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It's great that you were out there on a date though, Are you doing it again? Almost back to polo season rather than jumpers, still a bit cold for my liking though.

Walkintofit, well done on the date, you are right about putting yourself out there. The first of more hopefully, its all about being vulnerable and 'out there'. GPT is interesting, or the others, I've got Gemini on my phone which is the Google one. I was asking the other day for 'values I could display today' for my…

Well done interbeing, the lipids are a great result, the weight alongside but at least you know the blood is pumping well. Mkksemail, I played a lot of those. I think red light green light was 'What's for dinner, Mr Wolf'. Same game but just a different approach. I remember chalk hopscotch everywhere, we played kirkby,…

Longbridget, also sorry for your loss, I can't imagine how difficult this is. Join us here, check in and be accountable. Shaved sprouts 🤣 Ive always struggled with sleeping, bad routine, up late, then tired, eat junk, watch/play/think nonsense, stay up late, then tired. Rinse, repeat. I do use a bluetooth eye mask and…

Alvarotaipe 12, yes 100%, I find that as I'm getting home from work, I'm hungry for carbs as I'm mentally drained. Some small changes helped with this, I'm driving back at the moment so public transport isn't ruining me, I'm making a point of spending time with my wife, chatting and being engaged, stops me from dialling…

We aren't counting optimumme, no judgement here. Wins, that's a good question, lots happening, but I've been true to logging this week and seemed to have stayed within calories which is interesting. Tracking is the first action of my health priority and to make sure I've got a good, varied diet that puts me in a deficit.…

We worked together, I wasn't going to hang around on Isle of Man, I was going to come home, but we hit it off, were there for 10 years together, got married and then moved back to UK, 7 years or so ago. If you are out and about mixing with and meeting people, you have the chance to come across someone that may just ring…

Love the volunteering, well done, I must email the local brain charity as I can dedicate some work time to volunteering. Walkingtofit, I agree, social media was great 18 years or so ago, when it was picture sharing of events and things people were doing. Its now just an advertising algorithm. You can't beat a face to face…

Amazing progress walkintofit, well done. It's always interesting to see the kind of weight we carry around in a different context, such as a bowling ball or bag of flour. I love the volunteering interbeing, what kind of work do you do with them? Decent enough evening for me, no walk as my wife had already been out, so we…

I just about remember my grandma's phone table, a little knee high thing. The phone had an old dial pad on it that you had to turn with your finger for each number. I guess that's where the phrase 'dial a number comes from. Also had an old phonebook that you could flip by putting a little selector on a letter to open that…

Love this, nothing more exciting than a new opportunity. Good luck, as @alvarotaipe12 says, stressful and challenging times pass. Enjoy the moment. A lot of inspiration in the channel, I love it. Cancelled the gym for my wife as she cant/won't go now really, the price went up a bit for me, so it's make or break time. Get…

Welcome Jared, no judgement here, post your progress, thoughts or whatever else keeps you engaged and motivated. Well done staying under that 300 mark trixster and staying on track. I love this walkingtofit, it's true, you will always have the freedom to choose how to respond. Definately one for reflection today.…

Downward is good, consistent progress. Ive been using mu family crisis as an unspoken excuse to avoid getting back to the gym but I'll get there. Big thing in work tomorrow, maybe I'll do the opposite of my normal approach and wrap it up by getting in the gym. Always used to think, these times in work when you are worried…

I'm so sorry for you walkintofit. Going out into the world first thing makes me feel like a conqueror. Those are some of the most inspirational words I've read and will stay with me. I'm glad you are here with me/us to share the journey.

I love that injury one, in another quote, he talks about injury only being relevant or present in the future or the past. If you concentrate on the 'now' there shouldn't be any injury. Ive got 2 places I get them from, stacked next to my monitor in the office. The first is 'The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday' it's dated and has…

How strange re the thread, I hadn't made any changes after I logged in yesterday, I normally navigate here from my profile and 'my posts' as I don't engage that much outside of here. I love this quote you made "Me and my oars are still rowing along, but I don't really have them all in harmony yet." I think that's a feeling…

Damn, that snow for you is no joke, at least it got cleared. We've got some cold, around 0 or -1 but no snow/ice. Was the car battery, she isn't using it so I brought it to work to give it a run, only just started outside the house, so I was nervous about it starting again after a 30 min run to work. All good though.…

Yeah mostly, thanks walkintofit In UK premium only really adds the macro nutrient tracking and reporting, it does have some daily 'programmes' but they aren't that useful or worth the spend For me, I think it's as much the investment, I I pay for it, I feel accountability to do something. It's £60 per year anyway…

Hi all, I'm still here 🤣 mad week of family crisis but I'm back to some kind of routine. My premium expired and I haven't had an offer yet, its damn expensive. Well done getting over that line trix, well earned. Inspired me to up my game. Aim to get back to the gym tomorrow evening and have a week of reasonable and tracked…

I really struggle with this. I have ADHD, I try not to bring it up and blame stuff on it as I don't want it to be a crutch or strawman. But, I find that my days are busy and the commute can be busy/frantic, I keep good hours at the office but by the time I get home, my mental battery is drained. I have a tendency to eat…

Agree, should be only 1 priority. So much stuff happening to grab your attention in this modern age. I love the exercise and walking consistency walkintofit, well done. How are you finding the journaling? I'm always intrigued as there are so many approaches. Well done on the virtual challenge mkksemail. How is Harry Potter…

“The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed singular for the next five hundred years. Only in the 1900s did we pluralize the term and start talking about priorities. Illogically, we reasoned that by changing the word we could bend…

Separately, I didn't do the gym yesterday, I've slept well and eaten well but was nackered so I skipped and had an extra rest day. Had a really interesting chat with a local brain charity about neurodivergent coaching, its a possible opportunity and actually aligns with my experience, they are retained coaches with minimum…

I'll post it here, it was just my routine, I tapped it in to see how good it would be, I'm not sure I'll follow the advice but the detail was amazing, I don't really use AI much but I'm thinking of doing more of it, its inevitable. This is what I tapped into the app This was my workout yesterday I started with 20 mins of…

Still progressing trixter, keep chipping away. My morning was less chill than I hoped. Had to jump on and off busses and still on the way. Was hoping to get in early to round up the work done on Saturday so people don't freak out. Never mind. I put my workout yesterday into deepseek, the exercise, sets, reps, what I did…

So much good stuff happening. Amazing. Well done on the weight loss walkintofit. Meal prep is massive, doing some batch cooking and putting them to one side will help with planning. Mkksemail, I love a good excel rabbithole. It's really useful too, we use it all the time in work but its helpful for planning, budgeting,…

Those carrots sound good trixsterjl31, keep going to nudge those numbers down a bit more. And that snow workout mkksemail, we are lucky we've avoided any more snow in UK. Got to jump on the scales tomorrow myself, let's see what my progress looks like. I almost bailed on the gym but was chatting with a friend during the…

The home cooking is great walkintofit, as mkksemail says, enjoy the process of actually cooking, I don't do as much of it as I should. You could try exploring a come dine with me type experience, a friend of mine was trying to launch an app but I believe they have them all over, you organise a dinner evening with 3 or 4…

Tracking well so far this week, meals added and within calories. I was sat relaxing after dinner yesterday amd decided to try something different, at circa 7pm I put my shorts on and picked up a hand towel and went to the gym. No need for the lockers etc which tends to get busy. Did a good 20 mins on a bike, stretched my…

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