[Elastigirl]

 

 

It's still cold at night, but at least some of our days are warmer, cherry blossoms are blooming, daffodils are starting to bloom, and I have a bit more energy than in the dark days of winter. 

 

Goal#1 Food- track protein; aim for 120 grams of protein per day.

Also keep practicing eating skills: chewing food well, putting food down between bites, pausing before eating extra snacks, enjoying what I'm eating and people around me

 

Goal #2 Start my morning with 20 oz of water before I workout

This is a good start to the day, and will help me to remember the rest of the day to drink too

 

Goal #3 Strength

Keep up with my workouts; 

Right now I can do 10 reps of goblets squats at 20LB, by challenge end I want to do  8 reps with 25#

I can do 10 reps of #30 for rows, by challenge end I want to be able to do #35 for 8 reps

 

Habits I have that I want to maintain:

Keep up with Bible plan

move every day for 30 minutes (walking , gardening, GMB, rowing, whatever it counts)

Write on my weekly /daily planner sheet

 

Life stuff:

buy end table for guest room (third times the charm right? I've had this goal for three challenges

prep garden bed for planting

look into hiring people to move old desk out of office, buy new desk

plans for finishing up backyard  project

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Following. 

[Everstorm]

[Sovalis]

Following! 😁💐

[KB Girl]

Love those pink trees so much! And they were suddenly just there weren’t they? Amazing.

[Elastigirl]

On 3/22/2023 at 4:03 PM, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Following. 

On 3/22/2023 at 5:20 PM, Everstorm said:

22 hours ago, Sovalis said:

Following! 😁💐

Hi!

7 hours ago, KB Girl said:

Love those pink trees so much! And they were suddenly just there weren’t they? Amazing.

Yes! We were gone ten days, and when we came back they were blooming. It made coming home from vacation a little easier

[Elastigirl]

I turned off my alarm today and slept another hour. I really didn't have much going on today, and the extra sleep felt good.

 

Today was leg and ab day   By the end of the the last sets, my legs were fried. I was supposed to do  one leg hip bridge, and goblets, and I only managed  half the reps.  The last two months when I wrote my challenges, the first week I wrote to be fairly easy. This time, I was following a written plan, plus I felt like I needed to go strong since I had two weeks off.  But, I think overall I like the first week to be an "I got this" feeling, then by the last weeks I can push it. It's partly just a mental thing. Also, I don't like my legs feeling totally hammered, because then I don't want to move the rest of the day.  I'm glad I tried it though,  so that I know when I write my workouts, I can do  it how I prefer.  For next week, I am thinking of how to re-write it so it's a bit easier. Less sets in the first exercises, or less weight. The one leg hip bridge is  unweighted, so I think it's just making the first exercises a bit easier, so my legs are less smoked.

 

The weather was cold and gray, so I opted for indoor movement. I did a short 20 minute medium row, and an easy you tube 10 minute walk.

 

I started my day with 20 oz of water and ate 120 grams of protein.

[Harriet]

Food, water and strength, the three requirements. Happy challenging and happy spring!

[Rhovaniel]

 

As always, I love how simple and effective your goals are EG! Happy Spring! (I do am excited about the cherry blossoms and daffodils!) 

[Sepherina]

Following!

[KB Girl]

Extra sleep is always the best choice  

For what it's worth, I'd prefer less sets over less weight. 

[XBlackWidowX]

Great and wholesome goals! Good luck with all of it!

I love spring too. Cherry blossom is just so beautiful, we have many cherry trees here as well  

[Qnobi]

Following, too!

[Silmarilliane]

Hellooo! Good goals and yay Spring!

[Elastigirl]

On 3/24/2023 at 11:05 AM, KB Girl said:

Extra sleep is always the best choice  

For what it's worth, I'd prefer less sets over less weight. 

Your advice is worth a lot. I think I will actually not do the last group of sets of goblet squats The workout has me doing 3 sets each of  weighted squat, bridges, Russian single leg deadlift and Bulgarian squats. Then it calls for single leg bridges and more . That's a lot! So, I think I'll swap out calf raises for the goblets (I do have goblets in the session earlier in the week).

On 3/25/2023 at 4:37 AM, XBlackWidowX said:

Great and wholesome goals! Good luck with all of it!

I love spring too. Cherry blossom is just so beautiful, we have many cherry trees here as well  

Thanks!

10 hours ago, Qnobi said:

Following, too!

6 hours ago, Silmarilliane said:

Hellooo! Good goals and yay Spring!

[starpuck]

Here and following.   Going to try to 'WWED' and do this slowing down business with my meals and eating.   I tend to love the taste of food so much that I jam it in fast.   Slowing down means the same portion lasts longer.  It's kind of brilliant, you wonderful genius you!

 

 

[Elastigirl]

23 hours ago, starpuck said:

Here and following.   Going to try to 'WWED' and do this slowing down business with my meals and eating.   I tend to love the taste of food so much that I jam it in fast.   Slowing down means the same portion lasts longer.  It's kind of brilliant, you wonderful genius you!

