January 2024 Beck Alumni Thread

[lani]

Sunday credits:

Weighed - no change
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Ate sitting, mindfully
Ended day 435 calories under plan - not that hungry, my past few days of overeating must have filled me up
Meditated
Exercised
Wrote plan for today

[ermabom]

Jan 22 credits:
Ate only at meal times and ate dinner early so that I could go to sleep early, instead of missing dinner.
Resisted STs
Logged food
I need to start reading cards.
Was going to exercise but got caught up in some stuff in the house and plain forgot till I was too tired.

[lani]

Monday credits:

Weighed - no change
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Exercised
Meditated
Ate sitting, mindfully
Went over plan, only by 55 calories
Wrote plan for today

[ermabom]

Jan 23 credits:
I didn't eat breakfast because I was going out to lunch - when I pick up/drop off my dad from/to my brother, we meet at a restaurant and eat lunch together in NJ.
Ate lightly at dinner
Didn't exercise
Didn't read cards
Didn't log food

I really need to get back into my routine.

[ermabom]

Jan 24 credits:
I only ate when I was hungry - which was not at meal times.
Ate a small dinner at the usual time because I really want to get back on track with meal times
Didn't exercise - just vegged out because I was brain dead
Spent what little brain energy I had on trying to get a procedure scheduled for my father
Going to try to do better today. I have a plan.

[lani]

What happened to Tuesday?  Here now anyway.

Tuesday credits:

Weighed - down 0.2 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Exercised
Tracked
Ate sitting, mindfully
Ended day 225 calories under plan
Meditated
Wrote plan for Wed., knowing l was lunching out.

Wednesday credits:
Weighed - down 0.6 lb.
Evening body weight exercises
Ate sitting

[ermabom]

Jan 25 credits:
I'm having some issues with my dad and his eating and as a result, I decided to go and work on fiber related stuff - weaving, knitting - instead of working out.
Eating is fine. I resisted STs to eat ice cream at night.
I need to manage this stress. SO doesn't come back till Feb 18 and I have to deal with my father alone until then. Exercise will help but I'm just feeling so lethargic about it all.

I am still making good food for us and that is in the fridge for me so I'm not eating junk

[lani]

Thursday credits:

Weighed - down 0.2 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Exercised
Tracked
Ate sitting, mindfully
Meditated
Went over plan, 10 cals, I'll take it

 Tonight, another night of folks over, takeout will be eaten, wine will be drunk, but not the imbibers, I hope.

[ermabom]

Jan 26 credits:
My head is not in a good place right now due to my father’s pushing my buttons. Today I am going to try and get it back to where it needs to be, but I’m not holding my breath. I am trying to avoid any interactions with my father today.

[lani]

ermabom, sorry.

Friday credits:

Weighed - up 1 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Meditated
Exercised
Ate sitting, mindfully for b'fast
Wrote plan for today

Another late night, going over plan.  It's a new day.

[ermabom]

Jan 27 credits:
Did better yesterday. Made myself do things. Avoided eating stuff not on my plan.

I'm going to force myself back into the routine today.

[lani]

Sunday credits:

Weighed - up 0.8 lb.  Wages of starch, fat and alcohol.
Read new posts, posted
Body weight stretch, strength and flexibility exercises, morning and evening
Tracked
Meditated
Ate sitting, mindfully
Ended day 80 calories under plan
Wrote plan for today

[ermabom]

Jan 28 credits:
Exercised - yay!
Logged food - yay!
Today I have preplanned my day so I have set intentions for what I will accomplish. Fingers crossed

[lani]

ermabom, good work!

I have been able to string a couple of on plan days in a row, much needed.

Sunday credits:

Weighed - down 0.2 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Meditated
Exercised
Ate sitting, mindfully
Ended day 460 calories under plan.  Game was too stressful to eat during.
Wrote plan for today

[ermabom]

Jan 29 credits;
Intentions were good. I didn't achieve all of them.
Didn't exercise - the day got away from me
I did read at least my ARC
Logged all the food

Going to continue with pre-planning/logging the day but going to focus more on getting it done. Today is a busy day though so we'll see what I get done.

[lani]

Monday credits:

Weighed - down 0.8 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Meditated
Body weight exercises
Ate sitting, mindfully
Went over plan, only by 85 cals
Wrote plan for today

[ermabom]

Jan 30 credits:
Not a great day. I was reasonably good most of the day but I overate at night because my dad is stressing me out. I'm not going to do it today.
I should have time to exercise today and I will.

[lani]

ermabom, I feel for you.  The only good thing about my mom's descent into dementia was it got me meditating.

Tuesday credits:

Weighed - down 1.2 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Exercised
Meditated
Ate sitting, mindfully
Ended day 10 calories over plan

Lunch out (yet again) today so no plan beyond b'fast.

[ermabom]

Sadly, he isn't anywhere close to dementia. He just knows how to push my buttons. Whether he does it deliberately or unintentionally, it still happens. SO is not around to keep me grounded.

[ermabom]

Jan 31 credits:
Not a great day. I had a wakeup call because my bloodwork isn't good. I think my stress-snacking of the last few months has taken a toll on my cholesterol and blood sugar.
But my big credit was that I thought of the layer cake in the Beck book and stopped myself from snacking.

I'm going back to the diet I had for the first week I was back from India - high in fruits/veg and no snacks.

Also, exercise starts today. I have things I can do in the evening when I can't do yoga because I just ate or drank and I don't have the energy for walking/running. I need to do something every day.

[lani]

Catching up on posting:

Wednesday credits:
Weighed - up 0.2 lb.
Tracked breakfast
Meditated
Body weight exercises
Ate sitting, sometimes mindfully

Had lunch out with four friends.  No idea how many cals, drinks were involved.