Livening The Lifestyle - Monday 1/1/24
crewahl
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Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.
Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday-misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard
Today's Topic: It’s a New Year!
Welcome to the first official LTL of 2024!
Simply question - how did you start the new year?
Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.
Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday-misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard
Today's Topic: It’s a New Year!
Welcome to the first official LTL of 2024!
Simply question - how did you start the new year?
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Actually started it a couple of days early. After Xmas at a family event in Boston, followed by another family event in Philadelphia, I started doing the tracking thing right before the 3rd family event in NJ. We arrived home on Friday the 29th, and I was already into a better routine for the previous 48 hours.
so Its just another day for me.
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Keep on keeping on!1
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We had a quiet evening, just the two of us, and were asleep by 10:30 PM - other than waking for the fireworks people set off from time to time,
The end of 2023? Although we didn’t explicitly celebrate it, I made a collection of poorer choices the final three days that cost 208 points against my daily budget of 90 over that same period. Needless to say it was a bit of a “scared straight” moment, and I’m down into what would be Yellow if I weighed in today. Still shows I’m capable of doing damage, though . . . 🤷🏻♂️1 -
We had a quiet evening, just the two of us, and were asleep by 10:30 PM - other than waking for the fireworks people set off from time to time,
The end of 2023? Although we didn’t explicitly celebrate it, I made a collection of poorer choices the final three days that cost 208 points against my daily budget of 90 over that same period. Needless to say it was a bit of a “scared straight” moment, and I’m down into what would be Yellow if I weighed in today. Still shows I’m capable of doing damage, though . . . 🤷🏻♂️
We also had a quiet evening also, 10:30-11:00 into bed. I weighed in this AM 0.2 below Goal, with shoes, long johns, and jeans. I, like most of us, want to drop 5# -10# by next year, so this gives me some incentive to keep doing what I have been doing this last couple of weeks.1 -
I stayed up until midnight, and my son (who is on winter break) came down to watch the ball drop with me. Mrs. 0mania was out of town. I ended the year ~6 pounds over the end-of-year last year, but I went back and reviewed my old notebooks (that I track my weight and running) and found that this is not far-off from where I usually am.
Reviewing my old notebooks was an interesting exercise. It's funny how we "mis-remember" things. I've been arguing that I should really be down in the 130 range, but I've been mostly in the low-140's for years and years! To be fair, I don't think that's a good thing, but I somehow thought that these higher-range weights (for me) are abnormalities, when in fact, they're the norm.
I still am not ready to give-up on getting a few extra pounds off. But, at least I understand that this has been a nearly decade-long struggle.
On a good note, I hit my running goal, and set an even higher goal for 2024. I woke up on Jan 1st and did my first run of the year. No rest for the wicked.2 -
steve0mania wrote: »I stayed up until midnight, and my son (who is on winter break) came down to watch the ball drop with me. Mrs. 0mania was out of town. I ended the year ~6 pounds over the end-of-year last year, but I went back and reviewed my old notebooks (that I track my weight and running) and found that this is not far-off from where I usually am.
Reviewing my old notebooks was an interesting exercise. It's funny how we "mis-remember" things. I've been arguing that I should really be down in the 130 range, but I've been mostly in the low-140's for years and years! To be fair, I don't think that's a good thing, but I somehow thought that these higher-range weights (for me) are abnormalities, when in fact, they're the norm.
I still am not ready to give-up on getting a few extra pounds off. But, at least I understand that this has been a nearly decade-long struggle.
On a good note, I hit my running goal, and set an even higher goal for 2024. I woke up on Jan 1st and did my first run of the year. No rest for the wicked.
Steve, we need Cindy in here to challenge your 130#. LOL2 -
Bed at 11:00. The usual time. If I woke up because of fireworks I don’t remember.1
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We did make it to 12 pm 1st time in several years. I had lost a few lbs due to Pneumonia but got well by the end of the year and put it back on.
So it's always a new beginning with the dawn of a new year. I'm settling in and not through testing and tasting.
I definitely have a lot of weight to lose.0 -
