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Yay, good run this morning. Now to carry the momentum into eating healthy today.

Yeah, I completely agree. Getting the habits to stick is really the hard part. Especially if it's one I've battled all my life.

Whoa.... The past 10 days have just been a massive struggle on all levels. I stopped working out, I started to slip into bad eating habits, and just couldn't get myself to do anything really. Not sure what caused it, but I think I'm good now. Went for a run this morning, and had a healthy breakfast. Feeling pretty good today.

It's totally okay to just let out the steam built up in you. Much better than letting sit and fester. Super positive that you've been eating well still! Even when stressed, you should try and make sure to eat something good. I know it's hard, which is why when my job decides to push me over the stress cliff, I go outside for a few minutes to have a healthy nibble for a few minutes. I've found it to be so refreshing and helps me to get back to my center.

Second the prepacked snacks! It has saved me so many times at my less than exciting job. For cutting back on the soda, I experimented with various unsweetened teas. After trying a few different ones, I found a fantastically flavored green tea in a local shop here that hits the spot and caffeine boost just right when I'm dragging on at the computer.

You've got this, alexis! And we've got your back!

I think those are some good goals! Not too easy, and not too difficult. Setting the tempo for the amazingness of the rest of the year for you!

Twice a week with my running has definitely felt really good for me. Far down the road I may increase it to a third day. As for the meals, what I've done is actually set some of my normal/favorite staple meals in myfitnesspal so I only have to log that meal, instead of each individual part. Example, I have 1/2 cup oatmeal made with 1 cup nonsweetened almond milk, 1/2 cup blueberries, and 1 scoop protein powder pretty frequently for breakfast, so I have that as a meal I can quickly log. Makes the really slow mornings so much easier!

So far, the pre-programmed meals in myfitnesspal has made the logging aspect of things a bit easier. Yay for easy! Working out this week has been going good so far, and am enjoying the structure I have for now. I think At the end of this month I will assess if I need to change it up drastically, or just a little bit.

From the sound of your post you've achieved a lot. You've come back, which is a major achievement in itself. You've seen and realized that you needed to make some changes to improve your well being, and you've already taken a major step by checking into therapy. Congratulations on Day 4! I've been meditating a lot recently myself, and one thing it helped me to understand about my depressed, negatively self-fulfilling prophecy mind is that I need to look for any and all small achievements I make and build my momentum from them. You're doing better, and can keep it up! We're all here in it with you.

I think it will be a major improvement for me. Diet always has been and most likely always will be the hardest lifestyle improvement for me.

Whoa, don't know what happened to me over the past week, but my mind and body kind of shut down. Anyways, that's not where I'm at now. Got up this morning, did a bodyweight training session from the NF Academy, felt pretty good. Completely forgot to weigh and log my food yet again today. Need to try and address that. Maybe I should program some of my staple meals into myfitnesspal so my logging is easier, especially for the morning meals. In completely unrelated news, I'm trying contacts out! Man, I look funny without my glasses. But I do enjoy getting to wear normal sunglasses! Yay, vanity!

Meditation has been a major boost in my battle with depression as well. Even on days where I don't get to meditate as much as I'd like, it just helps so much. Hopefully while you're in Germany and Switzerland you'll get the chance to as well, though I can understand if its hard, what with the excitement of travel and all!

Thanks!! I used to let the exercise go first in those moments, but I'm getting to a point where it now feels like one of my best outlets. The music blasting, my body moving, my mind able to just focus on what I'm doing. It feels really good now.