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Yes x3. Strength training this morning and a walk with the family after supper.
This months biggest victory is actually scale related. It finally moved after plateauing all of February. I’ve also noticed more strength and better balance lately.5 -
MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »My favorite day, too!
NSV’s:
... Making art fearlessly/enthusiastically daily!
(sighs wistfully and ever so slightly jealously .... )
that's a NSV I hope to be able to report SOME day .... but won't even start working on it until (maybe) Jan or Spring 2020.
By next month I WILL be reporting "making progress on Second Language Test practice fearlessly (for sure) / enthusiastically (kinda?) daily (needs to be part of new daily evening routine to make it stick)!"
One emotionally high-stress target goal at a time. And the SLE test has a work-related time-deadline that breaking creativity mental-blocks does not.
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THIS month's NSV report ....
I bought BRAND NEW CLOTHES THREE TIMES (so far) this month! Not "new to me" from thrift store.
Including a "deck-party casual" stretchy-material dress in a Medium. (snugger-fitting line than the size Small tops I bought earlier). I don't usually wear skirts ....
And after having three bags of clothes and dresser-drawer-stuff picked up for the donation drive last Monday, I have already started a new donation pile of "no point in mending / trying to alter" clothes from the overflowing mending basket. (The thrift store also accepts "unsellable" clothes so that the cloth is still re-purposed by their warehouse and kept out of landfills)
@BMcC9
I hear you.
When I was insanely busy like you, I thought “how can I use a couple of minutes each day to make art?”
My answer: I moved a small table next to my bedside with
One inch squares I cut from a small pad of watercolor paper
A set of watercolor pencils. A water cup, and a small brush
Small bottle glue
A few pages from magazines
Some markers
A black stamp pad
And a set of teensy stamps.
Micron (waterproof pen)
Before going to work, I’d create a background on one “Inchie” - sometimes a square of magazine glued down
- sometimes a watercolor wash
- Sometimes marks with a micron pen or with teensy stamps
When I got gone from teaching, I’d add more to the one I began. Marks, collage, color, etc.
At bedtime, I’d look at the tiny piece of earth, and add a last finishing touch...
I kept them in a small box and loved laying them out & admiring them.
Later I got a coin collector’s or slide plastic pages to store them.
I even did some with fabric straps and sewing!
Gradually, over the years, they got bigger: backs of old business cards are awesome!
I Began to cut 2” squares
Then Zentangle...larger squares
To a 5x7” notebook
Fast forward : now I’m workin 12x17 or 15 x 22” I NEVER thought I’d do that!
I can.tell you are an artist! Find one tiny thing you can do to fan that flame 🔥
EVEN when busy as heck!
Some possibilities:
Make 5 marks on the newspaper
Doodle for a minute in margins of your class notes
Draw on shower walls with water solvable markers
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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? 16k steps.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes.
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes.
As for NSV, one of my favorites is love noticed a spring in my step that means I am feeling fit. The second is a month ago I set s mini-goal of not eating any candy from the many candy dishes at work (one of which is in the office next to mine so I walk by it often), and over the last month I've only slipped once.4 -
Love the NSV day! Today was a very symbolic day for me, landing in nsv day. Today I was able to do the almost the same boot camp routine as the rest of the class. I only had to modify one exercise only because of knee soreness. I was also able to go up in weights for all exercises.
I really needed the boost this week, I haven't seen the scale move barely at all in almost a whole month. knowing that I'm getting strong again makes me feel good.
And, yes x 3 for Friday. Under caloories too!7 -
Ok, I logged all my food, but it was not under. I also did not exercise. (I'm jumping in mid-month so not aiming for winners circle, just aiming to get back into routine right now.)
My NSV is logging my food and committing myself to this challenge again. I'm still at a decent weight (although I still aim to get down a few kgs to maintain at my competition weight and skip the added stress of having to make weight.) However, as I mentioned in my intro, I'm limited on my exercise options right now as my favourite forms (jiu jitsu & Judo) are both out due to a broken arm. Actually, right now all I can really do is run and indoor bike and some body weight stuff like situps, squats etc (and obviously my arm related therapy). This is incredibly frustrating too me and my exercise is my passion and my therapy so I'm super grumpy without it and I get lazy and eat badly. However, I'm determined to pull myself out of this rut and find a new routine that works for now. I also need to focus on some core training so my recovery from the next surgery I have will be as good as possible. (I'm waiting for approval to donate my kidney to a friend who really needs it!)
Well done to everyone for making it this far and all the awesome NSVs that have been shared. Let's smash the rest of the month...7 -
Exercise yes
Calories yes
Tracking yes6 -
A bad couple of days. Out of the winners circle this month.
Not sure what is going on, but taking a day or so to try to figure it out. I have been very sluggish and struggling with cravings ... VERY unusual. Was below lower end of maintenance when I weighed the other day. Also, have been doing a lot. Thinking maybe I have been too restrictive with calories given activity level. So, will up calories a bit and try to make sure that I am adding in more when I am particularly active. Definitely think that I know how to lose but am in a learning curve in terms of learning how to maintain.7 -
Yes - 25 minutes of running cadence drills plus I beat my days step goal
Not sure if this is net or total so yes and no - yes I was under my net. No I was not under my default calorie goal, but as I exercise I have noticed staying with my default goal keeps me at a plateau.
I logged everything including BLTs.6 -
I'm taking a break from the challenge, currently cannot manage to keep up with it together with managing the injury and rehab. Hope to be back soon and wish everyone to be successful in your journeys.
