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Hi all. I had a good day yesterday as far as food goes. No snacking. All healthish foods. I'm going to a retirement party today. I have no idea what the food will be like but I'll try to track it.

Water yesterday: 30 oz

My phrase for the year: "Every choice is another chance to change my health for the better."

Here are my three action items

a. Choose time for exercise. 4 pm

b. Charge earphones when they get to 40%

c. Do wall pilates

@trooworld Wall pilates I got the idea from instagram I think it was. Here's an example from youtube. https://youtu.be/fSB-yaqNO5Y It's usually about 10-15 min I think. If I can just get the habit, I will be pleased. I'm always well controlled at parties. It's being at home that can be the problem.

This book I'm reading is really good. It kind of takes all the things I have picked up from other books and plans across the years and repackaged it. The approach she takes is focus on one thing a week and add until about week 10. I think. Instead of trying to do it all perfectly all at once which is a recipe for failure. Also the title is Target 100. Target comes from this illustration....



One quote I liked, "100 is a target, not a check box, a day that misses the mark is just a day, not a disqualification". Josefsberg, Liz. Target 100 (p. 98). BenBella Books. Kindle Edition. I also liked this thing: even though a bull’s-eye will get you the most points, you also get points when the arrow lands outside it, in one of the target’s other circles. Over the course of the afternoon I never did get a bull’s-eye, but not only did I steadily improve my aim, I racked up a pretty impressive score just by being consistently imperfect. Several not–bull’s-eyes are worth a lot more than a single bull’s-eye, and my score was certainly higher than it would have been if I had tried once, decided not hitting the center meant failure, and given up. The imagery of that archery target is what guided me as I created this program. What I see all too often in my clients (and in myself) is a self-defeating perfectionism, a belief that we must hit the bull’s-eye every time we eat a meal, go to the gym, or step on the scale. When we fall short of our punishing expectations, we often give up for the day or for good, frustrated and feeling hopeless. In weight loss, however, consistency beats perfection every time.

Josefsberg, Liz. Target 100 (p. 46). BenBella Books. Kindle Edition.

100 in the title comes from shooting for
100 carbs a day.
100 oz water a day
100 minutes exercise/week
100 minutes extra movement added/week
100 minutes stress relief/ week
100 minutes of extra sleep added/week

For tracking she says no need to track the meats/egg/cheeses/nuts, etc No need to track the vegetables unless they are starchy. Track the beans/legumes. Track the grains, processed food, sweets, etc. Keep the fruits to about 2-3 servings a day since they are higher in carbs. Keeping these to 100 grams of carbs will naturally make you lose weight. But still allowing you to eat what you want. Just work it all in and watch the portion sizes. It's alot like I did with my carb cycling. Although my carb numbers were higher. I had 10 days a month where I did 100 gms. My average was losing 0.8 lbs/week But hey, better than I'm currently doing.

@theslightedgeforever Oh interesting. I've never heard of that. I see. Can you pretend you are at a party while at home? LOL I put a hold on that book at the library. I like that quote, too. It takes away the black-and-white thinking. This book sounds good. Thanks for sharing.

@Tamevv I'm sorry you've had a tough time lately. It's good to hear from you. I'm glad your feet are getting better. Way to go on the tracking and being under! Thanks for checking in.

Hi all. My husband made a Croque Monsieur casserole for brunch yesterday and I ended up eating it for dinner, too, because what I made for dinner wasn't done by the time it was time to eat and we wanted to go to bed. So, I ate another serving of the casserole. But I really didn't eat much yesterday. I have a work event today and have no control over the food all day. I have no idea what kind of food they will have but I'll track it.

Water yesterday: 20 oz

My phrase for the year: "Every choice is another chance to change my health for the better."

@Tamevv That's great, woo hoo! The function was ok, it was professional development day at work.

@cbabie HI! I hope you can figure out the heartburn, that is an awful feeling. Yeah I have to do something.

Hi all. Well, they did not feed us healthily for professional development day as you will see. They did it as cheaply as possible: Costco muffins and fruit for breakfast, Costco pizza for lunch. Oh well. I ate a homemade meal for dinner, so there's that.

Water yesterday: 50 oz

My phrase for the year: "Every choice is another chance to change my health for the better."

Morning all, up and exercised, ready for the day.

Today is kinda planned - I haven’t tracked it yet tho, will do now I guess. @cbabie I sometimes enjoy food planning, it gets so tedious and overwhelming though. I’m keeping it simple prep and time -wise but that makes it difficult for tracking. I’m trying to walk the line between being conscious and intentional without feeling stress and pressure. It’s very much win-some-lose-some.

@cbabie That's too bad he couldn't help you with the heartburn. Great job getting in movement! LOL if I had chaos here, it would make me eat, too. Well, I do have chaos with the dogs, but I guess it's less stressful than working lol.

@Tamevv Hahaha yes! Good luck being off, I hope you have a good day. ((( SKINNY VIBES ))) for weigh-in!

Hello all. I didn't do so well yesterday and then I had to go to my diabetes webinar and listen to people brag about how well they are doing, how their clothes are fitting better and they have more energy etc. At one point, I just took my headphones out of my ears because I was so annoyed with the instructor (she's condescending, squeaky-voiced, and just annoying overall). I told my husband I was depressed and he helped me come up with a plan for movement. I am going to try to walk on my lunch every day.

Water yesterday: 50 oz

My phrase for the year: "Every choice is another chance to change my health for the better."

@Tamevv Good to see you again. All your little changes will add up to big things. I was just looking up the exchange rate on your dollars to ours. The paperbook amount is outrageous.

@trooworld I love croque monsieur for breakfast. I've learned to eat half because I know it's so high in calories. Work events: You do have control over how much you put in your mouth. Is there a way to keep small packs of almonds or a Kind bar or other type of bar so you won't be extremely hungry when you go into the work event meal? Next time you could pair one of these with the fruit for breakfast. Bring in some sliced hard boiled eggs for some protein. Enjoy a slice of the pizza. Don't think about what others might think of you bringing in some food. If you were diabetic the muffin and fruit wouldn't be the best meal to have. No protein to help with the carbs.

@cbabie Are you tracking your symptoms somewhere other than your mind? Does your Android have some sort of ios Health equivalent? I was tracking symptoms on mine. Including notes about food I'd just eaten or environment, etc.

oh have to stop here. I need to make a phone call to a friend