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Got a lot done today at work. Didn’t do very well with healthy eating. Way too much salt and way too little water. Feeling really off balance tonight, almost like my blood sugar is low or something. Hopefully I feel better in the morning so I can get through this one last meeting. I thought I could be remote for it, but I…

I wondered the same thing when that popped up on Netflix for me. But no, they’re two different things. Was the Netflix series any good? I need something new to binge

Goals for 11/9 - 40 oz of water - Yoga - 3 meals, 2 snacks, 1 bottle of Boost, 0 grazing - write! Busy day today and tomorrow. Taking some much-needed time off from the day job next week to go to a (virtual) writers conference, but a lot needs to happen between now and then. Hopefully I can get it all done

Didn’t post any goals today, I was too busy stressing over this work meeting. Not sure how well it went but it’s over now so I can’t do anything about it. Haven’t eaten very much - nerves do that to me - but I’ll try and do better tomorrow / later tonight. Other than that my only goal for today is to go and vote.

“The Stand” by Stephen King and still working through “Cabinet of Curiosities” by Preston and child. Also listening to “Fellowship of the Ring”, narrated by Andy Serkis. I have trouble focusing on one thing at a time in case you couldn’t tell. 📚 🐛

Things went okay today but feeling a little discouraged. Dad came by for an unannounced visit which threw off my plans for the day. He also pointed out that I need to gain more weight. So clearly the small bit of progress I’ve been making in that regard isn’t noticeable 😞 I know he means well but it still really hurt. I…

Trying to reset this week after a really bad time last week. Goals for 11/7 - 40 oz of water - household chores - Food logging - yoga

Goals for 10/31 - 40 oz of water ❌ - Log all food ❌ - No grazing allowed ❌ - Yoga ✅ - One household chore ✅ - Finish editing WIP ❌ - Write - NaNo Day 1 ✅ - Job hunt 🤷‍♀️ High anxiety and low self-esteem really don’t mix well. Started grazing at about 9:30 am and continued pretty much all day. Most of my calories today…

Employer informed everyone today that the price of medical insurance for next year is going to increase by at least 10%. I’ve already spent a fortune this year and I’m going to have at least one more medical bill before the year is out. Here’s an unpopular opinion: if someone’s sick they should worry about getting better,…

Stress. Pure and simple. It makes my healthy habits go out the window, by either overindulging on junk food or just not eating very much. Either way I lose the motivation/energy I need for healthy stuff like yoga or walking around the block.

It took me years to find a doctor who was actually concerned about me being underweight, even though I was concerned about it myself, and worried by the fact that almost everything I ate seemed to give me some kind of GI symptoms. Other doctors I’ve had in the past just asked, “Have you always been fairly skinny?” (Yes)…

Goals for 10/31 - 40 oz of water - Log all food - No grazing allowed - Yoga - One household chore - Finish editing WIP - Write - NaNo Day 1 - Job hunt Every year in November there are some crazy people who take on the challenge of writing a novel (50,000 words) in a month. I’m one of them. Taking it one day at a time so I…

Didn’t get near enough water today, and still can’t seem to stop myself from wanting all the sweet and salty junk food I can get my hands on after the work day ends. Made progress with the editing. Just 12 pages left, but they’re in pretty rough shape and I’m too tired to make them make sense tonight. I’ll take another…

Goals for 10/31 - 40 oz of water - Log all food - No grazing allowed - Yoga - One household chore - Finish editing WIP

Today sucked. Doctors appointment took longer than expected, which led to multiple panic attacks about how far behind I am at work… which put me even farther behind because I couldn’t focus on anything. Anxiety then led to me grazing in the afternoon and way overdoing it on sugar, but at least I logged it and held myself…

Goals for 10/27 - yoga - 40 oz of water - Log all food - no grazing allowed - Job hunt - Write something new - edit current WIP - One household chore

Goals for 10/26 - 40 oz of water - Mindful eating - Yoga - One household chore - Job hunt

My goal today was to do better than I did yesterday. I failed. I don’t know why I keep treating myself like crap but I really need to get a handle on it.

My eating choices were so bad today. Under-ate by a lot, and most of it was junk food. Didn’t drink anywhere near enough water. It’s like I gave up before the day even started. So my only goal for tomorrow is to do better than I did today.

Goals for 10/21/22 - drink 40 oz of water ✅ (although some of it was in the form of hot tea) - Yoga ✅ - Log all food ❌ - One household chore ✅ - Work on writing career ✅ Lots of green check marks, but my healthy eating choices sucked today. I ate half a sleeve of Saltine crackers, half a chocolate bar, and then made some…

No writing yesterday; had to work overtime instead. Probably working overtime today as well, so we’ll see if any writing / job hunting / house cleaning happens tonight or not. Goals for 10/21/22 - drink 40 oz of water - Yoga - Log all food - One household chore - Work on writing career

Goals for 10/19/22 - drink 40 oz of water ✅ - Mindful eating 🤷‍♀️ - Yoga ✅ - One household chore ✅ - Work on writing career ✅ Goals for 10/20/22 - drink 40 oz of water - Mindful eating - Yoga - One household chore - Work on writing career

Yesterday morning went okay, the afternoon sort of fell apart. Ended up snacking pretty much constantly and then had no appetite/energy to cook something healthy for dinner. I knew the snacking would have that effect but I still couldn’t seem to stop myself. Definitely need to work on breaking that particular bad habit.…

I’ve been struggling to gain as well because I also suffer from low appetite/feeling full really quickly. I’ve been working with a nutritionist lately and that’s been helping me to identify foods that make me feel bad (I.e. really full and bloated) and alternatives I can eat instead. I feel your pain… and good luck!

Goals for 10/18/22 - drink 40 oz of water - Mindful eating - Yoga - One household chore - Work on writing career

Goals for 10/13 - yoga ✅ - Minimum 40 oz of water ✅ - bank ✅ - One household chore ✅ I met my goals but also had a panic attack because of how far behind I am at work. I have about 30 reports due by Wednesday of next week, and a packed weekend planned so no chance to actually breathe. Also the antibiotics that were…

My job is making me stress eat allllllll the junk food today and now I have a stomachache to deal with on top of everything else. No one to blame but myself I guess.

“Cabinet of Curiosities” by Preston and Child. Never read any of their stuff before, but that might have to change. Really liking it so far

Goals for 10/13 - yoga - Minimum 40 oz of water - bank - One household chore