Well...my struggle today was this delicious homemade apfelstrudel with vanilla sauce...I lost ;-) but instead of eating a whole portion, I shared one...so I ended up eating maybe 40% and my partner 60%.

That's a thing I learned within my last 3 month: don't fight it, try to work around it. You're craving some sweets? Maybe get not a regular package of cookies, get a snack pack with 3 pieces. Don't buy a 100gr chocolate bar, get a little candybar. At least it is working for me...oh and Coke Zero...I know it is unhealthy, but from time to time I really need a glas of ice cold coke. It's kinda fighting my sweet tooth.

My soda of choice is Pespi Max, so much better than regular Pepsi, though I try to only drink a few during the week.

Today's struggle (and yesterday's) is getting back into exercising and not focusing on the weight I gained on my last weigh in.

I ate one of my biggest fear foods today, for the first time in probably seven years. (Eating disorder.)

Here is one thing I discovered (and I saw a post on the check in thread where I need to put this too). If you want to have a treat, decide up front how much you are going to have, put it in a small dish, put the container away, and take the dish in another room before you put any in your mouth. Then eat the treat very slowly and deliberately (not while multitasking) and think about the way it tastes and feels, in other words REALLY ENJOY IT.

I have an issue with things like nuts and pita chips where if I start eating out of the container, I could easily eat it ALL (which of course then when you log it, it's like you ate a Winnebago full.

But my struggle is about being on the phone/computer for five straight hours, not having time to even go outside for a minute at what is supposed to be lunch time, and it's supposed to rain again tonight, so when will I escape?

My struggle today was forcing myself to walk around the park circle one last time before walking home, but I did it and for the first time in over a week I completed my day under my calorie goal.

sugaandgrits wrote: »

lack of sleep led to a carb binge.

This is a good reminder for all of us, 'specially me. Inadequate sleep has some really bad health effects, possibly even relating to dementia later on in life by not clearing the amyloids from your brain each night.

I know that when I don't sleep well I get extra hungry, too lethargic to exercise, need more coffee just to function, get pimples, dark rings under my eyes, and on and on.

My summer solstice resolution

In the fairly recent past, I have struggled when spending time with my significant other. We live 2 hours apart and so on weekends when we are together, it is a little bit harder for me to get my exercise in because we want to spend our time together, but she isn't really fond of exercising. Whereas she encourages me to do so, it is definitely more than she wants to be doing on any given day. Last night though, we found an exercise that she enjoys and have agreed to do so at least once per weekend. SWIMMING! I'm not a great swimmer, but the doggy paddle takes A LOT of work to keep going... 40 minutes of swimming back and forth and even having a little happy competition makes it awesome!

I didn't struggle so much today as I was simply fully present with multiple emotions...grief over a dying friend, anticipation of the SCOTUS decision, pride over my godson coming out as trans, frustration over trying to pay the bills, love for my partner, concern for one of my dogs with a torn acl...but recognizing and being present with all of that actually made me feel more alive, where sometimes I rry to ignore those feelings and end up full of anxiety. Today was a good day. (My today, likely your yesterday unless you also work midnights)

Thank you. Today's struggle is trying to give away or dispose of the last of the 3 wedding cakes people brought to my impromptu wedding yesterday! There are definitely worse struggles to have :-)

I'm really struggling with keeping my sugar and carbs in check. I am almost never over my calories, but I am almost ALWAYS over on carbs and sugar.... and it's not even from junk, i LOVE fruit... and that kills me. Any suggestions? I can't just eat vegetables... but the goal is killing me and discouraging me.