MISSION SLIMPOSSIBLE January 2020 Chat
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@wrknonmedaily nice loss!
@nbbaby big loss! I'm glad you're finding what works for you.
@mrmcgrath nice to see you! Good loss!
@raleighgirl09 sounds like you're doing well, great thinking to set yourself up for success tomorrow. Roller skating was a blast, I kept thinking about how crazy it was that my body could handle it when I year ago I'd have to squat 5 minutes after standing, I kept getting tears in my eyes.
@Jactop you got this!
@AustinRuadhain Not surprised to see you hit all 5 habits, you're very dedicated and inspiring!
@sunshineplace glad you're making good choices!
@apple852hk Meal planning is so helpful at staying back on track, like you I usually prepare a dish for meals, have something similar planned for lunches, and have a rough idea of the other meal. I wouldn't have made it on track with how down I was in December if I hadn't meal planned.2 -
Monday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- stair treadmill, weights, core, yoga
Water- over
Upped intensity the last half of stair treadmill, it was hard and I was so thirsty but I did it! I've upped weights on a few exercises in the last week, reps of core exercises, and bike resistance, it's been motivating to see improvement. Back is still sore from roller skating but icing it has helped.
Habits
Gym 3xs a week- went today
Cardio 30 minutes- done
Fit On yoga- done
Core/stretches- done
Recipe- not sure I'll get around to making something new, I have a lot of meals frozen. I'll definitely make veggie broth. I'll check out skinnytaste.com and see if there's anything inspiring.
Cleaning/decluttering- got through freezer today and everything is in its place, it feels great! Made dinner tonight so much easier.0 -
Weekly weigh in:
Weigh in day: Tuesday
Username: wwood008
Week 3 weight: 149.40 -
Weigh in
Metubal
Week 3 - Jan 2020
Monday 1/20
PW 180.3
CW 178.6
Weekly report:)
Calories: mostly not tracked and assuming slightly under
Exercise: only 2 walks as "exercise" but snowshoeing, snow shoveling, and chicken coop cleaning were my life last week.
Snacking: once
Sleep: 7hrs 25mins average, about the same as last week:))2 -
@raleighgirl09 getting up to go to the gym at 5- that is dedication. I've never been able to do the early morning workouts. I like to workout and then come home and flake out in front of the tv lol.
@AustinRuadhain your goals are great!
@Katmary71 roller skates wow. When I was a kid we went to a roller rink with my school. I loved it. So much better than ice skating. I don't know if I could do it now though.
Well last week I did well with my goals which were extra calf and bicep work in addition to my regular workouts. Plus some mobility/soft tissue work- this is both upper and lower body.
This week I'm trying to continue that. I'm also trying to get 9 hours of exercise in this week. That is the max I figured I could do. One of these is slow- yesterday I did some leg 'exercises', it was sort of a cross of exercise and mobility movements.
Today I'm going to do my stair circuit although I feel tired.
Tomorrow a run, and then some upper body strength training.
I've been on track with calories.2 -
01/21
Check In
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 2
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 197.4
Todays Weight 197.8💥
Yesterday
Calories: under
Water: over/under? Right at
Macros: low protein
Exercise: treadmill with incline
Yesterday’s Fitbit/mfp stats:
7132 steps. 4500 goal steps
3.07 miles
2466 burned calories
28 active
76 sleep score
61 resting sleep
1540 calories consumed
Macros by grams. carb 146g, goal > 266g, fat 74g, goal 44-77g, protein 65g, goal 70g
Basic Goals
30 active (heart rate driven) minutes:28 👎 so close
Complete food diary: 📖
Stay hydrated(more than 64 oz): 💦
Stay below sugar goal: candy 🍭
Meet fiber in range: 👎
Daily self care: meditating, crafting, reading, etc. 🧚🏻
Sleep: minimum 7 hours 💤
My vision for 2020:
To find out who I am outside of “mom” since I will be an empty nester in the 5 months.
To love me no matter where I am at in my journey.
To pursue habits and hobbies that I will enjoy and that will enrich my soul.
To focus on total health (mind, body, and soul)
Don’t let any one weigh-in dictate what I do.
Choose to do the work.
Choose to show up & do the actions.
