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I have no motivation. I have eaten… horrifically in the last couple of weeks. I have not worked on any writing, taken no active steps towards my Big Goal – though I have thought and fretted and freaked out about it no end – and I feel like I have unconsciously let my ankle become an excuse, not to exercise as much as I know I can probably do. I am metaphorically on the floor. And there is only one thing left to do. Get up. I don’t have a story segment written like I wanted, and I may not at all this time around. That’s not important right now. What is important is that I get the basics back under control. So that’s what this last challenge of the year is all about. Getting back to the grind, and keeping at it when the easy route beckons and the temptations of Christmas start to attack. Goals: Food: - 1600 -1700 calories daily. This is non-negotiable. Log it all. Even if I slip and it ends up being 3000+ calories. This will be hard for me. I hate tracking, and I have had freak outs about the number on the screen in the past. But I also know that if I can do this, I have a much better chance of winning my war with food. - All snacking of unplanned unhealthy crap to be replaced by fruit, a handful of nuts, etc. Planned things, like eating out and knowing I’ll want desert, is fine. So long as that doesn’t happen every week Workouts: - Bodyweight workout 3 x week. - Cardio to consist of walking only, 2 x week. One to be a 5k walk. One to be a long walk. Starting at 5.5km and adding a little each week, listening to my ankle and not pushing it past discomfort. - Daily Dares to at least be attempted each day I will make the effort to post every. single. day. It's the only way I know I'll hold myself accountable through the long days of grind...