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  1. I still haven't got the hang of being a girl and I'm a "grown up" mother (I use quotes advisedly!). Glad you got a different class. Sometimes those evening classes are pretty good - a lot of people are more awake at that time rather than early morning classes. Hope it goes well for you.
  2. I like HoBuJo too... You've been so consistent in this challenge - no wonder it's paying off on the scales! I've flagged a bit in the middle of my challenge but you've inspired me to get back to it.
  3. You've achieved so much through this challenge! Like how you've tracked all your progress too.
  4. Love it deathbybadger! Thanks, and thanks NY153 too. I caught a nasty cold and took a break from swimming for a few days. Still tracked my food. But you're right - writing is the biggest thing left for me to crack this challenge. I'm just about to open up my manuscript and write for a half hour or so. And back to the pool tomorrow now that I've stopped being such a phlegm-monster!
  5. Swimming Just back from the pool. I'm now at 75 lengths - target was 64. So I am now twirling about all over my challenge thread. Twirly twirl twirl. For the rest of the challenge I'll stick with the mini-challenge of practising freestyle more and just see how many lengths I can clock up before 17th September. Diet Tracked everything I've eaten so far this challenge. Read 'Brain over binge' last night and it was really helpful. Writing Ugh. My downfall. Realistically I won't have any time to write tomorrow as I'm working a ten hour day then out for dinner. But from then on I should be able to grab a half hour or so each day. I just need to figure out a way to sneak up on myself and trick myself into starting!
  6. Bonnes vacances! Great adaptation of your challenge to fit with your holiday. Swimming in the sea is so good... I'll swim in the sea on Friday but it will be the North Sea - brrr!
  7. Average grade 98% - wow, you are aceing this challenge!
  8. Hey! <Waves fishy fins at the lovely people dropping by to read my posts> Post-weekend challenge update Swimming My challenge was to swim 64 lengths of the pool over 4 weeks - and yesterday I hit 63 lengths. Yasssss! I'm going swimming again with Fishface junior tomorrow so I should hit my target then. So... let's just see how far I can swim by the end of week four. And I'm setting myself a mini challenge. I swim breast stroke usually because that's my strongest stroke by far. So I'm challenging myself to do more of my lengths freestyle from now on just to get some practice in. Tracking my food Tracked my food every day of the challenge so far. One small issue - I wanted to track in the same notebook so that I'd get an overview of my diet. Instead I've tracked in three different notebooks - basically whatever came to hand. Mini challenge - finish reading 'Brain over Binge' before the end of this challenge. (it's about binge eating/bulimia - just started reading it and I think it's really helpful). Writing Haven't written for four days - partly due to looking at my list of tasks and getting overwhelmed (my procrastination gets worse when I'm overwhelmed). I'll see how it goes next week but after I've completed my mini challenges for diet and fitness I might put a mini challenge in on my writing before this challenge finishes just to push it back up the priority list.
  9. Love your challenge. I've always suffered with insomnia so you have my sympathy. I'm going to read that Mark's Daily Apple post from @Vibrantella too just in case there is something new in there that can help me too. Yes those veggie steam packs are great. I cook for the family every night, so that forces me to make something healthy! I often cook double portions so that I can freeze half to save me cooking another day. Chilli con carne freezes well and it's easy to cook a big batch and then freeze a bunch of individual portions.
  10. You're doing great on this challenge! Hope your week gets less stressful.
  11. I know what you mean about taking breaks wilkymouse - I have always struggled with that. It's the same in my industry - everyone eats at their desk, lets their coffee get cold on their desk because they didn't have time to drink it, checks their email on the weekend and from the beach on vacation, etc. So if I pop out for a walk at lunch time and eat my lunch in the park I feel like such a slacker! But it's on my list of 'things to work on' because I know how important it is.
  12. Wow - what a great challenge! Making a note of those podcast recommendations. How's the foot now?
  13. Thanks deathbyshiny! That's good advice - I am so like the dogs in 'Up'. SQUIRREL! 'Okay, I'll start doing my taxes. Oh, look laundry, I'll just-- Oh, I haven't made fishface junior's packed lunch-- but why is my computer on the kitchen table - oh yes I was doing my taxes." I think it would be better if I didn't try to do everything at once. Yeah NY153 - implementation is HARD! Thanks for the encouragement, it really does make a difference to me. Challenge update - I just took Fishface junior and his friend swimming today. Good fun - and going to the pool is starting to feel more like a habit (eg I had the right coins for the lockers, I know which is the good shower etc.) I've tracked my food every day - and it makes slightly depressing reading. But rather than do my usual extreme approach, I want to continue just tracking this challenge. Then maybe in another challenge I'll identify a small positive change that I can make. Writing is really hard - I skipped it yesterday in the end, even though I had the file open on my computer and I had time to do it.
  14. Thanks for the support fleaball! Great advice. So I've gone through the list and just marked the ones that are really important (like getting my taxes done, and booking tickets for my work trip). And I've made a start on one of the big tasks. Still a bit freaked out by how much I need to do but ready to get some sleep now. I guess I needed this challenge to wake me up...
  15. Day Four No swimming today, but tracked my food. My novel is open in the background and I can write a little this evening after dinner as my husband will be late back from work. I just did a 'brain dump' of everything I need to get done at the moment. Yikes - too many things. Work stuff, financial stuff, family stuff, all kinds of stuff and so much of all of it. I think doing this challenge has caused me to pull my head out of the sand and take a look around... A bit overwhelmed now.
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