 

 

😃 I only implement other's brilliant ideas.  My tendency is to eat fast, and then want more because it tastes so good. Slowing down the eating is super helpful . It's a skill I'm still practicing. I forget, sometimes, but I am improving.

[Elastigirl]

Zero week went well. I think I did well with getting back from vacation, and getting back into the groove. There were a few more times that I ate more than ideal, because I didn't want to  be sensible, but for the most part, I  ate well.  Some days I tracked protein, and others I didn't track, but mentally I kept track, and did pretty good. And I smashed the water goal of 20 oz in the morning. This had the bonus of reminding me to drink water throughout the day.

 

Today:  I've been struggling a bit with my sleep schedule. One thing that helps is light first thing in the morning. Ideally, I always say I will go for a walk. But, it's still really cold in the morning. I have warm clothes, I could go, but I don't. So, I'm trying for something I will do: Every morning I will get up, go to the living room (morning light) open the blinds and read my Bible while sitting at the couch nearest the window.  It was gorgeous sunny this morning, but still not above freezing,  so it was very nice to sit by the window, read my Bible, and drink my water.

 

Did my workout. Today was legs. In the further story of EG and why her brain is on strike on Mondays, I goofed up my workout again. I have it all typed out, and I just follow the plan. The plan said to do a set of 10 goblet squats, and 10 deadlifts. I read it, and said I need to do 10 goblet squats, and then a set of double kettle bell squats. I was trying to do the double kb squats, and my glutes were on fire, and I didn't know why it was so hard. It wasn't until I was half way through the second set that I realized I was supposed to be doing deadlifts , not squats😃Ah well, I think it was @XBlackWidowXthat I was talking to about how it was a good skill to learn to laugh at yourself, and so this was good practice in that.😊

 

Went for a walk in the afternoon. It had warmed up. I only needed to wear my light sweatshirt. The sun was shining, and I went for about 30 minutes. After dinner, hubby and I went for another walk. I have 11,00 steps today. Then I came home and had some (dairy free) ice cream.  I had it in a small bowl, so kept it to a serving size.

[Sepherina]

7 hours ago, Elastigirl said:

😃 I only implement other's brilliant ideas.  My tendency is to eat fast, and then want more because it tastes so good. Slowing down the eating is super helpful . It's a skill I'm still practicing. I forget, sometimes, but I am improving.

I do this whole eating too fast as well for the same reasons.  *Sepherina pulls out scroll and notes method for a later challenge.

 

7 hours ago, Elastigirl said:

Did my workout. Today was legs. In the further story of EG and why her brain is on strike on Mondays, I goofed up my workout again. I have it all typed out, and I just follow the plan. The plan said to do a set of 10 goblet squats, and 10 deadlifts. I read it, and said I need to do 10 goblet squats, and then a set of double kettle bell squats. I was trying to do the double kb squats, and my glutes were on fire, and I didn't know why it was so hard. It wasn't until I was half way through the second set that I realized I was supposed to be doing deadlifts , not squats😃Ah well, I think it was @XBlackWidowXthat I was talking to about how it was a good skill to learn to laugh at yourself, and so this was good practice in that.😊

 

I am glad you were able to laugh about it.  But…those glutes will soon be made of steel! 

[starpuck]

I like the idea of waking up and getting immediate light.  I always open my blinds, but if it's not SUN.  I feel it doesn't count.   I need to start using my Happy Light when it's clouds and see if a routine of that helps.

 

 

[KB Girl]

16 hours ago, Elastigirl said:

So, I'm trying for something I will do: Every morning I will get up, go to the living room (morning light) open the blinds and read my Bible while sitting at the couch nearest the window.  It was gorgeous sunny this morning, but still not above freezing,  so it was very nice to sit by the window, read my Bible, and drink my water.

Love this

 

[Elastigirl]

24 minutes ago, KB Girl said:

Love this

 

All or something.🙂

[Elastigirl]

17 hours ago, Sepherina said:

I do this whole eating too fast as well for the same reasons.  *Sepherina pulls out scroll and notes method for a later challenge.

 

I am glad you were able to laugh about it.  But…those glutes will soon be made of steel! 

Yes!!!

8 hours ago, starpuck said:

I like the idea of waking up and getting immediate light.  I always open my blinds, but if it's not SUN.  I feel it doesn't count.   I need to start using my Happy Light when it's clouds and see if a routine of that helps.

 

 

Thankfully, the first two days I've been doing it, it's been sunny. I have my happy light out and available, so I'll use that when it's not sunny. 

[Elastigirl]

Good day today. I have over 14,000 steps. Had a nice walk with my friend on the river trail, and a nice walk with hubby after dinner. Did my arm workout. Drank 20 oz of water in the morning, and a good amount of water throughout the day. Ate 120 grams of protein.

[starpuck]

Man, I envy nice long walks!   It's been too cold for that here, and I am a super wimp.    I bet I could drop 20lbs fast this summer, just by getting out for sun fun walks!

That's a hella crush on the protein goal too. DANG GIRL!

Well done.