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I have a huge mental block when it comes to calorie counting. I did it successfully before then all of sudden my brain said nah no more. But I didn't think to try a different app. I'll look into lose it. Ive seen it recommended more and people seem to like more than MFP. Funny you mention reducing sugar. I was watching candida detox / no added sugar videos last night. I am very addicted to sugar so it's an idea I'm playing with. Thanks it's nice to hear because it reminds me it's temporary. I like it as well. I'm finding the new month used to feel so much more exciting and shiny before but I think that's just because of my life right now. I'm hoping once I get a job a lot of things fall back into place. But it is still exciting to start a new challenge and get a fresh start . I think that's a great suggestion but I feel even that might be too much for me mentally right now. I was doing okay getting out and walking more but with me working at my mom's house, working on coding and the new puppy I'm having more trouble sorting my routine. And my feet are obviously more tired and sore than normal if I'm on them more during the day. Which is why I made a chair exercise playlist with shorter videos. They do seem more achievable at the moment. Cause I can just follow along mindlessly. I'm going to need to look up what butterfly sit ups are lol I can already tell you there's a strong chance that I'm also not made for them lol.

It's Thursday today, but this is from last Friday. Just to lampshade how I neglected this thread... 😇 Weekly weigh-in Weight: 94.15 kg (-0.95) Body fat: 22.7 % (-0.9) The damage from my Easter week off has been undone! Although I have to say that - given how good the week went food-wise - I was actually disappointed that the drop in weight wasn't bigger... I was a bit less diligent with the weight loss during the weekend after the weigh-in, but there wasn't any food shenanigans either, so I'm expecting another drop in weight next week. Well, I say "next week", I mean "tomorrow". 🤣 Recap of last week: Week 4 M T W T F S S Intermittent fasting Calorie intake Calories spent Calories in/out deficit Curfew Sleep Avg. sleep 6h06 Steps Avg. steps 10.50K Distance 27.91 km Workouts 0.3 Days with (mini-)workouts 1 Did well with intermittent fasting and calorie intake during the week, less so during the weekend. Same with walks: plenty of walks and steps during the week, less during the weekend. The sleep deficit remains an issue, and the lack of mini-workouts is a problem too. This week is shaping up to be a massive improvement, though. Not to jump to conclusions yet, but maybe the respawn is sticking this time? Walk to Mordor Distance walked this week: 27.91 km (17.34 miles) Road to Mordor: total 963.7 miles - Lothlórien to Rauros - Feb. 17 - Day 2 since Lothlórien - Drifting on the river. Bare trees continue on both sides. No enemies. The road between Lothlórien and Rauros is going to be less eventful than other parts of the road to Mordor. 😛

5e actually, with some modifications in regards to how magic works. Also, it's only a minor aesthetic tweak but I'm enjoying how it's the era where people are "inventing" most of the established spells in the game, so everything comes with a slightly different name than you're used to and the inventor's name before it. You know, the whole "Tenser's Floating Disc" pattern, so instead of say, "Burning Hands" you get "Jarric's Hands of Flame". We've got session #2 scheduled for tonight, so expect more updates tomorrow! Wednesday 24 April Charisma: I met with some friends after work to watch AEW Dynasty together. Was very invested in the experience, we haven't met to watch a show in quite some time, this was scheduled for Tuesday, then the host was unavailable, it was moved to Thursday (so overlap with my therapy appointment and Netheril game session) and then Wednesday, so it's been a rollercoaster ride. Real glad I did this, we had an absolute blast and I'd almost forgotten how much more enjoyable it is to watch wrestling with friends instead of alone. Cooking: Made my usual wrap to take to work. Dinner was takeout, obviously.

That shirt is fantastic!! YAY!! I’m so happy for you!

