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Haven’t logged food the past couple days. Hormones are screwing with my digestive system so I can only handle super bland foods right now. Right now I’m hungry but scared to eat. My goal for tomorrow is to get over that fear - or at least log everything and hold myself accountable. Goals for 3/13 -Log food - focus on water…

My eyes itch so badly thanks to the evil yellow dust outside. *grumbles*

I made terrible decisions today. It started yesterday when I bought crackers and cookies at the grocery store. Even standing there in the aisle I knew it would be a bad idea, because my self-control goes out the window when it comes to those two foods. But I still bought them anyway. Today at work was really slow so I…

I thought my stove was fixed but it’s not. $30 worth of groceries, a week’s worth of healthy meals planned, and I can’t cook any of it. This is the second time this has happened to me in three weeks. And I found this out at the end of a really crap day at work. I give up for tonight. Gonna go cry while listening to…

Today really wasn’t very good. Work was crap, then my healthy eating plan went out the window because my stove apparently needs new burners in addition to the drip pans I had to wait 3 weeks for. $30 worth of groceries I just bought, a week’s worth of healthy meals planned, and I can’t cook any of it - ended up going to…

I tried to make a to-do list to organize my brain for work and it took me like 20 minutes because I kept getting distracted. There’s something ironic in that…

Didn’t do so well with healthy eating yesterday - woke up with vertigo so felt off-balance and queasy all day. Decided to not beat myself up and just take a rest day. Feeling much better this morning so I think that decision paid off. Today’s goals - clean just one room - Clean out refrigerator and take trash out - Wash…

“Fight Song” by Rachel Platten

OMG, Duck Donuts are soooooo good! Enjoy the employee appreciation! I struggle with water too. I put a big brightly colored sticky note on the bottom of my computer monitor that says “Drink Your Water” and that seems to help me.

Had a nutritionist appointment today and the number on the scale moved up. My goal is to gain weight, so that’s a good thing for me. ☺️ She also pointed out all the non-scale victories that I’ve had, like reduced GI symptoms and the fact that I have more energy overall. Just thought I would take a second to toot my own…

Okay, it’s March. Another fresh start. Need to remind myself to take things one day at a time, and stop beating myself up so much when things don’t go the way I want, or I make bad choices.

I thought I did well yesterday in terms of getting enough calories - then I logged my food and realized I actually did horribly. Under-ate by about 600 calories. Appetite just wasn’t there. I’m so over this weight gain journey. Other people have done it successfully, so why do I feel like I’m struggling so much more than…

Unfortunately underrating is sort of a habit with me - largely because I don’t have an appetite and forcing myself to eat even when I’m not hungry only works to a certain extent before I just feel miserable. Thanks for the suggestions about pre-logging and drinking calories though.

I’ve asked questions to several people at work and people seem to be allergic to giving me a straight/simple answer

I wish more people understood that being a self-published author is like running a small business. People (mostly my family) assume writing is just a fun little side hobby that I can take a break from whenever I want. They wouldn’t tell me to take a break from my full-time day job that I despise - they just tell me to hang…

Had more bad days than good over the past week, at least when it comes to healthy eating choices. My only goal is to make this week better than the last.

I did so badly today. Didn’t eat anywhere close to enough - my appetite just isn’t there and forcing myself to eat only works to a certain extent. Trying to remind myself that one bad day isn’t the end of the world but… another part of my brain is beating myself up for self-sabotaging (again) because I’ve had more bad days…

Goals for the week - yoga everyday ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ - Crochet everyday ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ - Log all food and water ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ - Three strength workouts - Eat at least one serving of fruit and veggies per day ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅ - Buy Dad a birthday present ✅ Yesterday went okay. Did better with eating, and finally got Dad’s birthday present. I’m also going…

Goals for the week - yoga everyday ✅ ❌ ❌ - Crochet everyday ❌ ❌ ❌ - Log all food and water ✅ ✅ ✅ - Three strength workouts - Eat at least one serving of fruit and veggies per day ❌ ❌ ✅ - Buy Dad a birthday present Yesterday was okay. Ate a little bit better than I’ve been doing recently. May be going to a fish fry tonight…

Goals for the week - yoga everyday ✅ ❌ - Crochet everyday ❌ ❌ - Log all food and water ✅ ✅ - Three strength workouts - Eat at least one serving of fruit and veggies per day ❌ ❌ - Buy Dad a birthday present Didn’t do very well today - feeling really low energy. But I’ve started writing again, after way too long in editing…

Goals for the week - yoga everyday ✅ - Crochet everyday ❌ - Log all food and water ✅ - Three strength workouts - Eat at least one serving of fruit and veggies per day ❌ - Buy Dad a birthday present

Three day weekend was nice, but I did very poorly when it came to eating. I seem to have the opposite reaction to stress that a lot of people here have been talking about - as in, if I’m stressed or frustrated or feeling low, I have to force myself to eat. Goals for the week - yoga everyday - Crochet everyday - Log all…

Goals for 2/17 - Log all food ❌ - 40 oz of fluids ❌ - Yoga ❌ - Crochet ❌ - Wash dishes ❌ - Change/wash sheets ✅ - fold clean laundry ❌ - Follow up on fixing stove ❌ Afternoon went to crap and I gave up on myself. Ended up eating a bunch of crackers and half a Lunchables meal and calling it dinner. Stove can’t be fixed…

Stove can’t get fixed until next week. Bye bye money. This shouldn’t even be pissing me off this much, it’s just been a really bad 2 weeks so every little thing seems worse than it actually is.

My broken stove irks me - it needs replacement drip pans and I bought the wrong size. If I can’t get it fixed today, this beef that I’ve thawed out is going to have to be thrown away. And it cost me almost $8.00 so I don’t want to throw it away. I also don’t fully understand why this is my problem and not my landlord’s…

Goals for 2/17 - Log all food - 40 oz of fluids - Yoga - Crochet - Wash dishes - Change/wash sheets - fold clean laundry - Follow up on fixing stove

Goals for 2/16 - pay deposit to editor ✅ - Log all food ❌ - 40 oz of fluids ❌ - Yoga ✅ - Crochet ✅ - Wash dishes 🤷‍♀️ (a few of them. Not all.) - Change/wash sheets ❌ - fold clean laundry ❌ - Nutritionist appointment ✅ A little bummed that I couldn’t cook the healthy dinner I’d planned for tonight. My stove needed new drip…

No need to apologize at all. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers

Goals for 2/15 - log all food ✅ - 40 oz of fluids ✅ - Yoga ❌ - Crochet ✅ - Wash dishes ❌ - Laundry 🤷‍♀️ (it’s clean but it’s not folded or put away) - 30 minutes of reading ✅ Goals for 2/16 - pay deposit to editor - Log all food - 40 oz of fluids - Yoga - Crochet - Wash dishes - Change/wash sheets - fold clean laundry -…

Goals for 2/15 - log all food - 40 oz of fluids - Yoga - Crochet - Wash dishes - Laundry - 30 minutes of reading I just want today to be better than yesterday. I’m at my limit for the amount of stress and problems I can handle and I’m running so low on faith that anything’s going to change.