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Congrats on the circuit!

I love that bonus goal! Definitely following. Wish you the best of luck getting those steps in.

I appreciate the uplifting message. I have a tendency to be pretty hard on myself and have always had a negative relationship with food. I am amazed at your level of self control. I myself am a snacking fiend. Even with healthy things I am bad at blending awareness and appreciation in with my food.

As for food, today was worse than yesterday, and that's about all I did. Overall I was minimally productive and only played the piano a bit. I helped a client with some stuff and made sure my little brother voted by dragging him to the poles. During which I went on a nice mile-long walk. I am thinking about getting rid of my fancy smart phone and switching to a bluetooth watch with music storage and a step-counter since that's about all I use my fancy phone for outside of messages. I have an alternative dumb phone I am paying for anyway. So here is my goals: Workout: Nope, Snuggled my partner for about THREE HOURS more than allotted, but I've missed our morning cuddle routine. Plan is to do the third full body workout tomorrow and push what I was going to do tomorrow (run and core workout) to Sunday. Diet Today was rough with a whole lot of thai food and garlic knots for dinner. Even with skipping breakfast I managed to overshoot my goal. Not by much, but by enough that I am seriously rethinking the pastries I am baking tomorrow. Breakfast None. 4oz black coffee if you can count that Lunch 3 C Massaman Curry (vegetable and tofu) Dinner Homemade Garlic Knots with Homemade Garlic Butter For a nightcap I made a little pumpkin spice drink with almond milk, pumpkin, nutmeg, cloves, ground anise, cinnamon, cayenne, and of course spiced rum. Caloric total: 1410 Meditation: Got a 10-minute one just before writing this. Writing: Read a bit more about worker wages in thailand, china, japan, indonesia, and vietnam. Then went through and drafted a structural plan for content delivery.

Today was great until my boyfriend convinced me that fast food was a good decision and now I feel like a whale. Workout Workout this morning happened around 0645. I got through this warmup 30 JJ 35 arm circles (big and small each arm) 20 hip raises Followed my a 20 minute run (closer to an 8 minute warmup and a 10 minute run followed by a cooldown. Did about a 15 minute mile. And then a mile-long walk back home. I actually don't feel too sore today. A little tight, but overall I physically felt the best I have in days. More dancing today as well. Diet Water consumption 2L during/after workout 2L throughout the day 2L after work Breakfast 2 pieces of organic grain toast 0.75 T of homemade vegan butter Lunch 2 fallafel balls 2 C roasted veggies 1 C ruce Dinner Large Fry Large Hash Brown Appx. Caloric total: 3 million bajillion (1353) Meditation: Knocked a 15 minute meditation out easy peasy this morning. I was very happy and peaceful. Writing: Researched even more sexual trafficking and modern-slavery today. Ooh yeah, love a good table.

Welcome to the challenge forum! I think your goals are very much achievable, and I love that you are trying to push yourself to be a better role model for your kids especially in terms of self-care. For body-weight workouts. I am returning to fitness after a scarily long haiatus and started with the nerd fitness beginner body-weight workouts. I have done it about three times. I couldn't get through three circuits the first time, but I am definitely feeling improvement really quickly. https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/ I am also a big fan of journaling, I found that when starting out I liked a prompt to get me going. Best of luck on your quests!