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MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »My favorite day, too!
NSV’s:
... Making art fearlessly/enthusiastically daily!
(sighs wistfully and ever so slightly jealously .... )
that's a NSV I hope to be able to report SOME day .... but won't even start working on it until (maybe) Jan or Spring 2020.
By next month I WILL be reporting "making progress on Second Language Test practice fearlessly (for sure) / enthusiastically (kinda?) daily (needs to be part of new daily evening routine to make it stick)!"
One emotionally high-stress target goal at a time. And the SLE test has a work-related time-deadline that breaking creativity mental-blocks does not.
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THIS month's NSV report ....
I bought BRAND NEW CLOTHES THREE TIMES (so far) this month! Not "new to me" from thrift store.
Including a "deck-party casual" stretchy-material dress in a Medium. (snugger-fitting line than the size Small tops I bought earlier). I don't usually wear skirts ....
And after having three bags of clothes and dresser-drawer-stuff picked up for the donation drive last Monday, I have already started a new donation pile of "no point in mending / trying to alter" clothes from the overflowing mending basket. (The thrift store also accepts "unsellable" clothes so that the cloth is still re-purposed by their warehouse and kept out of landfills)
@BMcC9
I hear you.
When I was insanely busy like you, I thought “how can I use a couple of minutes each day to make art?”
My answer: I moved a small table next to my bedside with
One inch squares I cut from a small pad of watercolor paper
A set of watercolor pencils. A water cup, and a small brush
Small bottle glue
A few pages from magazines
Some markers
A black stamp pad
And a set of teensy stamps.
Micron (waterproof pen)
Before going to work, I’d create a background on one “Inchie” - sometimes a square of magazine glued down
- sometimes a watercolor wash
- Sometimes marks with a micron pen or with teensy stamps
When I got gone from teaching, I’d add more to the one I began. Marks, collage, color, etc.
At bedtime, I’d look at the tiny piece of earth, and add a last finishing touch...
I kept them in a small box and loved laying them out & admiring them.
Later I got a coin collector’s or slide plastic pages to store them.
I even did some with fabric straps and sewing!
Gradually, over the years, they got bigger: backs of old business cards are awesome!
I Began to cut 2” squares
Then Zentangle...larger squares
To a 5x7” notebook
Fast forward : now I’m workin 12x17 or 15 x 22” I NEVER thought I’d do that!
I can.tell you are an artist! Find one tiny thing you can do to fan that flame 🔥
EVEN when busy as heck!
Some possibilities:
Make 5 marks on the newspaper
Doodle for a minute in margins of your class notes
Draw on shower walls with water solvable markers
😀
Thank you SOOOOO much for the "start with 1-inch squares' ideas! Maybe I WON'T have to wait till after the fall after all!!
I'll work out how to work that kinda-thing into the daily-routine schedule that has to be re-tooled to fit an hour of French Review "games" most days by end of March anyway .......1 -
I'm taking a break from the challenge, currently cannot manage to keep up with it together with managing the injury and rehab. Hope to be back soon and wish everyone to be successful in your journeys.
It feels to you like u r not keeping up BUT to is you inspire.....,maybe consider staying for that??
Yes X 3
LNS staying here when feel like quitting.....4 -
BonnieHosk85 wrote: »Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Recumbent bike, 20 minutes, 6.12 miles
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
Safe travels and see you in April, @w8goal4life!
I am able to go to social functions now and not even be in the food area. No temptations, no draw, nothing. My birthday was yesterday and a good friend in my small group brought an angel cake with sliced strawberries and whipped cream (very sweet since they know I'm eating healthier). They brought me a piece and sang "Happy birthday" and I was able to save that for today. Not even tempted to get into it at the gathering or at home. That is huge for me, a former food addict.
I'm going to try on a pair of pants one size smaller tomorrow. I haven't worn them since '14 or '15. I'll let you know what happens.
Happy birthday.3 -
Yes all.4
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Date: Fri, 15th:
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes, tried to burn off all my indiscretions on the treadmill for almost 3 episodes of MadMen
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Noooo!
Pass day
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes!3 -
Exercise: Yes
Calories: Yes
Tracked: Yes
NSV. Mostly it is about maintaining my weight loss. Every now and then I will run across a note to myself from a few years ago about wanting to lose weight. I think about that person who really wanted to lose weight and where I am today. Today I was cleaning and ran across one of the pictures of myself that I printed to motivate myself to lose weight. It was not the most flattering picture. I look so much fitter and healthier these days.6 -
@strongscarlet
March 15, 2019
Exercise: No
Calories: Yes (but way too low, just not hungry, stressed)
Tracked: Yes
I’d come back to read/share NSVs. Just not up to it.5 -
3/15
6 Pass days
Exercise? Yes, 20 minute walk outside....what was I thinking. Caution, just because the sun is shining does not mean it's not cold out anymore. Had to pull my hood up and put my mittens on. However, still felt good to be outside again. Also did a short 10 minutes on the elliptical.
Calories? Yes even without my exercise!!
Tracking? Yes
My NSV is just the fact that I'm still here and tracking regularly. That's a big help.7 -
Tracking- yes
Calories- no
Exercise- yes4 -
@Dory_42 I am SOOO happy you are back!!! Thank you so much! I've really missed you!
Rick2 -
@trimi1104 You will be missed. We appreciate you so much. Heal and recover and come back to us when it's right for you.3
