90 Day Good Habit Workshop Thread - All Welcome (Part 2)
 

Welcome to part 2 of this ongoing challenge thread. The first thread is found here.

I have successfully completed 90 days and am about to start the next 90. I feel secure in my eating, exercise and sleep habits, which comprised my previous goals. My current focus will be on not wasting so much time on the computer (a bit of an addict here). Later today when I work out the details I will post my specific goals. I suspect that this is going to be a struggle for me but as my signature states "if you want the results you have to create the causes".

Jean, congrats again. :thup: I have to keep a limit on my online time, too. I don't have specific time limits, but I have a hierarchy of important "tasks" vs complete time-wasters. No time-wasters unless the more important stuff is taken care of, as well as my IRL daily to-do list.

One rule that's helped me is no "trying to catch up" on Twitter, Facebook, etc. If anything important happened in anyone's life and I didn't get a phone call or run into the person IRL, then I'm not close enough to that person to worry about it. Fight your FOMO. If I want to use social media, I just jump in and don't scroll down very far.

Day 61

1. Activity: the usual lazy weekend 'nope' X
2. Weigh-in: done :thup:
3. Supps: done :thup:
4. Food: also nope X

Food freebies used: 9/5

Ladies and gentlemen, I do believe I have proven to myself that corn is as bad for my arthritis and allergies as gluten. I'm mourning here. I may never eat Doritos again. Those were an occasional treat for me. "Hey, they're gluten-free." But this is the second time that I've had them with an otherwise clean diet, and (1) my back is so sore I have a hard time putting on pants and socks ( :o ) and (2) my allergy meds are suddenly rendered almost useless. My nose is on fire here. Sigh. Well, at least I know. It could be worse; I always think of all the folks with arthritis whose quality of life could be massively improved if their health care providers would just entertain the idea of molecular mimicry and inflammation triggers.

I thought of retooling my remaining 1/3 of my 90 days, but I think I'll just wait until the next 90-day cycle. It looks like I won't be laid off this summer, and the shift I'll be working would be a good one for me to cycle to work a lot of days. That will be one of my goals.

I waste too much time on the computer. I do much better with absolute rules so I am setting some absolute rules:

1. No computer use between the hours of 9AM and 6PM except for my Buddhist teachings and tracking food on Cronometer.

2. No computer use in the morning until after I meditate.

3. No computer use after 10PM

day 5 of 5 this week
 

goal: 15 min of creative writing, research or extracting writing from journal notes 5 days a week for my project/s.

20 min spent writing, editing, and making notes for project 2.

Congrats, Jean on completing your 90 days! I like your new goals. Too much computer time is a problem for a lot of us...I limit mine too. I'd like to be on this site much more but just don't have the time for it.

Woo hoo! :doah: :dazzle: New thread!!

Morning all!!

my posting from midnight

57/90

Feb 2 start date. (26 d)
Mar (31 d)



My 90 day challenge:

3 goofs used
Only LC sanctioned pizza, no other.
Goof ups allowed: 3, but not more than 2 pcs.
zero goofs left.


Adding on 1 serving of lc vegies a day. Minimum.
1 goofs used
For next 60 days, allowing 4 goofs.
3 misses left

Start date March 27 cannot eat ham, ever!!!!!!!!!! No goofs allowed. NONE.
4/90

Day 1
no misses (I meditated after turning on the computer but I had not yet set the rule)

1. No computer use between the hours of 9AM and 6PM except for my Buddhist teachings and tracking food on Cronometer.

2. No computer use in the morning until after I meditate.

3. No computer use after 10PM

April 2 Day 1
 

Well my weight is spiraling out of control! I need to get back to the basics.
My 90 habit will be to count all carbs and stay UNDER 20!

