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The high point related to my goals this week was exercise. Between work, housework and getting back to my scheduled activities I hit double my activity goal. Also, I climbed my first v2 route at the gym (for reference, I learned that bouldering levels go up to v17, so there's a potentially long way to go, but they also start at vB (beginner) and v0, so it's proof that I'm improving – especially since last time I was there I wasn't even able to start any v2s and wondered if I would ever be able to). This also reminds me of something I forgot to mention last week: according to my bike, I just passed a total of 200 miles ridden. This week I also learned how to tune my brakes so I can keep riding safely, so in general I'm feeling like a lot of progress has been made! Sleep was also ok...my numbers weren't as great as they were a couple of weeks ago, but I did buy a memory foam mattress pad and a jersey duvet cover, so that's a definite upgrade in comfort that I hope will be helpful going forward. I didn't do a great job with my other goals, though. I only did qigong a couple of times and no meditation at all, and my eating was pretty hit or miss. I did succeed at three days of partial fasting, but also ate a bunch of questionable stuff and less nutrient-dense meals at other times. This coming week is going to be unusually busy again, between an extra day of work and a full weekend of traveling, so I'm trying to plan accordingly. I was planning to adjust my fasting schedule so I could still get in three days before leaving on that trip, but my husband reasonably pointed out that that's probably a lot to take on while also working extra, so I think a more realistic goal for this week will be two days of fasting and two (rather than three) significant exercise sessions. On the other hand, I do hope to stick to my nutritious food and meditation goals, at least through Thursday.

This week was less stressful, but I got sick again. Felt kind of like I did a month or so ago: vaguely sore throat and malaise that wasn't too bad but just dragged on and on. Tested negative for Covid, so who knows? I'm just hoping this isn't my new normal once a month thing. Due to that situation, I skipped major exercise for the week, though I did make it 2/3 of the way to my movement goal through work and other life activities. Also, my life was less stressful and chaotic (and I was back in my own bed), so I slept ok. I didn't really meditate, only did qigong a few times, and (!) didn't take my supplements, which I'm not proud of. I kind of do this thing where I'll decide to cut myself some slack about something and then everything else falls apart, which I'd really like to disentangle somehow! The supplements probably would have helped this week. Still, I'm feeling better this weekend and my plan is to be back on all those habits tomorrow. I wasn't super motivated about the nutrient-dense foods this week for similar reasons, but I do feel like some of the changes i've been making in that department have been sticking. For example, I prepped a healthy meal I've been enjoying recently and bought a bunch of fruit, so it was great to have both of those on hand (and I ate them).

Weighing in a day early this week because for consistency I'm going to do it the morning after my last fast of the week (which will sometimes mean Sunday and sometimes Monday). I'm down 2+ more pounds, which means back to my pre-vacation weight and slightly past a plateau I'd been stuck at for a while! "Fasting" day 1 went absolutely fine...pretty easy and not too distracting. On day 2 some unusual events occurred, so I was ok with hitting a slightly higher calorie range than usual, more like 800 than 600. Got through that day fine, though...then I made day 3 hard for myself by impulse-eating a cookie that I figured was about a hundred calories, when actually it was more like 300...meaning that my major meal of the day was both significantly earlier than I had planned and also was a cookie – so that evening was harder and more distracting than I'd generally prefer to deal with, but lesson learned, hopefully. On the other days I ate pretty normally/more or less what I wanted/honestly a little bit extra after the fasting, which was nice to not worry about. I did get my hair trimmed this week which could have contributed to my total loss, but I'm not going to think about that too hard! Now that I've dropped the vacation weight pretty quickly, my goal is a steady pound a week for the rest of this challenge, which I'm feeling hopeful about at the moment.

I had a tough week with extra stressful events, associated bothering and finally getting kind of sick, so I only managed to do two "fasting" days instead of the three I had planned. The rest of the time I ate whatever I wanted (though I did try to make decent choices for the most part, one of my challenge goals at the moment is to eat lots of fruits and vegetables) and today I'm down almost two pounds. This is probably a combo effect involving the fact that I just got back from vacation and started eating more reasonably again and the beginning of a new diet plan, but I'll take it. Curious to see how the next week will go if I do hit my three scheduled days! The fasting days were a bit uncomfortable/distracting but not too bad, and I'm hoping they'll become more comfortable as I get used to them.

