I'm back! Just wanted to say thanks for all the lovely messages and support
I need to apologise (mainly to myself) for my accountability and not posting on here earlier. Had a major life setback that knocked me down and needed some time to deal with it. But I'm back now! Here's a quick update on my challenge.
1. Exercising/diet
- Track my food daily for a month
I was doing well for a few days recording everything through my Fitbit app, but it's becoming too difficult to search for each individual item in the app when we cook (me and my partner cook pretty much every night, very occasionally getting takeaway). E.g. if I make chilli con carne, I have to log each ingredient in my app - capsicum, beans, mince, the list goes on! I still want to log my food, but I'm going to now write it down in a notepad instead of the app so it doesn't take as much effort and time.
- Cut down on bread products
Yeah.... this isn't going so well. Last week I was doing ok, having hard-boiled eggs for breakfast and freshly-squeezed juice and yoghurt. But I love the convenience of having bread/bread products for breakfast and it keeps me fuller for a long time. Does anybody have any suggestions for quick and easy breakfast ideas to cut down on bread intake? I'm sure other people have had this same issue before. I even tried skipping breakfast so that would limit my bread intake, but then I would feel dizzy and weak for the rest of the day
- Complete the NF bodyweight workout at least 1x a week
Doing great with this! Did it last week but was only able to do 2 sets instead of the required 3 because I felt dizzy and didn't have breakfast. This week I did 3 sets, but I swapped out 3 of the exercises:
walking lunges for med ball lunges as I can control those better
Dumbbell row for barbell row so I can do both at the same time!
Jumping jacks for Russian Twist because I find the jumping jacks too easy
2. Animation projects/confidence in my work
- Complete and submit entry for 11 Second Club
Done! Just completed it yesterday and got it in before the deadline. Less scary to post than I thought it would be, actually! Beast Mode definitely helped
- Complete small animations 1x per week
Haven't started on this yet as 11Sec Club has taken up most of my time. But hoping to get to that today now that 11Sec Club is done.
3. Organisation/stress relief
- Meditate 2x a week
Haven't done this one yet either, but I have been more aware of staying calm and thinking about WHAT specifically is stressing me out and how I can deal with that
- Get EVERYTHING down onto paper and when the tasks need to be completed by
Done! This was a MAJOR weight off my shoulders, being able to see it all on paper and add to it as needed. I'm chipping away at some of them slowly and I'm definitely feeling like there is less on my plate. Back in uni, we were told about all our different 'hats' - family hat, friend hat, work hat, school hat, relationship hat, etc. And how just wearing one or two hats at a time is fine, but if you start piling them all on then it's too much and you don't know what to do focus on (and the hats might fall off!). Writing everything down definitely helps me see which hats I'm most worried about (family and work), so I will focus on them in the coming months.
- Organise my computer's folders and paper that's lying around the house
Paper is done, but I'll get to the computer folder this week
P.s. I'm still reading lots of Nerd Fitness articles. I really love the one about Optimus Prime slowly transforming, definitely something I need to remember
