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1. Watch food intake...save the splurges for events/special days, not every day!

2. Limit sugar intake (exception, honey in moderation).

3. Drink 6+ glasses water/day (8 oz)

4. Go to gym 4x/wk...30+ min cardio, 15 min weights, 5 min stretch.

That's it! Feel free to join me with your own challenge!

Merry Christmas to all!!

Beverly

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5.2 Months Ago

Went to a new dentist. Turns out all my prior years of bad habits, genetics (osteoporosis) and teeth clenching/grinding are wearing down my jaw (2 crowns needed for a cracked tooth and almost broken tooth--sad face). So while it won't make the world of difference I need to at least plateau by doing bone-building, not bone-decreasing, habits. Coffee/soda worse choices than green tea. Refined flours worse than whole grains. Sedentary lifestyle worse than moving. Et cetera. Will be glad to start 2019, on a number of levels, but slipped into old habits of too much sugar, minor (yay) binge eating, not enough sleep and have put on 9 pounds, about 8% increase (brave enough to weigh myself this morning). Much of it brought on by stress, both chronic and acute. Since I "got through" the acute stress amazingly well I fulfilled another life-pattern of getting-through then collapsing. Again, (yay) since it was on a much smaller scale (this time 10 pounds over 5 weeks instead of a week or two).

I give myself props for the spiral being 1. shorter in duration, 2. less intense in bad activities, and 3. with less damaging 'self-flagellation' than previous ones. Perhaps, in my 50s, I am learning to be kinder to this person. :)

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Sounds like you have put your mind to it, keep it up and you'll eventually reach your goals, I'm sure of it:)

I have set myself some goals as well. They are more or less daunting, one of them being: passing a personal trainer certification...in MARCH 2019!

I'm not extremely fit but am working on it... I have many fears, my biggest one being that right now I don't LOOK like a personal trainer... I am overweight (by about 15kgs I'd say) and I really need to improve my strength to be credible and genuine.

It's been a long journey and I can't help wanting this so I finally decided to try at least. Apart from my personal trainer (and my husband of course) I don't have a lot of support... so sometimes it's hard to stay motivated and focused.

I try to remember that a bad day doesn't jeopardise what I've been working on for months. You are so right when you say it's about progress and not perfection.

Thank you for sharing,

Vanessa

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5.1 Months Ago

Went to gym yesterday. Foot acting up bad. Sad face. It may be time for surgery because it's not going away (Morton's Neuroma). Today I write this as I leisurely ride on a stationary recumbent bike. I came to gym with my husband to support his post-surgery quest to get his life back after ascending aortic aneurysm! Have rowed, walked and done weights 4 days in a row after months of nothing. Body is tired. After 30-40 minutes will do core and stretch. Later I shall shovel snow at my aunt & uncle's (they're 88 yrs old).

Progress, not Perfection continues...

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4.9 Months Ago

Progress, not perfection

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4.9 Months Ago

Good gym on the weight front 2 days in a row. Water pretty good. Food pretty good (a bit too much sugar). Mouth sore from dentist but can still wear splint (another yay). Down a pound.

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