This October I Will...
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12/13 hours today. It feels good to move more often throughout the day!4
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Hi everyone! I love reading about how you all are doing. I agree, @themedalist, if it was easy, it wouldn't be a goal! The point is to stretch ourselves and grow, right?
My two hour timer has been working out really well this week. Also - the other day I was feeling really unmotivated, and it helped me to think of it as 8 blocks of 15 minutes. So thanks for that tip, @77tes (from the Projects thread)
I also started doing Tiny Habits, and came up with a good one:
"When I am hungry, I'll look for a vegetable to eat first."
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@MadisonMolly2017, you have such a great attitude. I'm sure it will help your bones to knit. Thinking of you.
Thank you @77tes! This has put my attitude to the test but I’m winning
Are you doing well?@MadisonMolly2017 it’s so good to hear you’re on the mend! I know from experience how hard it is to be patient while your body does it’s healing work. You seem to be doing all the right things to get you back to good as new. Lil Grasshoppers don’t sit still for very long, do they?! I’m glad you’re enjoying your walks.
@nebslp It certainly is especially after the Txplant, but focusing on gratitude is key! No, I really don’t sit still for long anymore! The walks are incredibly uplifting. Thank you so much!
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Hi everyone! I love reading about how you all are doing. I agree, @themedalist, if it was easy, it wouldn't be a goal! The point is to stretch ourselves and grow, right?
My two hour timer has been working out really well this week. Also - the other day I was feeling really unmotivated, and it helped me to think of it as 8 blocks of 15 minutes. So thanks for that tip, @77tes (from the Projects thread)
I also started doing Tiny Habits, and came up with a good one:
"When I am hungry, I'll look for a vegetable to eat first."
@gojolida I like your ideas. Even if you don’t have time to get 8 blocks in EVERY day, you will be moving forward on that book. What kind of reward do you give yourself when you do your 15 min block of writing or grab that healthy snack? I’m a chart/graph person, but sometimes a fist pump and “yes, I did it” is enough. I’m interested in what other people find helpful.
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@gojolida I like your ideas. Even if you don’t have time to get 8 blocks in EVERY day, you will be moving forward on that book. What kind of reward do you give yourself when you do your 15 min block of writing or grab that healthy snack? I’m a chart/graph person, but sometimes a fist pump and “yes, I did it” is enough. I’m interested in what other people find helpful.
Thank you! I feel like the reward is working day by day toward a life I want to live, and that is actually reward enough! And I like crossing things off a to do list
A chart / graph could be a really helpful reminder of the goals i'm working toward, too- Is there a program or spreadsheet you use?3 -
Hi everyone! I love reading about how you all are doing. I agree, @themedalist, if it was easy, it wouldn't be a goal! The point is to stretch ourselves and grow, right?
My two hour timer has been working out really well this week. Also - the other day I was feeling really unmotivated, and it helped me to think of it as 8 blocks of 15 minutes. So thanks for that tip, @77tes (from the Projects thread)
I also started doing Tiny Habits, and came up with a good one:
"When I am hungry, I'll look for a vegetable to eat first."
Thanks for the inspiration about the veggies, @gojolida , I was hungry this morning, but ate celery and carrots instead of my sandwich.1 -
@gojolida I like your ideas. Even if you don’t have time to get 8 blocks in EVERY day, you will be moving forward on that book. What kind of reward do you give yourself when you do your 15 min block of writing or grab that healthy snack? I’m a chart/graph person, but sometimes a fist pump and “yes, I did it” is enough. I’m interested in what other people find helpful.
Thank you! I feel like the reward is working day by day toward a life I want to live, and that is actually reward enough! And I like crossing things off a to do list
A chart / graph could be a really helpful reminder of the goals i'm working toward, too- Is there a program or spreadsheet you use?
I'd be rich if I got a nickel for every chart I've ever created for myself! Thanks for asking.
I started using the app HabitBull a little over a month ago and use it for everything I want to accomplish, and I mean everything!!! I keep track of my 8/13 hours of steps goal, bird studies, learning French, photography, deep cleaning, working out, needlework, free motion quilting, and the list goes on to include about 15 things. Every evening I go through the list and mark the ones I did that day and usually write a note about it. I have found it to be a really good way to remind and motivate myself to do the things I want to accomplish (someday, if not today)! And it only takes a couple of minutes.
I also have a notebook that I use with a couple of charts that I've created for my FitBit information. In one section I use the weekly report to track steps, floors, miles, active minutes, hours of activity, and heart rate. Once a week I use those numbers to compare and monitor progress. There's another section in my notebook that I started in Sept that tracks my active and stationary time, and that includes daily percentage of each, and also my number of active and stationary minutes, my longest stationary period that day, and 30 day average. I chart that daily and it takes less than a minute or two.
These are the most useful tools I've ever used, but maybe it's just that I'm more committed to changing my habits now. Or maybe seeing my goals and results daily is really motivating. Whatever it is, it's working!
