Step by step, day by day :D

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Your diary, your rules :) I´m not cut out for HIIT I think, though I can see the appeal of really feeling the power surge. I am by nature a slow and thoughtful person, so I feel too hyped up for quite a while afterwards. Connecting with relatives is so important when you´re abroad! I chat with my mom somewhat regularly but my dad isn´t really into modern technology :(
 
:D I'm glad I inspired you to do some squats :D
It's good that you had a good chat to your Mum :beating: I have just had a visit from our younger son & it was lovely! Our sons(& one another) are more important to us than anyone or anything else, xoxo Cate
 
HIIT = EFFORT. SOO much effort. And it's hard and I don't like hard :D and when it's just me and the laptop, I stop all the time...but really, if I want to get my fitness levels up I need to stop avoiding it. I'm gonna try.

Yes, Cate! :D Very much so! :D I now find myself randomly doing squats during the day ha ha a good habit to get into!

I talk to my parents every weekend but usually only for 10-15 min so yesterday was a lovely change. I left home when I was 19, and have spent all my adult life just sort of doing my own thing, but when I go home this summer I really want to make the effort and chat with them more and be more patient.

Still not sleeping well, keep waking up throughout the night, it's the stress, for sure. So I woke up this morning a bit groggy and to shake things up went for a bit of a run, but running in 85% humidity is f*cking tough, so I kept stopping GRRRR ...and it's just gonna get worse! It just started to pour it down though so I made it home just in time. Still happy I got out of the house first thing.

One of the things I for sure WON'T miss about the PRC are weekend fireworks at 6 and 7 am!!! These people are craaaazy.

It's bank holiday here today, Labour Day ;)
 
I hate doing anything in 85% humidity, up to and including just existing. It's coming though. This time next month, I guarantee we'll be at that humidity level.

I hope you start sleeping better.
 
Thanks for posting :)

If I can leave some advice here. Welcome to read. I hope you are doing some structured resistance training to improve your metabolism. This is one r3ason why when you did weight watchers and exercises a tone you put some back on on the beginning.

If you love veggies try eat lots for breakfast and high fiber this is great to shift a stubborn metabolism.

Hope you are enjoying your journey :)

Brian
 
85% humidity? Ugh! I like the idea of early morning fireworks, I´d be up anyway, but isn´t it already light by that time in summer?
 
Oh wow, thanks for the comments and advice guys!! :)

Cory, didn't realise it got that humid in the States too. The summers in the south of China are unbearable!

I'm vegan so usually get loads of fiber :) when I was doing WW I really upped my fruit and veg and then transitioned to a plant based diet. I'm doing cardio and a bit of strength training (recently did my first ever push up :D very proud :D)

I'll check out those workouts, Stacy :) Thank you! I'm working on trying to get my sleeping in order. Got some brain waves music, it's really calming, so it helps me fall asleep, but I still wake up at different times throughout the night.

Yeah, LaMa, all you can see is the smoke. They do it for the noise...BANG BANG BANG

Yesterday went out for some Japanese food and it was sooooo good. Ate far too much, which is really annoying (I'm still full now...and it's my usual breakfast time, gross :( ) . What's even more annoying is the episode of self sabotage that followed. AAAARGH. It's like it's a battle in my mind. I want to be healthy and not put junk in my body because I REALLY want to be kind to it... and these last few days it feels like the more I focus on that the more my mind is like 'no you WON'T, you CAN'T do'. I need to find a way to shut that voice up!!! Coz it's f*cking up my efforts!!!! I've seen these fitness motivational memes, something along the lines of 'do this so you can show that you can, to all those who didn't believe in you'. I think there are no people in my life who would say to me 'you won't succeed' in whatever I do (or at least I'm not aware of them hahah), it's ME, it's MY OWN HEAD that tells me that I won't succeed. And THAT is MORE of a problem because if it was others I could just cut them off... I'm stuck with myself :D
 
Eugh I'm feeling horrible. Tired and sluggish and tired. Defo coz of how much crap I consumed yesterday.

