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Thank you @TimovieMan! Sounds like a great progression! I've had a really horrible fitness journey theses past 8-10 months, hoping that this is the start of bigger things

Joining in on this - hoping to have some fun. Though, I'm already debating with myself on whether I'll use my daily steps/distance (as tracked by Fantasy hike) or whether I should record only walks/runs specifically done for the sake of exercise 🤔 Figuring out swimming distance will be fun - I'm still learning on how to properly swim laps which means that my watch can't accurately track that yet. For now, just to get started and then stay consistent in what I do and don't count.

December 2022 Goals Workout Monday - Friday December focuses on correcting form rather than increasing reps/weight Walks - Weekends 100 000 Steps total for the month Hanging challenge Hang every day for 31 days Cumulatively hang for 7 minutes a day by end of month Improve cumulative hang time every day - even if just by a second Achieve a longest single hang of 30 seconds (possibly 45 - grip strength is limiting factor) Squat 6 days a week Focus not using assistance for pulling out of the squat rather than pushing out I'm not sure where my fascination with squats come from - discovered this morning that I can do a decent bodyweight squat with TRX assistance - I like the idea of making 2023 the year of the squat and doing a different variation each month - we'll see how December goes - I still struggle to do a bodyweight squat unassisted due to (I think) ankle and hip mobility issues. As I get stronger and more mobile, I think it could be fun to play with different types of squats. All in all, relatively small goals, but I believe that it is a good start while my back is not fully healed from a slightly bulging disc. I'm feeling excited about achieving them, which is in itself a good start as well.

Finally getting back into exercising! I'm focusing on only that for the rest of the year, rather than adding nutrition in at this point as well - both because it is festive season and because I want to take it slowly for now. Aiming to do workouts Monday to Friday with walks during the weekend. M/W/F will be dumbbell work with a focus on unilateral exercises - shout-out to @GoldenTongue for the help with setting up that plan Tu/Th will be TRX type work with a focus towards pulling/core/legs - I'm still working on refining this as it's my first time working with the TRX Additionally, I'm working on the Ido Portal hanging challenge.

I hit the wall of hopelessness hard last week. Been stuck in that dark hole where it feels like everything is wrong and nothing will ever get better. Quite a few new habits (or rather all, I suppose ) went out the window in the paralyzing dark. Been feeling a little better yesterday and this morning, but it is fragile. Right now, I'm not sure what to do, but fitness (what minuscule things I had) will go on the backburner. I'll be back at some point. Hopefully with with better goals and progress.

09 September Daily step goal 2 300 Day total: 3 686 Month total: 27 491 10 September Daily step goal 2 300 Day total: 2 519 Month total: 30 010 11 September Daily step goal 2 300 Day total: 2 500 Month total: 32 510 I don't think I'm going to want to weigh myself this week - was my birthday this weekend, so plenty of cake and other sweet stuff. Mounted a door pull-up bar to start doing dead hangs - I can't seem to get it wedged quite tightly enough - it doesn't fall down, but it does move. My daughter likes it though lol.

08 September: Daily step goal 2 300 Day total: 2 605 Month total: 23 805

Adjusting is such an important part of keeping going sometimes - good luck with the waking up!

Unfortunately swimming is not an option, which is a bummer since it would be perfect at the moment. It was the best alliteration that I could come up with 🙈🤣

Have you tried Google Sheets? I love the portability of that - can update it from my phone which helps a lot

oooh! Spreadsheet! Sorry, I love my spreadsheets. It really is difficult when you are crazy busy - best of luck!

I started my fitness journey about 3 months ago - unfortunately the exercise part was derailed thanks to a back injury which is still ongoing. It has been and continues to be frustrating to be hampered at a point in my life when I am ready to make changes and become more active. Being unhappy, frustrated and in pain also means self-medicating with sugar. I have been trying (and succeeding) in slowly increasing the number of steps that I do every day - with working from home for 2 years and having little energy, I averaged about 1 600 steps a day for last year. I'm up to 2 300 a day now and increasing by 100 a week. I might hit a ceiling there soon though, as sitting, standing and walking all aggravate the pain in my back. On a work day, that means being in a fair amount of pain by about 3pm. Unfortunately painkillers are not much of an option during the day. I'm seeing a specialist on the 27th of September - that will most likely result in being referred for an MRI - all in all, I don't see any physical improvement happening until the end of this challenge. Which means that I need to focus on mental health and Nutrition, two things which are closely linked for me - my weight has been seesawing a bit - some weeks I've managed to eat well, others, not so much. I'm actually not entirely sure on specifics for this challenge yet. I need to find ways to decrease the effect that ongoing pain has on my mental health. I need to find an alternative to reaching out to sugary snacks when feeling down or frustrated. And being less negative - it feels like I've just been full of negativity and complaints lately. Always lamenting the injury and how it is affecting everything (case in point the preceding paragraphs). Time to accept it as the new reality and build from there. So, for the remainder of week 0, I'll set the following goals: 1. Research mental pain management 2. Figure out an alternative to snacking when feeling down 3. Do not buy new sugary snacks

07 September: Daily step goal 2 200 Day total: 4 304 Month total: 21 200 Got a lot of extra steps between going to the doctor and then pharmacy yesterday. I'm seeing a specialist for my back on the 27th of September. I don't enjoy the thought of being in pain that long, but oh well. I think I might need to spend my lunchtimes lying down - sitting and standing seems to steadily make the pain worse throughout the day, by 3pm focusing becomes problematic. Hopefully taking the pressure off for an hour or so in the middle of the day will be helpful. Did a lap around the block again for the walking challenge - might make it a daily habit - see how it goes once it gets warmer.

How is week 1 going?

06 September: Daily step goal 2 200 Day total: 2 748 Month total: 16 896 Did an extra walk around the block for the first day of the walking challenge. Also cast on for another go at knitting in the round - knitting has never been my needlework of choice, but on the bright side, unlike crochet, it doesn't create fake steps via my watch.

I need to make a counter thingy that doesn't need me to think. I'm doing some calf raises etc. while my desk is in standing position, but since I'm working while doing it, counting is problematic. I reckon that if I'm just reading at the time, I could use something like 10 beads on a string. For each calf raise, I move a bead from one end to the other - once all the beads have moved, I am done. Counting without having to mentally count - rather a physical count, if that makes sense?

oof, I'm sorry, that must be incredibly frustrating. I really wish that I could have some useful advice for you, but I have no experience with being GF (I didn't even realise that beef jerky wasn't GF) - I can only imagine how difficult it must be to find enough to eat (and enjoy).

05 September: Daily step goal 2 200 Day total: 2565 Month total: 14 148 I've been procrastinating on my knitting - yesterday and the weekend was so very cold.

What a beautiful plan! Those colours just makes my soul feel so happy

Do you eat beef jerky? I found it to be great on LCHF - keeps me feeling fuller for longer.

Dopamine is an interesting topic - something that I want to look into a bit more as well since I struggle with ADD. Congrats on the 100 days! Great achievement!

oh wow, I absolutely love the way in which you are approaching this!

Welcome! Hope that you have a really fund journey! I found Atomic Habits to be hugely beneficial - definitely recommended

Good luck!

02 September Daily step goal 2 200 Day total: 2 369 Month total: 4 825 03 September Daily step goal 2 200 Day total: 3 484 Month total: 8 309 04 September Daily step goal 2 200 Day total: 3 274 Month total: 11 583 Happy to have made my steps over the weekend, despite it been quite wet and cold. First time that I got my steps over the weekend by walking just to get my steps. Yesterday marked the halfway point for my No liquid sugar challenge - 50 days to go!