One Step at a Time

Hi, I'm Dee.  30, Canadian.  Non-binary (they/them pronouns).  Tea addict.  The purpose of this blog is to hopefully chronicle my journey towards a healthier body and a healthier relationship with food.  It's also a general blog, which means there will be posts that aren't health/fitness related and are instead just whatever I felt like posting at the time.

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So, I’m 30 now...

It felt a lot more momentous in the lead-up than it does now. Anyway, if you want to help me celebrate, reblog this or shoot me a message with your favourite thing to do to get pumped up or to celebrate.

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Happy Birthday! 

I am all for self pampering days - whatever that means to you! 

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Happy Birthday!  I always take my birthday off from work and just do whatever I want.  It’s the only day of the year that is mine alone so I do what I want.

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Thanks!  I happen to be in the tail end of my vacation, so I have the day off - I’m enjoying a london fog latte that I got for free as my birthday reward from starbucks.

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So, I’m 30 now...

It felt a lot more momentous in the lead-up than it does now. Anyway, if you want to help me celebrate, reblog this or shoot me a message with your favourite thing to do to get pumped up or to celebrate.

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Happy Birthday! 

I am all for self pampering days - whatever that means to you! 

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Thanks, John!

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So, I’m 30 now...

It felt a lot more momentous in the lead-up than it does now. Anyway, if you want to help me celebrate, reblog this or shoot me a message with your favourite thing to do to get pumped up or to celebrate.

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Hmmm... Gryffindor!

Interesting... Actually I'm very strongly Hufflepuff.

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I’ve had a rough few weeks. I’m not sure what it’s been, but my ability to focus and follow through has been basically zero.  Not fun.  I’ve been eating poorly, not working out, not taking care of myself or following a reasonable sleep schedule... 

And now I’m sick with flu-like symptoms.  Maybe those will actually make me fall asleep at a reasonable hour for once and then I can get back on track.

In any case, sorry about the hiatus; I’m blaming my brain.  And maybe the fact that I was adjusting to a new dose of my brain meds.  Since that did coincide with the worst of the weirdness.

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Reblog this and I’ll tell you which house I think you belong in based on your blog.

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Have A Nice Day!

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rb to 今日はｈａｖｅ　ａ　ｎｉｃｅ　ｄａｙ

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This post radiates positive energy

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HAVE A NICE DAY

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Gotta reblog again

Go have a nice day everyone ☀️

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I thought to myself, ‘You know. It’s been a while since I smiled.’ found this post, turned on sound, and I laughed so hard I was smiling with tears and snorting. - THIS, THIS is the shit I live for. 🖤

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oops I slept in today

I guess I’m not doing my morning gym today. Probably I should take today to like meal plan and also plan when and how I’m going to meal prep so that I don’t buy a bunch of groceries that end up going bad in my fridge because I don’t actually want to prepare food :/  

(That happened last week.)

Because going to the gym is going well, but nutrition isn’t so much.  They say the best diet is one that you’ll stick to, and that seems to be my issue.  I make plans and goals but then life happens and it doesn’t match my plans and I get tired of having to improvise.  So I need to find an eating and cooking pattern that works with my life.

I’m taking a break from strict macro-tracking for a bit while I sort out meal timing and what kind of needs I have for my meals (does it need to be portable?  Does it need to be able to be eaten without utensils/being heated/etc?  How much prep time do I actually have? etc).

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Workout Log: August 28, 2018

I got to the gym a bit later than I usually aim to, but that didn’t stop me from hitting an awesome new PR on my squat.  Doing upper body after non-lifting days and lower body after upper body seems to be working well so far.

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Send me things that make you happy

I've been dealing with a fairly severe mental illness flare up for the past week or so (oops looks like maybe I need to go back to my doctor since it coincides with trying to lower my SSRI dosage) and I could use any happy thoughts available.

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Workout log: August 27, 2018

I had a rough last half of the week last week, but I'm back at it today. I've also switched up my workout order so my upper body days are the ones following rest or cardio and core days, because my lower body days use my upper body more than my upper body days use my lower body, so I feel like that will tire me out less.

Anyway, I also backed down on weight a little in favour of getting more reps, and I hit a new PR! Next week I'll see if I can hit 6+ reps at 65lbs.

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Fitblr promo 18

So I said I would do a promo once I reach 2000 followers but I’ve surpassed that now, if you want me to include you in the promo on Tuesday, just reblog this and write a little about yourself + your fitness journey so far!

I will promo about 30 fitblrs ^^ ♡

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I’m Dee, I’m 29 (almost 30), Canadian, and I’ve been on a fitness journey since late 2014.  I lost upwards of 75 pounds in 2015, only to gain over half of that back in early 2016, which I’ve struggled with since.  Early this year I hit a breaking point with my mental health and finally started trying medication to deal with it, which has thankfully helped a lot.

I took up weightlifting in June and that’s helped a lot more.  My weight hasn’t really moved in any sort of downward direction in a while, but I feel like I’m finally taking more steps forward toward whole health than backward.  I still have rough patches (this week has been one), but I feel like they’re getting shorter and a bit less frequent, so overall I feel positive about where my life journey is going.

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ah, the two genders, Girl and Orb

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yet another unrealistic body standard for men

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tag yourself, I'm orb

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Dear Tumblr:

Why do you keep thinking you’ve had an issue and can’t post from mobile, so you try multiple times, only for me to go to my blog later and realise that it worked every single time and now i have 2-4 of the same post repeated?  Can you not?

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Workout logs for August 20 and 21!

Monday: Squats. I worked my way up to 85lbs for 8 reps (new PR! Yay!). Then I did a more Glute-focused accessory workout.

Tuesday: I put more weight on the bar, but didn't exactly hit a new PR... I did figure out that it's a big jump from lifting 55 or 60 lbs to lifting 65lbs. I may have overestimated my capabilities a little and had to do a roll of shame. Well, I guess now I know where the point that I need a spotter is. Whoops. I did a bit less accessory work because my right shoulder has been sore for the past few days and I also knew I'd be getting groceries after the gym.

Tomorrow is cardio and core but I might just do cardio and have an active rest day if I'm still quite sore - there's good soreness and then there's soreness that hampers your lifts and I don't want that kind.

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Food logs: August 19&20, 2018

Sunday was a two pots of tea kind of day and I found myself feeling kind of anxious/bored, but I managed to stick to my macros.

Yesterday I was out all afternoon picking up a new mattress and box spring for my bed, so I had a bigger dinner than usual. Then I was once again hit by that weird boredom and usually that's a trigger to overeat, but I managed to curb the instinct and eat to my goals.

Also just a note: the cookie crisp is actually an alternative brand that I only had a bit left of, that isn't in the cron-o-meter database, so I just used the brand name stuff because it's macros are similar enough.

I'm actually kind of proud of myself for doing that, because it means I'm able to adapt when things aren't 100% ideal.

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Food log: August 18, 2018 I probably should have eaten a little more, but by the time I realised just how active I apparently was today, it was already closing in on 10pm and I'd made my herbal tea to wind down with for the evening. Tomorrow's another rest day, though, so I'll probably eat closer to maintenance and it'll all even out. In any case, I did a pretty decent job of hitting my macros, so I'm satisfied.