I was trying to think right now, WHY is food SUCH an issue for me?! I mean it really shouldn't it's FOOD...Don't have any answers.

Maybe I need a change of strategy. Recently I've been having more and more slips.

I'm tempted by a 30 day mindful eating/no binges challenge. Let's see if it works.

So, today is Day 1 :D So far so good as it's only 10am haha.

Things to do:
1) Coursework
2) Exam prep
3) Get out of the house (it's another SUNNY day!!)
4)Do the WtM workout

Things NOT to do:

Eat when I'm not hungry.
 
If I could answer those questions I wouldn´t be overweight myself... But if we just keep trying to make healthy changes we WILL find a way to do it.
 
I think a 30-day mindful eating/no binges plan is an excellent one. Sometimes we just have to reset our thinking. Hope you got out of the house & got some fresh air. A walk helps clear your mind & would help with your exam prep.
 
This week is whizzing by!!! Not a big fan of that...

Yesterday was ok, I ended up doing 3/4 things on my list, went for a struggle of a run, I can't run recently which sucks, but at least I got out of the house.

Also, today it became clear why I've been feeling so all over the place this last week (well much more than normal anyway), hormones, f*cking hormones! I tend to forget about them! Sneaky little pieces of shit :D

I've not done any exercise today, as been busy with this assignment which is due on Sunday. Food has been ok-ish, I mean I've been snacking but on fruit...it does add up to too many more calories than I'd like to be consuming but I'm really stressed these days...

So I guess Day 1 and Day 2 haven't been too bad. I'll try to get the snacking a bit more under control tomorrow and move around a bit more.
 
Delsid said:
I'll check out those workouts, Stacy :) Thank you! I'm working on trying to get my sleeping in order. Got some brain waves music, it's really calming, so it helps me fall asleep, but I still wake up at different times throughout the night.
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Brain waves music?
 
O, I think I have a cd like that. Pretty random sounding stuff which is supposed to set your brain to... delta waves? Something like that. I was very creeped out by it at first but I do feel like I sleep more deeply when i listen to it.
 
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O, I think I have a cd like that. Pretty random sounding stuff which is supposed to set your brain to... delta waves? Something like that. I was very creeped out by it at first but I do feel like I sleep more deeply when i listen to it.
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Hmm, interesting. I probably get a similar result from the noise of our fan (which we always turn on before going to bed). I find the noise soothing and I can't imagine sleeping without it. Hearing myself breathe would be a damned nightmare, HAHAHA.
 
:seeya:Yer Welcome Delsid.

I have been thinking about getting the Ocean CD's for me to help zone out hubby's snoring.
That is causing insomnia issues for me at the moment. o_O

I listened to a sample of the rain forest one at Super Target and there is NO WAY I want that one!
I cannot stand the sound of crickets and bugs....:eek::D That would give me the heebie-jeebies!
 
My sleep is getting better (almost didn't write this in fear of jinxing it ha ha) I hope it's gonna continue to improve.

On Friday I went to my Kiwi friend's for some beers, I went to the shop to pick some up on the way and was in two minds about getting crisps as a snack, I even picked up a packet, but then put it back down... it dawned on me that beer is already soo fattening and I don't want to get into the 'f*ck it' attitude, just because I'm drinking some beer it doesn't mean that I need to ALSO stuff my face with EXTRA junk. So I didn't get any and I think my friend was happy that I didn't coz she's trying to eat better too. So yeah, a small victory, but I guess that's what it's all about, little by little...To be honest though, I think my body REALY doesn't like alcohol, I had 3 beers and woke up hungover yesterday, I mean THREE beers...I hardly ever drink, partially because of how horrible I feel the next day.

Plan for today:
Stick to my food plan
Do coursework
Do some exercise

I still have 1 more week of the exercise plan, I didn't to any of the workouts last week coz felt like I had no energy and wasn't in the right frame of mind, so I put in on Holiday Mode, which means I have extra 2 weeks of access. A bit gutted that I didn't manage to do 6 weeks in a row but I'm going to finish it this week. Need to get back into it because I can feel that I'm slipping into inactivity.
 
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