This March I Will (Be More Mindful)
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Great updates!! I going to check out the Atoms app.
I can’t say I’ve been successful every day, but I am working more mindfulness into my day. I’m focusing on staying in the present moment and and not getting distracted by wandering and often intrusive thoughts. It helps being able to walk outdoors again! I just love the increased sunlight!
Make it a great week!2 -
I’m struggling with diet too @77tes, but I’m making changes for the better. Cut out popcorn - by choice. Next I’m going back to no crackers & no cheese. Haven’t been eating them
Much but best that I not have them in house. Husband doesn’t eat any of the three.
Next will be me starting to cook again so we get off microwaveable dinners. I think I can begin that this week. I don’t like to cook but I see that my sat fat & sodium go back to healthier ranges when I do.
SMART goal for diet
I will track my meal & review the levels prior to eating (so I can adjust if necessary) BEFORE I eat lunch, snack, or dinner.
Something I saw recently:
“I am falling in love with caring for my body in the healthiest way.”
Thank you @77tes
Oh & we were dealing with Daylight Savings Time this week - I wonder if that influenced your carbs?1 -
Scale finally starting to go down
* Make time for planned tracking first thing then honest tracking throughout the day! Remind urself this is the only way to loose weight. No amount of exersice will help if i overeat...yes
*no bingeing or grazing yes
*To love and care 4 myself by breathing at work and taking regular breaks. No
* Don't feel the constant need to prove myself by taking on too much and working long hours! Leave work on time! No
* More movement through the day/ night. No
* Dnt compete at work yes
* Do one task at a time, u know that u wont get in trouble. Yes
* Dnt take work so seriously, hve fun at work and dnt automatically assume the worst. Yes
* find the time at work to look for and apply for promotions! U got to be I'n it to win it! No
*Letting go of the need to control as this is where my stress comes from! The more control I want the less I hve anyways! No
*Being present with my husband and toddler after work! Getting out in nature helps with this! No
Do choirs after work too, means I can stay on top of house work, keeps me busy and means I can enjoy w/e. Yes
*Let go of mum guilt! I fell guilty to clean cook etc, Feeling the need to spend every second either at work or with my toddler. No
*Bulk up dinner with. Fruit and yougurt as treat yes
* Focus on a personal to do list, tidy up, keep busy as it feels good getting stuff done and makes work seem less important! No
* Morning beach dips, heavy weights, do situps, 3jogs! Yes
* Rewards and activities that are not food based, walks with toddler, family nature walks, put put golf,visits to park, markets, massages, etc yes
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@MadisonMolly2017 , I’ll blame it on Daylight Savings 🤣 I do hate time change! Actually it was also my husband’s birthday, so I added extra carbs early in the week. I thought I incorporated them into my diet pretty well, but that was probably what set up my problem.
This morning I remembered that this time last year, I set a goal for myself to stay within my calorie without eating back any exercise calories. If I could doit last year, I can again.
So I added a new goal in the Atoms app, to stay within calories.
Today was Day 21 for my feet up the wall mindfulness 🧘!
Today is Day 1 for my food under calories mindfulness 🍽️
@donna25trinity , yay, for the scale moving! And good job keeping your weekends for fun and family.
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@77tes what a great plan! I like your logic! Good luck!
We are now adding to the “no fly zone”:
The popcorn
Crackers - final answer
Cheese
Frozen egg rolls
Now we just need to change our habits about cooking dinner.
On the good news front. I’ve maintained.
I walked (with cane) 4,611 steps 1.86 miles today with my first walks since surgery - both AM & PM around the block. Each time I wasn’t sure I could do it, and I did!
I also located all flat-topped fire hydrants on my route in case I needed to do a quick sit!
#never give up
# health first
#baby changes work
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March 19
> 10K steps over the past two days
Less pain, happy to be outdoors with my husband. I cannot believe my sudden uptick!
Had a good food day - maintenance level. Salad for lunch helps the overall calories, macros etc
We are phasing out the convenience microwaveable items ie reducing processed foods.
Organized much more of my fabric today. I think I should be done with it tomorrow. (I am doing a significant decluttering of my Art Studio - just keeping things I love/use.
