Terah - Just KISS

[Terah]

Challenge 15: Just KISS

 

This time I'm going to embrace KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid)
 

Quote

Quoted from Wikipedia:

The KISS principle states that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated; therefore simplicity should be a key goal in design and unnecessary complexity should be avoided.

 

After looking at my epic quest for this year, and my previous challenges I realized something: I've been trying to do a lot of complicated things, in an already busy life with two small kids and a business I run from home. It's time to make things a little easier for myself. 
I've learned a lot and implemented a lot of good habits in the past challenges. Now I need to trust myself to just keep at it. I know what good food is, and I know when to stop eating. I know what kinds of exercise I love and what my limits are. I know now I love learning new things and I discovered the Bullet Journal to relieve stress and make myself more productive. All these things will be part of my life now, I don't need to overthink it, I don't need excessive challenge goals. I just need to keep it simple and do my own thing.

 

I will punish myself for underachieving. Sarah Barr created the idiot jar, an idea that I gratefully copied from her. The money in this jar will go to my son's savings accounts.
And I will reward myself for overachieving. I've created a reward jar in which I'll collect points. These points will travel to other challenges if I don't deplete them.

 

My goals for this challenge

 

Food: Just Log

I'm going to log my food in my bullet journal. We did this during one of the doodlie pvp's, and I really liked it.
It makes it perfectly clear what I put into my body. And if I don't want to log it and show it to the world/you nerds I probably shouldn't be eating it

 

I have to pay €2,50 to the idiot jar for every day I don't post my food log here.
Bonus: I'll get 1 point in the reward jar for every day I ate only clean food (replaced, see below)

 

Update 17-08: After a lot of think I came to the conclusion that I need a simple, basic meal plan. So here it is:

 

 

Breakfast	(green) smoothie OR (soy) yogurt with fruit OR just fruit
Snack (ONLY if I had a morning workout)	fruit OR yogurt with [fruitspread or honey]
Lunch	Bread (homemade or wholewheat bought) with sugar free topping OR a salad OR soup OR leftovers from dinner
Snack (Only if hungry)	a few nuts OR a protein bar OR a protein shake OR soy yogurt with [fruitspread or honey]
Dinner	approx. 100 grams of meat AND 200 grams of veg AND a 200 gram carb source like white potatoes, wholewheat pasta, rice etc.
Snack: (ONLY if I had a work out after dinner)	a few nuts OR a protein bar OR a protein shake OR soy yogurt with fruitspread or honey OR popcorn

 

 

I'll get 1 point in the reward jar for every day I follow this meal plan 

 

Just Exercise
 

I'm going to follow this swimming program and continue to go to zumba
The goal is to do at least 3 training sessions a week. Ideally this will be 2 zumba classes and one swimming workout.

But it can be subbed for other stuff if necessary like a darebee workout, walking or biking, or any class at the gym.
I get a pass when I'm sick.

 

I have to pay €2,50 to the idiot jar for each training session I missed
Bonus: I'll get 1 point in the reward jar for every extra training session I did
 
Life: Just learn

Both my boys will be in school starting the second week (week 1) of my challenge. And since they'll be learning new stuff, it seems only fair that I should do the same
I will take 20 minutes each day to learn something. 
This can be: 
- Learning Spanish on dualingo
- Practicing playing guitar
- Practicing playing recorder
Goal: learn something for 20 minutes a day on every day both boys are at school (4 days a week)

 

I have to pay €2,50 to the idiot jar for each learning session I missed
Bonus: I'll get 1 point in the reward jar for every extra learning session I accomplished

 

Pretty spreadsheet

 

For the reward jar:

• 10 points: I'll get a swimming cap to keep my hair pretty
• 15 points: Take a bubble bath
• 15 points: Take an hour in the middle of the day and do absolutely nothing productive.
• 30 points: Book a massage

[deftona]

Great challenge but I was expecting the other  kind of Kiss. 

 

 

Following along! 

[Terah]

49 minutes ago, deftona said:

Great challenge but I was expecting the other  kind of Kiss. 

 

 

Following along! 

Haha, off course you did

 

[SomeGuyFromScotland]

I was expecting the other other kind of kiss.

[Terah]

1 hour ago, SomeGuyFromScotland said:

I was expecting the other other kind of kiss.

Off course you did  

[NeverThatBored]

I love the jars! That's a great idea. 

[DrFeelgood]

I must be the only one who expected this kind of KISS.

 

High five, Terah!

[Einar]

18 minutes ago, DrFeelgood said:

I must be the only one who expected this kind of KISS.

 

High five, Terah!

Liar.  We know you're just as capable of taking up the slack for Scotty as the rest of us.

[DrFeelgood]

6 minutes ago, Björn Járnhamar said:

Liar.  We know you're just as capable of taking up the slack for Scotty as the rest of us.

 

Expectations were based on what I know of Terah, not what background programs might have been running in my brain.

