ThisTimeLucky

mini 2 done, followed lanilenore and MaybeAFirst, joined the Mindful Eating FTW!! accountabilibuddie group, and attempted a signature

Hi there! Happy to find this group - mindful eating is something I really struggle with - mindless snacking is too easy! And very happy to see the hummus recipe above, I've tried making it before at home and always gotten it wrong, but that one sounds pretty good

Seems you're on the right path - congratulations on keeping to your plan after a plane breakfast :-)

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Hi MaybeAFirst, I think I'm doing pretty well! I am still struggling with sleep through, just never seem to get to bed early enough! Food is going well, I didnt have veggies with breakfast yesterday morning but did the other meals and breakfast was a smoothie with spinach today.... I really need some new protein powder, I have cookies and cream flavoured and sometimes the spinach just doesn't disappear lol but, I am already noticing improvements in how I feel!

Weekend went pretty well, Saturday was healthy breakfast (eggs, bacon, spinach and garlic mushrooms) healthy lunch (chicken salad, then one slip up at a movie (popcorn and diet drink) and home made chicken and veg soup for dinner with a small sourdough roll. Sunday was same breakfast, chicken burger for lunch, hummus and rice crackers for a snack and more soup for dinner, plus a 1.5 hour gym workout. So some processed food, but veggies with every meal (except popcorn), no alcohol and 8.5 hours sleep Friday and Saturday nights. Pretty happy with that! Today has been 7 hours of sleep, plus didn't have veggies with breakfast (protein pancakes with cinnamon). Big chicken and veg curry for lunch tho and more soup planned for dinner. Thankfully it has been pouring here all weekend and today so soup is appreciated :-) Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

Mini Challenge 1: Is your overall quest achievable (over a short or long period of time)? Is it reasonable?I certainly hope it is. My challenge for this 6 week period is to lose between 8-10kg (17-22 pounds I think), but truthfully, I will be happy with any loss. I'm attempting to keep it small and positive as I tend to give up when I dont hit my goals quickly, so by introducing stepping stones I'm hoping to actually make it. My overall quest is to lose about 40kg (88 pounds) but thinking about it in those terms has o gathered any workable results for me. Do your 3 quests all build towards your main quest in little ways, or are you taking on too much? Do your quests have sub-quests or is it just one thing to focus on? My 3 quests are things that are known triggers for weight gain (or at least detrimental to weight loss) and three things I suffer from. My sleep cycle is out of wack, I drink too much alcohol and I fall back on take away food when I'm tired or stressed. I know I feel better when when I follow my quests. Are your main goals realistic? Can you scale them to smaller steps to fit your life better, even if it will make it take a little longer to achieve them? Scaling has already occurred to make them more realistic. Are your goals able to be measured and tracked? What will you use to track them? I will be using scales and clothing fit to track my goals. My quests are something to adhere to every day so I can tell the effects of them immediately. How are you grading your goals? Are they pass/fail (“every dayâ€, “not even once over the six weeksâ€)? Is there a reward for the effort, or are you only grading yourself on whether or not you “lose the weight†or “run the distanceâ€? I'm not so rigid on pass/fail - moreso understanding that adherance will affect my end result. I know some things will make it impossible for me to get 8 hours of sleep a night, or one day I might have to grab something quick and easy on the road - I hope that putting myself out here will hold me accountable to myself and learn me towards the salad wrap rather than the double bacon cheeseburger in that regard. How I feel will be the only reward I will need - plus I have a whole wardrobe of smaller clothes that I miss and will be very happy to see again. What is your plan for continuing/altering/grading those goals if you become ill or injured? Injury has occurred for me in the past - most recently I damaged my left rotator cuff following a fitness plan with a lot of overhead work. So now that I'm back in the gym, I dedicate some time to really stretching out and strengthening that area. If I do injure myself again, I will work around it and exercise other areas until I have recovered. With Illness, I tend to not eat a lot anyway, I live on chicken and vegetable soup, so thats easy! Did you take into consideration any special occasions (Labour Day, Independence Day, birthdays, anniversaries, etc) that may occur during the challenge? What modifications do you need to build into your goals for those? Starting this now is actually a really good time for me, I have no special events on the horizon for at least 3 months. Do any of your main goals conflict with each other? Will one goal make it hard to do another? I think all of mine work quite well together. Do you already have the time in your schedule to actually complete the goals you’ve set? If not, what are you planning to do to make time for them? I do, its just the 'pull yourself away from Netflix and get to the gym' that is to be overcome. Are you trying to build multiple habits, or is all your energy focused on your main quest? Good habits so that I can achieve my quest!

Day 2: minimal processed food, just some sauces in my stir fry dinner (kepis manis and fermented bean paste). Did not get enough sleep though, only about 6 hours. And due to other health factors, have started incorporating coconut oil supplementation into my diet - starting off 1 tbsp a day, working up to 3. Also did 45 mins of yoga! Not quite an hour at the gym, but no car today so couldnt get there.

Congradulations on your progress so far - thats great work! The 'no found food' is something I try to instigate here at work - morning tea's occur probably 2x a week (which I usually dont go to but then they put the left overs near my desk :/) do you ever feel like you have to eat the gifts that the parents bring in?

Best wishes for your challenge and journey

Thank you for that link! I'll read that shortly. So, my first day went well, I managed to have veg with every meal except breakfast (unless you count a hash brown as one) and minimal processed food (eg, the hash brown). I got 7 hours 40 mins of sleep too, so on my way!

Good luck! I think the silent hour is a wonderful idea :-)

Hi! I'm very new to NF, so am a little confused by the points system that appears to be going on, so I might incorporate that as a misson, to learn about these points. But firstly, a bit about myself.... 30 years old, have been up and down in size a bit over my life but for the last 2 years of has been a solid up, and I say no more! I enjoy walking, hiking, yoga, photography, riding my motorcycle (and don't fit into my leather jacket any more), know my way around a gym due to rigorous compliance for a couple of months followed by a couple of months of meh, and am getting really tired of feeling uncomfortable and irritated at myself. So, my main goal is: lose 10kg in 6 weeks (the size I am it is possible, plus I will be satisfied with 8). My life mission is more but I over commit and get discouraged so trying small steps this time. My missions to complete to help me achieve my goal are: 1. Less processed food and veggies at every meal 2. No alcohol (prime candidate for my weight gain I believe!) 3. 8 hours sleep a night thank you for reading, and may the odds be ever in your favour!