Don’t give up when you get your first bit of resistance.
Stick to your habits no matter what. Ignore your ego and avoid complacency.
Keep a connection with others who understand what this journey. Isolation is not helpful
Don’t hide when weight gain happens. Assume it will. Share your truth, and don’t let your mind tell you no one will understand.
Make up your mind that you are and will be successful.
Accept that this is your struggle, and you will not be fixed. I will need to continuously manage my condition.
Yesterday was a great day for me! I can only hope I keep it up.
@AustinRuadhain I love how you have a date with your husband to lift weights. My husband has been talking about getting to the gym with me but hasn’t found his way there yet. Maybe one day...
@raleigh_girl09 how is the pnp course coming? I think of you each time I hear her podcast.
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Just checking in to let you know how inspiring you all are. I'm reading all your posts and am crazy impressed!3
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rachelleahsmom wrote: »Just checking in to let you know how inspiring you all are. I'm reading all your posts and am crazy impressed!
Rachelle, I am right there with you -- this is a very inspiring group! I have not hit my goals yet for the day, so off to work on them!0 -
rachelleahsmom wrote: »Just checking in to let you know how inspiring you all are. I'm reading all your posts and am crazy impressed!
Yes! I love coming on here. Reading your posts is great motivation for tomorrow. Right now I'm thinking about @raleigh_girl and how I can make my own three day block.2 -
Nice day gang!! Cold as heck here (AF, as the kids say) and I am not a happy camper in the cold. But the days are getting longer and that is a GOOD Thing!
@Katmary71 I so get the emotions of watching the changes...amazing stuff. I just love skinnytaste.com, she has an excellent site and recipes!
@wwood008 excellent loss this week, congrats!
@Metubal very nice loss this week, congrats!! Your exercise has been of the cold variety but I bet it's an excellent workout!
@its_cleo hey, thanks for creds on the up at 5am to get to the gym! I don't particularly enjoy the getting up way early but it is, unfortunately, only 1/2 an hour earlier than I have to get up. We have a gym at work and showers and it helps me ensure getting my steps in on office days. We're moving office locations at the end of the month and I won't have that. I have a wobbly eliptical and squeaky treadmill at home but am always less inclined to use them. I'll probably have to make myself sometimes to be sure I can get the steps
@mrmcgrath just curious - are you trying to stay low in protein or it just keeps landing that way? My fat and protein are always up and carbs down, many days I am almost equal on them, percentage wise. The PnP tribe experience has been a mixed bag of tricks, quite honestly. There is a *lot* of material to be obtained as a member and I love the courses and videos - fabulous content, very helpful. The FB page stresses me out - it is so busy there is no way (for me) to try to keep up. The member's only podcast is amazing, I'm sure, but my non-technical behind has not been able how to figure it out on my phone so I am currently still listening to the free podcast because...well...I already figured it out and it's easy. I tried (in a very lame way) to find an accountability group or person who is stuck in calorie land and I wanted it to be someone with experience with the PnP philosophy....read, not a new tribe member. No luck with that, so far, but I call BS on my amount of effort not really put into that. All in all - I am enjoying what I am getting from it and have decided that I'll continue being in it, at least until I give a couple of my lower points more effort and ask for help; no sense crying foul when I haven't given 100%
@rachelleahsmom, I agree and just love what a dynamic group of folks we have on the Slimpossibles!
@AustinRuadhain I second the emotion that your dedication is always so inspiring! The workouts that you and @Katmary71 and @its_cleo do are nothing short of amazing to me - and I can see that you guys are successful not only the dedication to the goals but because you all choose varying and extensive exercise. You all mix it up, work different body parts, focus on different types of exercise. I know that this all comes with some moments that you don't want to do it or you're busy or you don't feel well or whatever the obstacle de jour is but, by and large, you all consistently keep at it over the long haul. KUDOS, it is most excellent!!
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Hi Team!
I am just checking in to let you know that I am here but haven't had a single moment to post the last couple of days. I'm heading out right now but will try to spend some time reading and responding to your posts tomorrow.
Keep supporting each other...Keep doing your best...and remember to STAY GREEN THIS MONTH!!
