Exercise: Weight circuit and a 3 mile run with various speed intervals. I wish I would have played around with intervals on my long runs. I am contemplating whether I should try it with the 15k.

Tracking:

Calories:

Yes X3.

October 6;

Will definitely check out that podcast!

Track: Yes
Exercise: Yes 45 min BodyCombat
Under calorie goal: Yes

Passes used: 1

@biketheworld, thanks for suggesting the Half Size Me podcast, hosted by Heather Robertson, I’m definitely going to check her out, 👍🏻👍🏻

Tracked -Yes
Within calorie budget - Yes
Exercised - Yes, a 4 mile run 🏃‍♀️
Pass days used - 1

10/6/2021

Exercise? Yes. About 20 minutes of walking and some minimal stretching at rehearsal. ♪♫
Tracking? Yes.
Calories? Right on the limit today, so I'm going to count that as a yes.

Three yesses? Wow!

Pass days used? 4/3

It's almost midnight, so I'll come back to read everything tomorrow.

Oct 6
Exercise - 15 minute MommaStrong, 30 minutes walking (beautiful day!)
Tracking - Planned, adjusted the plan along the way
Calories - Under
Pass days so far - 0

Thanks for the podcast recommendation and the nugget. It's interesting because I have been "doing" weight loss to some extent my whole adult life. But really, when I joined weight watchers right after college, I lost the 25 pounds I needed to lose pretty easily and kept it off until pregnancy. After pregnancy I had maybe 50 pounds to lose. I think that people who have lost 100+ pounds are in a whole different category from me and I have great admiration for what a challenge that must be but I don't know if their truths are my truths, really. But I am interested to keep reading those nuggets and see.

The "have to" brings me back to being pregnant with my first, 10 years ago. I was so so nauseous all the time and the only thing that kept me from throwing up was eating food like pizza and milkshakes. Those didn't even taste good but if I didn't eat them constantly I would throw up bile. The pounds piled on in a really frightening way - I gained half my body weight in those 9 months. My ob said, "You HAVE TO stop eating so much." And I explained that if I didn't eat I threw up and couldn't stop throwing up. She said, "Oh well, then, you HAVE TO work really hard at losing weight just as soon as you have this baby." (With the second pregnancy they gave me some medication that helped - wish they would have done that instead of "HAVE TO" at me!) As soon as I had my baby, I was immediately thinking constantly about how the doctor said "I HAVE TO" work on losing weight right away. It honestly kind of made me miserable in a really unnecessary way. I really couldn't lose weight while breastfeeding and caring for a young child, and then trying to get pregnant again. I don't know when I gave up on that "HAVE TO" - I think it was gradually - but it was a really good thing.

I finally circled back to the weight loss when my oldest was 7 and my youngest was 3. That doctor's "HAVE TO"s still echo in my mind but really, having been overweight for that many years, I felt less like I had to. Obviously I could live at that weight - I had done it already! And the pressure to lose it quickly - that ship had clearly sailed. So, I did kind of chose to do it on my own - and I have embraced the slow and steady way to lose it rather than being in any kind of rush. Losing at my pace, which I do think will be more sustainable in the end.

Wow, I'm not sure I took from that what I was meant to, but it sure was interesting to think about!

Wednesday, October 6

Pass Day but feeling much better

yes x 3

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? No
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

I have mixed opinions on this topic. On one hand, I'm a horrible procrastinator, so "I have to" mentality tends to be how things get done. When I have that mentality, I am more likely to get the positive results (weight loss).
That said, I also subscribe to the theory of adulthood that I don't "have" to do anything. There are things I should do and there are consequences to not doing them. For every choice, there's the little pros/cons tally in my head. It sometimes is useful to remember this for my mental health, but does not always yield the best results for my physical health.