Next up: paper I have a much better idea of what I actually use now… one of my favorite students needs art supplies so I’m putting together a box or two for her!2 -
3/20
Sodium down to 2K
Sat fat ok
Calories good
I am making better food choices - tuna on salad today.
Brown rice instead of white
Veggies/fruit at every meal /snack
Mixed Berries,
baby carrots
Cabbage salad
Fuji apple
Steps 5,500 today!
Organized my fabric supply & purged all I don’t love - filled two black garbage bags of fabric to take to a creative reuse place.
Next up: either my paints/inks or my paper supply/collage papers.
Decluttering to what I actually love & use. Work will begin soon to install lighting so will need to move everything to dining room. Might as well just keep what I love.
Did another “perfect day” painting!
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Atoms app:I am on my 5th day on Atoms app. It seems like a useful tool, but then I am a fan of James Clear.Day 20: walk/push-ups 20/16 days. I think it would be useful to track my monthly focus habit, but don’t think I will be paying for the app. I’m stacking my two habits. App not syncing on iPhone and iPad, which is a bit annoying.
Update, Day 14: I like the app, but it would have been so much more useful if it had been around when I started my habit development. And it is soooo spendy! I’ll stick with the free version for now.
Day 15: It’s a simple to use app, with instant feedback. I’m using 2 habits,
Potted Bio - 2024Terri: Female; 77; living in Northern Ireland; married 57 years; 2 daughters, 3 adult grands: ex Maths teacher; volunteer group leader for U3A (University of the Third Age, life-long learning charity)Moving forward ……
SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
In maintenance: August 2017
LW: 131.2 (December 2022)
GW: 130 < 140☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️I am a person who values the health and fitness of my body, mind, and spirit
❄️☃️ March 2024 ☃️❄️
☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️
Habits keep me going when motivation flags.
This month I will …..
March focus:
❣️Heart health
In March I will …..
… incorporate short bursts of HIIT into my daily morning workouts.
… use Fitbit minutes to gauge heart rate.
… earn > 150 Fitbit minutes per week
By the end of March I will …..
… have earned > 600 Fitbit minutes
… have a healthier heart
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓
📌Consolidating Solid Habits
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
Great Oaks from little acorns grow!
Daily Solid Habits:
(Developed over time)💎Right This Minute: Anti procrastination strategyYOU are worth the effort!
💎Just DO it!!!
Morning Routines:
💎Daily Meditation
💎Walk/Make beds/Shiny Sinks
💎Post Sole Mates steps
💎Weigh 130 < 140/log
💎Monitor %age Fat/Muscle
💎Log CI<CO/Balance macros
💎Herbal tea/supplements
💎Self care
💎Quality time with DH
💎Ablutions/dress/Shiny sinks
💎Breakfast
In between:
💎Intentional exercise > 60 minutes
💎Cardio > 5500 steps
💎Strength > 15 minutes
💎Flex > 15 minutes
💎Active hours > 6
💎Zone minutes > 150 (per week)
💎Declutter > 15 minutes
💎Daily chores
💎paint/draw/write/read
💎Craft/crochet
💎General chores
💎Gardening
💎jigsaw/puzzles/TV favourites
💎Meet with friends
💎Quality family time
Evening Routines:
💎Sole Mates evening reminder
💎JGM10Ds/JFT/UAC/Hogwarts
💎Close Fitbit rings/Zone minutes
💎Building Healthy Habits
💎Duolingo Latin
💎Update Women over 50
💎Clutter Sweep
🧝🏻♀️Terri 🕊️
@MadisonMolly2017 You are making wonderful progress.
@77tes I like your thinking.
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@MadisonMolly2017 , I hear you about crackers and cheese! Crackers are a definite trigger for me. I really can’t have them in the house except saltines which I can generally resist, but sometimes not.
Hooray for dealing with the excess of your fabric/paper stash - that’s hard work 👏
@TerriRichardson112 I agree - I’m not paying for the Atoms app. I think it’s great for the beginning of a habit - now it feels like a bit of a chore to log my feet up the wall habit. However, I really appreciate it with the calorie goal since that’s what I’m struggling with at the moment. I need that reinforcement.
Of course, I am growing to enjoy the brief mindfulness in the moment of putting my feet up the wall, but reining in my calories is not as much fun. 🤣1 -
Thank you @TerriRichardson112
Walking much more now which is helping everything!
