[18ck]

Starting as I don't mean to go on yesterday - Mrs 18ck and I had our twentieth anniversary so we wandered about on the North Downs Way with our beloved offspring to give our old bones a challenge and then ate a lot of cake and drank some sparkling wine from the vineyard where we'd stopped for lunch. But that's it for cake and wine now, at least until my birthday. 

OK, I've been struggling a bit to stay motivated and work is not helping: I'm super-busy at the moment and likely to remains super-busy at least till the end of the month, so I think my best chance of success is to keep it simple and manageable but not so easy it's boring: I'll go for an indoor lockdown-style workout once a day, in the morning, 10-30 minutes, probably either yoga or a Joe Wicks session, and see anything on top of that as a bonus. I'm aware that I need to run a a bit and also to start working on my cycling endurance (because months ago I signed up for this shit and the day of judgement approachetheth) but I don't want to make those into goals because I don't think I'll stick to them. I'll just concentrate on cranking out small wins and see each extra as an added bonus. I am not a lost cause yet but it definitely feels like with a little inattention I could just slip into bad habits and end up giving up, so giving myself some wins is essential. 

 

I'm less worried about the cycling anyway. I've been riding so long I'm practically a bike centaur by now so my only real worry is whether I'll be able to stay up past my bedtime. I'd quite like to sign up for an organised 10k run to motivate myself for running too but money is tight and it feels like an indulgence so I might need to motivate myself the old fashioned way, through the power of prayer. Ó Rosa Mota, nossa senhora da maratona, dá-me força... 

 

Food-wise, I need to do better. Nothing sweet other than fruit, count calories every day and stay under target. 

 

And... Actually, that's it. Two goals. 

Exercise once a day, food under limits. I might review in early April but for now, two seems to be a realistic maintenance level. 

 

Me & my homeys out training for our 10k

 

 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Happy Anniversary!

[Salinger]

Pics on instagram were lovely yesterday

 

Good luck with the goals.. here to cheer you on ! x

[Rookie]

I think your running buddies need some electrolytes or something. 

 

[18ck]

Food            🍰🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑

Exercise     🧘🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑

 

Yoga happened. There was cake left over from yesterday. I'm not made of wood, people. 

[18ck]

8 hours ago, Rookie said:

I think your running buddies need some electrolytes or something. 

 

I've tried telling them they need to drink more water. They live in the capital wasteland though. 

9 hours ago, Salinger said:

Pics on instagram were lovely yesterday

 

Good luck with the goals.. here to cheer you on ! x

Thanks ☺️

9 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Happy Anniversary!

Thank you! 

[Sloth the Enduring]

 

[Rookie]

I hope the cake stores are gone Have a great day 

[fearless 2.0]

you sound like me when Im into the croissants! It never ends well!  

have a chill evening if possible!

[18ck]

Impromptu workout session sparked by realising I had a dental appointment in 7 minutes and basically running akm the way there. 

Diet not really coming together still. 

[Salinger]

Hope the dentist went ok? 

 

Keep plugging away, you will get there xx

[Rookie]

^ me forcing veggies on you

[18ck]

12 hours ago, Salinger said:

Hope the dentist went ok? 

 

Keep plugging away, you will get there xx

Yeah, they keep telling me I need an electric toothbrush though. Sod that for a game of soldiers. 

6 hours ago, Rookie said:

^ me forcing veggies on you

I said toothbrush, not toothbush 

[sarakingdom]

2 minutes ago, 18ck said:

I said toothbrush, not toothbush 

 

Did someone say "rootbrush"?

 

[fearless 2.0]

you are one of the guys with the most consistent wins Ive met over here, your cake wars might indicate you look for another strategy/diet? what happened to paleo? what Im trying to say is: you usually do fantastic with your goals! If this one doesnt work maybe its not your willpower thats the problem, but your strategy. Hope you dont need a root brush!  

[18ck]

Food            

Exercise     

Sigh. This is still happening I see. 

[18ck]

Food             🍰🥐🥪🌑🌑🌑🌑

Exercise     🧘🏃🚶🌑🌑🌑🌑

 

Managing to get an OK workout every day but not really feeling like I'm in any sort of groove, either with the regukar morning routine or with the food. 

 

36 minutes ago, fearless 2.0 said:

you are one of the guys with the most consistent wins Ive met over here, your cake wars might indicate you look for another strategy/diet? what happened to paleo? what Im trying to say is: you usually do fantastic with your goals! If this one doesnt work maybe its not your willpower thats the problem, but your strategy. Hope you dont need a root brush!  

Thanks. 

Definitely something in this. I don't feel consistent as such, but I am good at staying in a groove once I'm in one. Like, if I have a few days where I stick to eating well and exercise every day I can usually keep the wheelie up for a few weeks/months and make some progress but by the same token if I have a few days of eating whatever I feel like and sitting on my arse you can be pretty sure I will find it hard to pull up out if that pattern.

OK, so how will I trick my brain into doing the right thing today? I think probably one thing would be to prep some greens and tofu now, before the fam wake up, for a lunch time stir fry so I won't be tempted to eat a sandwich as an easy option. Then I'll get some berries and coyo so I can have something nice and not get drawn towards sugary treats. That should get me through the day at least. Then I'll see if I can do the same tomorrow. Thanks for the nudge. 

11 hours ago, sarakingdom said:

Did someone say "rootbrush"?

That's what happens when you go to the entist

 

On 3/22/2022 at 1:35 AM, Sloth the Enduring said:

 

[Salinger]

What is it you want ? What are you working towards? Xx

[Rookie]

7 hours ago, Salinger said:

What is it you want ? What are you working towards? Xx

Probably world domination

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

16 minutes ago, Rookie said:

Probably world domination

The same thing we do every night Pinky...

[18ck]

12 hours ago, Salinger said:

What is it you want ?

Cake! 

12 hours ago, Salinger said:

What are you working towards? Xx

Oh right. Well, I'll just settle for not feeling like I'm blubbery and out of shape really. Getting our of breath, grunting when I bend to tie my shoelaces - all that stuff. 

 

[18ck]

5 hours ago, Rookie said:

Probably world domination

And this 

5 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

The same thing we do every night Pinky...

😂

[18ck]

14 hours ago, 18ck said:

OK, so how will I trick my brain into doing the right thing today?

It worked pretty well. I left early and went in a run around - about 5k on the towpath, down the road, around the pond. Stopped at the allotment. Its looking good this year. This time last spring it looked like a building site but this year its got beans, leaks, garlic, shallots, rhubarb, loads of stuff coming through ready for the spring 

 

And I managed to log my meals and came in under target calories. 

So that was good. Just got to keep that up a few more days till I forget what cake tastes like. 

[18ck]

16 hours ago, fearless 2.0 said:

If this one doesnt work maybe its not your willpower thats the problem, but your strategy

Thanks for the kick up the bum. I'm not counting my chickens just yet but at least for today this seems to have given me an incentive to do the right thing. 

[18ck]

Lolling because I complained about a recent NF video for having a nearly-complete rubiks cube on the desk, triggering my OCD*

So today's video... Look at the siiiiiize of that thing! 

 

 

*Like most people who say this, I don't have OCD, but you know what I mean