I found using an app really helped me. Takes much of the legwork out of the calore counting. Im using lose it right now and its working really well for me as an app. Usually i burn out on calorie counting really quickly, but its made a big difference in lowering the usual monotony level. Might be worth a go. Reducing how much sugar i was eating is really helping too. sicking with stuff is hard when you feel tired. 100% been there. I like the monthly reset ethos thing on here though. It helps when you have a bad month and need another whack at something, no pressure, no feeling bad. I started out trying to do one full work out a week and failed pretty fast (CFS is a bitch) so im having a go with doing small isolated sets, like in the daily challenge thread (only easier ones, becuase some of the ones they post look so intimidating. I am not made for butterfly sit ups 😆). So one day i will do just 20 jug rows (or whatever my body decides is the cut of point) and that will be it for the day. Maybe something like that would work well for you too?

Multiple posts coming up! 😁 Thursday: The usual long walk in the evening didn't happen, because I had other priorities. Not going into more detail about that. 😇 I did do two DailyDare exercises, though, for the first time in quite a while. Although I thought it would be the start of actually doing daily mini-workouts again, that didn't happen. I did the two exercises on Thursday, and then nothing again until yesterday. Hopefully, this restart will be more successful... 😅 Friday: Worked from home. Went for a walk during my lunch break, and for an extended walk during TimovieDaughter's football practice in the evening. Mrs. Movieman went to see a football match with TimovieSon, so I had the entire evening alone with TimovieDaughter. Saturday: Early football match for both TimovieSon and TimovieDaughter. Since they got into bed late on Friday, that meant they were tired for most of the day. Did some shopping in the afternoon. The kids both have a 3-day school trip coming up in a few weeks, and they needed some supplies. Brother-in-law visited in the afternoon/evening, so that meant we (and by "we", I mean brother-in-law, TimovieSon and me) played a lot of darts, and that there were appetisers and takeaway dinner. Sunday: Got to sleep in for a bit. Should've spent part of the afternoon clearing the rest of the sidewalk of weeds, but between late breakfast, cleaning the litter boxes, vacuuming the house and making lunch, there wasn't a whole lot of time left before we went to my mother-in-law's. So I just watched the cycling on TV instead (Liège-Bastogne-Liège). The most important part of the weeds-job has been done anyway. The rest can wait. World Championship Snooker started as well, so that potentially means there is going to be a lot of sleep deficit the coming weeks. Although I'm managing to get in bed relatively early for my doing lately. But that's because I'm tired. I have a cold I can't seem to get rid of - so I constantly have a runny nose, which means I can't breathe properly when asleep, so I sleep with my mouth open, which leads to a dry throat in the morning and thus a developing cough. It's one big vicious cycle. And I get nudged awake more at night, because open mouth = snoring. 😅 I'm not sick, but I'm not 100% either. 🙄

Yeah, I used to do a toned-down version of this as well. Usually just "How was your day?" "Fine." "Anything in particular?" "The usual." The idea being: I just got home, leave me alone for 20 minutes to wind down. I don't want to talk now, and if I do, then I'll start the conversation myself. Although I still kinda do that. The reverse as well: if I'm not interested, I'll tune out, and chances are that it's going to be highly visible that I'm not paying attention. I blame it on my autism spectrum disorder, though. 😇 On another note: yikes, I've been neglecting my own thread! 😱 It's not like I haven't been present, I've posted in the Weight loss PVP, and in the DailyDare threads. I just never got around to actually posting in this thread... Maybe I need to make more posts, but shorter ones? That way I get to post what I want to talk about, without it being one big time-consuming write-up that eventually gets postponed??? 🤔

Hasn't happened yet! It's for this Saturday.

It was. I still need more sleep, but I feel a lot less stressed. We call it "alone-time". We've unintentionally developed a rule through the years that if one of us asks for alone-time, they immediately get it, no questions asked. And to be able to go off and have that solitude and know that it won't be taken as a negative, or misunderstood, is something I am grateful for. Any introvert who needs this in their life, deserves to have it.

