February 2024 Beck Alumni thread

[ermabom]

Cyn, I'm going to look into those pizza crusts. Sometimes I want to make a healthy pizza with my own toppings!

Feb 12 credits:
Much better day. I did snack in the pm but overall it was fine
Read cards
Logged food
Used habit tracker
Gave myself credit
Exercised
Meditated

Today's goal is to eat enough at lunch that I don't get hungry before 5 pm

[lani]

Monday credits:

Weighed - up 0.2 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Ate sitting, mindfully
Body weight exercises
Meditated
Ended day 80 calories under plan
Wrote plan for today

[Cyn]

ermabom , I just checked my WW app, it's 5 points for the Golden Home Ultra Thin Crust, whole wheat. It's nice and thin, I cook it on a pizza crisper screen thing I got at Aldi, which goes directly on the oven rack. The letting it cool a minute or two on a baking rack helps it crisp up nicely.

Credits for Monday:
I finally stopped procrastinating on one of the items on my to-do list, so I consider dropping the stress surrounding it self-care.
Tracked my food, healthy lunch.
Made a list for my Aldi run tomorrow. Heavy on veggies, NO CHEESE, NO CRACKERS!
Took a day of rest, activity wise.
Got my laundry assembled for this morning, only to find out they would be doing work in the laundry room today.

[ermabom]

Feb 13 credits:
Exercised
Read cards
Logged food
Used habit tracker
Gave myself credit
Meditated

[ermabom]

Feb 14 credits:
Turned out to be a busy day so the exercise went by the way side. Lots of errands to run, things to arrange for my dad and others, and I just ran out of steam. Also snacked at night because I was wound up and hungry. Didn't eat enough at dinner.

Meditated
Read cards
Logged food
Used habit tracker
Gave myself credit

[lani]

Tuesday credits:
Weighed - down 0.6 lb.
Read new posts, posted on my other Beck thread
Tracked
Body weight exercises
Ate sitting, mindfully
Meditated
Went over plan, only by 35 cals
Never did write plan down, but the calorie target is the same every day.  I do break the meals up into B,L,D and snacks.

Wednesday credits:
Weighed - up 0.2 lb.
Otherwise same as Tues. except ended day 155 under target calorie goal.

[ermabom]

Feb 15 credits:
Exercised
Meditated
Read cards
Logged food
Used habit tracker
Gave myself credit
Did NOT stick to plan although I made good choices during the day.

[lani]

Thursday credits:

Weighed - down 0.2 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Exercised
Ate sitting, mindfully
Wrote plan for today
Mediated

Went over plan again, but only by 75 cals.

[ermabom]

Feb 16 credits:
Read cards - not as mindfully as I intended to
Logged food
Used habit tracker
Gave myself credit
Exercised
Meditated
Sort of stuck to plan - I was hungry mid-afternoon but I was quite satisfied after lunch so obviously didn't consume enough calories at lunch. Dinner was very light.

[lani]

Friday credits:

Weighed - no change
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Meditated - super short, but I'm counting it!
Ate sitting, mostly mindfully
Exercised
Went over plan by 5 cals
Wrote plan for today

[Cyn]

Ups and downs.
I got lots of healthy groceries.
I have sort of done meal planning.
I have tracked at least 1 meal every day.
I made my crockpot split pea soup-which I just realized I had not put in the fridge! Whew.
I got the laundry done first thing this morning, along w the bathroom cleaning and the kitchen floor.

[ermabom]

Feb 17 credits:
Read cards and edited a couple but still had a problem at night. Day was great though. I even did a short meditation after reading a card at 4 pm, when I am hungry. I wasn't hungry then but got quite hungry at bedtime.
Gave myself credit
Read cards
Logged food
Exercised
Meditated
Used habit tracker

[lani]

Saturday credits:

Weighed - no change
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Ate sitting, mindfully
Meditated
Body weight exercises
Ended day exactly on plan
Wrote today's plan

[ermabom]

Feb 18 credits:
Exercised
Read cards
Logged food
Meditated
Used habit tracker
Gave myself credit
I ate carrots/hummus when I was hungry around 3:30-4 pm

[lani]

Sunday credits:

Weighed - up 1 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Had edamame instead of cheese
Ate sitting, mindfully
Exercised
Ended day 10 calories under plan
Meditated
Wrote plan for today.  Picked a wildly high calorie estimate as I'm going out to dinner tonight.  

[ermabom]

Feb 19 credits:
Drove to JFK to pick up SO so my morning was busy. I had planned a rest day for exercise but I ended up doing a short flexibility routine - a full body stretch.
Read cards
Logged food
Used habit tracker
Gave myself credit - resisted STs to eat between meals and after dinner
Exercised
Meditated
Stuck to plan

[lani]

Monday credits:

Weighed - down 0.6 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Body weight exercises
Ate sitting, mindfully
Tracked b'fast
Meditated
Wrote plan for today

Dinner out last night.  Food intake was moderate, alcohol not so much.

[ermabom]

Feb 20 credits:
didn’t do too well last night. But otherwise ok day. I think I’m overdoing the exercise. I’m rather sore today. I will work out today and see if it helps
Read cards
Logged food
Used habit tracker
Gave myself credit
Exercised
Meditated

[lani]

Tuesday credits:

Weighed - down 0.8 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Body weight exercises
Tracked
Ate sitting, mindfully
Meditated
Ended day 175 calories under plan
Wrote today's plan

[ermabom]

Feb 21 credits:
Meh day. Didn't feel good - my legs were sore. They still are. I'm debating taking a second rest day or whether I should do something. I can't just stretch. I need to warm up before I do.
Took a rest day for exercise
Didn't log
Didn't eat properly although most of it was a small amount during the day. most of the day was fine
Didn't read cards
Meditated
Gave myself credit

I'm going to focus on cards and food today and think about the exercise.

[lani]

Wednesday credits:

Weighed - up 0.8 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Meditated
Body weight exercises
Ended day 305 calorie under plan
Ate sitting, mindfully
Wrote today's plan

[ermabom]

Feb 22 credits:
Struggling with exercise - my hips get really sore - hamstrings, quads, hip flexors, IT band - regardless of what I do and then I'm in pain all day
Going to try some weights today - maybe they just need more strength training
I was tired and cranky about the pain yesterday so I didn't log. Ate ok most of the day. Snacked and stayed up at night because I was in a rebellious mood. I will adjust today
I'm also cranky because eating a vegetable heavy diet seems to involve so much more cooking work - I'm forever making salads and soups and dinner for everyone.
I hope today will be better. I have a slew of errands and shopping to do and I should get going.

[lani]

ermabom, this is discouraging.  I hope you find a routine that will help with the exercise condumdrum.

Thursday credits:

Weighed - down 0.4 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Exercised
Ate sitting, mindfully
Ended day 20 calories under plan
Meditated

Forgot to write a plan, but it's pizza night so I have a pretty good idea based on past Fridays.  It is always more than my weekly calorie goal.

[ermabom]

Feb 23 credits:
Eating was fine today. 99% stuck to plan. Didn't eat between meals
Didn't exercise because I was still sore. I think I'm going to skip the running for a while, at least till I get back to the weight I was lifting in squats and deadlifts before Thanksgiving. I'll walk instead - which I hate.
Logged food
Gave myself credit
Meditated

[lani]

Friday credits:

Weighed - up 0.2 lb.
Read new posts, posted
Tracked
Ate sitting, mindfully
Meditated
Exercised
Ended day at a reasonable calorie count, given it was pizza/wine night
Wrote today's plan