You are doing great!
@77tes
I hear you with the calorie reduction. I think my increased walking finally began to reduce my appetite.
March 21
Calories good!
Sat fat 10g great
Sodium < 2,000 very good
Walking 5K
Avg per day over the week
Arm exercises with weights every other day 12 reps now!
I am Pleased that making baby steps with my food is now showing up as lower calories.
No crackers, cheese, popcorn, frozen egg rolls
Using only some of the dressing on packaged salad. (Weighed to gram)
Only one piece choc per day. I substitute a fuji apple for the 2nd piece I had begun to eat. More calories but 3g fewer Sat fat & much more filling
Alternating tuna & chicken on lunchtime salad …
Next areas of focus:,
1. FIGURE OUT SALAD DRESSING: use vinegar or lemon with a bit of olive oil & some spices. Possibly make a yogurt dressing. Place cilantro on shopping list.
2. And want to inch my sodium down further over the next few days to < 1,800.mg
DO YOU HAVE A HOMEMADE SALAD DRESSING YOU ENJOY?
Thanks
Maddie
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Atoms app:I am on my 5th day on Atoms app. It seems like a useful tool, but then I am a fan of James Clear.Day 20: walk/push-ups 20/16 days. I think it would be useful to track my monthly focus habit, but don’t think I will be paying for the app. I’m stacking my two habits. App not syncing on iPhone and iPad, which is a bit annoying.
Update, Day 14: I like the app, but it would have been so much more useful if it had been around when I started my habit development. And it is soooo spendy! I’ll stick with the free version for now.
Day 15: It’s a simple to use app, with instant feedback. I’m using 2 habits,
Potted Bio - 2024Terri: Female; 77; living in Northern Ireland; married 57 years; 2 daughters, 3 adult grands: ex Maths teacher; volunteer group leader for U3A (University of the Third Age, life-long learning charity)Moving forward ……
SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
In maintenance: August 2017
LW: 131.2 (December 2022)
GW: 130 < 140☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️I am a person who values the health and fitness of my body, mind, and spirit
❄️☃️ March 2024 ☃️❄️
☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️
Habits keep me going when motivation flags.
This month I will …..
March focus:
❣️Heart health
In March I will …..
… incorporate short bursts of HIIT into my daily morning workouts.
… use Fitbit minutes to gauge heart rate.
… earn > 150 Fitbit minutes per week
By the end of March I will …..
… have earned > 600 Fitbit minutes
… have a healthier heart
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
📌Consolidating Solid Habits
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
Great Oaks from little acorns grow!
Daily Solid Habits:
(Developed over time)💎Right This Minute: Anti procrastination strategyYOU are worth the effort!
💎Just DO it!!!
Morning Routines:
💎Daily Meditation
💎Walk/Make beds/Shiny Sinks
💎Post Sole Mates steps
💎Weigh 130 < 140/log
💎Monitor %age Fat/Muscle
💎Log CI<CO/Balance macros
💎Herbal tea/supplements
💎Self care
💎Quality time with DH
💎Ablutions/dress/Shiny sinks
💎Breakfast
In between:
💎Intentional exercise > 60 minutes
💎Cardio > 5500 steps
💎Strength > 15 minutes
💎Flex > 15 minutes
💎Active hours > 6
💎Zone minutes > 150 (per week)
💎Declutter > 15 minutes
💎Daily chores
💎paint/draw/write/read
💎Craft/crochet
💎General chores
💎Gardening
💎jigsaw/puzzles/TV favourites
💎Meet with friends
💎Quality family time
Evening Routines:
💎Sole Mates evening reminder
💎JGM10Ds/JFT/UAC/Hogwarts
💎Close Fitbit rings/Zone minutes
💎Building Healthy Habits
💎Duolingo Latin
💎Update Women over 50
💎Clutter Sweep
🧝🏻♀️Terri 🕊️
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@MadisonMolly2017 , my daughter loves dressing her salads with olive oil, a fresh squeezed lemon, and some garlic. Since we have a glorious lemon tree, the lemons are readily available. I should squeeze some and put it in the freezer for summertime when they’ll be gone.
Tonight I plan to go dancing. 💃
Day 25 feet up the wall. 🧘
Day 4 under calories 🍽️0 -
@77tes
Awesome 4 days under calories!!!
