Wednesday October 12 Healthy Living Check in
How do you feel today? What's the plan for today? What goals are you going to reach?
Or if your day is ending, how was your day? what goals did you reach?
How are you doing in general? How do you feeeel? I said that twice but it's important.
Also if you keep that you can't do this alone, you don't have to do it alone. Click here to be held accountable for your goals.
@HalliwellSister
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@HalliwellSister
gonna try and keep up with having 3 meals, but this final project for class is mostly my top objective for this week. Once I start my next class, I'm going to schedule myself better as not do things at the last minute, short term and therefore also long term. Thanks for checking in :)
@PandaK
That sounds good! I hope the project goes well. :) And no problem.
@HalliwellSister This morning I weighed myself, and I am at the lowest weight I have been in two years. When I started my diet 9 weeks ago I weighed 308.2 pounds, and now I weigh 278.4 pounds. I've lost 30 pounds in 9 weeks, and now I feel amazing! :D
P.S. It also feels empowering to say my weight here, because usually I would be way too embarrassed to admit how much I weigh, and I would never tell anyone outside of 7 Cups how much I weigh.
@Charlie33
goad to hear it is going well
@Charlie33, well done! What an inspiration you are by sharing your accomplishment.
@BridgetAileen Thanks so much! :)
@Charlie33
Oh Charlie! THAT IS AMAZING!!! Congrats to you on achieving your goals! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! TOTAL AWESOME-NESS! 
@PoliteOcean Thank you so much for your kind words! :)
@HalliwellSister
So far today is great. Got up early and went for a run. I hope tonight I can make it to my barre class. I hope everyone else is having a good start to their day.
@SMLHappy
good luck with class
I'm not sure how I am feeling. I don't really work out. I could try to fix that. I might try the Zumba thing when I get home which will not be for a couple of hours. I'm waiting on Ian and others to show cause we are going to walk around passing out flyers.
@HalliwellSister, the Zumba does look fun, doesn't it. I think I need to find one at a bit slower pace. At least to start with. Walking around and passing out fliers is activity. That accomplishes two good things at once, right? 
@BridgetAileen
indeed!
I'm not doing so well today. I drank alcohol for the first time in months yesterday because I wanted to feel something other than numbness, and unsurprisingly, it just made me feel worse. Depression has been really kicking my butt the past few days.
@Beezleybub
sorry to hear that you have not been too good lately. Depression can definitely be very draining. It's okay to slip up. No one is perfect. The glory of it though is that every moment is a new chance. I noticed though you said first time in months. What's been going on lately that caused you to relapse?
@HalliwellSister
I've been dealing with the aftermath of being hospitalized, and my mom is quite ill with cancer, so. I didn't care if I hurt myself or pushed my recovery back at all.
@Beezleybub
if you don't mind me asking, what were you hospitalized for? Sorry to hear your mother is ill with cancer. That's a horrible disease. I could understand why you're feeling the way you are. It's not unusual to feel that way. You said you were tired of feeling numb so you drank, what did you want to feel instead?
I feel pretty tired. I just got off work and don't have any plans. My goal is to drink more water today.
@Mellietronx
that is a good goal! Maybe get some rest if you can?
@HalliwellSister Yup! I was on my feet for 7 and a half hours today O_o
@Mellietronx
O_o Doing what? Working? You work at a coffee shop right? I think I remember reading that. If so, is it true that after working somewhere, you grow to dislike the product?
@HalliwellSister Yup :) I do love my job...it just makes me tired. I still love coffee though!
@Mellietronx
coffee wakes you right up ;)
@HalliwellSister Oh yes!
It's evening. I ate a healthy enough lunch and spent some time outside. Getting outside really does help with my depression. Checked out the Zumba videos...those are a bit "fast" for me right now, so I'm going to check out some beginning ones or ones for seniors. I think I may have a really nice, big salad for dinner. Maybe draw or color mandalas later this evening. Being able to be mindful like that really helps me a lot. It may not exactly be "healthy living" as in exercise and eating, but it helps me want to do those other things. So I count it. 
@BridgetAileen
Of course it is healthy living. Self care counts :)
My husband asked me to bring home peanut M&Ms and the two of us ate the entire family size bag :(
@SadMe70, oops...but at least it sounds totally delicious. I love peanut M&Ms. I hope you enjoyed some for me.
@BridgetAileen I think I ate some for just about everybody!
Ummm full disclosure...I ate two pieces of fried chicken today and cheetos last night [LOL]. But most days I don't eat that way and I'm going to start a few exercise challenges tomorrow: squats, crunches, and push-ups. Wish me luck!
@essdee
It is okay ! Cheat days are okay! :) Good luck with the challenges!
@HalliwellSister Thank you, I could use some good luck 😊
@essdee
then I will send you all the luck that I possess and I will make sure that it is the good kind!
@essdee, aren't you glad that we don't have to be perfect? You indulged a bit, and are getting right back on track. That's what's important.
@BridgetAileen Thank you for the reminder, I appreciate it.
@essdee
ESSDEE!!!!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!..... Let us know how your challenges go! You got this!.. 
@PoliteOcean I will do that, every painful detail [LOL]
@HalliwellSister today is good :3 I need to stop the junk foods though :')
@NadaMedhat2
Glad to hear that today was good for you. And you dont have to stop completely, just eat it less!
@HalliwellSister That could help yes :3 Thank you <3
@NadaMedhat2
You're welcome!
@NadaMedhat2 I have always heard "Everything in moderation", it's tough though! I'm so glad you had a good day today 😊
