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Congrats on your persistence and determination,@jamcnewman in finding what works for you to improve your sleep! Habit building is a trial and error process!

What a great way to start the day, @snowshoe072!

@KacyCarpe, no words for how much I <3 your post. You are so right! Habits are created with small, doable, repeatable action steps. So glad you are part of our group!

My goals for January are to track my food and use my "happy light" daily. I've updated my tracker through today: It's easy to get a string of successes in early January. Harder the middle of November. I know there will be days I miss this year. I'm traveling or something comes up unexpectedly that throws my usual routines…

Two great habits to focus on, @RevivingRachel!

Welcome to our group, @vbb34! Building new healthy habits needs some motivation. Almost like kindling to get a fire started. Once the habit is fully entrenched, usually we act on it because it’s just what we do. It’s part of who we are and it’s part of our daily routine. We get benefits from doing the habit. Admittedly,…

@77tes, I’m sorry to hear about your sister and that your broke your ankle. I know how important your family is to you. And you are so committed to daily exercise, that a broken ankle is a pain, but a temporary hurdle. Great goals for 2023 and the analog one made me smile!

This is lovely, @snowshoe072. The fact that you have most of the equipment you need to exercise at home but still go to the gym to support your husband is really sweet and thoughtful.

I am going to roll over my December goals into January as they are both important to continue: using my happy light daily and tracking my food intake. But I think I’m going to use a different visual tracking system this year, one that will show my progress over the whole year. I’m going to use this calendar: So for…

Great goal for January, @Tracytheknitter! Habit stacking is a great approach!

Hi Everyone! I am posting my December calendar that reflects my 2 small goals for the month: tracking my food daily and using my happy light. As you see, I was far more successful using my happy light than tracking my food daily. One reason for this is my happy light is super easy to use. It’s on my desk in my home office…

My most successful habit has been starting the day with a low intensity exercise session. First thing in the morning, I go to my home office and use the mini elliptical under my desk to take a Bitgym tour of some beautiful, exotic place on Earth. This morning I took tours of Zurich and Lucerne, Switzerland. Hooked up to my…

Great job, Everyone, sticking with your December goals. @jamcnewman, I really like your strength training goal and @TerriRichardson112, your goal to just strengthen your existing habits is very wise. We don’t always have to keep adding something new. @KacyCarpe, thanks for the link to the Tiny Habits Academy panel…

Hello everyone and happy December! Special thanks to @MadisonMolly2017 for posting this month’s challenge. I’ve been reading through your goals/habits for this month and they look terrific! I also chuckled at my own words from last year. It is so tempting to just “wait until January”. I’m now carrying a couple extra pounds…

My goal for this month is to track my blood pressure regularly to see if and when it’s elevated and use the strategies I know work to keep it in a normal range. I’m being very careful of salt in my diet, avoiding most processed foods, switched to half decaf coffee, and deep breathing exercises. It’s interesting to me that…

Welcome to our group, @KacyCarpe! I agree the counter is the perfect height for exercising. When I go into my kitchen to get a drink of water, I’ll do a set of squats. They add up!

@corinasue1143, these are terrific goals! They are reasonable, they are doable, and done everyday they will help you reach your health goals. I’m a pescatarian, but most days I just eat vegetarian. But I’m not much of a cook. Cleaning one cabinet or drawer weekly is also doable and will give you a real sense of…

Welcome back, @biketheworld!

I couldn’t agree more!

@TerriRichardson112, limiting mindless scrolling on the internet is a terrific goal!

@texasgardnr, it is wonderful to see you back and we have missed you! I can relate to your need to step back from your online posting to this group and your WAH group and I certainly understand how are you can write comments in your head but not quite get them down as a post! I’m also very sorry to hear that arthritis in…

Hello @orangequilt, I've been the leader or co-leader of this group for over 5 years now. As one of the largest groups on MFP we get spam posts quite often, and they are annoying to remove. We have a dedicated group of habit builders and some have been with us for years. We have great discussions through our monthly habit…

Since it's Walktober, a few more images of how walking affects our brains.

Walking daily has been unbelievably helpful to me. On the few days when I can’t get outside for a 15 or 20 minute walk and I’m away from my treadmill, I notice a big difference in how I feel and how I cope with the day. I am much more stressed, quicker to get angry, and I don’t get nearly as much done. It’s a night and day…

I'm really inspired by how many walkers we have in our group and how walking has helped you! Welcome to our group, @bradkcrew and @autumngrl, and it's great to hear you are on board for Walktober! @autumngrl, your goal to make time in your work day to leave your office and walk around a bit and take the stairs more is…

To those of you who share our love of walking, please let us know your favorite ways to walk (indoors or outdoors? Solo or with another person?) and how walking has helped you. Thanks!

@MadisonMolly2017, I am so happy to read that you and your husband had a break and went hiking. I’m sure it was just what you needed! @77tes, love your Fall Into Fitness reset. Fall is a great time to get active again. @snowshoe072, hope your shoulder is 100% soon. Rowing is great exercise! Welcome to our group,…

@TerriRichardson112, Great wording choice! “For September, I am continuing to clear out an old filing cabinet (Using ‘am’ as opposed to ‘I will … ‘ as it gives me less scope to cop out.) You’re right. “I am (doing)” has more oomph than “I will”. And “I will” is a much better statement than “I hope to”. Words matter.

Hello everyone! I am back from my conference in Charleston, SC. My first professional conference since the pandemic. A good trip as I met lots of people in person who I had only seen behind a screen. But I am glad to be back home and back to my habits and routines. The conference was held at a resort which was lovely, but…