Thanks for the dressing idea - I think that will work well
I hope you had a great time dancing!!
We ran out of salads & my husband was in on calls throughout so I dug in freezer & we finished last two pieces of a lasagne his boss gifted us after my surgery.
My calories were in a good place but the sat fat was WAY up.
Lasagne off the list - should have been anyway due to my plan with cheese.
Fiber was also 8-9 grams lower than usual due to no cabbage etc. So I see the daily salad as necessary each day now.
Happy to have a daily plan for my eating that I can now gradually cut 10calorors here or there…
Best to you & all who are on here, doing the hard work of being the healthiest we can be!!
Maddie❤️2 -
Atoms app:I am on my 5th day on Atoms app. It seems like a useful tool, but then I am a fan of James Clear.Day 22: Today Atoms suggests changing focus from outcomes to process. This way you get to celebrate every time you do the desired action, rather than only at the end. I realised that when I changed my focus from reaching a future goal weight to being fit and healthy. And because of BHB, I get to celebrate multiple times every day.
Update, Day 14: I like the app, but it would have been so much more useful if it had been around when I started my habit development. And it is soooo spendy! I’ll stick with the free version for now.
Day 15: It’s a simple to use app, with instant feedback. I’m using 2 habits,
Day 20: walk/push-ups 20/16 days. I think it would be useful to track my monthly focus habit, but don’t think I will be paying for the app. I’m stacking my two habits. App not syncing on iPhone and iPad, which is a bit annoying.
Potted Bio - 2024Terri: Female; 77; living in Northern Ireland; married 57 years; 2 daughters, 3 adult grands: ex Maths teacher; volunteer group leader for U3A (University of the Third Age, life-long learning charity)Moving forward ……
SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
In maintenance: August 2017
LW: 131.2 (December 2022)
GW: 130 < 140☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️I am a person who values the health and fitness of my body, mind, and spirit
❄️☃️ March 2024 ☃️❄️
☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️
Habits keep me going when motivation flags.
This month I will …..
March focus:
❣️Heart health
In March I will …..
… incorporate short bursts of HIIT into my daily morning workouts.
… use Fitbit minutes to gauge heart rate.
… earn > 150 Fitbit minutes per week
By the end of March I will …..
… have earned > 600 Fitbit minutes (971 minutes so far in March)
… have a healthier heart
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓
📌Consolidating Solid Habits
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴
Great Oaks from little acorns grow!
Daily Solid Habits:
(Developed over time)💎Right This Minute: Anti procrastination strategyYOU are worth the effort!
💎Just DO it!!!
Morning Routines:
💎Daily Meditation
💎Walk/Make beds/Shiny Sinks
💎Post Sole Mates steps
💎Weigh 130 < 140/log
💎Monitor %age Fat/Muscle
💎Log CI<CO/Balance macros
💎Herbal tea/supplements
💎Self care
💎Quality time with DH
💎Ablutions/dress/Shiny sinks
💎Breakfast
In between:
💎Intentional exercise > 60 minutes
💎Cardio > 5500 steps
💎Strength > 15 minutes
💎Flex > 15 minutes
💎Active hours > 6
💎Zone minutes > 150 (per week)
💎Declutter > 15 minutes
💎Daily chores
💎paint/draw/write/read
💎Craft/crochet
💎General chores
💎Gardening
💎jigsaw/puzzles/TV favourites
💎Meet with friends
💎Quality family time
Evening Routines:
💎Sole Mates evening reminder
💎JGM10Ds/JFT/UAC/Hogwarts
💎Close Fitbit rings/Zone minutes
💎Building Healthy Habits
💎Duolingo Latin
💎Update Women over 50
💎Clutter Sweep
🧝🏻♀️Terri 🕊️
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »Atoms app:I am on my 5th day on Atoms app. It seems like a useful tool, but then I am a fan of James Clear.Day 22: Today Atoms suggests changing focus from outcomes to process. This way you get to celebrate every time you do the desired action, rather than only at the end. I realised that when I changed my focus from reaching a future goal weight to being fit and healthy. And because of BHB, I get to celebrate multiple times every day.
