This is my March I Will!!!
So much fun!! I will use color & doodling from now on; I find it very relaxing & playful...adding doodles over time & seeing image grow.

If the space is colored (any color), I did it!
PS I do jot down my weight, sodium etc on the back with the things I learned in art.

Will save these in folder or binder over time I’m going to call it “The Second 50 months!”

@madisonmolly2017 what an amazing idea for a habit tracker in full color! I'm going to pass it on to my daughter. I think she will love this.

@MadisonMolly2017 that looks amazing! Congratulations on your successes!

1. I will Not Eat after 6:00 pm.
2. The small actions I’ll be taking to accomplish this goal - since watching TV is my trigger
to eat, I will not turn the TV on. Instead, I will work on scrapbooks.
3. Reward: Posting my success to the challenge.

5 Days of Success

I did another scrapbook page last night. It's so fun and my self esteem is through the roof! I know diet and exercise is good for us physically, but I think the mental health aspects should be stressed more. It's so demoralizing to fail all the time!

I gain weight this week and I am not happy but I will not stay stuck on that feeling. I will journal how I feel now, let it flow and use this to make a better plan for the weeks to come. Spending is still inder control. Making the list for Sundays grocery haul and this time I am going to buy what’s on the list and one item for me. Let’s see how that goes.

Went to the library and got 3 books. Hoping they keep me away from the pantry for a couple of hrs.

@LoriAnna62 I’m glad your daughter loved it. Super relaxing & definitely motivating!!
I love that you are feeling enlivened by your scrapbooking. I have created an art studio & also feel it’s a very important part of losing weight & becoming more fit. I had to identify activities that brought me as much, if not more, Joy as the food & relaxing, ie not exercising, did. Walking in nature switched from “I have to walk” to “Great, where are we walking today!” The photographs, as well as the color combinations, I take/notice on my walk/hikes fuel my art practice.

Now, in hindsight, I see how it all fits together!!


@prgirl39mfp
Do you use a trend wt app such as Happy Scale? I don’t use individual weights...I look at avg weekly weights & avg monthly weights. For ex, scale bopped up .6 lb overnight...hmmm. Checked av wt this week & last & it’s down 1lb!!! The scale just hops around. What is important is the trends over time. 💕 #You’veGotThis!

MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »

I have created an art studio & also feel it’s a very important part of losing weight & becoming more fit. I had to identify activities that brought me as much, if not more, Joy as the food & relaxing, ie not exercising, did. Walking in nature switched from “I have to walk” to “Great, where are we walking today!” The photographs, as well as the color combinations, I take/notice on my walk/hikes fuel my art practice.

Now, in hindsight, I see how it all fits together!!!

YES! It's not enough to have a list of things we can't/won't do anymore.....there has to be something to fill the void. And hobbies, creativity, nature (color!) are so much more satisfying than overeating....😊

Pretty Art Kitty! 😍

1. I will Not Eat after 6:00 pm.
2. The small actions I’ll be taking to accomplish this goal - since watching TV is my trigger
to eat, I will not turn the TV on. Instead, I will do something fun.
3. Reward: Posting my success to this challenge.

6 Days of Success

@prgirl39mfp You inspired me to read Spent the evening enjoying a good book I've read before but definitely worth reading again.

@LoriAnna62 thanks for the kind words. I am struggling with some sadness right now. Journaling has helped. I need to reach out to some friends and maybe vent a bit. Will refocus on my food choices that affect my mood. These are the books I got : Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur; The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum and Love and Life by De Laura Schlessinger. Finished one. 2 more to go. I am happy you got inspired. Let me know what else you read.

Thanks @MadisonMolly2017 I journal my weight and funny enough a couple of weeks ago I realized I lost 37 lbs and kept it off the past 4 yrs. That was so great to see. Thanks for the suggestion. I will check it out.

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Ack! I just wrote a long post and lost it! 😭

I had the same thing happen and I saw someone on another thread that said their post disappeared....