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13/13 hours today.2
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@gojolida I like your ideas. Even if you don’t have time to get 8 blocks in EVERY day, you will be moving forward on that book. What kind of reward do you give yourself when you do your 15 min block of writing or grab that healthy snack? I’m a chart/graph person, but sometimes a fist pump and “yes, I did it” is enough. I’m interested in what other people find helpful.
Thank you! I feel like the reward is working day by day toward a life I want to live, and that is actually reward enough! And I like crossing things off a to do list
A chart / graph could be a really helpful reminder of the goals i'm working toward, too- Is there a program or spreadsheet you use?
I'd be rich if I got a nickel for every chart I've ever created for myself! Thanks for asking.
I started using the app HabitBull a little over a month ago and use it for everything I want to accomplish, and I mean everything!!! I keep track of my 8/13 hours of steps goal, bird studies, learning French, photography, deep cleaning, working out, needlework, free motion quilting, and the list goes on to include about 15 things. Every evening I go through the list and mark the ones I did that day and usually write a note about it. I have found it to be a really good way to remind and motivate myself to do the things I want to accomplish (someday, if not today)! And it only takes a couple of minutes.
I also have a notebook that I use with a couple of charts that I've created for my FitBit information. In one section I use the weekly report to track steps, floors, miles, active minutes, hours of activity, and heart rate. Once a week I use those numbers to compare and monitor progress. There's another section in my notebook that I started in Sept that tracks my active and stationary time, and that includes daily percentage of each, and also my number of active and stationary minutes, my longest stationary period that day, and 30 day average. I chart that daily and it takes less than a minute or two.
These are the most useful tools I've ever used, but maybe it's just that I'm more committed to changing my habits now. Or maybe seeing my goals and results daily is really motivating. Whatever it is, it's working!
This is wonderful, @nebslp. Great goals, a terrific plan for achieving those goals, and a well thought out system for tracking your progress. Well done! You are finishing the month strong!1 -
@nebslp and @gojolida , thanks for another great inspiration. I've got 50 essays that I need to grade and provide feedback on by next week. And ,of course, I still have to teach, grade smaller assignments, and do all the other things in my life like exercise and cook. So I've broken down the task to 10 essays per day. I'll try to do them in 15 minute chunks, and I made myself a star chart. Every essay I finish grading, I give myself a star. Wish me luck! I already have 1 star this morning, and it is only 8:20, and I also graded over 100 smaller assignments as well.3
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Today is 31 days of Intermittent fasting. I feel good, I feel healthy and strong. I did not drop any weight which surprises me. I am going to continue with IF since this seems to work for me.5
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@77tes You are on a roll today👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻! I think watching those stars line up will remind you of how much you’ve accomplished instead of thinking of many essays you have left to grade. And I noticed on my home page that you also got your daily workout done, too, as usual. Awesome!!!2
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I tried IF for about a week this month and then I got sidetracked. I like it, too, and am planning on making that one of my November goals. I did 14-16 hours and had no problem with it even though I had been used to eating later in the evenings (because I stay up too late)! Congrats on staying focused and getting 31 days!!!Today is 31 days of Intermittent fasting. I feel good, I feel healthy and strong. I did not drop any weight which surprises me. I am going to continue with IF since this seems to work for me.
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@nebslp and @gojolida , thanks for another great inspiration. I've got 50 essays that I need to grade and provide feedback on by next week. And ,of course, I still have to teach, grade smaller assignments, and do all the other things in my life like exercise and cook. So I've broken down the task to 10 essays per day. I'll try to do them in 15 minute chunks, and I made myself a star chart. Every essay I finish grading, I give myself a star. Wish me luck! I already have 1 star this morning, and it is only 8:20, and I also graded over 100 smaller assignments as well.
Breaking it down into smaller pieces makes it more manageable, just as a 100 pound weight loss goal is more doable in 5 or 10 pound increments.
I like the star reward! It's a nice visual reward!2 -
Today is 31 days of Intermittent fasting. I feel good, I feel healthy and strong. I did not drop any weight which surprises me. I am going to continue with IF since this seems to work for me.
Excellent, @PinkyPan1! Feeling good, healthy, and strong is terrific!0 -
12/13 hours. Last day of reporting! Thank you for helping with my accountability this month. I think it’s a main reason why I was successful with this goal.2
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Here's yesterday's star chart. I taped it on the wall by my computer. I decided to give myself extra cost pumps as the numbers accumulated, so I have myself a star for it's place in the line. It looks like I did 55 essays, but putting up the extra stars was encouraging,especially as I not tired. I'll make another chart for today.
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⭐️ 🌟 💫!1
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Another day of 10 essays!
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@77tes Fist-pump to you! .... question... how do you add a picture to your post?
@nebslp, above the text box for typing your post is a line of icons starting with the letter ‘B’ for bold. Towards the end of the line is an icon of a picture of some mountains and the sun. That’s the icon to use for uploading a picture to your post.1 -
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I did a final count and I logged 74 of 93 meals in my MFP food diary in October. That’s 80% and I’m happy with that. I’m going to continue to log my food.3
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