Update, Day 14: I like the app, but it would have been so much more useful if it had been around when I started my habit development. And it is soooo spendy! I’ll stick with the free version for now.
Day 15: It’s a simple to use app, with instant feedback. I’m using 2 habits,
Day 20: walk/push-ups 20/16 days. I think it would be useful to track my monthly focus habit, but don’t think I will be paying for the app. I’m stacking my two habits. App not syncing on iPhone and iPad, which is a bit annoying.
Potted Bio - 2024Terri: Female; 77; living in Northern Ireland; married 57 years; 2 daughters, 3 adult grands: ex Maths teacher; volunteer group leader for U3A (University of the Third Age, life-long learning charity)Moving forward ……
SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
In maintenance: August 2017
LW: 131.2 (December 2022)
GW: 130 < 140☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️I am a person who values the health and fitness of my body, mind, and spirit
❄️☃️ March 2024 ☃️❄️
☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️
Habits keep me going when motivation flags.
This month I will …..
March focus:
❣️Heart health
In March I will …..
… incorporate short bursts of HIIT into my daily morning workouts.
… use Fitbit minutes to gauge heart rate.
… earn > 150 Fitbit minutes per week
By the end of March I will …..
… have earned > 600 Fitbit minutes (971 minutes so far in March)
… have a healthier heart
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓
📌Consolidating Solid Habits
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴
Great Oaks from little acorns grow!
Daily Solid Habits:
(Developed over time)💎Right This Minute: Anti procrastination strategyYOU are worth the effort!
💎Just DO it!!!
Morning Routines:
💎Daily Meditation
💎Walk/Make beds/Shiny Sinks
💎Post Sole Mates steps
💎Weigh 130 < 140/log
💎Monitor %age Fat/Muscle
💎Log CI<CO/Balance macros
💎Herbal tea/supplements
💎Self care
💎Quality time with DH
💎Ablutions/dress/Shiny sinks
💎Breakfast
In between:
💎Intentional exercise > 60 minutes
💎Cardio > 5500 steps
💎Strength > 15 minutes
💎Flex > 15 minutes
💎Active hours > 6
💎Zone minutes > 150 (per week)
💎Declutter > 15 minutes
💎Daily chores
💎paint/draw/write/read
💎Craft/crochet
💎General chores
💎Gardening
💎jigsaw/puzzles/TV favourites
💎Meet with friends
💎Quality family time
Evening Routines:
💎Sole Mates evening reminder
💎JGM10Ds/JFT/UAC/Hogwarts
💎Close Fitbit rings/Zone minutes
💎Building Healthy Habits
💎Duolingo Latin
💎Update Women over 50
💎Clutter Sweep
Very wise, @TerriRichardson112
That just makes so much sense!
🧝🏻♀️Terri 🕊️
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@TerriRichardson112 - wow 🤩 you ripped that active minutes goal to pieces! I like the idea of focusing on the process rather than outcomes. After all , it’s hard to measure better health, but that outcome will happen if you stick with a healthy process.
@MadisonMolly2017 , it can be hard to keep fresh veggies in the house especially when you’re not as mobile as you are used to be. Maybe grab some frozen veggies to keep as backup in the freezer. I’m a big fan of cauliflower rice, but mixed stir fry veggies are also great.
Dancing was great, and I’m extra proud of myself for staying under calories since dancing often makes me hungry and often there are snacks. I resisted.
I discovered that I can cook my eggs without butter if I wipe the cast iron pan with avocado oil. Hardly any extra calories that way.
Day 28 legs up the wall mindfulness goal 🧘
Day 6 under calories goal 🍽️0 -
@77tes
I’ll have to try cauliflower rice!
We did get more frozen vegetables- particularly green beans - yum
We also got a container of small tomatoes - yummy
I had many labs done for a kidney appt this week & cardiology next week
THEY WERE ALL GREAT!!! (I’ll know for sure after I see the doctors…both are new to me.)
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@MadisonMolly2017 Hooray for good labs! 🙌 I hope you like the new doctors.
I’m sorry to say I’m disappointed with James Clear’s Atoms app. After letting me track a second habit for 7 days, all I get when I try to post that I hit my calorie goal is a prompt to buy the premium version. 😝🤑
Day 30 of my feet up the wall mindfulness habit 🧘
Day 8 under calories 🍽️
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@MadisonMolly2017 Hooray for good labs! 🙌 I hope you like the new doctors.