Sending you a Care Bear Stare!!

The imposter syndrome is strong right now. I think it's mostly work related, but it seems to be draining the energy I could have used to drive to the gym the last two days. Yuck.

2024 - Year of Progression Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 10 Hrs Water: 1/4 Meals: 7:30am - Coffee 11:30am - Coffee, yogurt parfait 3:30pm - Coffee, sandwich 6:00pm - Diet Soda, chicken, pasta, veggies, cookies 8:30pm - Protein Cookie Fitness: Rest Day Language: 0 Portuguese Lesson 0 Spanish Lesson 0 Japanese Lesson Reading: 0 min Meditation: 5 Min Notes: What a day, roughest one in a while. Mrs. ReturnOfTheDad found a lump last week. We got it checked out today with a mammogram and ultrasound. Doctor thinks it’s cancer. Have a biopsy scheduled tomorrow to find out more. Should have the results by next week. Just going to try and be there for her as much as I can and stay in the moment. The future is too much to think about right now.

It's definitely an option. I just need to commit to actually doing it then sticking with it. Which is where I seem to be extra struggling. I have a YouTube playlist of exactly that.

Should last through the weekend, I think. It's due to get hot again next week though. How was lunch?

Come to think of it, I did this exact thing to my parents when I was about that age. Huh. It's a phase. It'll pass.

I really admire that you and H are able to be solitary with each other like that. I can see myself needing something like time away but I wouldn't know how to ask for it or even to trust that I could. That's really cool to me and something to strive for.

Ooof, been there! 😜😅

Seriously, more of this weather, please. I'm going out to lunch with my folks at my mom's favorite local Greek place, and she loves the outdoor seating. I hope it lasts.

I have been there. Sometimes I feel like I'm still there despite my weight loss. When I was struggling with my feet I started doing chair workouts. Darebee has a few, maybe that's an option?

Hey guys. Good news about my car.. It was just a heat shield! I got my oil change and I did in fact have a slow leak... Caused by a screw in my tire. It is very likely that tomorrow I will not be able to walk without severe pain 🥲 I spent the day walking around the big city playing tour guide to my sister and her friend. My feet are shot. 16.8k steps, 11.7kms. I kept having these fun moments where I was painfully aware of how large I've become. My body is begging me to try and drop some pounds to relieve the added stress. I've been circling around in my head that I need to do something drastic just to get back down to at least 250lbs but honestly that's even a huge hurdle at that's point and I know with weight-loss it's better to go slow and steady. I'm honestly surprised that none of my family has tried having a heart to heart with me about my weight. It's getting that bad. I am definitely feeling stuck. I need to commit to food choices but I find it so difficult. I struggle to move more because I can only do so much with my feet. I don't need to be all bleh but I'm just tired and frustrated at my lack of effort and progress.

That is an awesome and badass shirt. (Also, those frames look great on you.)

Awesome stuff! Also, that's a fantastic shirt.

Oh wow, that sounds like it's gonna be a lot of fun. I really like that you don't know everyone's classes yet too. What system is it? 3.5e?

YAY! I am so happy for you!

All of this got done yesterday afternoon/evening. Hubs' haircut and dinner wound up being later than I wanted, since I got lost in the black hole of time that is the sewing room, but hey, whatever works. Ollie is back to normal for sure now, so that's all good. I've gotten two walks in today (one longer, one shorter-- just to the PO and back). Work day will be done shortly in which case I'll likely go back to my bag making. Left on the list: grocery shop--Friday afternoon buy fabric for MY sewing project--maybe Friday afternoon? (Local shop has 40% of fabric this week so it would be nice to get there) work on pattern for MY sewing project--maybe Friday evening? And also let's add laundry. Going to have to be Friday afternoon. Though I suppose Thursday night after I get home from meeting up with my parents? And estimate on some paver repair that's just been scheduled for Friday right around lunch time. Friday just got real busy, y'all.