I was very happy with today. Overall I feel really happy and good right now. A little sore, but good. Workout Workout this morning happened promptly 0530. I got through the full basic dynamic workup: 30 JJ 35 arm circles (big and small each arm) 20 supported lunges 20 mountain climbers 20 hip raises I got through ALL THREE ROUNDS of the basic beginner workout! I slowed down the pace as I went through. For the last rep I took a lot of the dynamic movements out and just did the standard movement. Adjustments Kneeling push-ups For the walking lunges I did supported lunges and jumped my legs to switch between each rep Weight 10lb dumbbell for the rows - was a little light, moving to a 12 lb on Friday. My legs were so exhausted and sore and they are still exhausted and sore. But I did it, and I am proud of myself. I also danced a whole lot today. I jus felt very energized and happy and I can't help how much I miss partner dance. Diet Water consumption 2L during/after workout 2L on worksite 0.5L on the way home 2L between return and dinner Breakfast 1 piece of organic grain toast 1 t of homemade vegan butter 1/2 C almond milk 8 oz black coffee 4 oz espresso 2 scoops of pea protein powder 2 tablets BCA 1 scoop L-glutamine Lunch 2 T coconut shavings Dinner 0.5 C roasted veggies (mix of potatoes, broccoli, brussel sprouts) 4 Homemade falafel 1/2 Homemade Pita 1/2 C spinach, 1/8 tomato, and 1/12th cucumber 1 T homemate tahini dressing Appx. Caloric total: 1150 according to My fitness pal Meditation: Did a 15 minute meditation and was shaken out of it by the timer. First time since I bumped up to 15 minutes! I'm really happy with my progress here. Writing: Researched sexual trafficking and modern-slavery today. Super fun. Some awful unnecessary knowledge, but also some of the good bits like how journalistic exposure of human trafficking victims and pathways has lead to legal action and how improved education (specifically women's) in third-world countries changes social and cultural dynamics almost immediately has an effect on the percentage of child trafficking. Evidently pretty consistent emotions, but by noon I just wanted to take a nap. Overall I am really happy with how today went, and I am very excited to get up and go to the gym and row a few leagues tomorrow morning. If you are into musicals, SIX is a modern one about King Henry IVths six wives and it is amazing. Ooh yeah, love a good table.

Workout: I decided not to go to the gym today for three reasons. I was very sore from yesterday Usually I fail by going too hard too fast, so I wanted to ramp up my acceleration instead of flooding the tank. I knew I had a very physically challenging day to come and I wanted to be able to do what I had set out to do. Diet: I was Okay on the diet front. Food summary: Breakfast Organic everything bagel 1 T HM vegan butter 2 glasses of water 8 oz coffee 2 oz espresso Lunch 9 almonds 2 tablespoons coconut flakes 1.5 C green beans Quick sauce (PB, thai chili flakes, mirin, soy sauce) Dinner Homemade falafel (fried) Homemade Pita bread Cucumber salad (cucumber, spinach, tomato, fresh dill) Tahini sauce (Tahini, water, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper) Caloric total: 1241 calories Meditation Meditated this morning at 0400. I spooked myself awake and did a 15 minute seated meditation. I am no better on consistency, but It did help me rest. I plan to do another 15 minute meditation before bed. Writing Have yet to. Plan to start as soon as this gets posted. Today I am researching how slave labor is financed by consumerism. Very exciting times. Alrighty, there is a table for yah and here's how the day went.

Also, I find that using a natural colorant (such as tumeric) mixed with any kind of starch (I usually use potato) [ too much will stiffen your fabric, so by little I mean little) and then heat setting can help the colors last a whole lot longer.

You seem to really take care of your kitty. Liliana is a wonderful name as well. I was rereading your initial post and it seams you do a bit of carpentry too. I am also in the process of planning and building my cat a little bench with steps since she's starting to get a little old for making the jump. The industry is unnerving on it's own, I absolutely agree. Again I really like your philosophy overrall. I have a tendency to strong-arm things or muscle through which in rock climbing gets me to the summit, but means I can't climb as much – it isn't productive for long-term change. I definitely thing the power of directionality (positive or negative actions) for reframing your goals. I am still in the early development stages. App building is new to me and I am working on about 4 right now. The idea originated on my sister's new medication regime. She didn't actually track how she was feeling throughout the new medication and couldn't say for sure if she actually felt different or better. So what she would do is track the active positive (take new medications) and the passive positive or negative of her choice three times a day. The set-up would be pretty much automated and responding would be like texting. I am considering actually doing it through the native messaging app. It is similar to my own spreadsheet I made for tracking my own objectives and goals. I write down the thing I said I planned to do, and then track how I feel emotionally, physically, and energetically. Over time I hope to see those be more consistent throughout the day. Then I have a reinforcing visual for me to continue along that path. Or in the case of medication I have something to show my doctor regarding how the medication actually makes me feel.

