Time: 6:39AM

Weather: 10C
Sunrise @ 5:57AM
Sunset @ 9:24PM

 

"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today." -  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Today was and is weigh in day.  I decided a month ago to weigh in every Friday morning, instead of all the time or another day.  I am happy that the small changes that I have been making are still showing some results.  I am down 7.9lbs since July 1.

 

Our temp has dropped.  It made it nice for sleep but even though I love fall I am not ready to see the end of summer.  

Yesterday's Stats

Steps: 5,586
Floors: 4
Zone Minutes: 6

This morning I am thankful for

1. the cooler temps for sleeping
2. the rain we are getting
3. online learning

5% Challenge Update

 

I posted my weekly weigh in results today.  I love that I am losing weight again.  My plan is simple right now.  I am only eating when I'm hungry, instead of by the clock.  I stopped counting calories.  I am eating slower and taking time to see how I feel and trying to learn to stop when I am satisfied and no longer need more food.  I am also planning all my foods, even the ones that I have always tried to stop eating when I'm trying to lose weight.  I am working at consistently getting at least 64OZ of water into myself.  This weeks challenge was to stop the random eating.  This has been a hard.  I am getting better at only eating on plan but I still struggle with the small bites here and there.

 

NO BS Goal Weight Journal Prompts

 

What can I do to feel my emotions instead of eating them today?

 

I have never before now taken the time to think about making a plan to tackle my emotional eating.  I know that I eat to deal with emotions all the time, I've always told myself that I need to stop it but I have never actually taken the time when no emotional to make a plan on what I will do instead.  firstly, emotions are real and they come and go.  I don't think that having one plan will fit all things that come up.  So I am going to look at what I was feeling last night when I ate 3/4of the chocolate bar that I didn't need (does one ever need a chocolate bar??).  I was watching TV with my hubby, he was eating a bar himself.  My brain fixated on the fact that there was only 1 left after he ate his from our camping trip.  I told myself that if I didn't eat it, I would miss out.  Okay truth time.  Yes someone else may have eaten that bar but let's be real, I could just go buy more, not like the store will stop selling them.  I am not a kid anymore where we only got treats at special times of the year.  I am a grown up woman who has the ability to buy them whenever I want.  I need to remind myself that I will always be able to have snack/junk when I want it.  there is a corner store open 24 hours less then 5 minutes of a walk from my home.  I need to let go of this though process that I will miss out.  By not eating the chocolate bar I will  miss out the extra on my hips.....

 Time: 7:24AM

Weather: 15C and rain, lots of it
Sunrise @ 5:55AM
Sunset @ 9:26PM

 

"Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude." - Ralph Marston

 

The more I read and study on how to improve myself the more I see that this quote is so true.  Striving for excellence is an attitude, we need to want to be better to work at it.  

 

Yesterday was not a great day.  Started out good but then it went to crap.   I hate it when I go to train someone and get the attitude from them that they know it all already and that I am just there to tick off a mark on my timesheet.  I was out retraining a girl, because she is not getting the work done correctly.  After an hour and half I got the feeling that she just doesn't care at all about the work, she just wants the money.  Which I get we all  want the pay.

 

Yesterday's Stats

Steps: 6,070
Floors: 8
Zone Minutes: 26

This morning I am thankful for

1. Coffee with my son this morning
2. The rain
3. A second cup of coffee

 

5% Challenge Update

 

This week we are supposed to be concentrating on no random eating.  I think  that all I did yesterday was eat randomly.  I came home from work and just didn;t have the energy to cook dinner.  So I didn't.  I ate the rest of my Cheetos and had my snacks.  Yes they were all on my plan but I ate them without thinking about how I was feeling and ate way pay satisfied.

 

NO BS Goal Weight Journal Prompts

 

EATING WHEN NOT HUNGRY

What feeling (emotion) am I eating in response to?  Lat night I ate because I was tired and just wanted to relax.  I didn't want to think about my food.  I just wanted to fill my mouth and not think.
What do I think waiting for hunger will be like?  I am scared that I will never feel really hungry.  I know that I will feel hungry but my brain just tells me that I won't feel it till it's too late to eat.
Do I think those thoughts will help me or prevent me from WANTING to wait for hunger?  Last night they did.  I ate my junk food not because I was hungry but because I wanted it.
If they prevent me from wanting to wait, what else could I think?  I could have drank some water, gone for a walk around the block, done the dishes up, instead of sitting down and eating food that I didn't need at that time.
When I have an urge to eat, what is something I can remind myself about my goals that feels like loving myself?  I could look at my ringless hands and remind myself that I am doing this so that I can wear my rings again.
Is there anyone I can reach out to or anything I can do to make eating only when hungry easier?  I could reach out to my friend and just talk with her about my day and hers.  I never eat when we are on the phone.