I’m sorry to say I’m disappointed with James Clear’s Atoms app. After letting me track a second habit for 7 days, all I get when I try to post that I hit my calorie goal is a prompt to buy the premium version. 😝🤑
Day 30 of my feet up the wall mindfulness habit 🧘
Day 8 under calories 🍽️
Thank you! I’m
Looking forward to meeting the docs!
Today I walked normally quite a few times ie no limp
Our bodies are amazing!!
That is very disappointing of James Clear. So sorry & wow great job on both of your habits!!
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Atoms app:I am on my 5th day on Atoms app. It seems like a useful tool, but then I am a fan of James Clear.Day 22: Today Atoms suggests changing focus from outcomes to process. This way you get to celebrate every time you do the desired action, rather than only at the end. I realised that when I changed my focus from reaching a future goal weight to being fit and healthy. And because of BHB, I get to celebrate multiple times every day.
Update, Day 14: I like the app, but it would have been so much more useful if it had been around when I started my habit development. And it is soooo spendy! I’ll stick with the free version for now.
Day 15: It’s a simple to use app, with instant feedback. I’m using 2 habits,
Day 20: walk/push-ups 20/16 days. I think it would be useful to track my monthly focus habit, but don’t think I will be paying for the app. I’m stacking my two habits. App not syncing on iPhone and iPad, which is a bit annoying.
Day 27: Atoms doesn’t allow further use without paying, and I’m not prepared to pay 😝 It’s quite spendy, and I wouldn’t get that much extra benefit at the point I am with habits.
Potted Bio - 2024Terri: Female; 77; living in Northern Ireland; married 57 years; 2 daughters, 3 adult grands: ex Maths teacher; volunteer group leader for U3A (University of the Third Age, life-long learning charity)Moving forward ……
SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
In maintenance: August 2017
LW: 131.2 (December 2022)
GW: 130 < 140☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️I am a person who values the health and fitness of my body, mind, and spirit
❄️☃️ March 2024 ☃️❄️
☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️
Habits keep me going when motivation flags.
This month I will …..
March focus:
❣️Heart health
In March I will …..
… incorporate short bursts of HIIT into my daily morning workouts.
… use Fitbit minutes to gauge heart rate.
… earn > 150 Fitbit minutes per week
By the end of March I will …..
… have earned > 600 Fitbit minutes (971 minutes so far in March)
… have a healthier heart
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💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓
📌Consolidating Solid Habits
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
Great Oaks from little acorns grow!
Daily Solid Habits:
(Developed over time)💎Right This Minute: Anti procrastination strategyYOU are worth the effort!
💎Just DO it!!!
Morning Routines:
💎Daily Meditation
💎Walk/Make beds/Shiny Sinks
💎Post Sole Mates steps
💎Weigh 130 < 140/log
💎Monitor %age Fat/Muscle
💎Log CI<CO/Balance macros
💎Herbal tea/supplements
💎Self care
💎Quality time with DH
💎Ablutions/dress/Shiny sinks
💎Breakfast
In between:
💎Intentional exercise > 60 minutes
💎Cardio > 5500 steps
💎Strength > 15 minutes
💎Flex > 15 minutes
💎Active hours > 6
💎Zone minutes > 150 (per week)
💎Declutter > 15 minutes
💎Daily chores
💎paint/draw/write/read
💎Craft/crochet
💎General chores
💎Gardening
💎jigsaw/puzzles/TV favourites
💎Meet with friends
💎Quality family time
Evening Routines:
💎Sole Mates evening reminder
💎JGM10Ds/JFT/UAC/Hogwarts
💎Close Fitbit rings/Zone minutes
💎Building Healthy Habits
💎Duolingo Latin
💎Update Women over 50
💎Clutter Sweep
🧝🏻♀️Terri 🕊️
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I am taking baby steps. Some days better with my food than others but I can tell I’m beginning to turn things around!
Two weeks of 4K steps per day Yay!! A miracle
I am able to walk more without the can- stronger
Hike today had climbs & downhills - I navigated both with ease. A miracle in only 9 weeks. Grateful for my doctors/hospital.
I have set meal times for myself so my body can rely on me to feed it.
