November 24
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✅ Exercise: 45 minutes swimming
✅ Calories
✅ Tracked
1 pass day used (Nov 19)
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3/3, late comment again. This new design for the forum is *kitten* me up.3
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Exercise 😊. Calories. 😊tracking. 😊3
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Yes for 3!
1/3 pass days3 -
11/24/2021
Exercise? yep
Tracking? Yep
Calorie? Yep... but they were probably not the healthiest calories out there. Still, three yesses today. Crazy.3 -
11/24
Exercise: 79 minutes mountain biking, 55 minutes stretching and PT exercises
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Pass days used: 12 -
Responses to Nov 23's opener have been extremely helpful and insightful. Unfortunately I've not dealt with "life" very well this week. And I have a couple of tubs of ice cream in the freezer too, one I bought and one my sister brought for me as a gift last night (Nov 26) as she too is in a bad period. Last night was good though, lot of laughs, lot of talking about what is going on for both of us. Mine isn't seriously bad, in fact I think in the long haul it will be good, but I'm not sleeping well & seem to be in a period of high angst (probably hormones out of whack), and this life event is just pushing me over the edge this week. I just can't seem to exercise some self-control over my eating. Here and there I've been going for walks or a bike ride this week after work, which is what I'm tyring to use as my replacement behaviour for bingeing but my eating throughout the day is out of control and apparently I do have the mentality that I should eat whatever I want now before I get back on track... I know, not good. I'm mentally exhausted dealing with people & their reactions to the change and the shift in the environment and my own emotions/anxiety and it's going to continue on for a couple of months I'm sure, so somehow I need to learn to deal with it in another manner. The reality is this is life and I can't keep reacting by bingeing/comfort eating. Sorry for my rant; it's not something I usually do, nor like to do, but I'm trying to interact more in the group and be accountable. So glass half full mentality: I came back and posted in the UAC regardless of whether I'm successful with the challenge. This was a goal I set for myself this Fall, so there's that at least.5
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Responses to Nov 23's opener have been extremely helpful and insightful. Unfortunately I've not dealt with "life" very well this week. And I have a couple of tubs of ice cream in the freezer too, one I bought and one my sister brought for me as a gift last night (Nov 26) as she too is in a bad period. Last night was good though, lot of laughs, lot of talking about what is going on for both of us. Mine isn't seriously bad, in fact I think in the long haul it will be good, but I'm not sleeping well & seem to be in a period of high angst (probably hormones out of whack), and this life event is just pushing me over the edge this week. I just can't seem to exercise some self-control over my eating. Here and there I've been going for walks or a bike ride this week after work, which is what I'm tyring to use as my replacement behaviour for bingeing but my eating throughout the day is out of control and apparently I do have the mentality that I should eat whatever I want now before I get back on track... I know, not good. I'm mentally exhausted dealing with people & their reactions to the change and the shift in the environment and my own emotions/anxiety and it's going to continue on for a couple of months I'm sure, so somehow I need to learn to deal with it in another manner. The reality is this is life and I can't keep reacting by bingeing/comfort eating. Sorry for my rant; it's not something I usually do, nor like to do, but I'm trying to interact more in the group and be accountable. So glass half full mentality: I came back and posted in the UAC regardless of whether I'm successful with the challenge. This was a goal I set for myself this Fall, so there's that at least.
@Jana_2020
Jana - thanks for sharing and kudos to you for your courage in the face of the changes that are happening in your life. Yes - courage 💛
You are still making progress, even if that progress is different than what you may have originally envisioned. You are committed to and practicing accountability (for the good, the “bad”, and the ugly) and that, to me, is truly what is at the heart of our learning in UAC and in wellness.
To me, you are successful at the challenge not when you get “three thumbs” up every day for the goals, but because you are showing up for yourself by first joining each month, sticking with it and being a champion (like you are right now), being committed to improving behaviours that we are ready to change, and keeping our wellness at front of mind with a fresh start every day.
I am so glad you have your sister and the support you can give each other. Be kind to yourself as you go through this 💩💩💩 period. Join me and commit to making improved sleep a focus? It’s absence heightens the angst, makes any self control challenge even more difficult, and robs us of capacity for healthier emotions.
Take good care of yourself friend.
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@Jana_2020 I think @jamcnewman said it very well. You are aware of it (first step), and taking mindful, positive measures to address it instead of boxing yourself into only an "all or nothing" mentality. That's huge, they're the hardest steps. Applying those steps is what gets you going in the direction you want to go. Keep going, we're all proud of how you are handling this adversity! Perfection is impossible but net sum positive is possible, and sometimes life can seem challenging to get there.
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