[elisanns]

 

I'm actually really pleased with how things went last month, so I'm going to keep going with a few modifications.

 

-Yoga will go from 5 days per week back up to 6. I definitely notice a difference if I go two days in a row without doing anything. Crow practice will still be on Mondays.

-Maintaining good posture will be expanded to proper TMJ care. I've being seeing a physical therapist who gave me stretches and advice to do at various times throughout the week and I have to admit I haven't been amazing at keeping up the routine. So...getting more diligent with that. I'm going to program reminders into my calendar so that I really can't forget.

 

So, in summery:

-Yoga 6/7 days. Mondays are for crow practice.

-Maintaining a proper TMJ routine.

-Coming in at/under my MFP targets

-Only enjoying restaurants/take out if I am with other people. 

 

To be honest, the last week has been incredibly off. It always is whenever family comes to visit, so I need to get back into my normal routine.

 

Let's do it.

 

 

[Harriet]

17 hours ago, elisanns said:

 

I'm actually really pleased with how things went last month, so I'm going to keep going with a few modifications.

 

-Yoga will go from 5 days per week back up to 6. I definitely notice a difference if I go two days in a row without doing anything. Crow practice will still be on Mondays.

-Maintaining good posture will be expanded to proper TMJ care. I've being seeing a physical therapist who gave me stretches and advice to do at various times throughout the week and I have to admit I haven't been amazing at keeping up the routine. So...getting more diligent with that. I'm going to program reminders into my calendar so that I really can't forget.

 

So, in summery:

-Yoga 6/7 days. Mondays are for crow practice.

-Maintaining a proper TMJ routine.

-Coming in at/under my MFP targets

-Only enjoying restaurants/take out if I am with other people. 

 

To be honest, the last week has been incredibly off. It always is whenever family comes to visit, so I need to get back into my normal routine.

 

Let's do it.

 

 

Oooh, I love all things corvid. Such clever birds. But what is TMJ?

[elisanns]

On 3/26/2022 at 12:50 PM, Harriet said:

Oooh, I love all things corvid. Such clever birds. But what is TMJ?

It refers to the temporomandibular joint which is your jaw joints. I've always had issues with it, but I find lately due to teeth grinding and whatnot it's gotten a lot worse. My message therapist gave me a routine to do throughout the week, but I've only really been doing half of it because it's kind of a pain to take the time to do it every day. But obviously, that's how things  get better so...🤷‍♀️

[elisanns]

Hey fun fact I did that thing I did last time where I totally thought the challenge starts on the Monday and not the Sunday because time is meaningless and I've lost all control over my schedule. 

 

...also I saw the Batman yesterday and totally forgot about things until that night. 🦇

 

So today is day one for me, and it wasn't exactly amazing...

 

-I did do crow practice, so that's good. I've definitely been noticing the pose getting easier and easier. I can't get my feet off the ground yet, but getting myself into starting positions and being on my toes is getting much easier.

 

-I added reminders into my phone for my various jaw stretches and massages. I am supposed to stretch out the joints two-three times per day, and massage the area once per week. I have arbitrarily made Monday massage day, so that went well.

 

-I went way over my MFP target, which is a bit disappointing. It's actually a lot disappointing, because I was doing so well. Having my mom come in really threw off my routine, which is strange because I thought I was being relatively flexible, but maybe I need to work on that more than I thought. Anyways, stress eating always does me in and today was a lot. Incidentally, if there is anyone out there who keeps a lot of houseplants, if you could give me tips on how to not have a home filled with bugs every time I bring in a new plant, that would really uh...make me less stressed out. 😭

 

-I think I may change my definitely of take out/eating out this time around to expand to getting drinks and snacks with others as well, just to help get myself back on track to eating better and saving some money. With this new definition, I didn't hit the goal today since I definitely grabbed some snacks for the aforementioned stress eating. It also doesn't help that all the snacks I want are chewy (popcorn, etc.) which makes my jaw even angrier with me.

 

So day one wasn't amazing (though I guess 2/4 also isn't a disaster--it is literally half and half), but I have a decent feeling about tomorrow. I'm seeing my massage therapist for the first time in a few weeks, and I emailed my regular therapist to make an appointment, since it's been longer than I'd like to discuss various mental health things. Hopefully between those two things, I can work towards getting back on track after a week or so of slipping.

 

 

 

 

[elisanns]

Well hello there, world. Today is day 2, so let's get started.

 

-I did yoga over my lunch break and went for a bit of a walk this evening to get some steps in. 

 

-I remembered to do my TMJ stretches at lunch and saw the massage therapist today. She gave me a useful tip about what to do if I catch myself clenching my jaw and how to work to train myself not to do that, so I will have to put that into practice (and get better at catching myself.)

 

-I was under my MFP target, so... 👍

 

-I nearly slipped up and bought a diet coke on the way home until I remembered my new definition for eating out, so I resisted and went right home after my walk. Feeling pretty good about myself and drinking mint tea instead.

 

All four tasks completed. 

 

[elisanns]

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today felt pretty long and the weather can't seem to decide what it wants the deal to be, so we had some freezing rain going on. It was very grey, very blah, but I still managed to do all 4 of my goals.

 

-Yoga--I just did a routine for headaches, which actually worked a little bit.

-TMJ stretches: I did one round at lunch and will do more just after dinner. The massage therapist always says to take it easy the day after my session with her, so I haven't done it as intensely as I normally would.

-MFP target--I am under target with two calories to spare.

-No take out, I didn't even go outside today to be tempted to get any food or snacks or whatever. Nothing like stormy weather to make you hunker down and resist any temptations from the outside world.

[elisanns]

-Yoga: Did a lunch break workout and was surprised by how it made a difference to do it in the middle of the day. I don't know if I can do that on days when I don't have meetings in the afternoon, but it was a good way to break up the day.

-TMJ: I really need to get better at not tensing my jaw throughout the day (case and point, I just untensed a jaw I didn't even realized was tensed), but I have been doing the stretches and find they help when I do them.

-MFP target: I know I'm going to go over since it's a date night tonight, but I didn't binge or go into an "all or nothing" mentality where I would otherwise write off the day and over eat.

-No take out. Went out to buy coffee and a few other things I needed, and didn't buy a coke or anything like I normally would.

 

Hey, so tomorrow is Friday. That's pretty great. I'm looking forward to wrapping this week up.

 

[elisanns]

 

Happy Friday world! I'm very happy to sit back, relax, and laze about.

 

But first, let's talk about the goals that I totally met today.

 

-Yoga: done and done. Did a longer video than originally intended and felt it really helped.

-TMJ: I did my stretches. I find doing things like moving from a warm shower to the cooler room aggravates it, but I'm not sure how to treat that.

-MFP target: came in under target and did some grocery shopping today so that I am ready for the weekend/Monday

-No take out. 

 

I know I'll probably go over my MFP limit tomorrow because I'm going out to dinner and an arcade bar, but I am trying to be mindful of what I eat throughout the day--I don't want to under eat and binge later, but I don't want to go into things knowing I'll go over my MFP target and stuff my face throughout the day. I preplanned everything in MFP, which will hopefully help keep things reasonable.

[elisanns]

Weekend recap:

 

Saturday:

-Yoga: done and done

-TMJ: did stretches

-MFP target: went over as predicted, but not but as much as I thought.

-Take out with the boyfriend, which is within the rules

 

Sunday:

-Yoga: No yoga, but I already did 6/7 days so hit the goal.

-TMJ: did some stretches this morning and will do more later.

-MFP target: met it, but only just.

-No take out, since I'm all on my own.