Today, first time I can remember I got sodium under 1,500mg. Hooray best for my kidney
I have a plan for my 3 meals & snack tomorrow
I am trimming the bits of sugar I was eating to curb my mouth hunger
Step by step I am clawing my way back. I’m at maintenance calorie level, but that’s ok as I figure out the meals etc. Then I will shave calories slowly.
Turtle not a hare
#Health First
My mantra: It’s a Perfect Day!
Take Care
Maddie
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Potted Bio - 2024Terri: Female; 77; living in Northern Ireland; married 57 years; 2 daughters, 3 adult grands: ex Maths teacher; volunteer group leader for U3A (University of the Third Age, life-long learning charity)Moving forward ……
SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
In maintenance: August 2017
LW: 131.2 (December 2022)
GW: 130 < 140☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️I am a person who values the health and fitness of my body, mind, and spirit
❄️☃️ March 2024 ☃️❄️
☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️
Habits keep me going when motivation flags.
This month I will …..
March focus:
❣️Heart health
In March I will …..
… incorporate short bursts of HIIT into my daily morning workouts.
… use Fitbit minutes to gauge heart rate.
… earn > 150 Fitbit minutes per week
By the end of March I will …..
… have earned > 600 Fitbit minutes (1283 minutes so far in March)
… have a healthier heart
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
📌Consolidating Solid Habits
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
Great Oaks from little acorns grow!
Daily Solid Habits:
(Developed over time)💎Right This Minute: Anti procrastination strategyYOU are worth the effort!
💎Just DO it!!!
Morning Routines:
💎Daily Meditation
💎Walk/Make beds/Shiny Sinks
💎Post Sole Mates steps
💎Weigh 130 < 140/log
💎Monitor %age Fat/Muscle
💎Log CI<CO/Balance macros
💎Herbal tea/supplements
💎Self care
💎Quality time with DH
💎Ablutions/dress/Shiny sinks
💎Breakfast
In between:
💎Intentional exercise > 60 minutes
💎Cardio > 5500 steps
💎Strength > 15 minutes
💎Flex > 15 minutes
💎Active hours > 6
💎Zone minutes > 150 (per week)
💎Declutter > 15 minutes
💎Daily chores
💎paint/draw/write/read
💎Craft/crochet
💎General chores
💎Gardening
💎jigsaw/puzzles/TV favourites
💎Meet with friends
💎Quality family time
Evening Routines:
💎Sole Mates evening reminder
💎JGM10Ds/JFT/UAC/Hogwarts
💎Close Fitbit rings/Zone minutes
💎Building Healthy Habits
💎Duolingo Latin
💎Update Women over 50
💎Clutter Sweep
🧝🏻♀️Terri 🕊️
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Just catching up on your motivating posts! I think everyone has had some successes (and in many instances lots of successes!) in our Mindful March. Thank you Kathy for the mindfulness suggestion. I know while I haven't hit the mark every day, I'm both more mindful when I exercise and when I'm having a meal. I want to carry this over into April.
I'll be posting the April challenge very soon!1 -
March was a great month for me.
All 31 days practicing my mindfulness feet up the wall habit. Yay!
12 days straight staying under my calorie goal.
114 miles walked
@MadisonMolly2017 , that’s so wonderful. You are making amazing progress!
@TerriRichardson112 , you are such an inspiration! You’re really going great! Those active minutes-wow!1 -
Thank you @77tes
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@77tes It’s amazing what we can do when we put our minds in gear.
@MadisonMolly2017 You are doing so well.
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Potted Bio - 2024Terri: Female; 77; living in Northern Ireland; married 57 years; 2 daughters, 3 adult grands: ex Maths teacher; volunteer group leader for U3A (University of the Third Age, life-long learning charity)Moving forward ……
SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
In maintenance: August 2017
LW: 131.2 (December 2022)
GW: 130 < 140☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️I am a person who values the health and fitness of my body, mind, and spirit
❄️☃️ March 2024 ☃️❄️
☃️❄️🙈🦋🙉🦋🙉❄️☃️
Habits keep me going when motivation flags.
This month I will …..
March focus:
❣️Heart health
In March I will …..
… incorporate short bursts of HIIT into my daily morning workouts.
… use Fitbit minutes to gauge heart rate.