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raleighgirl09
Tuesday check in
I am less than 2 pounds from the first goal I set in May last year, 48.4 pounds ago, right after I got back on this horse. 185 pounds. 185 is a smallish 14/largish 12 pants size. My second goal is wrapped in the other direction - I am heading to a size 8 and I think it will be between 160 and 165. So I'll set the next goal for 165 and see what happens.
Years ago on the way (weigh) down, I didn't set an early goal, I barely set an end goal. I thought I should weigh 150 pounds....the height/weight charts put me around 135ish. The more I lost, the more it became clear that I have a large frame in a short package. My lowest, way back then, was 170 and I didn't set out to stop, I just....did. Life was really in the crapper for a lot of reasons at that point and I stopped active loss. Maintained for a long while, began the road to gaining and losing in a span of 50-60 pounds for quite a few years.
Thanks team, for helping me get here, for being a part of my journey and for being such a great sounding board and helping me see things in a whole new light. This has been an amazing tool in my tool belt this time and I truly feel I am doing what it will take to maintain my weight for life, once I'm ready to maintain. This may seem like an early message but I don't have doubts about making the first and final goals and these things have been on my mind. It's kind of amazing to have had a goal to work toward and to see up close, now. I had no idea what I was missing when I didn't have one.
Planned and Prelog 3 meals? all 3!
Times? B 8a, L 1230p, D 7p
Non-planned eating and thoughts?
Hunger? low hunger, appropriately hungry for all meals, surprised that I was hungry so early for breakfast
Exercise? 2 miles on treadmill at work gym, 1 mile around pond at work [log steps from day before] (steps 20Jan2020 13,943)
Sleep? 1030p-5a [log the morning after]
Assessed the previous day / week / month? Yesterday went very well, it felt almost easy. Oddly, I chose not to have alcohol yesterday - repeated that today.2 -
Tuesday check-in
Calories- under (white-knuckled the munchies tonight)
Exercise- bike, core/stretches, yoga
Water- over
Habits
Gym 3xs a week- going tomorrow
Cardio 30 minutes a day- done
Core/stretches daily- done
Fit On yoga- done
Recipe- no new ones yet
Decluttering/cleaning- none today1 -
Tuesday Check-in
Calories: under; all good, on-plan choices
Water: on target
Exercise: date walk with husband (55 min)
5 Habits: Checks for all of them! ✔️ (it really, really helps that I report in here and on the Habit Tracker!)
Decluttering Pomodoros: Not done ❌
Grateful for: kindness, patience and generosity in my family
Goals and Improvements for Today (Wednesday)
- Work my 5 Habits
--- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min)
--- Meditation (daily 2+ min)
--- M.A. Forms Practice (daily 2+ min)
--- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min) - Goal is an outdoor walk
--- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily)
- Decluttering Pomodoros: Let's try that today! 🌅1 -
raleighgirl09 wrote: »@mrmcgrath just curious - are you trying to stay low in protein or it just keeps landing that way? My fat and protein are always up and carbs down, many days I am almost equal on them, percentage wise. The PnP tribe experience has been a mixed bag of tricks, quite honestly. There is a *lot* of material to be obtained as a member and I love the courses and videos - fabulous content, very helpful. The FB page stresses me out - it is so busy there is no way (for me) to try to keep up. The member's only podcast is amazing, I'm sure, but my non-technical behind has not been able how to figure it out on my phone so I am currently still listening to the free podcast because...well...I already figured it out and it's easy. I tried (in a very lame way) to find an accountability group or person who is stuck in calorie land and I wanted it to be someone with experience with the PnP philosophy....read, not a new tribe member. No luck with that, so far, but I call BS on my amount of effort not really put into that. All in all - I am enjoying what I am getting from it and have decided that I'll continue being in it, at least until I give a couple of my lower points more effort and ask for help; no sense crying foul when I haven't given 100%!!
My goal is to get a minimum of 70 protein for now and then to increase it as I get more active. Unfortunately I have a hard time reaching my protein goals.
