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October 10
Mrs_Hoffer
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day?
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank?
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a. Some people go directly from the doctor’s office to fast food (or comfort food) after receiving a bad diagnosis, which seems completely contrary to what you’d expect. Fear drives us to comfort ourselves. If food has been our comfort in the past, of course it’s where we’re going to go.
b. Fear doesn’t typically promote long term weight loss or a healthy lifestyle. Fear creates radical change that is usually temporary.
c. Check your fear at the door, focus on this as a long term process. Use it to create long-term health for yourself vs. running from something scary.
Obviously there are times when fear IS the motivator. But I can completely relate to rushing to comfort food at a time when you’d think I’d be running for a salad.5 -
I hesitate to respond to this nugget at all for F E A R of upsetting anyone. Definitely not my intention. Plus I wanted to wait...but can't for some reason.
I think this is nugget is purely about perspective and to a degree boils down to one's maturity level (something that was mentioned in at least one other nugget as I recall).
I feel very confident that I can honestly say that none of my health journey were fear induced, not even the earlier parts that did not yield such great results.
While I can point to two distinct starting points based on news from a doctor visit (mid-30's with very high cholesterol numbers and early 40's with onset of multiple cardiovascular diseases) in neither case was the fear of death really what drove me. It was the joy of life and wanting to get to enjoy it that drove me.
I can not enjoy life if I am too wrapped up in the fear of losing it. Worrying has never been joyful. Not even once. Not even just a little bit.
I can hear questions already like, why would you change anything? Weren't you already happy? Weren't you sad to have to give up (insert some unhealthy thing here)? Why would you give up all that joy if not for fear of never being able to have it again? Surely you were afraid you could never enjoy some indulgence again, right?
I hope just reading that makes the foolishness of such thoughts readily apparent. It's like asking a heroin addict if they only quit long enough to do it all over again.
I have tried to seek out and embrace all of the new joys I find in my journey towards health. I try to find as many as possible and repeat them as often as possible.
This is my NEW LIFE. My next opportunity. Now.
That old me, with the unhealthy habits, he grew out of those ways and has moved on to better things and is not looking back.
I did have a setback, but I did not revert to the old me. I actually still ate quite healthy. I just ate too much and drank to excess and did not do any exercise. I was depressed and just not doing anything, like a depressed person does. And I gained a lot of weight for it.
I 100% believe that if you are not currently living your life in a way that is fashioning yourself to become the person you want to be for the rest of your life, then everything you are doing is a lie to yourself and you are wasting your time. You can't reach your goals by doing something completely off track from your pathway to your goals...and it should be a straight line! Not twists and turns!
Yikes! I've already said a lot and feel I may have even felt it (I meant it, no doubt) so I'm going to stop because of F E A R that anyone not prepared for reality will be doomed to read this and escape to their fantasy elsewhere to find comfort (and maybe they need that, I sympathize). So....
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10th October Sunday
Exercise: Yes (30 minute dog walk and 45 minutes Sh'Bam dance workout)
Calories under: Yes
Tracked everything: Yes
I do have to think a bit more about how fear relates to my health journey, because I often start well (like this first month back) but then sabotage my efforts later down the track and I do think there is some fear related to how I feel about my success....if only I knew what that connection actually was.
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@WhatMeRunning - you have come a long ways and made much progress- something you can be proud of for sure. And your comments are full of truth - I don’t debate that at all! I agree completely that the joy of life is the #1 motivator. I just didn’t interpret this nugget as pertaining to living life in fear. I saw it as the answer to “why, when the doctor tells me my cholesterol is high and if I don’t bring it down I’ll need to go on meds, do I leave her office and stop at McD’s on the way home?” The answer is because food has been my go-to comfort and so even though there is fear about cholesterol, my overwhelming desire to comfort myself with food wins out. For me, it explained my self sabotaging behavior.
@jjjcat - I don’t know what a Sh'Bam dance workout is but it sounds like fun!
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I agree @biketheworld and is why I considered no reply at all. It's something people must learn somehow. Not sure it is teachable. So I just gave my piece about it as it pertained to me. Why I let it take that many years to learn to enjoy life, I have no idea. Not that I didn't believe that I enjoyed life prior to that. But the truth is I was enjoying indulgence and selfish things more than my experiences within the bigger picture of life I was blessed to be a part of and experience. Considering my senses to be entertained as how life was enjoyed as opposed to being appreciative of the richer pallette already all around. Hard to explain that difference. Anyways, not critical of the point. Critical of fear as a motivator. Put that down immediately. What do you have to lose? Nothing! Your life is already guaranteed to end from the moment you are conceived. It's what you make of everything in between that counts and how you feel that whole time ultimately depends on you.6
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IT'S DONE!!!!! I ran 15k. No pauses, not a single step waked.