 

 Time: 6:52AM

Weather: 14C
Sunrise @ 5:54AM
Sunset @ 9:29PM

 

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." - Buddha

 

Sometimes I think that I often fall into a crevice of the past.  Yes there are times when we need to look at our past selves and figure out what we did wrong or should have done differently but we should not allow ourselves to only think about the past.  We need to think about the now and what I can do right now to help me right now.

 

Yesterday was overall a good day.  Jamie and I got the RV moved to the back parking pad.  Our neighbours will be happy.  We also went for a short walk to the CircleK near us to buy a lotto ticket for last's night draw.  We took Lucy with us.  She is not doing good at all.  She barely made it back.  Poor girl is getting so old.  I don't want to face the decision we are going to have to make soon about her.  She is having a harder and harder time getting around.

 

Got an email from the Megan's landlord yesterday with the new lease for us to sign, her roommate is officially off the lease, the locks on the apartment have been changed and it has been conformed that she was the one that complained to the management about her boyfriend.  The roommate has gotten almost everything out, just left her bed and a lot of garbage.  So glad that the landlord changed the locks and that this girl no longer has any right to be in the suite at all.

 

Mackenzie spent the night again last night at our house.  I'm starting to get concerned about it.  He is claiming that his place is just too hot but I am starting to think it is something else.  When he gets back from work today we are going to have a talk.  

 

Melissa is relaxing this summer.

Yesterday's Stats

Steps: 11.107
Floors: 9
Zone Minutes: 79

This morning I am thankful for

1. making my step goal yesterday
2. my job that allows me to work my own hours
3. the new trees that are growing around the stumps of my old ones

5% Challenge/NO BS Update 

Yesterday was not a good day.  I did mostly random eating and no meals.  This week's 5% challenge is to have no random eating.  While I did only eat things that were on my NOBS plan.  I ate way past satisfied to full and maybe even past that.  I am getting better at making my daily plans.

 

 Time: 6:29AM

Weather: 15C
Sunrise @ 5:52AM
Sunset @ 9:29PM

 

"The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine." - Mike Murdock


Yesterday was a good day.  I got a new hair style thanks to my friend and stylist Jennah.  I also got almost all the RV unpacked, only a little bit more to do.

 

Today is back to work and I am going to try and complete all Monday and Tuesday work.  Not sure that I can get it all done but if I can then I have tomorrow to do my new work and get some project work done.  This week has been going good for me.  I have managed to get my water in the last 2 days. 

 

Jamie hurt is back again, or tweaked it.  I hope that he can get into the chiropractor today or that he wakes up and it's better.  Mackenzie spent the night last night.  Not sure if it is because of the heat at his place or if something else is going on.  Megan's roommate got most of her things out of the apartment yesterday.  I really hope that things settle down for her now

Yesterday's Stats

Steps: 8,821
Floors: 6
Zone Minutes: 36

This morning I am thankful for

1. the cooler weather
2. getting away last week
3. my hot coffee time in the morning

 

5% Challenge Update

 

We are in week 4 of the challenge and I have lost an amazing 6.1lbs so far.  I am very pleased with my results this far.  This weeks challenge has been to meal plan and to stop the random eating.  This challenge fits in so well with what i have been trying to do.  I have started planning my food daily and trying to only eat on plan.  Which is harder then it sounds.  Stopping the random eating is not as easy as it sounds.  Until you actually think about it and keep track of it, it can be amazing how many extra bites you consume in a day.  A small bite of this while cooking, a bite of that while cleaning off the dishes...  Or the robotic eating as I call it, when even though you are not hungry, you grab the snack and sit to relax.

 

 

NO BS Goal Weight Journal Prompts

 

How can I live today so I can be proud tomorrow?  Wowsers, I don;t think that I have ever taken the time to really think about this.  I want to be proud of myself for following my doable plan and reaching my step and water goal.  To meet my step goal I just need to get off my butt and walk around and be active.  My goal should be very easy to reach.  I have set my current step goal at 8000 steps.  This should be easily attained every day.  Getting my water in should be easy but I find that I often struggle with it.  I am determined to work on this.  I will be carrying my water bottle with me everywhere, especially in the vehicle as I work.  I got this.

