Starting Again

[Lady Amezan]

Today I weighed myself on the new, hopefully more accurate scale. And I'm 10 pounds heavier than I thought I was. This is disappointing.

 

On the other hand, according to the old, wildly inaccurate scale, I've lost 9 pounds during this challenge. So..... I have this strange feeling of being exactly where I started.

 

I also take measurements once a month, and everything is exactly the same or a little bit smaller.

 

So depending on how you think about it, I've suddenly gained ten pounds, recently lost nine pounds and also stayed exactly the same. I guess that's why I'm trying to focus on habit-building, not numbers on a scale! 

 

Habits this challenge:

 

1. I was 100% at avoiding sugary drinks at work and substituting water instead. That felt great!

2. I did really well avoiding screens while eating during the first three weeks. This past week, I kept finding excuses to keep the TV on during dinner. (But breakfast and lunch still screen-free.)

3. I did get physically activity--either a yoga program or walking--every day except two days when I was sick and coughing a lot. The yoga especially has helped reduce my aches and pains, making walking more pleasant.

4. I washed the dishes every day all month except twice, which is like an all time record for me. That feels amazing.

 

I ordered some loot last week and it arrived by international mail yesterday--a cool journal to write goals and track habits in. The challenge this week: continue my good habits. I'm really good at abandoning good habits! 

[Katerina]

Huzzah for good habits started! 

 

In terms of the numbers, first of all, if you are feeling better, who cares? Secondly, your goals weren't really about scale numbers anyway (i.e., two and a half of them addressed habits that had nothing whatsoever to do with weight but are huge in terms of acquiring tranquility), so why let the scale have any say in how you see the past few weeks at all? I would be willing to bet that if you really wanted to talk numbers, your blood sugar is better than it was a month ago on account of ditching the sugary drinks. 

 

Congrats on the new journal. What does it look like?

[Harriet]

This is amazing!

 

You did extremely well on the exercise, washing up and sugary drinks. Now those can be the basis for your next challenge. There's always a next challenge, right?  The reduction in pain is an especially awesome outcome. You also made a good start on screen free eating which you can build on, too. The silly, capricious scales do not show that you are in the same place, they show you lost 9 pounds, from whatever starting point you were at, which is uncertain, but is just a number anyway. Excellent job! Let us continue awesomeing! 

[Odango]

Yay!! Well done!!

 

You did such an amazing job on your challenge! It was really great to read your updates and see you doing so well.

It's awesome that you can feel the benefits, you really deserve it! And, wow, you only miss two days of dishes??? That's really amazing!

I'm sorry to hear about the scale though, it's making you feel disappointed when you actually really improved.

 

It's a great idea to write in a journal. Will you be joining next challenge?

 

 

 

[Odango]

Can't believe I didn't use this:

[Lady Amezan]

On 10/14/2018 at 8:53 PM, Katerina said:

Huzzah for good habits started! 

 

In terms of the numbers, first of all, if you are feeling better, who cares? Secondly, your goals weren't really about scale numbers anyway (i.e., two and a half of them addressed habits that had nothing whatsoever to do with weight but are huge in terms of acquiring tranquility), so why let the scale have any say in how you see the past few weeks at all? I would be willing to bet that if you really wanted to talk numbers, your blood sugar is better than it was a month ago on account of ditching the sugary drinks. 

 

Congrats on the new journal. What does it look like?

 

Thanks for reminding me not to let the scale have a say!

 

I'm excited about my new Clever Fox journal/planner. It has places to write goals each week and to keep track of daily habits, perfect for NF style leveling up. And it comes in a bunch of colors. A pic from Amazon:

 

[Lady Amezan]

On 10/16/2018 at 8:48 AM, Nol said:

Yay!! Well done!!

 

You did such an amazing job on your challenge! It was really great to read your updates and see you doing so well.

It's awesome that you can feel the benefits, you really deserve it! And, wow, you only miss two days of dishes??? That's really amazing!

I'm sorry to hear about the scale though, it's making you feel disappointed when you actually really improved.

 

It's a great idea to write in a journal. Will you be joining next challenge?

 

Thanks so much for all your great encouragement this challenge! I'll be back for the next one. I still have to decide what my goals are. And this time I'll be using an accurate scale! (We'll call that a Victory for the forces of Truth, if nothing else.)

 

Celebrating my first 4-week challenge!