TRY.
TRY AGAIN.
TRY ONCE MORE.
TRY DIFFERENTLY.
TRY AGAIN TOMORROW.
TRY, AND ASK FOR HELP.
TRY TO FIND SOMEONE WHO’S DONE IT.
TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU SUCCEED.

Monday Jan 24

Exercise: Yes - 55 minutes Body Pump workout and 30 minute dog walk
Tracked everything: Yes
Calories under: Yes

Loving the 'try' poem/ advice above!

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Such a timely and appreciated opening message today @Jana_2020 💫 Thank you

✅ Exercise: 83 mins
✅ Calories: under goal
✅ Tracked

Remaining pass days: 3️⃣

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1 mile treadmill walk, 3 mile treadmill run.
Autocorrect tried to change “run” to “fun” and I’m not sure I can imagine a sentence where fun would describe a treadmill experience.

Back on track after letting my college roomie and his hubs visiting throw me completely off food wise.

1/24
Exersised yes
Caleries yes
Logged-yes

All three done over 11,000 steps today but still going slow. I will be glad when this Covid is over such long lasting effects. Hubby said he felt like he has an elephant on his chest O2 levels are good and heart rate good guess it just takes time he said he felt bad because it’s cold and I had to take the dogs out this evening I reminded him of the fact that when I broke my arm a few years ago he took care of me isn’t that what it’s all about? Thanks for the chat good night.

Exercise: Yes
Tracked : Yes
Calories: Yes

Ditto 😉
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4 pass days used

So some good news - I'm feeling very pleased with myself. In a prior post I mentioned that I was going to work on not letting perfect be the enemy of good. I've actually been working on applying that mantra since about Jan 3 when I created the upcoming content I shared Jan 19. Well I am a stress eater/emotional eater/binge eater and I have been battling trying to form some better ways to handle stress from when I acknowledged it about 11 months ago. As you may or may not know, I have been extremely unhappy and stressed about changes in management that have greatly affected my job. The last two weeks, I have been beside myself. But - and this is a big but - even though I haven't been logging faithfully, nor exercising (crawling in bed to binge on Netflix instead lol), I have managed NOT to give in too many times to binging. When I did, I chose popcorn with a little bit of cheese and Everything But The Bagel spice on it. One night I almost caved to ice cream but my husband offered to go get Thai food for me instead. Yes, I ate too much Thai, but it was still better than too much ice cream. I stepped on the scale this morning, hoping to see that I either maintained or at least only gained a pound or two. And to my surprise, I lost 0.9 lbs! The way I've handled the major life change and subsequent stress, although not perfect, is still many times better than I ever done before! I've also been trying to learn yoga (really even just to figure out why so many people love it) and this week's goal is to try to do it a minimum of 5x this week. I did it tonight even after another upsetting day. So these 2 accomplishments are making me feel great today!
Oh and YES x 3 today also!!
My monthly mantra of "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good" has been really working to keep me in check. Let's just KEEP TRYING everyone!

Jana, I love your mantra. Keep up the great work! I would agree in that the more I give up perfection, the better off I am.

Speaking of less than perfect...
Today was yes, yes and yes
The last several days, however, have been a 'no, no, and no' for logging. I exercised daily and have been more or less close to my calories but I just did not log. I had a lot of other things happening so I put logging on the back burner. I did, however, try to go back read all the posts that I missed. Always great info to be had there!

Monday January 24

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One pass day used January 22

@Jana_2020 Well done! Such good news - thanks for sharing with us. 🥰

first of all , I am having internet issues, sorry so I hope my posting uploads


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

3-yes day. Plus, I recruited some family to IF. Some are doing 12 hr, 16, and an 18-hr. It's good to have extra accountability and we're on WhatsApp together, which feels nice to check in every evening with them.