Anthyitis

Yesterday I had to make an unplanned stop at Target for hellhound food and wandered the store because I had no idea where anything was. As I was passing by the activewear section, I caught sight of some shiny gold loot. The black heather tank. Now I feel motivated to do an extra workout this week.

Here's where I stand for last week. I did my workout last week, and the warmup made my hips a little sore. They don't appear to like fence steppers, not sure why, so maybe there needs to be some yoga in my near future. Writing in my journal was the second to last thing that I was doing before I went to bed, and it had been working out pretty well until Thursday. I've been too tired to worry about the nightly update, so I just hadn't been doing it. But it's not like I've been crashing as soon as I got to bed either, because I'm awake tossing and turning until after midnight or later. I know I've been careful to stick to one sweet coffee a day, with the exception of tuesday and sunday. I know that I wasn't too careful about my fast food consumption. I know that I will be making sure to get to the store tomorrow, so I can get some more appealing foods into my fridge. At this point, with the exception of coffee, I don't even WANT what I've been eating anymore. It is honestly making me sad. On the journal front, I'm going to make the effort to do my next day's entry first thing after dinner, before I do anything else. That way I can also make sure I've taken care of the current day's to do before I get lost in fun stuff. Here's to a much better week three!

Congrats on defying the weather to make to the gym! I totally would have burrowed....

I didn't keep track of my week anywhere, so I'll just have to do this by memory. I'll do better for this week. I stuck to my one sugary coffee five times this week, and only had a second one two days. Those second were pumpkin spice lattes, but I finally finished off the bottle so I don't have to worry about it tempting me anymore. As I was rinsing out the bottle to recycle, I realized that I could use it for water and that two of them was three liters. So at least I got something positive out of it? Huh? Huh??? I didn't do a NF workout exactly, but I did two sets of wallsits, planks and incline pushups, holding for as long as I could or doing as many as I could. It just occurred to me that I proooooobably should have kept track so I could see improvement. I wrote in my journal five times this week, but didn't do so over the weekend. It was partial forgetfulness, partially because I don't normally plan out my weekends, and partially because I thought I left my journal at work. I was heartbroken...then I got to work this morning and it wasn't there either! It had been on the floor in the back of my car all weekend. I think I did okay for a week where I spent most of it sick!

I'm trying hard with the perfection bit too, because I poked around a lot on pinterest before starting my own. So I see a bunch of perfect doodles, washi taped everything, beautiful handwriting, perfect little printouts....and mine looks like I just barfed ink and colored pencil all over every page. It doesn't have to be pretty though, it does the job! Since I'm not used to tracking fitness related things anymore, it's been a struggle to remember to do that though. I really like yoga, and I had no idea that it could have helped me! I wasn't in much pain at all, but I was congested pretty badly. The doctor suggested using a neti pot and even that didn't work long. So I'll look for the videos tonight and see if that helps. Thanks for the suggestion and I hope you're feeling better too!

Just a sinus infection! I got some antibiotics and spent yesterday and today resting. I already feel much better! Since my biggest fast food weakness is breakfast from Taco Bell, this morning I decided to kinda try to recreate a california crunchwrap in a bowl, minus the tortilla, cheese and hash browns. I just scrambled two eggs and topped them with a spoonful of salsa and guacamole and had three small pieces of bacon. It....wasn't even close to the same, but it was fast and I really love guacamole, so I'll keep making it. I also had a cup of iced pumpkin spice latte, that I'd picked up just for the heck of it yesterday, I don't normally buy things like that, because I'll just keep wanting to drink them, and that's exactly what happened today. I managed to hold off this afternoon by having an orange, but I ended up having another cup before dinner. I don't feel that bad about it because once the bottle's finished, it's gone and I won't buy more. Tomorrow I'll see if I feel up to a workout.

My second challenge, yay! I decided to stick with some of the sample quests because I feel like I kinda bombed my first challenge (took on too much for end of year madness), and reasons that I'll go into after. This month, I'm going to.... Level up my diet!! -I will switch one sugary coffee drink out for black coffee or tea. I love coffee, I drink at least two cups a day and I love sugary caramel creamers. I don't want to give up all of life's pleasures just yet, but I don't need the sugar. -I'll reduce my fast food intake by 50%. I typically have one fast food meal a day, but lately it's been two. Gonna cut myself down to one every other day. Level up my Fitness!! -I will complete a NF bodyweight workout at least once per week. Just one? I can do just one! Level up my Life!! -I'm committing to writing in my Bullet Journal at least once a day. I started on the first and I love it so far, but I know I need to make it a habit because motivation fades. If you don't know what this is yes, now you know! So I was participating in the mini challenge and dropped out without warning. I came down with the plague in week two and I'm still not better, so I'm finally going to the doctor. I picked simple quests that I was sure I could stick to this week, but if I'm not feeling well enough for a full workout by Sunday, I'll just be kind to myself and not count it against my challenge. I'm not great at introducing myself, but nice to meet you all anyway!

