Friday Weigh in
Cornanda
PW- 184
CW- 184.3
Week- 4

Tough week, so I'm pretty happy with this.

@rachelleahsmom

Sending you a hug! Sleep is my issue (one of many!), too. It seems like EVERYTHING is worse without the right amount and kind of sleep. I have to be so careful because I tend to spiral. I have my last child graduating high school this year and I just keep telling myself that it will be fine. I'm going to miss her so much. Also, so much of my life activities and my identity are wrapped up in motherhood. In anticipation of her leaving, I got a job and a cat. One day at a time and one foot in front of the other is about all I can manage at this point.
P.S. Eating, sleeping, whatever - you ARE a good girl![/quote]

Thank you especially for this. That's right where I am with my kids and my identity. I know it will be OK, but I get scared when I start to trying to figure out what I'm going to do with myself. I will get there.

Wednesday Check-in: Sorry I missed checking in yesterday. Big family doings! Quick sum-up is that Wednesday was a good, on-plan day, and that I got in weights in the morning and a 55 min outdoor walk (date walk with husband!) in the evening.

Thursday Check-in
Calories: under; all good, on-plan choices
Water: on target
Exercise: 60 min on elliptical trainer (SUCH fun!)
5 Habits: Checks for 4 out of 5! ✔️✔️❌✔️✔️ (missed martial arts forms; interrupted in the morning & then forgot)
Grateful for: joints that work and do not hurt; the love and partnership of my husband

Goals and Improvements for Today (Friday)
Work my 5 Habits!
- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min)✔️
- Meditation (daily 2+ min)✔️
- M.A. Forms Practice (daily 2+ min)✔️
- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min)
- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily)
Exercise
- Weights session at gym ✔️
- Outdoor walk or platform stepping

Other thoughts
Someone was talking about rewards a while back, and I have been thinking about them as I work my way through the book Tiny Habits. I was noticing that I get super excited about my "5 minutes in the sauna" reward after working out at the gym. I thought on Wednesday that my husband might need us to get out of the gym faster, and offered to skip it. He was a big no to that, as it is his reward. It had me notice how well it is working as my reward, too. I love that 5 minutes in the sauna right after working out to a ridiculous level, and I was super glad we did not skip that reward that morning. I added it in to was done on the elliptical, and was, again, super excited about it.

@MaegyS - 😊Great weigh-in! Seriously -- a loss is a loss! Nearly a pound is nothing to sniff at! Something you are doing is working! Congratulations on being in the green this week! ✔️👍🏽

@mrmcgrath - Sorry the number isn't a happier one this week, but a big YAY👍🏽 to your checking in and to your continuing to look at where you are getting the work done and what's being effective. With all your commitment to this, you will get to your goal!

@Cornanda - 👐 Hurray for dealing with your tough week with so much continued focus on your health!
Sleep is something I have to pay attention to, too.
Have you come across Headspace? They have some stuff on YouTube and a nice app. I like both their meditation and their sleep wind-down pieces. If interested, you can check out Headspace for free on Youtube.

@TeresaW1020 - 👐😟 I am so SO sorry to hear about your pastor. I hope you and your husband are doing okay. I am sending thoughts and prayers to your pastor and his family, you and your DH and to all the many people that this affects. I do hope that recovery moves quickly for him. 👐

@Katmary71

Decluttering/cleaning- OK, I was unsuccessfully on hold for going on 5 hours, I scrubbed the stove, went through 3 boxes of paperwork, organized my cookbooks and gardening books, put together another box to donate, and more! Kitchen looks awesome!

😵 😲 🤯 You just have to picture someone reading this with a stunned look on her face. 5 hours on hold? Yikes! What you got done with that time? Awesome! Just. Wow.

@sunshineplace - Hurray for your check-in (in the green!!✔️) and for your having had such a great day! 👍🏽

@Motiv8tedMom - I so hope you are feeling better after your terrible root canal. Sending hugs. 👐

@raleighgirl09

... the difference in actions and intentions made a difference in my habits for the day and not having the ease of the day today that I had yesterday.

😊 How great to notice the power of planning and taking those actions in having you have a different day!
😔 I also found your post about pre-dinner eating and making sure you keep track of that very thought-provoking. I, too, find myself nudging at edges (what can I get away with?) and bringing myself back. With my track record for gaining lots of weight quickly and being surprised, I see myself continuing to pay attention to portions. I salute everyone who reaches a place where they don't keep track, but don't feel I am there.