I joined a similar group and am experiencing some of the same things. I haven’t had enough time to keep caught up on the forum. We have accountability partners(not groups) and mine is in the same place as me. Not enough time in the day or lack of desire to put in the work. I’m not giving up yet because I know I have a lot to learn.0 -
01/22
Check In
Username: mrmcgrath
Weigh in week: Week 2
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight: 197.4
Todays Weight 198💥
Yesterday
Calories: over
Water: over/under? Under
Macros: high carb and sodium
Exercise:
Yesterday’s Fitbit/mfp stats:
4180 steps. 4500 goal steps
1.82 miles
2191 burned calories
0 active
76 sleep score
63 resting sleep
2082 calories consumed
Macros by grams. carb 273g, goal > 211g, fat 68g, goal 44-77g, protein 91g, goal 70g
Basic Goals
30 active (heart rate driven) minutes: 👎 so
Complete food diary: 📖
Stay hydrated(more than 64 oz): 👎
Stay below sugar goal: candy 👎
Meet fiber in range:🥬
Daily self care: meditating, crafting, reading, etc. 🧚🏻
Sleep: minimum 7 hours 👎
My vision for 2020:
To find out who I am outside of “mom” since I will be an empty nester in the 5 months.
To love me no matter where I am at in my journey.
To pursue habits and hobbies that I will enjoy and that will enrich my soul.
To focus on total health (mind, body, and soul)
Don’t let any one weigh-in dictate what I do.
Choose to do the work.
Choose to show up & do the actions.
Don’t give up when you get your first bit of resistance.
Stick to your habits no matter what. Ignore your ego and avoid complacency.
Keep a connection with others who understand what this journey. Isolation is not helpful
Don’t hide when weight gain happens. Assume it will. Share your truth, and don’t let your mind tell you no one will understand.
Make up your mind that you are and will be successful.
Accept that this is your struggle, and you will not be fixed. I will need to continuously manage my condition.
Way too much carbs and sodium yesterday and my fingers and ankles are feeling it.1 -
Well so far my 9 hours of exercise blitz is going well. Sunday I did core, Monday a very light leg workout, yesterday stair and hill circuit- bit of an ordeal as it was snowy so that makes it harder on ankles and calves. But I did ok.
Today a short run- 20 mins and then later an upper body day at the gym.
I won't do this 9 hour weekly plan every week, it's just something I'm trying. I typically do 6-8 fitness activities in a given week, but I mapped out the max and it came to 9. Max is based on alternating activities so there is some rest incorporated. I'm trying this for one week right after my period bc your body is strongest then. I was thinking of 4 week cycles- 9- 8- 7-7. And the last two weeks may drop down to 6 depending how I feel.
In between today- I think I mentioned I've been having problems with my wrist for several months. Saw chiro last week. He thinks I damaged the ligament in the wrist so sent me to a place for an xray.
So I go today and it turns out it's another doctor, who doesn't do xrays. But he recommended an xray and an MRI. Which seems excessive but ok. So this aft I have to run up to a walk in place where I can get the xray done. I have to wait for the hospital to call me for an appointment for an MRI.
The doc today also said I should maybe buy a splint to help with the healing.
I want it healed but also all of this seems kind of excessive. I'm not in a lot of pain, I just can't do olympic lifts (you have to be able to bend your wrist certain ways to do olympic lifts) and my trainer was going to start teaching me. So I love strength training and so that is my motivation to get it fixed lol.
Anyway.
Calories - I am on track and doing well so hopeful maybe my weight will go down. I found a low cal ice cream that is pretty good so I have had small snacks of that this week- ice cream is a real weakness of mine.
@raleighgirl09 that is a shame you will lose your work gym. That's great you're almost at your goal weight!
In spite of all my exercising I can;t seem to lose weight if my life depended on it lol.1 -
@its_cleo
Oooh, another lover of lifting iron! I love it! I was at the gym this morning (MWF are my lifting days when all goes according to schedule), and it always makes me feel great. 💪🏽👍🏽
It is just so great that you are keeping working at it! Are you weighing and logging all your food? For me, collecting and paying attention to that data helped me figure out what worked for me.In spite of all my exercising I can;t seem to lose weight if my life depended on it lol.
@mrmcgrath - Sorry about the fingers and ankles, but yay to paying so much attention to what you eat, and noticing how it affects you. SO much of health and fitness work feels like detective work! 🔎
@raleighgirl09 - Thanks for sharing your journey! Your posts always interest, delight and/or educate me!
