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    Your daily This but not That!

    Posts: 502 Member
    edited February 8 in Motivation and Support
    Everyday we are having to do a eat this not that or do this not that to get towards our goals. Please post those accomplishments here and help motivate others.

    Any situation goes, Ate eggs for breakfast and didn't have pancakes with extra syrup. Avoided office brownies, Worked out instead of watched tv... etc

    Please share your This not Thats.

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      Wow that's good Janice........don't know if I could've done that :ohwell:
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      had a salad instead of dessert. Ate an orange instead of a cookie :)
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      I had a lie in instead of exercising. Well a rest day is as important as working out and I don't usually have a rest day. Now I feel guilty for not working out but I will stick with my decision.
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      Worked out on my break!
    • Posts: 124 Member
      I had a lie in instead of exercising. Well a rest day is as important as working out and I don't usually have a rest day. Now I feel guilty for not working out but I will stick with my decision.

      This is me today. I decided I have been pushing myself too hard, and my body was really telling me. I felt drained all week. I decided today I am taking the day off. I ate what I wanted for breakfast, I am not working out, and I am not even getting out of my pajamas today. We are going to decorate our tree and watch Christmas movies. I feel no guilt over it though, and neither should you. We all really do need a day off from time to time.
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      Today I mixed up my workout routine by trying a Les Mills Grit Strength class for the first time instead of my usual Pump :smile:
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      Impressive restraint on the dessert! Way to be.
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