@Kayla7303 - Shazam! What a great weigh-in! I had the same question as @TeresaW1020 -- do you know of anything you did that had it be such a blockbuster week? It's always interesting to watch for those patterns, and figure out what to repeat, where it's possible. (And sometimes it's a mystery!) 😊😊😊

@gwamajtw91 - Congratulations on holding steady despite a 3-day weekend! It sounds like you are doing really well with IF! 👍🏽

@leonadixon - ✔️ Hurray for that weigh-in! Down is down! And your exercise adventures are so inspiring! 😲😊

@rachelleahsmom - These life changes are such a big deal. Hang in there, and keep up the great work to take care of yourself! (Be as kind you yourself as you would be to those great kids of yours!) 👐👐👐

@bethanie0825 - ✔️ Woohoo! In the green this week! Congratulations!

@Katmary71 - Um, a huge WOW to your climbing 189 flights of stairs! 🤯
👐 And a hug as regards the evil ice cream video.
Gym TV is such an odd mishmash. I think all of my current knowledge of Harry and Meghan and the Kardashian sisters is due to gym TV. Not as tortuous as ice cream, but yes, I mostly bring podcasts and try to exercise my brain, too! (Come to think of it -- it's a reward for me, just like the sauna.)
Oh -- thanks for the compliment on the Habit Tracker! .... and I broke my streak yesterday on one of my habits. Started back anew today! I had my morning schedule interrupted yesterday in the flurry of getting my son packed and on a plane to go compete in a science competition and see a college (eep! he was so excited; I had so many feelings all at once about it 😢😵😊; and yes, that hour later on the elliptical was SO therapeutic). Anyway, I did not remember it that open item until I was almost asleep (at which point I decided I would live with it; sleep is important, too). New day today, though, and I got back to my still-new morning routine today. Getting those new habits nailed in by making them first-thing-in-the-morning things is being super helpful for me.

@TeresaW1020 way to go!

@Cornanda glad you finished a tough week strong.

@mrmcgrath hang in there!

@AustinRuadhain When I think of rewards now I think of the link you put on my feed about rewards being non-monitary like congratulating yourself after a workout. I love that you spend time in the sauna when done. For me after working out I get in the shower and have various scented soaps to choose from, then have a few lotions that I've been adding essential oils to so there's a whole relaxation experience followed by herbal tea after dinner. Funny how things pop in your mind once in bed, mine are usually that I forgot to do side planks or log an apple!

@MaegyS nice loss!

@vanjan14 great loss! Have a wonderful vacation!

Username: davors19
Weigh-in week: Week 3
Weigh-in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 285
Todays Weight: 285

Weekends tend to throw off all the work I've done during the week. Anyone else? Trying to be strong today since I have weigh in tomorrow. Any advice welcome!!

@AustinRuadhain I love me some sauna time!

Friday Check-in
Calories: under; all good, on-plan choices
Water: on target
Exercise: strength training (35 min); platform stepping (47 min; watched 2 episodes of Martha Bakes, which I am foolishly fond of and watch ONLY while exercising -- another reward)
5 Habits: Checks for 5 out of 5! ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Grateful for: cell phones and fellow parent/chaperones who are updating me while my son is off on his trip; the love and partnership of my husband; to-do lists (I am goofily excited about the to-do list we put together over breakfast, and the chance to cross things off it today!); podcasts and audiobooks

Goals and Improvements for Today (Saturday)
Work my 5 Habits!
- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min)✔️
- Meditation (daily 2+ min)✔️
- M.A. Forms Practice (daily 2+ min)✔️
- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min)
- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily)
Exercise
- Elliptical at gym followed by sauna
Other
- Work on the To Do List!
- Includes working on my office!

@TeresaW1020 - Thanks so much for checking in despite all that is going on! 👐👐👐
And a big Hurray! for your pastor getting to go home last night. I hope he works at the things he needs to work at. Being there for his church and family may help him get to work on his health, even if he doesn't feel like it.

@Motiv8tedMom - @TeresaW1020 's advice about having a plan in place is certainly what works best for me. Whatever the plan that works for you. But thinking about food decisions in advance can help you make better choices, at least it does me. 🎯
And, yes, I too have my weigh-in day as Monday, because it helped nudge me to make better choices on the weekends.

@kayla7303 - 😲😊 80 pounds down. Wow! Your routine is great and sounds super practical. And clearly it is working for you! The bump being from eating out makes perfect sense. Restaurant food can have so much hidden salt!

@davors19 - 👍🏽 Hurray for holding steady this week!

@Katmary71 - You are kicking booty on those Habits! 👍🏽
I love your thinking about hydration and the water bottle. 🌊
And on the reward conversation -- scented soaps, hmmm! I love that! 🕯️

@vanjan14 - ✔️ Woohoo! Congratulations on the great weigh-in!