7pm. Done 2. Wash ur dishes. Nope. 3. Teeth. Skin. Nope 4. Journal (optional for today actually) yep 5. Go to damn bed!! 8pm. Yepp so like, a 50% hit rate for my routine last night? Ehh that’s something. I was legit falling asleep by the fire by 7:40 so getting to bed at 8pm was totally doable. I actually feel more tired today than I did yesterday when I woke up at 2:30am. I might have to start playing with the sleep cycle alarm again to wake up when my body wants to close to the time I need to be up. May 10, 2020. Morning Routine: 50% done. coffee:yes workout: nope cold shower: nope coffee: yes Its super fucking cold again today you guys. I did two loads of washing yesterday and they were all half dry and cold and damp when I woke up. I’m contemplating buying a dryer just so I can finish them off so I don’t have to wear damp clothes when it’s 0 degrees C outside at 4:30am. i coffees and got ready but honestly I had no sports bras or workout clothes that weren’t damp and I wasn’t gonna be jumping around without support. Fuck that. I think I am wearing my final clean outfit in my wardrobe that I won’t freeze to death in at work. Workout: 10km outdoor skate Was going to have a rest day and then a friend said "lets go for a skate!" so we did. intermittent Fasting: done 10am - 6pm Evening Routine: nope This shouldn't be so hard? I'm not sure what it is I'm getting stuck on that is stopping me from doing this. Anyway, I need to modify my bedtime for the next few days to be 7pm instead of 8pm otherwise i don't get enough sleep to be able to even think about getting up at 4:30am! Self-care: done started crocheting a pair of mittens, since my hands nearly fell off on my way to work today cos it was SO COLD.

Sup y’all, I’m Stonie. I’ve also been on a hella hiatus but since The ‘Rona took away my roller derby and gym (and my entire non-fitness life as I knew it also fell into the Upside Down) I need to start from scratch and rebuild myself into the person I keep dreaming I could be. Currently I’m listening to the backlog of The Adventure Zone Podcast and dreaming of the moment my DnD groups timelines all converge to allow us to play again. Here’s a peaceful AF GIF of one of the Adventure Zone characters living my best life

May 9, 2020. So I’ve woken up at 2:30am today day and could NOT for the life of me get back to sleep. Tsk. That’s what I get for not following my Evening routine. Good news is, I’m up and ready for my day to start at well... 4:30am like i wanted it to, since it takes me two hours to work through my morning routine (not a morning person) and I start work at 6:30am (again, NOT a morning person) So I’ll see how much work i get through today before i crash in a heap of exhaustion. Morning Routine: done! coffee workout cold shower motivational backing track: Black Book Messiah by Diablo Swing Orchestra dressed coffee lunch packed and off to work. Okay, so I have a confession to make... I haven’t yet entirely immersed myself under the cold water yet when I have my showers. I’ve been dancing around inside out of the water like a drongo. but I got closer today! I had half of my body under the shower at a time. Turns out the key might be to sit the fuck still and be calm instead of dipping in and out of The water XD I nearly bowed out this morning but I figured I’d be more awake after and hot dang I sure was! i actually maintained some semblance of coherence and functionality while at work today so maybe this morning routine shite is actually good for me? Pfffft. Workout: done! 1x minute jumping jacks dynamic stretching 1x minute of burpees supersets of: 3x20 incline pushups (kitchen bench) 3x20 body weight squats Intermittent Fasting: made it 10am-6pm today since thats when i get hungry when I work early shifts and I’ll most definitely be in bed by 8pm today if not earlier. Self-Care: tbd but it will probably be GO TO BED EARLY

May 8, 2020. A bad evening last night made for a slow start this morning. Morning Routine: ehh... 50% Took a rest day had a hot shower instead of a cold one but still followed the same basic pattern. Intermittent Fasting: done! Even after a few drinks I managed to notice that I was getting close to my stop-eating time and held onto it. Workout: Rest Day Meal Prep: actually ended up doing some more since i was having my parents around for dinner so i made a HYUGE batch of steamed buns and crispy chicken and salad. I’ll be eating that for the next week probably. I’m not mad about that. Evening Routine: not done. Just go to bed, they thought. You’ll fall straight asleep they thought. Get a good nights sleep. WRONG. Self-Care: done. have a hot shower instead of a cold one.