I did adjust to the floor situation somewhat, by Thursday I was starting to sleep better. But then I had some unexpected, stressful stuff that took all day to deal with and derailed my fasting plans and a lot of my habits. I did ask to not come in to work yesterday so I could take the whole weekend to relax, which I'm really glad worked out. End of week summary: Actually got a great fitness tracker number because I front-loaded the week with exercise (went climbing on Wednesday) and even got a bunch of steps while I was running around dealing with the stressful situation. Slept not great, but ok, though there were ups and downs. I've been noticing that with the combination of sleeping somewhat better, waking up early on work days and the sun coming up earlier at this time of year, I'm kind of adjusting to this schedule. Often on my days off I wake up around 8:00 and feel fine, which is fairly unprecedented for me. Didn't eat a bunch of the nutrient-dense foods I bought and planned for this week due to busyness and stress eating, but I did complete two "fasting" days (I kind of don't like that they're called fasting days because I do eat 600 calories, so maybe I'll think of something else). I had a third day planned for Thursday which got scrapped, then I thought I might do it on Friday but that got scrapped due to complicating social plans, then I thought I might do both weekend days in a row, but having woken up hungry today I don't think I'm feeling that. This morning I was back to my pre-vacation weight (had been up a few pounds), anyway, so I'm happy with that. I'm thinking that three days of fasting could be great, but maybe if I miss one for some reason I should just make it a two-fast week instead of trying to reschedule. I did notice two times on non-fasting days where I didn't want to finish something – once a bag of snacks, and once a curry I ordered – which is a bit weird for me and something people say about the fasting diet (that you'll naturally feel like eating less at other times), so that's cool. Qigong, meditation and supplements all started out strong this week, but got totally derailed, oops. Trying again.

First day of "fasting" has gone pretty well! Had my coffee this morning and a miso soup with tofu and nori for lunch. I've decided that my low-day calorie goal will be 500 and I can add a 100 calorie snack if I'm going to exercise, so I was motivated by the possibility of a mini cliff bar to do a yoga video. (I made it through the whole 45 minutes today, and this time it did register on my fitness tracker, so I've finished my weekly goal which is pretty good for Tuesday!) I was a bit distracted by thoughts of food, but knowing that I can eat whatever I want tomorrow makes it a lot easier than other fasts I've tried, and I also hear it gets easier as you adjust. My plan had been to have a yogurt bowl with fruit for my main meal in the evening, but for some reason I kept thinking of hummus today, so I ended up having some GF flatbread with hummus and veggies. Also did qigong and 25 minutes of basic meditation that felt pretty good today, and took my supplements. Still sleeping on the floor, but I think the extra blankets helped a little and my sleep score wasn't great, but decent.

Feeling reasonably good about being back on track today: checked off a bunch of foods on my nutrient tracker, went to work and on a bike ride for a total of 85 out of 150 weekly activity points, (and also hit 200 total miles on the bike I bought last spring), did a short qigong session and 20 minutes of basic meditation (working on my mini-goal to do less guided recordings this week) and even took my supplements. The exception this week is sleep. Due to stupid life circumstances I'm currently sleeping on the (uncomfortable) floor, so my tracker says I got "fair" sleep last night, which is bad. I think tonight I may make an effort to find more blankets and things and see if I can somehow make it comfortable.

Wow, those are pretty amazing results for three months of something! And thanks for the report, I've always been curious about the Wim Hof method, but, well, I really don't like being cold, so I have no personal experience with it

Thanks! We were in North Carolina (Eastern US, but south of where we live). It was really beautiful, and the weather was a little warmer than it has been here, which was nice...but now that we're back, it seems to be warming up here, too. That's my biggest concern about the fasting plan, especially because some of my health issues can be triggered if my body feels too much like it's starving. I generally have to lose weight really slowly, because the target zone between too little to feel good and too much to lose weight is pretty narrow. But, I also haven't been very successful at cutting back a certain amount every day because I find constant tracking stressful and difficult...and if I stop tracking and just estimate, I guess I don't estimate very well, because I don't tend to lose weight and I also find it stressful to constantly wonder if I'm making the right choices. So, I'm hoping the fasting diet is a good combination of simple, flexible, and minimal tracking – but once I get a sense of how I feel and how quickly I lose weight, there is the possibility of adjusting down to one or two fast days per week, or adjusting the calorie budget on those days up a bit.

