Stop collecting underpants and start!

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Hey! First timer here, I stumbled across Nerd Fitness while looking for some bodyweighr exercises and the whole approach just resonated with me. I basically inhaled the site, the emails and the Level Up book as quickly as possible and now have got my first Challenge within my sights. 

 

So about me...I’m a huge underpants collector, always looking for a new idea, new approach, trying something different. But I’ve realised I need to just, well, start. So here I am! I’m a mum of a curious and active 1 year old girl, I quit my job to be a stay at home Mum, which has been quite a shift emotionally and mentally for me. I will be retraining to a different field in a year or so, so there is a huge quest looming. However my current quest is to lose weight and get in shape so I can keep up with my daughter and be a good role model to her, to make healthy choices and have a positive body image (not hide in the kitchen sneaking biscuits!).

 

So, my goals for this challenge are:

 

Record all food and drink 

I’m pretty bad at going all out in the first few days, failing spectacularly and then going into denial by not tracking my food. I hate to put in all the rubbish I’ve eaten and see it in black and white. But I need to be more accountable and just because I don’t write it down, doesn’t mean my waist doesn’t feel it! So tracking, good bad and ugly.

 

Aim to hit 10k steps a day 

I walk everywhere with the buggy and usually clock up around 7-12k a day so this is just to give me a push if I’m feeling slack or the weather is bad. It also helps my mental health to walk, and be outside. Living in a concrete jungle isn’t great but I try to get to the park to get some time in nature too.

 

Eat veggies with weekday lunch and dinner.

Weekdays I have more control over as it’s just me, so the plan is to make sure I have a veggie or two with my meals as they’re filling and food for me.

 

Write down things I’m grateful for in a Gratitude app every day.

Helping me to focus on the positives, no matter how small to reframe my day. Being alone with a tiny person demanding loudly quite a lot of the time is tough and simple things like having a chat with a neighbour or getting 10 mins for a cuppa are something I need to savour more.

 

So that’s me! I’ll check in to update on progress and any challenges or wins I’ve had

[Mera]

Hi MrsMegaminto! Great first challenge. I myself am an adequate collector of underpants as you put it so nicely. 

Always getting super excited about new things then quickly losing the will to stick with it. I like to blame movie montages where the character becomes and expert in something within 2 minutes after they've put their mind to it. 

Looking forward to seeing how you get on!

[RES]

Almost five years and I'm still guilty of this...Good luck!