What worked for you today?
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I brought my sneakers and a change of clothes to work. My office is next to a trail and I want to take advantage of it to run right after work before I need to pick up my son from practice.13
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i had a little talk to myself when temptation came about, I said Is this going to get you want you want?
I am responsible for creating the life I want. This food is like an abusive lover, get away from that stuff, Run! (I am not even hungry, it just looks good)11 -
Waiting. I thought about having a scoop of ice cream (I have the calories) and realized....actually, after that lovely stirfry, what I really want is a mug of hot tea. I can always get the ice cream later if I want it. So I waited, and it turned out I'm good with the tea.11
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What worked for me today was changing the way I was thinking. I was on a thread earlier and someone posted their food and movement for the day, which I thought was a wonderful idea. I pledged to do 20 minutes of yoga and then started to get busy with cleaning, cooking, and general life stuff.
The time I'd set aside to do yoga came around and I was tired. I'd been cleaning for hours, still had a lot to do and just felt a little cranky. All I wanted was either a) sweets or b) a nap. I began to bargain with myself, saying I could just do 20 minutes at bedtime or make it up another day.
But then, I stopped myself. I acknowledged that I've been sore and tired for weeks now and that doing yoga today was about rewarding my body for its hard work, not punishing it or adding another to-do to an already busy day. Once I started looking at it that way, it was easier to pull out the mat and get started. By changing my thoughts from yoga being something I had to do to something I had to do for me, it really brightened my day and made other healthy decisions a lot easier.11 -
Sticking to my plan. It's so easy to wake up and know what today's movement will be (and actually look forward to it), but by the time work is done, a beer with my partner on a sunny porch sounds even better. Like @LenGray though, I'm trying to reframe this as something I do for myself. My partner and I check in with each other to see "What did you do to move your body today?" Also, I have something different every day. For some reason, if I don't get out and walk/jog today, it will throw off my week because tomorrow is a swim day. And Saturday is a long walk day. And Sunday is a walk/run with my sister... For me, it's the habit-building that I need. If I stick to the plan, pretty soon, I don't even think about the plan. I just get on with it.6
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I am trying to build muscles. I have been walking 3-5 miles every day before this. So I did a HIIT on Sunday. Because I was feeling lazy and I looked up "HIIT no jumping, no floor" I accidentally got the full 40 minute of 101 different kinds of squats. I am doing lazy oh so wrong these days!! I got some severe DOMS, I can't do my regular gardening, etc. But I really, really want to build some muscles.
So, I was like, "10 minutes you can do anything". This is some sort of cleaning mantra for overwhelmed people. But it works well for slothful types. So I did arms for 10 minutes. Then abs for 10 minutes. If I can't type tomorrow, it is because I didn't want to do anymore squats and made yet another lazy beginner mistake. But goal achieved! 10 minutes of some sort of muscle building!10 -
Allowing myself to have one piece of pizza and a large side salad. BTW, anyone here know how to evenly cut a pizza into 10ths? I'm only good with 8ths. Had to figure out the calculations for 1/8 of the pizza.5
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I had kind of a rough morning. Had to get up super early for an appt at the DMV. It was an extremely frustrating visit and I was upset about it when I got home. I tried to relax for a bit but just couldn't. I decided that I probably should do some cardio so I got on my exercise bike for 25 minutes then I walked for 30 minutes. I felt so much better afterwards.7
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I have found the same thing. After dealing with stressful situations the gym always makes me feel better.6
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What worked for me today was taking a fresh fruit salad and carrot chips to a pool party and eat that instead of the unhealthier choices that were there. Felt really good about that decision.9
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Seeing a dietitian and getting my questions answered about what foods I can eat with diabetes :-)9
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Remembering why I'm here.
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Doing a crappy workout as opposed to doing no workout at all. This led to doing a better workout later in the day and a decent stretch routine.12
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Snacking on carrots5
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Allowing myself one cupcake and not being sneaky, dismissive, etc. about it. And as it was I only had half cause I gave Boyfriend the other half. I've had it and I don't want any more. I don't need to eat them just because they're there. (They're mostly a mother's day present so they'll leave the house tomorrow. I just did a few extra cupcakes in case of one tearing coming out of the pan or something.)10
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What worked for me today was taking a walk to get through my mid-afternoon slump instead of having sweets or coffee. I got done with my walk, had an apple, and came in under my calories for today ^_^13
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RaquelFit2 wrote: »Doing a crappy workout as opposed to doing no workout at all
I don't know why I thought I was the only one who does, this.. I usually have to subtract minutes off my workout timer for when I just don't... wanna... dewit..
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What worked for me today was making my own version of my favorite takeaway dish
It was really tasty! 6 -
I was up .7 in my weight. After having a good heart-to-heart with myself, I realized that "eyeing" my food and guessing the serving is not working. Today I measured everything I ate! May seem like a little thing, but it's kind of huge for me.
Hopefully, this will become ingrained in me and will become a habit when I'm preparing my plate.10 -
Drinking 64 oz of water (my daughter bought me one of the big water bottles with time and message markers for Mother's Day).9
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