Checking in at the end of this vacation week, things are about as expected: Was fairly active, ate fairly well, slept fairly well, took a break from qigong and meditation, didn't track anything. Happy with all that, less happy with the fact that I didn't take my supplements, either...but I plan to be back on all my regular habits tomorrow, plus do my first "fast" day on Tuesday, so hopefully it will be easier to keep up with all of that at once. Made a habit tracking page today, which should help, too!

Oops, I meant to watch for the beginning of this round, but I missed it...joining in late, which is actually ok timing for me because I've been succeeding pretty well with my current challenge goals (mainly focusing on nutrient-dense food, exercise and sleep) but not really losing weight, so I have a new plan starting tomorrow: trying the 4:3 diet, which means three days per week semi-fasting/limited to 500-600 calories. I like to eat a variety of foods and find constant tracking really hard and stressful to keep up with, so I'm hoping that having a specific plan I don't have to think about every day will help. I'm going to shoot for the full 12 lbs in the 10 remaining weeks because this is a new plan for me, so hopefully I'll have some beginners luck...but I'd be pretty happy with 10, too. Will weigh in in the morning, try to eat reasonably, and do my first "fast" day on Tuesday.

My kids have a school vacation this week and we're traveling to see family, so this is a weird week for me. We do eat pretty healthy here, and sleeping has been extra easy because of vacation. I'm taking a break from my qigong/meditation goal this week and not doing my usual formal exercise, but we are also having a pretty active trip – like today we went on a short hike. I've taken off my fitness tracker, but am going to estimate that I'm achieving three of my four goals this week, anyway. Goal five, supplements, hasn't been happening but there's no good reason for that. I brought them, and I guess I'll try to start taking them again tonight. I'm also thinking about the way I haven't really been losing weight, and that's somewhat sapping my motivation with these other goals. I'm thinking about my frustrations with all the usual methods: calorie counting (difficult because I'm an adventurous eater who cooks and eats at other places, none of which is super easy to track), calorie counting with a limited range of easy-to-count foods (boring), and just sticking to a healthier diet/moderate portions (I already eat pretty healthy but I like to make exceptions sometimes, and those always seem to get out of hand for me without more specific rules). Since none of those have worked super well for me, I'm considering trying the 4:3 diet for a while (three days a week you mostly fast or eat a total of 500-600 calories). I think the strict limitation and counting wouldn't bother me too much because I'd know I wouldn't have to worry about it the other four days, and I could even be flexible about which days were which if something came up. So, I have a few days to think about it while we finish this trip, but I think I might add that as a sixth goal for next week.

Yes, it's indoor rock climbing! Well, the climbing walls aren't actually rock, they're made with plastic "rocks" bolted to the walls, but it's supposed to simulate rock climbing. Some of the walls are relatively low, but some are 50 feet high and you use a harness for safety (and to get back down). I never tried it before this year, but I really like it. As well as a physical challenge there's a mental challenge of figuring out how you'll get up each wall, and there are also different graded difficulty levels so you can kind of tell what you'll be able to climb, whether your skills are improving, etc.

Even though I tried to come up with a fun plan, it got really derailed early this week. For some reason I was feeling extra sluggish and craving foods that really trigger my health issues, especially gluten. After pizza and bagels on Monday I also ended up eating a bunch of sandwiches over the next couple of days and of course felt gross, had headaches, and struggled to do other habit stuff. Today I'm getting back on track with some fish and vegetable curry, homemade GF banana bread and fruit, and I will be doing some qigong, meditation and possibly yoga. I'm feeling frustrated, especially because I'd like to lose some weight and haven't really been doing that even when I've been succeeding at my habits. I understand the occasional slip-up or choice to indulge, but three days of whatever isn't great. I'm contractually obligated to look on the bright side, though, so: 1. In general it does seem like my body and/or fitness tracker are adjusting to my new work routine and I'm not getting as many tons of activity points for that anymore, but I still blew through most of my exercise point goal just on Monday between work and going to the climbing gym. I need to put in a bit of work to hit 150 this week I think, but it's probably doable. 2. I've actually been sleeping really well. I feel like some habits are starting to stick there and I'm not hating them. I'm more often feeling tired when it's time to go to bed, and also not dreading the morning because I've been feeling better...which is a helpful cycle because I feel like sometimes I've put off sleeping partly due to morning dread. 3. My knee is feeling better, too. It always makes me a little nervous when the borage oil supplement helps, because I worry that if there's some structural issue with my knee, am I making it worse if I can't feel what kind of movement hurts? But on the other hand, it's nice that it's so easy to treat currently and it makes exercise easier. 4. Even though I haven't really been tracking nutrients this week, I managed to eat a couple of pears instead of pastry out of the free food at work yesterday, which were pretty good. I think in the future I'm also going to bring some semi-indulgent GF snacks to work so that there's another option my body will tolerate, at least, next time I'm low on willpower. 5. I did eat some incidental desserts, but I also noticed that while I was craving all those sandwiches, etc, I wasn't really craving ice cream or candy. That's out of the ordinary for me, and probably reduced the overall amount and impact of what I ended up eating.