Well, with all this talk of wall sitting, I decided to give it a go. My legs hate it, and now me. We'll be doing it again real soon.

I laughed. Way harder at this. Than I should have. I am five.

I'd like to join! I'm a two. I'm almost the couchiest of potatoes. Goals: I have a 5k that I'd like to run in the spring, so there's no reason I can't start getting ready now with regular walking and meeting my step goals five days a week. I also want to stop drinking calories.

I absolutely did! Kind of. I had to move boxes on Saturday and since it involved a bunch of squatting and lifting, I just counted it! Thanks for letting me know about the challenge! I'll definitely check it out!

It's Friday, and...well...I ate a little less fast food this week...ONLY because I misplaced my debit card on Wednesday. I know none of it's good, but I made slightly better choices like Chipotle when I ate out. Started making coffee at home again so I had full control over the strength and the kinds of things that went in it. And I borrowed The End of Overeating from the library again, and intend to finish it before the next challenge starts. I'm really determined to go an entire 6 weeks with no fast food at all. I gave my old fitbit to my annoying food/exercise shaming coworker because I wanted to get rid of it, I knew I was never going to actually sell it, and I knew she would like it. Now she comes over to my desk at least three times a day to compare steps. Annoying, and after three years, I still don't think she understands that I'm not competitive and I don't find criticism motivating. I just take it as a reminder to get up at walk for a few minutes when she comes over, but eventually I'm going to have to sit down at talk to her. I have three more days to do two more sessions of BW exercises. I haven't made time for reading this week, but I'm actually okay with that. LOL, my budget. I'm still learning. I wish I'd set a grading scale for myself, but I was honestly so overwhelmed at the start that I couldn't get into that, or levels, or stat points. If I had to, I'd give myself a D. But that's still better than the F that I got the entire rest of the year, so I'll take it and do better next time!

It is...I swear...the best meal planner that I've ever used. But I haven't used that many, so that might not be saying much, lol. You can easily import recipes if you use chrome, cause there's an extension for that. Otherwise you can import them using the recipe's web address or just manually adding them. Since I'm lazy, the extension is amazing to me. Then you just drag and drop your recipes onto a calendar that shows you the previous week, current week, and the next three weeks. So if you REAAAAALLY wanted to, you could just plan out all of your meals for the next month. It generates a shopping list for you that you can split up by store, if you like. If you don't want to print out your list, you can access it on your phone as well. I think the best part is that you can share recipes with other Plan to Eat members. I just don't have any friends yet. If you just want to check it out though, they let you use it for free for a month, no CC information required. It's normally $4.95 a month or $39 a year, and I figure if it keeps me away from McD's even once a month it's worth it.

(I wrote this post yesterday but forgot to actually hit post!) So here's what I got up to last week. I replaced my Fitbit flex with a shiny new charge HR, and instead of worrying about going for a five minute walk every day, I just tried to meet my (low) step goals. Which I did, 5/7 days! Today I meant to set my goal 1,000 steps higher, then I looked down at my wrist and realized that my Fitbit wasn't there. Because I forgot to put it back on after showering. Oops. I don't like that it's not waterproof but everything else is great! Every week, I'll set my step goal higher until I'm back at 10,000 steps a day. I don't know why I like step counting better than just saying I'll go for a walk every day, I just do. I didn't change anything about what I was eating, just paid more attention to both what I was buying and how much I was spending on it. Um...fast food at least once a day. WAAAAAY too much money. I blew my fast food budget for the month in a week. I decided to allow myself one fast food meal a week during this challenge, but next time it's gonna be none. Even when I'm paying attention, it's still so easy to just swing by Taco Bell on my way to work instead of eating at home because "I don't want what I have" and/or "I'm running late". I tried Soylent, just have something quick to put in my face in the mornings, but....I dunno. Plan to Eat annual memberships were on sale over Black Friday weekend so I got one, and it's been heavenly so far. I'm looking for a lot of fast and easy recipes online, and I will get this meal prep thing down. Goal #2. Book reading...did not happen. Sure, I talked a lot about reading books, but I didn't actually read anything because I just wasn't up to it. Bodyweight didn't happen either. I just lost track of the days and then it was suddenly Friday, so I'm making extra sure I get it done this week. I think that's it? I could keep being disappointed that I didn't do more, but instead I think I'll follow advice and be happy that at least I'm making some tiny changes. At least now I see what I'm doing and making the conscious decision to keep doing it. Now I can focus on deciding NOT to do those things anymore.

Teehee, it worked! Glad that you're not letting your injuries sideline you!