I worked on a bit of a spreadsheet for myself to keep track of the data tracking and work on progress reports for myself. Here is the link if you want to check it out. https://1drv.ms/x/s!AglgHGBVoz-ygik-KFRPJKPbEvHb

Day isn't over yet, but one of my not-mentioned but still important goals is to limit my exposure to screens to between 0800 and 1900 excluding music controls because gym-time without tunes or audiobooks is some kind of torture for me. Today has been okay. Workout this morning happened later than intended, but it did happen. I got through the full basic dynamic workup: 100 JJ 50 arm circles (big and small each arm) 20 supported lunges 20 mountain climbers 23 hip raises (i just like doing these) I got through two rounds of the basic beginner workout with a bathroom break in-between and felt exhausted by the end. Adjustments Kneeling push-ups For the walking lunges I did supported lunges and jumped my legs to switch between each rep Weight Just an 8lb dumbbell for the rows - was a little light, moving to a 10 lb on Wednesday I was disappointed in how much I've let myself go physically. I used to do 50 squats at 150lb without breaking a sweat. And now I can barely get through 20 reps of bodyweight squats without having my glutes shiver. I am just out of shape and that realization was really hard today. So that was my 0630 workout. For food today: Water consumption 2L during/after workout 0.5L on worksite 2L on the way home 2L between return and dinner Breakfast 2 pieces of organic grain toast 1 T of homemade vegan butter 1/4 grapefruit (had an allergic reaction, so I didn't finish the half) 8 oz black coffee 4 oz espresso Lunch 1/4 C Almonds Dinner (yet to be had) 2 C roasted veggies (mix of potatoes, broccoli, brussel sprouts) 1/4 C. Tumeric Rice (homemade vegan butter, olive oil., onion, garlic, rice, tumeric, cumin, salt, pepper) Appx. Caloric total: 1216 according to My fitness pal Meditation: Haven't yet. I didn't leave time for it this morning, I will have a 15 minute session before bed. Writing: Wrote for a full hour after I finished my daily task. I got the skeleton of all of my chapters including rough intro/outros and argument structures. I also have my research item for tomorrow's session. My emotional trackers so far (emotional trackers go from low to high; 5 being the best and 1 being the worst): Tracker Morning(0900) Afternoon(1500) End of Day (1630) Physical status 3 1 4 Emotional status 4 4 4 Evidently pretty consistent emotions, but by noon I just wanted to take a nap. Overall I am really happy with how today went, and I am very excited to get up and go to the gym and row a few leagues tomorrow morning.

That's just perfect! Very like-minded people it seems. I didn't think about the head on the beer or she might've ended up with a completely different name. Seems like we are fairly like-minded cat-people.

Thanks, I'm doing pretty good today, but the hard part is keeping it up. Personally I think Guinness is a really solid cat name, although mine is based on the color of a Guinness stout. It used to be the theme for my cat's names with a Cornish Rex named Stella and a a brown American shorthair named Irish Car Bomb. She is a real sweetie.

Hi, I am mew to the forum business. And I mean caveman new. I have never been an online person. But then the pandemic hit and all of my hobbies and healthy habits went away and now I feel lost and alone and unhealthy. I am joining to try to find myself a community I can grow into and find my love of fitness I so sorely miss. About me, I am a StarCraft fanatic who loves my classic sci-fi and fantasy books and games from Dune to The Malazan Chronicles. I am a bit of a comic nerd whose seen every episode of every DC show twice. I have a million cats in my life and I make one heck of a cobbler. Also I’m a vegan. I hope I can find my place here with like-minded people. See you out there!