Today I borrowed a car for some errands, so I also finally made it to the gym. Today I decided to skip the vbs, I climbed: 5 x v0 3 x v1 (there was one v1 I can’t figure out) and one easy tall wall with a harness So, since I still have the more active working situation, I’m over 100 points into my 150 point weekly movement goal! On the other hand, I also ate some very ill-advised free gluten bagels at work, then went home and ordered gluten pizza. Overall, that’s a pretty mixed day, which got me thinking about what I said about salad. Normally it would make sense to focus more on my weakest points like that, but that’s not what this challenge is about. Instead, this week I want to try to lean into what is working: exercise in general biking when the weather is good yoga when not biking or climbing fruit herbal tea this really good mung bean frittata I’ve been making cooking experiments in general short qigong sessions meditation recordings A cozy sleeping situation going to bed on time white noise when I expect disturbances and hopefully, taking my two supplements That sounds more exciting, so I think for now that’s the plan!

Today the weather was decent and I finally got to go for a bike ride! That put me just over double my original fitness goal for the week, so that was cool. It's a little hard to say without the data from the night I had a lot of trouble sleeping, but in general my sleep looks significantly better for this week, too. I certainly didn't check off everything in my nutrient tracker, but there was lots of improvement there, too – I think I averaged about five servings of vegetables and two of fruit daily which is significantly up, even though this tracker would like it to be up more. I did apparently struggle with leafy vegetables, eating only one of the suggested seven two-cup servings this week. I don't even dislike salad but I always want to put a bunch of dressing and other stuff on it that really makes that a whole meal both in terms of bulk and calorie intake, and I'm just not sure what to do with that. Oh well, I guess I'll shoot for at least a slightly better salad score in the coming week. I also did qigong and meditation every day, though it's getting a bit late today and I still need to wash dishes and want to have some chill out time before bed (but, like, less formal chill out time, I guess) so I think I may be about to miss meditation for the first time this week. I did take my minimum pills this morning, though, and intend to do so again before bed. All in all, a pretty good first week, I think, especially considering the busyness and car trouble!

Also: my knee is hurting, darn. I have a chronic but mild knee injury that has the main function of hurting more and making me concerned when I do various kinds of exercise, and the only thing that usually helps (besides not doing exercise, which probably only helps in the short term) is taking my supplements*, especially borage oil. Usually, whenever I do habit stuff, taking my supplements is at the top of that list, but I deliberately didn't include it in this list because it's definitely not fun. I mean...it's fine, I just have major resistance for some reason. So, I'm adding goal 5: take my supplements twice a day – but only borage oil and vitamin D (because I know I'm deficient and it's hard for me to get enough sun, especially when the weather isn't great). Unfortunately, making it less annoying is as close to fun as I think I can make that one. *Actually, these two things aren't entirely the only things that help, I've also switched to barefoot shoes and spent a lot of time thinking about foot and knee alignment...but supplements are probably the only thing I know of that I'm not already doing and that seems like it should be a simple matter of deciding to do it.

There are several days that I don't go to work, but Saturday is my real day off. It's still rainy, and we still don't have a car (nor any idea when it might come back, really). So, I did qigong and a full yoga video (it was forward bends, so not as hard as the standing poses I was trying yesterday, but it's something). Still did a guided meditation even though my eventual goal is to get back to mostly just a simple sitting meditation, but these are easier for me and I did do a long one that tends to leave me feeling super relaxed today, which was nice. My next week of work is going to be pretty busy and then we're going out of town for spring break the week after that, so I might really try to step up that routine after we get back. Last night I tried out a white noise app because my partner was still up when I went to bed, and in this case I didn't have any trouble. My tracker said I didn't sleep that well, but since it was the weekend I did wake up naturally once it was already light, which is all I really want out of sleeping. It was also still pretty early so hopefully I'll sleep ok tonight. I get up pretty early during the week and really like to stay up when I can get away with it, so adjusting after the weekend is always hard and I'm really trying to prioritize my sleep schedule more. Still nutrivoring, too, and did ok for a lazy day. Among other things I had green tea, a grapefruit, raw peppers and dip, yogurt with fruit and nuts, salad and some Trader Joe's GF battered shrimp that works really well in the air fryer. I might also air fry some tofu before bed because I'm feeling snackish and my legume count is looking low, which feels a lot more fun than a lot of the ways I've been thinking about food in the recent past. Thanks! Yeah, there's a website I usually go to call myself, but recently I've lost it a couple of times and run out of power before I thought to try that. Redoubling my efforts to keep it charged, mostly for that reason!