… earn > 150 Fitbit minutes per week
By the end of March I will …..
… have earned > 600 Fitbit minutes (1283 minutes so far in March)
… have a healthier heart
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
💓
Final Zone minutes = 1299
📌Consolidating Solid Habits
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴🪴
🪴
Great Oaks from little acorns grow!
Daily Solid Habits:
(Developed over time)💎Right This Minute: Anti procrastination strategyYOU are worth the effort!
💎Just DO it!!!
Morning Routines:
💎Daily Meditation
💎Walk/Make beds/Shiny Sinks
💎Post Sole Mates steps
💎Weigh 130 < 140/log
💎Monitor %age Fat/Muscle
💎Log CI<CO/Balance macros
💎Herbal tea/supplements
💎Self care
💎Quality time with DH
💎Ablutions/dress/Shiny sinks
💎Breakfast
In between:
💎Intentional exercise > 60 minutes
💎Cardio > 5500 steps
💎Strength > 15 minutes
💎Flex > 15 minutes
💎Active hours > 6
💎Zone minutes > 150 (per week)
💎Declutter > 15 minutes
💎Daily chores
💎paint/draw/write/read
💎Craft/crochet
💎General chores
💎Gardening
💎jigsaw/puzzles/TV favourites
💎Meet with friends
💎Quality family time
Evening Routines:
💎Sole Mates evening reminder
💎JGM10Ds/JFT/UAC/Hogwarts
💎Close Fitbit rings/Zone minutes
💎Building Healthy Habits
💎Duolingo Latin
💎Update Women over 50
💎Clutter Sweep
🧝🏻♀️Terri 🕊️
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TerriRichardson112 wrote: »@77tes It’s amazing what we can do when we put our minds in gear.
@MadisonMolly2017 You are doing so well.
Thank you! @TerriRichardson112
Much appreciated as I get “back on the horse”!0 -
Potted Bio - 2024Terri: Female; 77; living in Northern Ireland; married 57 years; 2 daughters, 3 adult grands; ex Maths teacher; volunteer group leader for U3A (University of the Third Age, life-long learning charity)Moving forward ……
SW: 227 (Mar 2014)
In maintenance: August 2017
LW: 131.2 (December 2022)
GW: 130 < 140🐣🐥🪺🌱🌿🌱🪺🐥🐣I am a person who values the health and fitness of my body, mind, and spirit
🐣🐥 April 2024 🐥🐣
🐣🐥🪺🌱🌿🌱🪺🐥🐣
Habits keep me going when motivation flags.
This month I will …..
April focus:
🛌 😴 Improving Sleep schedule
In April I am …..
… getting into bed before midnight > 4 nights a week
To help me do this I am …..
… switching off devices at 11.15pm
… using breathing meditation to switch off brain chatter
By the end of April I will …..
… have improved my Fitbit sleep score
😴
📌Consolidating Solid Habits
🪴
Great Oaks from little acorns grow!
Daily Solid Habits:
(Developed over time)💎Right This Minute: Anti procrastination strategyYOU are worth the effort!
💎Just DO it!!!
Morning Routines:
💎Daily Meditation
💎Walk/Make beds/Shiny Sinks
💎Post Sole Mates steps
💎Weigh 130 < 140/log
💎Monitor %age Fat/Muscle
💎Log CI<CO/Balance macros
💎Herbal tea/supplements
💎Self care
💎Quality time with DH
💎Ablutions/dress/Shiny sinks
💎Breakfast
In between:
💎Intentional exercise > 60 minutes
💎Cardio > 5500 steps
💎Strength > 15 minutes
💎Flex > 15 minutes
💎Active hours > 6
💎Zone minutes > 150 (per week)
💎Declutter > 15 minutes
💎Daily chores
💎paint/draw/write/read
💎Craft/crochet
💎General chores
💎Gardening
💎jigsaw/puzzles/TV favourites
💎Meet with friends
💎Quality family time
Evening Routines:
💎Sole Mates evening reminder
💎JGM10Ds/JFT/UAC/Hogwarts
💎Close Fitbit rings/Zone minutes
💎Building Healthy Habits
💎Duolingo Latin
💎Update Women over 50
💎Clutter Sweep
🧝🏻♀️Terri 🕊️
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