This month I tried fasting for 24 hours, and I liked it! Much easier than I expected. Not many months ago going 8 hours without eating at night seemed like a huge challenge to me and I never expected to fast (voluntarily) in my life. I also tried brewing kombucha this month. I like doing that too.

Today I am fasting until supper. For my first two 24 hour fasts I worked out fasted right before ending my fast. Today I plan to walk some throughout the day and let my FitBit track the exercise for me. My non-scale victories are trying out new habits. I will add my results tomorrow. I tend to be one of the last ones to post here many days.

I was just saying yesterday how I’ve been consistent with exercise… errrr, I got a covid booster jab today and ended up missing my class but I did track and stay within budget.

❌ Exercise
✅ calories
✅ tracking

NSV this month; increased upper body strength. YAY!

15 Dec
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes

NSV this month. Only 20 more miles to finish Run the Year and it looks like my pace has improved consistently all year compared to last year which is one of my big "tries".

15/12/2021
Exercise – yes
Tracking – yes - guesstimates
Calories – yes ?
Pass days – 0

Long bike ride this morning and gym workout later, but went out to lunch with friends. I chose prawn cocktail – rather a lot of creamy dressing – and game casserole. There are very few database entries for game casserole but I think if anything I over-estimated. The prawn cocktail was more difficult – I think the dressing was based on proper (ie not low fat) mayo. I wish I could have picked out the prawns and left some of the dressing on the plate but it was too delicious!
However, no dessert and only water to drink has kept the calories within my limit – lots of exercise calories available.

NSV – this month at last I have managed to get back to the gym. I have been several times now and hope the habit is getting established. I’ve also rejoined the planking challenge after missing a couple of months. Another habit to get established again.

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Nsv: I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished this year with my fitness and nutritional goals. I keep trying and that feels good as it’s getting me closer to my ultimate size objective.

December 15, 2021

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

Habits to maintain this month:
Kitchen Closed? Yes
Did you go "nuts" with nuts today? No (13 days -free)
Within Sugar macro today? Yes (13 days)

Pass day 0/3 (this is for accountability to myself and my records).

NSV:
My fruits eating is under control. I like eating fruits but that messes up my Sugar macro. I am getting a good handle on my fruits.

Exercise - walk 1 hr
Under calorie budget (1650)? Yes 1618
Tracked everything I ate and drank? Yes

Wednesday December 15

✅✅✅ for today

1 pass day used (December 13)

NSV

1. I am enjoying my treadmill walking now and I don’t watch the clock every couple of minutes to see when I can be done.

The YouTube walking videos are helping! I walked through Mykonos and areas in Hawaii over the past week. Sunshine, nature, busy cafes and conversations as we pass, and wave sounds. I am nowhere close to the steps and length of walks I was doing in the summer and fall (before the ice and snow arrived) - but I am hopeful I will be able to extend my time.

Julie

Yes x's 3
Have used 1/3 pass days.
Experimenting with intermittent fasting. Aiming for full 16:8

15th Dec
* 30 min jog, weights & stretch.
*Meditation and journaling
* Over calories by 400, went out to dinner and ate so much! Pizza!!! Was great!! Lol! I'm so naughty and eating is a mess atm but will work on it asap!!!
* Tracked blt
* Monitored sugars but over

My nsv is that from the 15th of Nov up till today I hve jogged, stretched, stuck to my weights routine, did mediatation journaled & woke up early/between 4.45am to 630am 5 days a week! I read atomic habits which u guys recommended to me a while ago (so thank you) and it's really helped cement these habits.

Lastly the first 2 weeks of my jogging, involved me avoiding hills at all cost, until I seen an elderly man and his dog walking up a hill in my neighborhood and that inspired me to think well if he can walk up it then I can jog up it. This morning I seen him again at the same hill and told him that he inspired me which he said in turn inspired him. It was a really heart warming beautiful moment for me! Also I got to pat his gorgeous dog again which was another bonus! He he!! Ill jump on later ro read all ur nsv!!! Xo

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, 35 minutes Peloton, 10 minutes yoga, 10 minutes strength, 27 minutes walking
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

Pass days used - 1/3 (Dec 3)

NSV -
My winter boots fit better. I have a pair of Sorel boots and I remember last year it was so hard to get them on and off, the liners would always come out when I was taking them off. Anyway, this year they slip on much easier. Also, I have a pair of hiking books and even just the act of bending over to put them on is easier.
There is so much joy in having better mobility and better ability to fit in things!

Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: yes

• Full body warm up 5 min
• Day 4 of EPIC II - Cardio dumbbell full bod workout / core focus 54 min

Pass Days: 3/3

Todays EPIC was heavily modified as I had some pain in my left knee after about three squats. She was doing a combo of upper body dumbbells with squats or lunges for part of the session often one side at a time so I did the upper body part with dumbbells on both side. There was a separate core work on the mat that I fully did. Sometimes I get tired of modifying but I have to work with my limitations and I still workout much harder with EPIC then left to my own devices.

NSV? I'd say that after November being my worst month I'm back on the path not having pass days. In spite of three two were doctor ordered no exercise so if not for that I would only have one pass day up to now which is where I want to be.

✅ Exercise - 1.25 hour of Jazzercise
✅ Calories -
✅ Tracking -
Closed all my Apple watch rings today.

8 Pass days used

Feels so good to be back to my habits.

NSV: I'm wearing jeans from 15 years ago, when I was probably close to my thinnest post babies.