Today is my day 1 My start weight is 167.4

Day 13
I made through the long weekend.No snacks. But I did have two drinks on Saturday night. But now its Monday morning and ready to put my best foot forward. My goal as before no snacks after work while making dinner, and no snacks after dinner. The weight is not just falling off but I am patient . I feel so much better, physically and mentally. :wave:

Day 62

1. Activity: the usual lazy weekend 'nope' X
2. Weigh-in: done :thup:
3. Supps: done :thup:
4. Food: not awful but nope X

Food freebies used: 10/5

I hope everyone had a good weekend. I was at my brother's for the day for a pot-luck get-together. I was tempted to just blow it and bring junk, but I put together a veggie/meat tray with dip, and filled up on that. SIL made some fabulous meatballs with just egg and spices in them. I had a few vodka/diet pepsis, and a treat of some Glutino cookies he bought. These kind of get-togethers/crazy meals boggle my mind at how many of us (myself included) used to eat like this EVERY DAY. I was uncomfortably full afterward... and that used to be my 'normal'.

Day 28 of 90

Rigid:
~ Maximum of 25 net carbs per day - 20 net carbs
~ Water intake of at least 20 oz. - 32 oz.

Probably Needed:
~ 12 meais off plan (equals one per week) Controlled and planned
4/12

Expected, and if happens, will not derail me...
~ 6 days off plan (2 per month)
2/6

Required:
~ If off plan, default back to plan immediately. I will be accountable to report this.

Start date: March 4, 2018

Day 29 of 90

Rigid:
~ Maximum of 25 net carbs per day - X
~ Water intake of at least 20 oz. - 24 oz.

Probably Needed:
~ 12 meais off plan (equals one per week) Controlled and planned
4/12

Expected, and if happens, will not derail me...
~ 6 days off plan (2 per month)
3/6

Required:
~ If off plan, default back to plan immediately. I will be accountable to report this.

Start date: March 4, 2018

Notes:
I was hoping only to take a pass for a "meal" off plan, but sure enough...eating more than normal carbs awoke the carb monster. So I had to take one of the passes for a day off plan. Back solid today.

Day 1 of 5 this week
 

goal: 15 min of creative writing, research or extracting writing from journal notes 5 days a week for my project/s.

25 min watching video of subject matter without stopping it, and then reading thru what I wrote without stopping, a little editing. Project 2.

Kristine, glad you got thru the pot-luck. I have some Glutino bars I am using, had a coupon for them. I usually only eat 1/3 bar at a time to make sure the carb count is low for that snack.

April 3 Day 2/90
 

Well yesterday was day 1 and I blew it....
So day I reset?
hmmm....
Well Day 2 of 90
with 1 day off plan :)

Day 63

1. Activity:done :thup:
2. Weigh-in: done :thup:
3. Supps: done :thup:
4. Food: on-plan :thup:

Food freebies used: 10/5

Nancy, awesome job on the weekend. You did better than I did, especially if you were there overnight. That always did me in, if I was visiting my parents. Even though I was happy to go, it stressed me out enough that I'd rather be stoned on food than stick to plan.

mviesprite, my brother offered me the rest of the package to take home, and I tried not to react in complete horror. :lol: "NO... I mean, no thank you." I see other Glutino products on the reduced rack here quite often.

Day 2
no misses

1. No computer use between the hours of 9AM and 6PM except for my Buddhist teachings and tracking food on Cronometer.

2. No computer use in the morning until after I meditate.

3. No computer use after 10PM

Day 14
First break with my commitment of nothing after supper 7 yr old cheese in evening .Was tired. I will be fine today.

Days 1 and 2 of 90

Goal of this challenge: Simply to tally how well I do sticking to my diet plan over the next 90 days.

Good days: 1
So-so eating: 0
Off the mark: 1
Late snacks: 1

My most recent diet tweak to go VLC/deep keto for the first time since 2015 ended up not being such a great fit for me for several reasons. I found it too restrictive and harder to stick to. Satiety wasn't any better and I tended to overeat fat. I didn't make any progress with my weight and my LDL-C shot up again. So I've decided to go back to how I was eating 2 years ago when I successfully lost the last 30 or 40 pounds to reach my low of 190 pounds. This tweak is a little higher in carbs, a lot higher in fiber, and involves tracking my food with an eye on total net carbs and calories. It will include periodic IFs as well. I posted the details HERE in my journal. This will likely be my WOE for now and into the foreseeable future. It worked. I may as well stick with it.

