[Shello]

Welcome to my challenge.   As always, I've set up a Roadmap for what I want to accomplish in 2024.  Mine is posted here in my battle log.  Every challenge is aimed at accomplishing some part of the roadmap or furthering my adventure towards this year's goals.  

 

My plan to finish out the year was to take it easy during last challenge and then kick it into gear for this challenge and ride that until the end of the year.  I ended up going hard core chill last challenge so I guess I need to kick it up hard core for this challenge.  I am using week zero to reset and wean myself from all the extra snacking, sweets, and just basically eating like a dickhead.   It's definitely time for getting back on the rails.   

 

FIT AND FABULOUS FALL FRENZY

 

Food:  Daily Goals are no longer on autopilot.  The only one that stuck was starting the day with water.   I need to be diligent about tracking and more importantly, actually doing these. 

• Start the day with water
• Fast 15 hours
• Eat freggies.  At least 1 a day; 2 is nice, 3 is better.  
• MOST IMPORTANT: Log food daily, preferably with an actual deficit based on my target calories in the Lose it app.  It gives me a target around 1550 but I do better keeping it under 1400.   I keep their target so I have guilt free wiggle room.  

 

Fitness: Threading the needle here to make sure I'm setting the bar high enough but not so high that I get skittish.  

• Cardio - a minimum of 90 minutes of cardio a week.   it's crucial to get back in the habit of going out for walks before it gets cold.  It's one thin to try and maintain the habit under less than ideal conditions, it's another to start over. 
• Strength - Gym session at least once a week
• Stretching - Stretch/yoga/mobility at least twice a week.  

 

Let the frenzy begin!

 

 

 

[deftona]

Here to follow! 

[Shello]

3 hours ago, deftona said:

Here to follow! 

Hello! 

[Sovalis]

Hi Shello! Good to see you! ❤️ 

[Snarkyfishguts]

Yay "fall"owing for all the good fallness and Shelloness. 

[Shello]

On 10/18/2024 at 5:02 PM, Sovalis said:

Hi Shello! Good to see you! ❤️ 

My plan is to actually stick around this time too and keep up with other challenges. 
 

On 10/18/2024 at 8:45 PM, Snarkyfishguts said:

Yay "fall"owing for all the good fallness and Shelloness. 

Always glad to have you here!

[deftona]

26 minutes ago, Shello said:

My plan is to actually stick around this time too and keep up with other challenges. 

Saaaaame

 

I've been utterly shit at this too! 

[Shello]

So glad the site is back up!  I've been so shit at updating and just as I am hyped for daily updates the site is down.  The horror! 

 

Week 0 went as expected.  I ate too much, still snacked too much but less than the couple weeks before.  I did get 96 minutes of cardio but didn't make it to the gym.   I did manage to lose 1 pound.  It's a step in the right direction.  

 

Yesterday was a good start.  I mostly stuck to my meal plan but had noticed previously that the breakfast menu looked tasty.  I planned to have a little breakfast from the cafeteria and then made my lunch a little smaller.  I went over target calories by around 60 or so.  That's really just the margin of error so not a big deal.  I am using all allowed calories when ideally I stay a couple hundred under target for optimal success but it is still a win.   

We planned for a walk but it just started to rain as I got home from work and class so we skipped it.  I was feeling off all day anyway - easily overwhelmed, physically felt stress symptoms - so I opted for watching some trash TV in a hot sudsy bath.  I skipped a drink since symptoms are sometimes associated with  migraine pro-drome I figured it was best to skip it.  And no migraine today either.  

[Snarkyfishguts]

1 minute ago, Shello said:

I skipped a drink since symptoms are sometimes associated with  migraine pro-drome I figured it was best to skip it.  And no migraine today either.  

YESSSSSSS... That is awesome news!

[Shello]

19 hours ago, Snarkyfishguts said:

YESSSSSSS... That is awesome news!

No Joke!  

[Shello]

Had a better day yesterday but had trouble sticking to my meal plan.   I ate my packed lunch (leftover potato chowder, grapes, and some breakfast sausage links) but then also had a slice of Peach's flatbread pizza.  We got in the habit of sharing over the last couple weeks.  It was definitely not needed.  I donated blood right after lunch and enjoyed a lovely chocolate chip cookie afterwards.  Then since I was more full than usual I forewent my usual healthy snacks but just ended up eating candy instead.  I also wasn't feeling the batch cooked dinner leftovers so I unilaterally decided we were eating a frozen pizza for dinner.   350 calories over target.  

 

DDG and I had planned for an evening walk but I was feeling quite low on energy after the blood donation (or maybe that was an excuse?) but we decided to skip it and spent the evening resting on the couch chatting and watching The Walking Dead.