 

 

5% Challenge, July 23, 2022

Time: 7:43AM
Weather:13C
Sunrise @ 5:36AM
Sunset @ 9:46PM

 

"Don't forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to glow externally." - Hannah Bronfman

 

This weeks 5% challenge of no random eating fits very well into what I have been facing about myself this last week. I tend to eat robotically when I take time to relax. It's like wow I get to have my time to relax, grab a snack (usually not healthy) and sit. I just plain eat, not hungry just routine. Before reading this week's challenge I had already decided that I need to plan all my eating, and think before putting food in my mouth. I do so well at eating only when I'm hungry during the day, then bam, evening comes and I sit down to relax and I eat.....

 

I am slowly changing my plan to lose weight.  I know that I need to make changes but they have to be things that I can do long term.  I am sick and tired of working at losing weight, losing some then gaining it all back.  I am done with that train.  I am only going to do things that I can maintain long term.  Counting calories is out! Eating weird crap to me that I don't like is out.  I am going to learn to eat things that I love in moderation.

Yesterday's Stats

Steps: 6,495
Floors: 5
Zone Minutes: 53

This morning I am thankful for

1. The cooler weather today
2. That my vacation starts this afternoon
3. Friends

Snow day and some thinking

I woke up extremely early this morning.  Just couldn't seem to sleep/  I'm sure that later today I will fall asleep again.

We are getting snow this morning, it started late last night and is supposed to continue for the next few hours.  Today's pick from my kitchen window is a little snowy.

Lately it seems like I have been on a downward spiral again. I seem to get it together for a week then fall apart again. 9 years ago I lost 60 pounds relatively easily, I walked more, drank only water and coffee and didn't eat after 7pm. It worked awesome at that time. I have since then stayed under 200 pounds, as low as 162 and as high as 198 which is much better then my highest weight of 259. But it has been a constant yo-yo fr the last 9 years. I'm tired of it. When I first lost the 60 pounds I felt great I could do things again, stairs didn't hurt me, I could breath when I walked. I want to feel better again.

Things that I know about myself, I do not do well or like restrictive diets, I will not stop drinking my coffee/tea. I can increase my walking easily. Having worked with a dietitian for years for my daughter I know that my diet is healthy, not perfect but healthy, I eat too many unhealthy snacks, I love my Cheetos and cookies
So my wants are to stop losing and then gaining back these same 20 pounds. I want to drop them for good. I need to change my snacking in the evening, I can't just eat a handful of Cheetos, if I could it would be better but I can't seem to stop until the bag is empty. I know that I'm not even hungry it is just habit to sit and watch TV after I have put my youngest to bed and snack.
Now that I know my biggest want I need to figure out some realistic goals for me to work on.
I need to keep better track of what i am eating and drinking, including those darn Cheetos. So the goal will be to track all food and drinks.
I also need to make sure that I am working at increasing my steps count during the day. I will do this my tracking my steps every day and going for at least a walk around the block every day.
I also need to add some exercises back into my daily routine. I have found that if I don't do them first thing in the am they just don't get done. I need to change my am routine to include my video workout again. I was doing really well with it but then used the excuse that my son was sleeping in the family room (his choice) to not bother with it because I didn't want to wake him up. I need to, he has a bedroom to sleep in, he can move there. I can't use that as an excuse to not exercise anymore. So my next goal will be to add my video workout 5 times a week.
So my new goals for the next 30 days are.
#1 to track all food and drink when I eat or drink it#2 to meet or exceed my step count for the day 8000 steps right now#3 to add my video workouts 5 times a week ( Monday thru Friday weekends off)
In 30 days I will reevaluate my goals.

This morning I woke up a little early made coffee, checked my emails, Facebook and SparkPeople accounts.  It's a little overcast outside.  I saw a new recipe for banana muffins.  They are delish.

Here is the recipe, originally from Chocolate Covered Katie

Banana Muffins

Ingredients

1 cup mashed banana

2 tbsp milk of choice

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 tsp white or cider vinegar

3 tbsp oil OR 1/4 cup nut butter (or 3 tbsp banana, for fat-free)

1 cup spelt, white, or oat flour (here's a flourless version)

1/2 tsp + 1/8 tsp salt

1/2 tsp each: baking soda and baking powder

1/3 cup sugar, unrefined if desired

Directions

Whisk first 5 ingredients in a large bowl, and set aside for 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 F, and line a muffin tin. In a new bowl, stir together all remaining ingredients. Feel free to add 1/4 tsp cinnamon if you wish. Pour dry into wet, and stir until just evenly mixed. Portion into the muffin liners. Bake on the center rack, 19-20 minutes or until muffins have domed and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out mostly clean. Let cool. (I've found that if you loosely cover overnight-either on the counter or refrigerated-the liners then peel off easily, and flavor and texture are even better too!)

They disappeared pretty quick.