Healthy Habits Week of August 4

Hi everyone! How was your week?

I'm very proud of myself this week. I've been practicing meditation (both mindfulness and breathing techniques) and I feel like it's starting to really work. When I started, it felt like I'd have to do it at least 20-25 times to start feeling it and now I only need to do it a few times before I start feeling relief. I feel like I've been much calmer and I'm almost able to not focus on my constant headaches and migraines so much. It's like I acknowledge that it's there and I'm learning how to focus past it. I'm still looking forward to starting my botox (stupid insurance delay is making u reschedule), but I'm staying optimistic.

I'm going to keep focusing on eating healthy. I'm suppose to graduate this semester and I don't want to fall into the trap I did last year during my prelims where I let myself eat whatever I wanted because I was stressed. Ig the weather stays nice, I'm going to start walking everyday.

What are your goals for the week?

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lyn*

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Veteran

Good for you for sticking to the mindfulness - I've seen it work for a lot of people (and by extension, DBT), but I don't really have the patience for it! Ha!

This week I'm hoping to hit up the gym 3x, but it may be a titch difficult because of my call schedule, but we'll see. 3x would mean I have to gym at least once post-call, and we'll see how that works. :p

citygirldc

Hiya all. I have been busy the past few weeks and now August will be slow for me so look for me to post more. As for exercise, I worked out 5x last week, and am still struggling with my eating habits. If I need to see a weight loss, I know I need to track everything. That will be my goal this week.

flowergirl

Active Member

I've got back into doing a few minutes of pilates in the morning. I don't snack after dinner and that seems to work. I feel much better when I wake up in the morning.

I recommend Lee Holme's Super Charged Foods book.

amiable

I've been exercising for about 6-7 weeks now, I think, and am pretty in the swing of it. But I've also increased my eating. So my goal this week is to start tracking calories again. I'd hoped to lose 10 lbs. this summer, and instead I've gained a few.

So back to myfitnesspal to track calories (or does anyone have a different one they recommend)? I'm really loving JessicaSmithTV for exercise - which alicat recommended back in May.

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