[Heidi]

I love the goals, and all the kissing, too.

*MUWAH!!*

[Terah]

1 hour ago, DrFeelgood said:

I must be the only one who expected this kind of KISS.

 

High five, Terah!

 

[Terah]

Week 0, day 1

Spreadsheet

 

Food log

Spoiler

 

Not the best start of a challenge, but I'll take it. 

The cookies me and A made were delicious. Although it was really hard for him not to eat all the cookie dough (and who am I kidding, it was hard for me too )

 

No swimming today. Remember that ear infection I had 2 weeks ago? Well, that is gone. Now my other ear is infected. So no swimming until my ear has healed.

[Snarkyfishguts]

I love the jars and the smooches!

 

Goat kisses for you!

[Shello]

You are not having the best of luck with the ears.  Hopefully this one heals quickly and you can get to that pool!

 

KISS all the things! 

[Ensi]

Following!!  Sorry to hear about the ear. Haa haaa

 

Good luck with the challenge, Terah <3

[KB Girl]

Ahh I kinda like this jar idea! It's simple, but effective

I'm in druids with you <3

[Terah]

5 hours ago, Ensi said:

Following!!  Sorry to hear about the ear. Haa haaa

 

Good luck with the challenge, Terah <3

 

Thanks

 

5 hours ago, KB Girl said:

Ahh I kinda like this jar idea! It's simple, but effective

I'm in druids with you <3

Yes, a other druid convert! It's nice and quiet over here  

[Terah]

Week 0, day 2

Spreadsheet

 

Food log

Spoiler

Breakfast: Green smoothie

Snack: chocolate muffin with vitamin water

Lunch: two buns, one with meat and one with cheese

Snack: Magnum caramel 

Dinner: Lots of different yummy stuff at a wok restaurant

 

We went to the zoo today. It was a beautiful day and we had lots of fun

It is a 17 km bike ride (one way), including a big hill called the 'grebbeberg', so I got my workout in. Food was far from clean, but I enjoyed it, and I don't feel like I've eaten too much. 

[Kvedulf]

Hi Terah, quietly following along.

[KB Girl]

Judging by it's name, it's a mountain!

[Terah]

6 minutes ago, KB Girl said:

Judging by it's name, it's a mountain!

LOL, the name is flawed I guess  It's part of the Utrechtse HEUVELrug

But it sure felt like a mountain climbing it with a bakfiets with two kids (okay and pedal assistance, but still)

[KB Girl]

Still! We hiked up a mountain on vacation, or at least, I called it a mountain (it's higher than anything we have around here) and the locals were all like "what? This is just a little hill" 

 

 

[Terah]

Week 0, day 3

Spreadsheet

 

Food log

Spoiler

 

Today I took my rest. I didn't do much besides the bare necessity's. A got new ear tubes this morning, all went really well and he is hearing a lot better now  My husband went with him (which I didn't mind, last time I went with him and I got really upset. Which is crazy, because it's such a minor procedure.). During the morning I had to keep my hands busy so I made an other bread and did housekeeping stuff. 

 

I ate clean, so one point in the reward jar! But even though I did eat clean I got the feeling I ate too much. So after a lot of thinking about it I made a meal plan for myself. The theory is that if I stick to that I won't overeat. This is what I came up with:

Spoiler

 

Breakfast	(green) smoothie   OR (soy) yogurt with fruit   OR just fruit
Snack (ONLY if I had a morning workout)	fruit   OR yogurt with [fruitspread or honey]
Lunch	Bread (homemade or wholewheat bought) with sugar free topping   OR a salad   OR soup   OR leftovers from dinner
Snack (Only if hungry)	a few nuts   OR a protein bar   OR a protein shake   OR soy yogurt with [fruitspread or honey]
Dinner	approx. 100 grams of meat   AND 200 grams of veg   AND a 200 gram carb source like white potatoes, wholewheat pasta, rice etc.
Snack: (ONLY if I had a work out after dinner)	a few nuts   OR a protein bar   OR a protein shake   OR soy yogurt with fruitspread or honey   OR popcorn

 

 

 

 

It is based on what I like to eat and when. I'm going to give myself points for the reward jar for sticking to this.

[KB Girl]

Looks like a solid plan with lots of options to choose variation

[Terah]

Week 0, day 4

Spreadsheet

 

Food log

Spoiler

As you can tell I wasn't fully awake yet when I started recording my food this morning. "Ontbijt" = "Breakfast" (snack and lunch are the same in Dutch, so now I can pretend I was awake when I recorded them  )

 

I managed to keep to my eating plan. I had a few difficult moments where I really craved chocolate (shark week is just a few days away and I always crave chocolate in those days before), but since there was no chocolate in the house I managed to stay on track.

I went to zumba this morning, and it was a lot of fun My body feels a lot less stiff now and I got nice and sweaty. The teacher had a lot of new routines and I liked them a lot