#fearofmondays

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Happy, glorious, unswervingly beautiful Monday. There. I did it. I am being positive on a Monday (whispering it so the Monday hordes of horror don't hear me) I can change. I'm flexible. I can listen. I can learn. (hiding behind my chair instead of sitting in it so the hordes of horror don't see me) It's not like I'm too old to learn new tricks. I can learn new tricks, goddammit! (Oops, sorry, shhhhh...) Yes, nothing stops me. I'm packed with courage. I AM the tip of the spear where facing fears head on is the penultimate Monday task (I placed a soft rubber tip on the top of my spear so I don't hurt the Monday horror hordes, and they fly at me in droves like famished bats) Darn right. I meant it when I typed that happy Monday stuff. I sure did. By gosh. You betcha. *gulp* (Save me. I'm scared. It was all a lie) *gulp* #writerslife #writer #writersofinstagram #mondaymotivation #fearofmondays #fearofmonday (at Calgary Alberta, Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0O_2JkDDj7/?igshid=7mhy9isgawey

[oxymord]

Day 35 and all the ones before

Monthly accounts at work kept me away from Tumblr a few days. Ok my laziness too. And also I needed some time for reflection.

I have hit the 31-day mark, which to me is a big motivational milestone. I have been at it for more than 31 days and I am still there. Go me! While off Tumblr, I spent some time figuring out what works, what doesn’t work and what I would like to do differently healthiness-wise (In case you hadn’t figured it out yet, I love making up expressions). Results of the healthiness-wise thinking:

I am good on water intake, eating wisely until 4 I am getting better at saying no to unplanned/office food (most of the time it is food that I don’t actually enjoy), staying motivated days in days out I am still struggling with over-snacking after 5pm and stress-eating

As from now and until some unknown date,  I will:

walk a minimum of 10,000 steps five days a week (ideally outside of the weekend)

do sports at least twice  a week (running, extra walking, yoga, ...)

stand up and walk away from my desk anytime I feel like eating out of boredom or stress

be more mindful of my portions, especially for dinner

To hold myself accountable, I am going to do fitcharts like @fitchris25 with daily goals.  My current goals are:

10,000 daily steps

Go for a walk between 10am and 3pm

No unplanned candies,cookies, biscuits

No second helping at dinner

[oxymord]

June, the trying month

I have tried in June, and I kind of failed. But I am still there.

My goals in June were to hit 10,000 steps at least five times a week, go to yoga on Monday and Tuesday, and to to the gym/swimming/running at least once.

I haven’t hit the 10,000 steps on 12 days ( 4 more than the weekend days), and because I haven’t entered my activities, I struggle to remember how good I have been doing. I know that I haven’t been enough to the gym. I did okay on yoga (missing twice), and I went running for the first time in 6 months.

Food wise, I was as usual halfway there. Some days were good, others less. I let the stress get to me too much and then stress-eat.

Anyway, enough beating myself. Let’s set new goal for this new month!

- 10,000 steps/day five times a week - yoga twice (ideally taking advantages of the lesson on Monday eve at the gym and Tuesday midday at work) - One run/swim/gym session and maybe if I manage to keep up, add a second one by the end of the month - mindful eating

[oxymord]

Fear of Mondays & Weekly Recap

Last week, I went to the gym on Thursday and Friday. Each time I did 30 min on the treadmill, working towards my 5km goal (running it under 30 minutes), and I did 10 min on the rowing machine, because I like rowing. I also went to yoga on Tuesday. Considering that I have been feeling flu-ish the whole week. I am pretty happy with my activity level. The flu hit me full blown on Saturday and since then I am half myself. Yesterday I went to the supermarket, 15 minutes down the road. I had the feeling I was running a half-marathon. Bloody lungs!

I have been super consistent in what I eat. I have managed to refuse eating more crips. Like crips, the lovely salty crisps. However I was having an big after dinner/in front of the tv snack issue and thanks to a discussion with the Swedish Giant and the support of @health-food-diary, I have tackled it down since Wednesday. Yuppee! I am also 10 days candies free :) Don’t worry I am not stopping candies, I am learning to control my candies intakes.

So overall, I am happy with this week. And Fear of Mondays has rewarded me with some centimeters lost. Yeah! -1 cm on each tight, - 1cm on the navel compared to before Xmas measurements. Little by little, I am getting there.

[oxymord]

No gym for me and no fear of Monday's either. My mum and twin sisters are there for a few days. We are visiting London. Believe it does keep us busy. We walked more than 29000 steps today. My legs are crying for mercy.

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Weekly Recap & Fear of Monday

Last week, I went running on Tuesday and on Friday. I went swimming on Wednesday evening.  I did a bit of core workout at home four times. And finally, I spent four hours on Sunday moving boxes full of books.

Overall I am pretty happy with my workouts this week. But I knew before measuring that it wasn’t going to be a week of loss (again).  My eating has been all over the place. I am getting a bit too stressed over job-hunting, and when I am stressed and frustrated I eat. Not working, staying at home, and spending hours on job applications is bomb concoction for me. I will eat without being hungry out of frustration. 

I need to change that. I am thinking of going out to walk or run in early morning when I am not volunteering at the Oxfam shop. Be back at home before 9:30/10:00, spend two hours on job hunting, and then do something else with my afternoons.

[oxymord]

Weekly recap & Fear of Mondays

I am back after a weekend of way too much drinking and eating out. May I blame the British for that? No, it is mostly the results of my own choices.

Weekly workouts recap

I am over behind schedule. In total I exercised three times, which is not that bad in itself, but it is not enough if I want to lose weight. I went running on Monday and Wednesday, and went for a 2 hours walk yesterday.

I am also behind schedule for the 21-Day Challenge. Damn me! I do have the time, but I always end up to doing other stuff. Only 2 workouts out of 4.

Fear of Mondays

Not surprisingly, the measurements have not been going down this week. At least they have not been going up. And this is something good considering the amount of food and alcohol we managed to absorb over the last three days.

Let’s talk some serious business. I need to refocus on my healthy habits and choices. I am not losing any cm/gm and I know why.  I am fooling myself with my food intake. I eat too much compared to my daily exercise. E.g. I will have a nice salad that I really enjoy and will finish the meal with sweets, and biscuits. Eating sweets and biscuits is not bad, but I need to stop eating them (at least for a little while) if I really want to lose a bit. Mostly because I tend to eat too many of them.

Well new week, new day, let’s go back to serious business

[oxymord]

Last Week Recap & Fear of Monday

Workouts Recap

Last week hasn’t been a good workout week. Two runs and three yoga sessions were planned. The weather was awful: freezing and rainy. Plus, I hadn’t had much motivation to go out.

I only went running once, on Wednesday 20th, and did yoga twice. Not a brilliant week.

Goals for this week (26/05 - 31/05): 3 yoga sessions and 2 runs. Let’s find some motivation.

Fear of Mondays aka the day where I take the measurement.

Not much progress here. A cm here, half cm there. Not really surprising as I haven’t been exercising as much as I should. Next week will be better.