I'm running into some challenges this week. For one, I've somehow managed to lose my phone (inside my house, I think?) so my tracking fun is significantly curtailed and I can't use my actual tracker at all. Also, our car is out of commission, so gym hasn't been possible, and the weather hasn't been good for biking. Good thing I already met my exercise goal for the week, I guess? Goals are going ok in general, though, I think. Despite already being done with my movement points, I got bored of not being able to work out and resubscribed to a yoga program I've enjoyed in the past, then did a partial class yesterday (it's hard!). I'm also doing pretty well with the nutrient tracking (it won't be 100% but waaay better than the first sample week I tracked), and minimum qigong and meditation goals have been happening daily which is totally fine for such a busy week. It's hard to say about sleep without the tracker, but I've definitely been going to bed a bit earlier, so I'd guess it's been ok to goodish despite the one night I had a lot of trouble. Edit: found my phone about an hour after making this post! So, yes, sleep is indeed looking pretty good. It's unfair to my weekly average that I forgot to wear my tracker on the night I slept really badly, but I did get my first "excellent" rating the night after that, probably because I was extra tired. Also confirmed that I'm at almost double my activity goal for the week. Interestingly, the active periods the tracker noticed included my three busiest times at work and the time I did some walking because my car broke down...the hard yoga didn't even make the cut.

Had a good second day yesterday...finally got a good sleep rating from my tracker (it was a day off for me, so that always helps). Also did some food prep (made a delicious mung bean frittata I've been really into recently) and got a lot of steps while buying healthy groceries and running errands. Minimal qigong and meditation again, but I checked them off. Mixed results today...I slept absolutely terribly, partly because I'm never really ready to go to sleep on time if I slept ok the previous night and partly because my partner was up late making unavoidable amounts of noise. Trying to brainstorm solutions about this, like maybe I need some white noise. After I woke up, though, I had a pretty great day. Did (minimal, I'll work on increasing it later, maybe) qigong, took some frittata and a grapefruit to work and confirmed that, yes, my new work routine does give me lots of exercise. It's funny, I can do tons of housework and feel like very few steps get counted, but that's probably because my house is small. At work, the opposite thing seems to happen. Anyway, I am indeed now past my movement goal for the week which is just as well because our car is still out of commission, making my normal routine difficult...but I'm curious how next week will feel, exercise-wise. About to eat a healthy dinner (poke bowl!), get in at least a basic meditation and hopefully have a relaxing evening.

That equinox drum project sounds awesome! I have a similar drum and thought about getting a kit, but in the end I went for preassembled version.

My day 1 was really busy at work, so the first thing I did was walk the most steps my fitness tracker has ever tracked: about 7500. This gave me over 110 fitness points toward my weekly goal of 150, which honestly was a little shocking, since in the past to hit that number I've had to do two to three 20-30 minute sessions of climbing or biking as well as my daily activities – but I might have trouble getting to those activities this week for logistical reasons, so it's good timing at least. Tracker also says I slept decently last night, which is good for a Sunday when I've usually slept in too late to really prepare to get up early for work (Actually it says about 6.5 hours asleep, which doesn't sound great, but I guess it's an improvement). And, I managed to eat 6 of the 8 recommended servings of vegetables and two of fruit that my tracker recommends, so that's definite progress over the recent past! I'm finding it hard to give up the calorie tracking, but doing both for a while could be fine. It was a long, busy day, so I didn't have much energy left, but I did do my minimum meditative activities: about 5 minutes of qigong and a hypnosis recording.

Yep! That's only a portion of the whole chart because it's PDF somebody sells...but this is basically the fruit and vegetable recommendations for a week.

