Wabmester…... there is a lovely story of a man in the middles ages with a too small house, many children, an unhappy wife so he goes to the wise man for advice…..who says "bring the chickens inside… then bring in the cow, and both goats…so the man goes home and does this.

after a few weeks the man is back at the wiseman's complaining that his life is too crazy with all these animals inside, and kids, and now the wife is really unhappy..so the wise man tells him to put all the animals back outside..and everyone in the family is so happy with all the wonderful new space inside their house.
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the "Voluntary Simplicity" movement has been around for 20+ years now.. it works. An often used phase was
"Real success is not "having" money.. real success is not "needing" it.

When I moved from a house to a smaller apt. I made the rule that nothing NEW could come in..a chair, a sweater, etc… unless a similar thing went OUT… it works..you begin to measure what you like, use or will enjoy more.

My KISS will be: To kick at least one habit and grow a wanted habit.

I eat too much pork rinds, because they're tasty and convenient for fat quota. 1 bag is 45g at 280 kcal. But I usually have 2 bags and some days up to 4 bags

It's too expensive. I'll only allow 1 bag/day. Better have some avocado or CO instead. I'll also look into if possible to make my own.

I also drank a lot of diet soda this summer. Funny, I never liked that stuff before. But they're making me subjectively «hungrier». I can often pile on more eating and snacking after. But if I stick to regular savory meals, less peckish. Diet soda isn't really giving me anything I want, so it has to go.

I'll try continue to grow the habit of doing strength training from the August challenge. I'd like the habit to stick.

@wabmester. I'm also in the process of decluttering my home. Sigh, the squirrel hoarder in me is strong.

There's a lot of new stuff happening in my life this month, I'm gonna start in group therapy and take a course to become a «training companion» . The city pays to give a few who needs a way to start training. It's mostly a motivator job, I think. But it's also a chance to do a very meaningful job, helping people who are in a rut. So I won't be too hard on myself if all my goals for this challenge isn't met.

No matter good intentions, being overwhelmed doesn't do any good. Slow and unsteady is better than nothing at all!

I'm just back from holiday with an extra kilo of carb-weight in tow from letting my diet slip quite a few times over the week.

My goal for September is back to basics:
- Get back to proper keto eating again including using my keto-strips once a week
- Do some form of exercise EVERY DAY in September. Keeping it simple so it doesn't matter what the exercise is as long as it raises my heart rate for at least 30 mins per day

Happy September!!!! I will TRY to drink more water-weigh only once a week-get more exercise-do something around the house(weeding, decluttering, etc. Stuff I don't normally do)at least weekly. Hopefully more often. I really don't like to set goals. Fear of not making them. Good luck to everyone!!! It will be fun to see how we all do!!

My KISS:

Get back to basics: meat, eggs, veg, minimal dairy. Cut the bread and other sugary stuff back out.

Stick to my calories.

Get at least 5k steps per day, preferably 7.5k.

Drink at least 12 cups water daily.

I'm in for KISS:

1. Maintain my two day a week intermittent fasting program. I love the simplicity of just not-eating.
2. On my eating days, keep the menu basic and try to avoid cooking a lot of complicated recipes.

baconslave wrote: »

Look at all these challengers!

Today is weigh day. 159.0lb on the nose. Not touching the scale for a week. Which won't be too difficult this first week as I'm going camping tonight through Sunday. But I'm not even looking at the damn thing when I get home until Tuesday. I don't expect any loss. I'll be eating maintenance since there's no wi-fi.

I also won't be drinking that nasty vodka (I'm a whiskey/scotch girl anyway). Not one drop this weekend. No matter how aggravating the Carb-a-Lots (the in-laws) or my offspring are. Or my husband. Or how sweaty-armpit-nasty it will be. Because it will be in the 90s with little shade. I hate that campground. But since FIL decided to drag his feet booking, it's all we could get. Blurgh!

But I digress...as usual.

Have a fabulous first challenge day!

Pack N Prep honey. (Not that you don't already know and have this in motion, just sayin'.) Set yourself up for success, despite the miserable A-holes in your side of the world! Sending strong positive reinforcing hugs! LOL

My KISS for September is:
Drink more water and do some sort of "movement" every day for the month!

KISS Goal: 1) Be able to button up my jeans again (I refuse to buy the next size up). Fall is coming soon and I can't wear my stretchy shorts forever.

Implementation Plan: 1) Stick diligently with LCHF (under 50g carb). Not just for fat loss, but to keep from feeling all bloated and crappy; hence my pants will fit better. 2) Walk daily, either right after I drop my son at school or get there early to pick him up and take a walk in the arbouretum right next to the school. 3) Yoga.

Expected results: Feel comfortable in my own clothes.