@TeresaW1020 - Thanks for checking in! Things are quieter without you, but we feel the love!0 -
Hey, there!
Here's 2 minute read you might find to be a fun nudge someplace in life! I loved the ideas, especially "Start sloppy" and "Start small!" Both seem very relevant to fitness and health!
⚡3 tricks to start working despite not feeling like it
I am a fan of audiobooks and podcasts that teach me, and thought I would share and maybe see what you guys are listening to/reading.
🤩 Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey & Eric Hagerman - This book is a feast for science lovers. It has me thinking about the connection between brain and body, and that it is no accident that I feel happier now than a couple of years ago.
🙂 Savor : Mindful Eating, Mindful Life by Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian Cheung - A mixed bag, but has some good stuff, including a long discussion about ways in which we nourish ourselves that is very big picture, including things like what media we consume.
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Hi. So, I'm at one of those F ages (the older one) and anyone who is there with me knows that sleep can be an issue. I've had three awful nights and this morning I had a toddler like meltdown. I told my husband that if I have to get fat and have crepey skin and have my kids leave the nest at least I should be able to rest. Wow, did he clear out for work fast! Anyway, I spent some time thinking about me today.... something women tend to ignore. I made a sleep plan to clean up some bad habits. I worked on my 2020 vision for my bod in 2020. And that helped. Not sleeping is a double whammy for me, because if I can't, I might night eat. And then the next day feel too tired to be a good girl and eat well and exercise. Thank you for listening to my venting. Much appreciated. Hopefully tonight I'm tired enough to crash.3
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Check in 1/22
Tracked:no
Calories: Under pretty sure
Exercise;no
Had a brutal dental procedure today so eating anything more than broth and soup and shakes has been a no. Hoping I feel better tomorrow so I can get back on track.3 -
raleighgirl09
Wednesday check in
@TeresaW1020 we look forward to hearing all about your day(s) when you can come up for air - been there, done that and designed a t-shirt that I didn't get any credit for or royalties on!!! =>
@its_cleo ok - you're officially a badash (please read between the censored lines)! Agree with @AustinRuadhain, logging and weighing are great tools and it is *awesome* that you are remaining engaged with the exercise despite obstacles. I also think that there has been a lot going on and while you are dealing with all of the things going on, the obstacles and remaining true to the exercise, you might need to be kind to yourself on the calories and ice cream, work through it all and come back to hard core calories and food work when you can take that back on, mentally. In the meantime, your're an exercise badash beast! I love your four week plan!
@AustinRuadhain I have bookmarked, especially interested in the first and third suggestions!
@Cornanda I hope you are snoozing deeply and gently and don't see this until tomorrow! I have the same issue - if I am up late, I get hungry and the later it gets, the harder to not eat. So glad you took the time to just really ponder and absorb for *you* - absolutely key to understanding how to help yourself
Planned and Prelog 3 meals? yes, all 3!
Times? B 8a, L 130p, D 7p
Non-planned eating and thoughts?
Hunger? Hungry for meals, not unduly - calling a low hunger day
Exercise? 2 mile walk in work gym and 1.65 mile walk outside [log steps from day before] (steps 21Jan2020 12,416)
Sleep? 945p-5a [log the morning after]
Assessed the previous day / week / month? this week I have been back to getting at least 10,000 steps a day and being intentional with exercise. Making a better Plan A and including a Plan B because - life. Eating on plan, not extra, and much less mindless eating. Now - I do still sometimes eat a bite or two of some dinner, or component of dinner, while making dinner, for example. What I have been doing for the last week or so, has been to be super intentional and not have it be extra - I eat a little less at dinner. I'm not sure if I need to worry about this habit on the whole now that I have a kinda. sorta solution but I need to remain aware. One thing I have never nailed down, is when the slope became so slippery that I didn't know (or care?) that I was sliding faster than I could handle and went spinning past the point of reason. I only know I'd look up and have gained weight and wonder what happened - I'm striving to avoid that kind of party this time. Hence me wondering if the having a few bites of dinner before dinner that I make a part of the dinner and not on top of the dinner is the beginning of the end. Ha!1 -
Motiv8tedMom wrote: »Check in 1/22
Tracked:no
Calories: Under pretty sure
Exercise;no
Had a brutal dental procedure today so eating anything more than broth and soup and shakes has been a no. Hoping I feel better tomorrow so I can get back on track.
