Happy Be-A-Better-Me Journal

This is going to be a journal where I transcribe my progress in exercise, weight loss and dieting and ask for some accountability. My life is so much better when I am disciplined, I'm hoping this journal will help me build up this discipline. I want to live simply with like a nunk. What's a nunk, you make ask. It's a non-binary monastic! I made the word up myself. It's a portmanteau of the words nun and monk.

My current daily goals are:

No-nos:

No PMO
No processed foods
No bread or flour-based products
No sugar

Restrictions:

only half an hour of TV or video games a day
One Meal A Day (OMAD)

Daily Self Care:

Exercise
Go for a walk
Regular meditation
Patikulamanasikara
Metta

Hobbies:

30 minutes of Spanish a day
30 minutes of Swahili a day
At least 1 hour of crochet a day

I may update these goals later down the line to increase the challenge but for right now I think this is a good place to start.

 

Weighed in this morning after officially being 1 month on my new diet.

I've lost 19 lbs!!!!

Pretty stoked about that. Onward and upward to even more weight loss!

Diet is going well. Today's a cheat day, will get back on it tomorrow.

Exercise not happening.

 

On day 1 of a three day fast. Exercised today.

 

Hey thanks for the reminder. I'm fairly experienced in fasting and I've been working my way up starting with 1 day fasts every week then 2 days fasts every week for the last 3 weeks. Now trying a 3 days fast and I'm drinking tea and I'll keep the salt tip in mind in case I start feeling bad. I've experienced that kidney pain before too, it's not fun.

Day 2 of the fast begins.

 

Today is day 3 of my fast. Will break it tomorrow morning with an apple or something like that. All is going well. Hunger manageable.

Worked out today.

 

Broke my diet this morning with an apple and a handful of almonds. The whole fasting experience went really well, I barely even noticed I was fasting.

 

Cheat day today. Exercised.

 

Been dealing with some dysphoria lately so haven't been exercising. Did fast two days this week though, and ate OMAD yesterday. Need to figure out what my workout routine is going to be.

 

Thanks livewell. Yeah I've experience all those before, they aren't fun! Got some emergency broth ready though in case I need. I shouldn't though. And you're welcome!

 

I surely wiil!!! Starting a three day fast tomorrow and I'll make sure to stay hydrated.

Yeah maybe a little strength training but I don't want to become swol. So just lite stuff for me. I have resistance bands, I think I'll incorporate them into my routine.

 

Thanks Ranger. I've been looking into doing pull ups, thanks for the rec.

Update: starting a 3 days fast today. Today is day 1.

 

I've finally decided on a workout routine. I'm just gonna keep it simple and use this routine worked out by the bodyweight fitness community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/routines/bwf-primer/#wiki_day_1_.28start_here.21 . I realized that I was procrastinating on actually starting exercise because I felt overwhelmed with having to develop a routine for myself. So just gonna do this instead, starting tomorrow.

Will also supplement with 5 minutes on exercise bike every day.

 

Day 1 completed. 5 minutes exercise bike, 5x5 pushups.

Tomorrow's workout, need to read this sometime today.

 

Completed day 2. Tomorrow's workout.

Day 3 of fast. Considering extending it another day so I can meet my weight loss goals for the month.

 

Broke fast with some apple and nuts.