The race went well. Thanks to those who convinced me it wasn't insane to sign up, encouraged and gave advice along the way, and wished me the best last night.
Final result: 1:37:30--10:36 mile pace. Pretty slow, but I am putting it out there in the universe because I promised myself I would be proud no matter what the outcome.
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Congrats! Excellent job @bradkcrew that is actually a very impressive pace for a first at such distance! You should be very proud! I am! Whatever training you're following, keep it up, you're doing great!6
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@bradkcrew - congratulations! 10:36 is anything but slow! That is amazing. Celebrate, recover, start planning the next one.5
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10/10/2021
Exercise – yes, bike ride and cardio
Tracking – yes
Calories – yes
I can honestly say that fear has never come into my thinking around food, weight, health etc. Perhaps I’m lucky that I have never had any medical conditions that relate to my weight. I have low blood pressure, my cholesterol was never higher than borderline and reacted very quickly to a change of diet and exercise. The only health condition that is possibly worsened slightly with a higher bodyweight is the arthritis and that is debatable. I am in this to simply enjoy life for longer.
In fact, when I had the medical exam that told me I was obese I did not reach for the traditional “comfort food”, I went shopping for bags of veggies!
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10 Oct
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
Pass days used: 0
Well you can't train an animal thru fear and expect a partner only a slave. People respond much better to encouragement vs threats. Like Lesley I have never felt the urge to run to a fast food place for comfort. But I am not a stress eater. Congratulations April on your race! You did fantastic and 10:36 is NOT slow by any means.7 -
@bradkcrew you are inspiring! I am scheduled to do a 10K next weekend and will be happy with sub 13:00 miles. I had two foot surgeries last year and am just getting back to “normal.” You’ve given me new goals!!!8
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@bradkcrew - that’s a fantastic pace! Well done my friend! 🙌🏻 You should be VERY proud!6
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October 10, 2021
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Kitchen Closed? Yes
Did you go "nuts" with nuts today? No (10 days -free)
Over Sugar macro today? No (7 days)
Pass day 0/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).6 -
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Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends!
Enjoy your day! Saved some treats for tomorrow and the next....
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Exercise - yes, a gorgeous hour long walk in the woods and local deer park with my dog
Calories - nope, went over in the evening. Kind of celebrating because I think my digestion issues post covid are finally easing!
Tracking - yes
@bradkcrew you are right to be proud, congratulations!
The the fear topic, the same as @lesdarts180 fear hasn’t really come into it for me, I’ve only really been in the overweight category (albeit stuck there!!) , not had health related issues fortunately.6 -
✅ - Exercise 20+ Minutes: 93 minutes, aerobics/walking/circuits
✅ - Calories within budget
✅ - Tracked everything
3️⃣ Pass Days left
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I keep forgetting to add a pass day status: 3 pass days remaining.
Functional strength training class today. Woke up so stiff I could barely bend to touch my shins let alone my toes. Luckily I warmed up enough enroute to the gym and during class warm up that class was fine and the rest of the day had been good. I clearly missed the memo that you’re supposed to feel better and rested when you wake up 😂
I meal prepped this guy for the week in an effort to continue the freggies focused dinner menu. He’s very very good. A tad spicy, but finishing him off with some sour cream - it was delicious.
https://www.occasionallyeggs.com/lentil-and-potato-stew/
Self-depreciating rant and dress obsession:I have a work in person meeting in like 4 months that’s sending me into a bit of a spin as my original motivator (via making me feel terrible) to lose weight will be there and I want to be closer to goal than I am. It also means I may be over thinking and over buying dresses an in an effort to find a dress that makes me look kick a** and not like a blob which is what I’m feeling like lately. This is what I landed from thredUP for like $100 total. I’m hoping one of them is THE dress. If you’d like to know exactly how insecure this trip has got me - I may or may not have googled the best colors for blue eyes. 😬 Pinks and blues are a go. The light blue dress on the right is actually a pretty good color match to my eyes (I think my eyes are slightly grayer) so I’m wondering if that one will be too much and maybe they get lost. We’ll see. Fingers crossed one of them makes me look decent.
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Yes I tracked everything I ate and drank.
I went over my calories by 47!
It’s ok. Sticking with it
I guess I can’t count as exercise, but have been cleaning, moving stuff, and prepping for painting all day.
This is my first pass used5