I respawned fairly recently and, since it was mid-challenge, have been posting in a battle log, trying to figure out what I'm doing. Tl;dr: I have some chronic health issues (hEDS/MCAS/POTS type stuff) but have been feeling fairly well through luck/lifestyle stuff recently. I would like to continue feeling ok (or even better) and also ideally lose 20-25 pounds. What I learned from my battle log and efforts so far this year is that my exercise goal was working better than any of the others due to a combination of 1) actually enjoying the activities, 2) gamified tracking and 3) progress I could easily see. So, for this challenge, I'm trying to redesign my other goals around a similar fun-centered approach. 1. Exercise I have a Halo Band tracker that gives me an automatic goal of 150 "movement points" weekly, which apparently comes from WHO fitness recommendations. Meeting that goal has been motivating but not too difficult, so I plan to keep that up. Methods: - 3 sessions per week of either bicycling or going to the climbing gym (hopefully improving my performance in those activities) - (optional) doing a few squats and lunges (to strengthen my not-that-great-knee) and also some plank on other days - generally taking other opportunities for physical activity and trying not to be too sedentary 2. Food I've been counting calories, but I don't love that for various reasons and have only lost about five pounds so far, anyway. So, I recently downloaded a nutrivore nutrient tracker (the image I'm attaching only shows part of it), and have been experimenting with it. It's pretty hard to get all these nutrients (and, I think that if I did manage to do it I would also be at a pretty high number of calories) but I could certainly do a lot better than I did last week and displace a lot of unhealthy food choices. So, my second goal is to focus on nutrition. Methods: - experiment with healthy recipes and prep food I actually want to eat - generally try to fill up on nutrient-dense foods first - use the nutrient tracker, try to complete as much as reasonably possible 3. Qigong/Meditation I really want to have a daily meditation practice, for stress reduction/health as well as other reasons. My usual goal is 30 min per day of seated meditation, as well as a daily qigong practice that takes about 15 minutes (and also counts toward my exercise goals). I'm not currently good at meeting these goals, so these are my current ideas to make it more pleasant/feasible: - allow a shortened version of qigong practice (about 5 minutes) if I'm not feeling it - allow guided meditation or self-hypnosis recordings if I'm not feeling the standard seated meditation - create and use a tracker for this, too, so I can see my progress 4. Sleep My fitness tracker also tracks sleep, and this has helped me to realize that my sleep is just...bad. I'm usually in bed for a decent number of hours, but I'm a very light sleeper and sometimes have trouble falling (or staying) asleep. As much as I kind of want to hold on to one of my few remaining health vices (being a night owl), I'm guessing this is really not good for my ongoing health issues – so, I'm adding a goal of improving my sleep score. I'm also not sure what to do about this, but my current ideas include: - really try hard to actually turn the lights out eight hours before I have to wake up for work (recently got partner on board with this) - set up the most ideal sleep situation with plenty of wiggle room, darkness, weighted blanket, water, etc. - take melatonin if I'm tossing and turning I do use a dream journal and am pretty inspired by dream content for my creative projects, so I'm trying to keep that in mind as another thing that could help me get motivated about this. Anyway, I may have gotten carried away with detail there, but I'm trying hard to think about what will help. In short, my goals for this challenge are: - try to meet my fitness tracker activity goals - try to improve my fitness tracker sleep score - eat more delicious and nutritious foods - build a very basic daily qigong and meditation habit

While I'm generally feeling much better, my neck injury is still making me cautious about climbing etc, so it's likely I'll be missing my fitness goals again this week. Overall, though, I'm noticing that exercise is the part of my plan that has been going the best. I actually like climbing and biking, and I even kind of enjoy some of the calisthenics I can do at home and the game of trying to increase my steps. I like that the activity is pretty fun, that I can easily see and feel results, and the gamification aspects with the tracker. I'm feeling less successful about my goals to cut calories, meditate, and take my supplements, and I'm also noticing that I really need to work on getting more sleep, so I'm trying to think about how I could use similar strategies in those areas. I think I'm going to try to come up with a set of positive goals along similar lines for the new challenge phase next week. For one thing, I got this pretty intense visual nutrient tracker (this image is just a sample portion) and I'm thinking maybe I'll try focusing on getting all these nutrients rather than counting calories (positive nutrition goal, plus fun tracking). Trying to figure out similar ideas for sleep and meditation and decide whether I want to keep the supplement goal or drop that one for now.