princessamypants

Hey, all! I'm moving to San Marcos, Texas at the end of August, and other Rebels up there? I'll be a student at Texas State University- go Bobcats! - Amy

By all means, please, do steal! ------------------------------------------------------- Summary! What didn't happen: Practicing yoga or writing summary on here. What did happen: I actually started 30 Days of Yoga on Saturday because I was too excited and couldn't wait First day was hard, but good. Second day I only got halfway through the workout. Yesterday I was going to re-do that workout, but again exhausted and didn't do it. Two reasons, I think: I started eating Paleo on Friday or Saturday and the first few days were rough. I am now feeling far more adjusted. I guess that's the reason people suggest only making once change at a time! Oops! Second reason was emotional exhaustion. Several things happened yesterday that weren't necessarily bad, they just required some extra emotional energy from me, so by the time my normal mid to late afternoon workout time rolled around I was like, hell no! Will power = 0! I reaaaally like my workout time being in the afternoon, so I don't want to solve for this problem by switching to the mornings. I like my mornings, they are perfect. I drink a copy of coffee with my Mom while we chat and I snuggle with my dog, then I jump immediately in to the most important things I need to get done that day so I feel like I've been productive by lunch time. Nope, don't want to change that. So for now I'm thinking that my solution would be to remind myself that exercise will help me emotionally and is just as good if not better than the other things I do when I get upset. And also, if I just tell myself to do only a few minutes, that feels much less daunting, much more doable, and most likely I end up feeling so much better that I just go ahead and finish the workout. ------------------------------------------------------- Other fun things! I found this article on MyFitness yesterday: The Surprisingly Simple Enjoyable Way to Make Weight Loss Stick http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/the-surprisingly-simple-enjoyable-way-to-make-weight-loss-stick/?native_client=1 It's about how a person is the average of the five people they spend the most time with, so if you want to make working out a regular thing then surround yourself with people who like to workout. Simple. Genius. Basically what Nerd Fitness is. And what helped me come back to Nerd Fitness. Ta-ta for now!

Hey! Finals came and I fell on my butt! Alright, keeping this as painfully simple as possible. Overall goal of lowering body fat percentage. Goal 1: Follow 30 Days of Yoga, provided by Yoga With Adriene. It's a cool series of free videos, check em out here if ya like: https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene Goal 2: Learn from my mistakes. Write down thoughts, feelings, fears, etc. at the beginning of the challenge, then write back reflecting at the end of the challenge. What worked? What didn't work? Etc. For accountability, write end of day summary on here. Peace.

Week 3 Update! Yes, there were tears! Goal 1: 3/3 Goal 2: 0/3 WHOOPS Goal 3: 7/7 Goal 4: 7/7 Also: - Starting eating modified Paleo. Major withdrawal headache, but someone offered me some sugar dessert yesterday and I didn't even feel like eating it so there's that, and I feel better all around. - I'm getting crazy discrepancies when I measure my body fat percentage, so I'll try again at the end of the week to make sure I'm doing it correctly. Added the weight loss bar to my profile as a result. - The next three weeks are crazy stress like ohmygoodness so, alas, my fickle self is switching her goals again!! Mwahahaha! Goal 1 is now to walk for 20 min three times a week. Goal 2 is now to complete a yoga session three times a week. I know this routine helps me alot during times of stress, plus headaches are making strength exercises and fast movements almost impossible. Good luck to all for week 4! -

Week 2: Goal 1: 2/3 Goal 2: 1/3 Goal 3: 5/7 Goal 4: 4/7 I'm beginning to see a pattern in how my weeks look during six week challenges. Week One = EF YEAH I AM THE HULK Week Two = EF NO I GO BACK TO SLEEP Week Three = Slowly meeting goals with intermittent crying spells Week Four = More good than bad Week Five = Yeah, I got this Week Six = BEAST MODE I AM TEH BEST!!!1!! So the good news is that I'm past week two, haha. I did get some walking in: 12.7 miles this week. I've been trying to increase my steps in general, mostly because I ate a ton of sugary food (let's be real, I over-ate a lot this week) and felt horrible as a result, so increasing my steps was a way to relieve general discomfort. Finals are next week and the week after, so now would be the time I typically revive an ice cream habit. But I'm not going there this time. No way. *squeaky voice* beast mode!

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Week 1: Goal 1: 2/3 Goal 2: 2/3 Goal 3: 7/7 Goal 4: 7/7 This is why I have easy goals right now: so that I can see "7/7" and think "oh hey I can actually do this." Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Progress Thus Far! Monday: Did my beginner work out. Felt amazing, I'm still sore, yes. Square meal of the day was actually breakfast so I'm going to count that as a yes. Simple to-do list was also a yes. Tuesday: Ummmm nope did not work out, poo. If it helps, my street flooded the same day as trash/recycling day and I did spend a good amount of time running up and down the street picking up garbage before it could find its way to the storm drain. That was epic! Square meal, also breakfast but yes. To do list? I did a significant thing, but it wasn't the thing I wrote down. Still counting it as a yes. Wednesday/Today: HA nothin yet.

Challenge: Lower body fat percentage to 25% Obviously this isn't going to be accomplished in 6 weeks, so this will be a continuing mission/goal/challenge for a while. I want to get some of this weight off to relieve pain in my joints, my back, and to make life and fitness easier in general. Last Friday I checked my body fat percentage with calipers and it was consistently 33.8%. I think that number is low and I should be higher than that, but it's the most consistent figure I have to work with so I'll go with that. Last challenge my goal was to do the absolute minimum, just as long as I did it every day (example, walking to the end of my lawn and back). These six weeks will be similar. My goal is to get through ten minutes of working out, start to finish. Maybe I don't walk very fast, maybe I don't use a lot of weights, maybe I have to stop and rest, but the goal is to get through the routine, start to finish, even if I need to make some alterations or rest for a bit in the middle. Goals; 1. Cardio (Max STR 1, DEX 2, STA 2) Interval training 3x a week for 10 minutes. 2. Strength training (Max STR 5) Beginner work out 3x a week, alternating with the interval training every other day. I'm doing the Nerd Fitness beginner workout posted here. This time around, the goal is to get through one circuit, start to finish. 3. Nutrition (Max CON 4) My goal here is a little weird... I learned a way of making up a plate of food that has all of the servings I need in it, but I haven't been eating that way regularly. When I do eat that way, it's very easy for me to pick up on any changes in diet and it's easy for me to keep track of stuff without writing everything down (I know, it's more accurate to write down, but I tried that over the last week and a lot of old eating disorder thoughts and behaviors came up... it's just easier for me to do it the way I learned to do it in therapy, which is making a "mercy plate"). So my goal is to eat a "mercy plate" for lunch every day. Just one meal. It's also the most important meal for me because the afternoon is the time I struggle with the most and having a square meal before I tackle that beast every day may help me get through it. Life goal: Write down ONE THING! I want to accomplish during the day on a piece of paper and when I'm finished with that thing, tear up the paper. Simple to-do list. 1 Point Wisdom if accomplished.

I couldn't help mahself Yall watch out, now that I know how to gif.... my challenge threads are about to get crazy!

where do you guys get all these gifs, its like magic

Thank you, petefeet! Friday, Saturday, Sunday: check all four! Is this the last day? I'll post a summary later. Happy holidays everybody! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ooh, I love that approach to getting the three things done first. I've tried it a couple of times and it's been v. helpful. More power to you! Also, awesome thoughts on meditation and anxiety. Social anxiety is a big thing for me, it's encouraging to see someone else working through it, too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk