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Today's main meals are pre-logged. Lots of room available for serving-size adjustments, still-unchosen afternoon and evening snacks etc.

Tuesday Nov 24 Gratitude List * Rachel Lawrance ("The Girl with the Pilates mat" Youtube channel out of UK) - she has a 7 minute stretching&balance routine ..... (and lots of other pre-recorded classes of varying lengths and intensity levels) * The developers of the "Cross-stitch world" (pseudo-cross-stitch embroidery app…

Despite feeling a weeeeee bit of a "wimp-level" compared to some of these other goals posted above ... I am starting today to incorporate a change in my morning "pre commute-up-the-stairs routine" so will add it here. Daily Goal (for now - once settled, will expand) Do 7-minute "Girl with the Pilates mat" (Rachel Lawrance)…

ok up front Nov Pass days used so far: no idea, but more than 5 ............ :s * Pre-logged today; * got in an excellent walk to the nearby grocery store and back .... in the SNOW (it snowed all of Sunday late afternoon and evening - maybe 3 inches of wet heart-attack snow stuck around but a different part of town got…

Another version would be what i do for "pacing based" intentional activity (like my exergame ) to avoid having mfp double-count against my synced fit-bit credit. (even if I walked up and down a mountain all day, the fitbit does NOT report "fitbit exercise credits" to MFP until it registers at least ~100 calories "burned…

This link leads to a looooong-running info-thread (started in Oct 2017) about "how to burn calories when you aren't paying attention" or what I personally call "the ninja sneak-attack approach" https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10610953/neat-improvement-strategies-to-improve-weight-loss/p1 the opening entry…

Monday Nov 23 Gratitude List 1. I don't have to commute-by-car (or public transit) to work through the winter. There as significant 7-hour snow-fall starting mid-yesterday afternoon, with ice pellets on top though the night .... funny how people tend to forget how to "drive to conditions" for the first snow-fall or two…

If you google "situational depression covid" you will find plenty of recognition from medical sites around the world about how the cronic-to-date cumulative impact of all the various pandemic situation stressors plus the reality of "social distancing being a major best defense" clashing with "humans are a social animal" .…

just thought I would mention that we already have some new members on the December UAC "What's On Your Mind" and "Introduction" pages. You might want to go say "Hello" ....

just thought I would mention that we already have some new members on the December UAC "What's On Your Mind" and "Introduction" pages. You might want to go say "Hello" ....

@intrinsicat may i just say .... WOW!!! WHAT a shot!

Welcome to you all.

And may I say ... "good on-ya" BOTH for starting practicing in advance of the start of the month!

Routinely having too large a deficit can also be counter-productive in the the long term. Renewing UAC member here. There are differing approaches, and your choice might also vary depending on the type / level of nutrition needed to support the body for your chosen exercise plan or sport. Also, some activities burn…

Gratitude list: 1. I picked up some spiced eggnog flavoured coffee beans from my neighbourhood bulk food store yesterday. They only stock this for a short while once a year. I have a grinder at home, so only need to grind a small portion every day or three. 2. the home bread-maker i got at a garage sale some years ago. We…

The info has been posted and is all wonderfully as a starting point for me - thank you to all who contributed on this! I am revelling in the aroma of just-finished freshly baked bread - and the knowledge that the first batch of "only available seasonally" pumpkin spice and spiced eggnog flavoured coffee beans are waiting…

The info has been posted and is all wonderfully as a starting point for me - thank you to all who contributed on this!

The info has been posted and is all wonderfully as a starting point for me - thank you to all who contributed on this!

thank you everyone! I am no longer "already feeling like an agitated wet hen" before the day even starts, as I wait in bed for it to be late enough to "get up well in advance of the alarm" Now that I am out of that "funk-state" headspace and more into a "neutral" headspace, I just have to find the rest of my way back to…

excellent referenced article @RangerRickL I am exploring this and other resources , including the concept of dealing with "situational depression" as one possible variant of my current "funk" (as opposed to either seasonal affect disorder or clinical depression - all are equally real and valid, but have different roots and…

thank you. any idea to help me even wrap my head around the concepts would be a start (i have NOT "practiced meditation all my adult life" so don't even have a sense of a stationary variant to adapt to walking .... although I am pretty sure the "meditate via movement" is likely to be more my personality style-fit. I can…

you have mentioned "walking meditations" before from time to time ... can you explain more fully? (or point to getting started youtubes or readings or something?)

thank you both!

I am still around - reading and lurking more that daily reporting .... so don't feel I should be a "champion" this time round. I AM cheered by Dory's daily adventures - ("HOW did the little penguin get out?? / Glad I went to the goodby party after all, 'cause I found our missing non-venomous snake ... ") and also how well…

I am still around - reading and lurking more that daily reporting .... so don't feel I should be a "champion" this time round. I AM cheered by Dory's daily adventures - ("HOW did the little penguin get out?? / Glad I went to the goodby party after all, 'cause I found our missing non-venomous snake ... ") and also how well…

Drinking water .... another frog?

We might be moving towards a second-wave lockdown here too (not official yet) but at least this time DH and I already have our little chest-freezer that we are starting to fully-stock bit by bit now .... we never really expanded our activities much even when things opened up more (and my job won't stop being "work…

I need to do some serious exploring about home based apps or youtube based alternates to my exergame (which I still love, but past time I broadened my spectrum to something beyond "brisk walking in front of tv" ) I DO have a stationary bike in the basement. And a big Swiss Stability Ball and some resistance bands and…

I too like @MaltedTea 's "eat the frog" attitude. That is what turns "haveta" into "routine feels off if I don't" I am getting back into playing "Go for the Green" every morning. This is a similar idea, but in the realm of getting food pre-logged for most of the day. Then refine as I go along.

What did you buy a subscription to? (I also own a stationary bike)