@Motiv8tedMom oh my gosh....so sorry to hear it!!! =<<<< Dental is so not happy but brutal....take all the meds, don't be brave, time enough for that tomorrow. I hope it feels much better tomorrow!1 -
Checking in....
Although I read posts yesterday I forgot to later check in. 🤪 Anyway it wasn’t a great day, I made some less than stellar choices. This week has been very busy so everything has gone by the wayside. Taking good care of myself is time consuming! Hoping to get back on track in the next few days. In the meantime I’m here reading and rooting you all on even if I don’t post too much.
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@AustinRuadhain great day, checking in and habit tracker are great to check off after accomplishing at the end of the day! I noticed your check marks are all full.on the tracker, you're killin it!
@mrmcgrath I hope your swelling has gone down.
@its_cleo Your workout routine sounds fun, you're doing amazing! I hope things are resolved soon with your wrist and you're feeling better. It's frustrating when the body doesn't cooperate!
@Cornanda I'm glad you had time to reevaluate your situation. Without sleep it seems everything falls apart! Overeating and wanting simple carbs is definitely more common. I've learned if I don't work out I don't sleep as well, it's part of what motivates me to do it each day. I hope your changes help you sleep tonight.1 -
@Motiv8tedMom I'm sorry to hear about your dental procedure and hope you feel better soon!
@raleighgirl09 I'm always impressed by how insightful you are about your eating!
@sunshineplace glad you had the chance to check in!1 -
Wednesday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- stair treadmill, weights, core, yoga
Water- over
Great but exhausting time on the stair treadmill, I upped levels for the last 2/3 and ended up hugging the water fountain afterward and had to keep returning while lifting weights. Definitely need a water bottle I can drink from without tilting it back for doing stairs. I broke my record and climbed 189 flights of stairs. I want to hit an even 200 but know there's no way I can up it yet. I'm reading a book on weight lifting and it's got me thinking about what I want to change up with strength training. I'm not hungry but feel like eating, I'm doing my best to ignore it and enjoy my tea. When I was exercising the TV in front of me was playing cheesy videos. One was all ice cream cones swirling on the screen, dripping ice cream and sauce, and being eaten by people. That's torture but I couldn't look away!
Habits
Gym 3xs a week- two days down!
Cardio 30 minutes- done
Core/stretches- done
Fit On yoga- did 2
Recipe- nothing new yet, made veggie broth in the Instant pot and Asian stir fry.
Cleaning/Decluttering- dropped 5 bags of clothes and 2 boxes of kitchen stuff off at Goodwill. Cleared out a pile of papers and straightened kitchen.1 -
Sunshineplace
Week 3
Thursday
PW 158.4
CW 158.23 -
Weekly Weigh In
Day - Tuesday (soo late)
Username - bethanie0825
Previous - 234.4
Current - 233.8
Weighed myself and then forgot to come check in
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Hi. So, I'm at one of those F ages (the older one) and anyone who is there with me knows that sleep can be an issue. I've had three awful nights and this morning I had a toddler like meltdown. I told my husband that if I have to get fat and have crepey skin and have my kids leave the nest at least I should be able to rest. Wow, did he clear out for work fast! Anyway, I spent some time thinking about me today.... something women tend to ignore. I made a sleep plan to clean up some bad habits. I worked on my 2020 vision for my bod in 2020. And that helped. Not sleeping is a double whammy for me, because if I can't, I might night eat. And then the next day feel too tired to be a good girl and eat well and exercise. Thank you for listening to my venting. Much appreciated. Hopefully tonight I'm tired enough to crash.
Sending you a hug! Sleep is my issue (one of many!), too. It seems like EVERYTHING is worse without the right amount and kind of sleep. I have to be so careful because I tend to spiral. I have my last child graduating high school this year and I just keep telling myself that it will be fine. I'm going to miss her so much. Also, so much of my life activities and my identity are wrapped up in motherhood. In anticipation of her leaving, I got a job and a cat. One day at a time and one foot in front of the other is about all I can manage at this point.
P.S. Eating, sleeping, whatever - you ARE a good girl!1
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