May 6, 2020 Evening routine: dishes: done planning: done journalling: done Bed time @ 11:30: done May 7, 2020 Morning Routine: done but maaan, was it slow. I was real tired when i woke up this morning and even after multiple coffees, a workout and the coldest shower yet i was still lethargic. Workout: done 1 minute jumping jacks dynamic stretching 3x10 incline pushups 3x20 banded bicep curls my thighs and butt still hurt from Monday Tuesday so i made today upper body stuff. Tomorrow I probably wont be as lucky. If i wake up functional enough to want to work out. Intermittent fasting: done. barely. I was hungry at around... 12pm? But managed to hold off. Self-care: done. played journey to the Savage Planet. (Not “strange planet” not sure where I got that from”) Evening routine: nope. so I had great plans to get home from work, do my thang and then fall into bed. buuuuut my cat. Escaped the backyard. Went under the house. Where she could easily get out into the street. Can’t have that. I haven’t updated her name tag since I only moved here a month ago. Fine. Spend a hour alternating between crawling around under my house and lying in the wet grass trying to coax her out. Oh, and it’s 11:30 at night and raining and windy. Of course. Finally won her over with her bowl of kibbles. And she was purring and playing the whole time. So now I’ve had a bourbon. And I’m writing this and then I’m going to sleep. At least I get the day off tomorrow.

May 6 2020 Y'all, it was cold today. Not a fan. Workout: Rest Day. My thighs are pure pain. walking around work tonight could be the death of me. Intermittent fasting: Done. managed to survive putting it off an hour even while cooking mac and cheese for the week. And I've just finished my last meal so I should be good for tomorrow. This biting cold wind we are having is making me just want to consume incessantly. Meal prep: Done. One big tray of homemade vegetable mac and cheese done and in the fridge. Managed to not snack on it while making it when I was out of my eating window so that's a huge win. Routine: Morning: Cold Shower Vocal Spectacular: I Love It by Icona Pop I surprised myself with this. Managed to get into the shower with the cold water even though today's maximum temperature was 11 degrees Celsius. I even threw some housework in there for good measure since i didn't start work until 2:30pm and had some spare hours to burn. Evening: TBD Dishes: tbd Planning: yes. doing that right now. self-care Journalling: doing it now Bed Time: 11:30pm Self Care: Done Actually use the reverse cycle heater instead of suffering in the cold just to save money. Tomorrow's Plan: Wake up @ 8:30am Pushups! make the bed do some washing Fast till 1:00pm again work @ 2:30pm Self-care: brainstorm cool cosplay costume ideas Bedtime @ 11:30pm

Look, I did an intro and respawn so I’m not rehashing all that all over again. I’m also running a daily battle log to track my progress but ill try remember to post here as well! Apologies, I’m a little tired so all this is pretty short. But whatever. MAY 2020 My Goals this Month are basically to rebuild from the beginning. I’ve been fitnessing on and off for 7 years and before my life broke down and COVID broke the world I was pretty fit. Now i am not. But i deserve to be cared for by myself. I just need to start new habits in my new home and new normal and i need to dedicate time and mental energy to it. 1. STICK TO A ROUTINE. 5/7 days a week obvious. This is to help me stay productive, do basic self care, and get enough sleep despite shift-work fucking with me. The times are approximate, i just need to know about how long this will take me so i can schedule it into my day. Morning: 30 minutes of just drinking coffee in the quiet time. 30 minutes of body movements. 2 minute Cold-shower of Ultimate Discipline. 10 minutes of dressing, and self care (skin teeth, etc) 30 minutes of second coffee that is the reward to myself for having a cold shower Onwards: Go to work. Do something productive if you aren’t working today. Evening: 10 minutes. Wash, dry and put away the dishes. 30 minutes of journal for the day (includes planning tomorrow) 10 minutes of your self care routine (skin, meds, teeth) bedtime @ 9hours before you have to get up. 2. EAT A VEGETABLE. STOP EATING CONSTANTLY. I’ve started an anti-anxiety med that helps me sleep and stops me feeling anxious all the damn time but one side effect is increased weight gain. Potentially because it seems to have shut off MY DAMN HUNGER CUES. So I just eat constantly. I don’t need to do that. A. MEAL PREP 1X Weekly So I have food on hand and stops me buying junk from the work cafe or the store. And so I don’t have to think about food. B. INTERMITTENT FASTING 5/7 days a week This is mostly so I stop constantly feeding my face with anything i walk past. And also so I stop snacking late at night and drinking a few to many alcoholic bevvys. 3. MOVE YOUR BODY 3x Weekly Again. Hella Basic. I am a roller derby player that was cross-training and skating for 10 hours a week and now i do nothing. Nada. Zilch. So i need to worko n rectifying that. It’s been probably 2 months since ive worked out properly so I’m just going to start from the start. My team and I are doing the Push Up Challenge anyway so most of my planned workout will be around that. 4. LOOK AFTER YOUR DAMN SELF Daily At the behest of my ClinPsych I am to schedule something small for myself every day. Something that just, brings me joy. One of the pop quizzes she had me do was suggestive of some low mood on my part (not surprising) so I’m going to do what she says. The government isn’t paying her for me to ignore her suggestions. This is going to be things like “play that video game you keep meaning to play” “read a book by the fireplace” etc. thats it for now. Ill probably update at least weekly with how I’m going. Feel free to drop in and say hi, I’d love to keep accountable with others on similar plans this month or other aussies. Or whatever. Surprise me. Stonie