I will complete this 90 day challenge by posting here regularly. It is merely a tally of how well I'm doing with my plan over the next 90 days. The categories are a little subjective, but I have enough experience with this to know a good eating day from a bad one. The days where I can't decide good from bad will fall into the So-So category. From past experience I tend to remain on the keto side of the fence if I keep net carbs < 40 and I tend to lose weight if the calories are closer to 2000 than they are to 3000 (or more). Those will be the two primary drivers of what makes a good day or a bad day. As a side goal I will track days when I snack after dinner. I like the idea of a daily 12 hour fast. I believe that it is beneficial in many ways and I want get back into that habit.

I started this challenge on Sunday April 1st and didn't do a good job that day. Yesterday was on target.

Day 30 of 90

Rigid:
~ Maximum of 25 net carbs per day - 21
~ Water intake of at least 20 oz. - 40 oz.

Probably Needed:
~ 12 meais off plan (equals one per week) Controlled and planned
4/12

Expected, and if happens, will not derail me...
~ 6 days off plan (2 per month)
3/6

Required:
~ If off plan, default back to plan immediately. I will be accountable to report this.

Start date: March 4, 2018

Notes:
Good, good day yesterday. I see I have used half of my "day off plan passes" and I am not half way to 90 days yet. Means I need to tighten things up. Kind of a wonky week last week that lent itself to not making good decisions.

59/90

Feb 2 start date. (26 d)
Mar (31 d)



My 90 day challenge:

3 goofs used
Only LC sanctioned pizza, no other.
Goof ups allowed: 3, but not more than 2 pcs.
zero goofs left.


Adding on 1 serving of lc vegies a day. Minimum.
1 goofs used
For next 60 days, allowing 4 goofs.
3 misses left

Start date March 27 cannot eat ham, ever!!!!!!!!!! No goofs allowed. NONE.
4/90

day 2 of 5 this week
 

goal: 15 min of creative writing, research or extracting writing from journal notes 5 days a week for my project/s.

15 min spent writing about some things I observed tonight coming home from work. I put it in project 2... not sure where it will go.

Day 64

1. Activity:done :thup:
2. Weigh-in: done :thup:
3. Supps: done :thup:
4. Food: on-plan :thup:

Food freebies used: 10/5

Day 3
no misses

1. No computer use between the hours of 9AM and 6PM except for my Buddhist teachings and tracking food on Cronometer.

2. No computer use in the morning until after I meditate.

3. No computer use after 10PM

Days 3 of 90

Goal of this challenge: Simply to tally how well I do sticking to my diet plan over the next 90 days.

Good days: 2
So-so eating: 0
Off the mark: 1
Late snacks: 1

Last 2 days averaged 28 net carbs, 68 total carbs and < 2000 calories :thup:

Day 31 of 90

Rigid:
~ Maximum of 25 net carbs per day - 18
~ Water intake of at least 20 oz. - 48 oz.

Probably Needed:
~ 12 meais off plan (equals one per week) Controlled and planned
4/12

Expected, and if happens, will not derail me...
~ 6 days off plan (2 per month)
3/6

Required:
~ If off plan, default back to plan immediately. I will be accountable to report this.

Start date: March 4, 2018

Day 14. I find I come home in a tizy and I have to tell myself slow down and set around to doing what you are trying to do..establish a new good habbit. If fact establish a healthy way of life. Happy to report lovely dinner but had a piece of cheese later in evening. Thats not part of the plan so I am owning it and will not do that again today

:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

Good old cheese is very low carb. :agree:

61 /90 Feb 2 start date. (26 d)+Mar (31 d) =57 d

Only LC sanctioned pizza, no other. Goof ups allowed: 3, but not more than 2 pcs.
0 misses left

Adding on 1 serving of lc vegies a day. Minimum. For next 60 days, allowing 4 goofs.
1 goofs used; 3 misses left

8 /90
Start date March 27 cannot eat ham, ever!!!!!!!!!! No goofs allowed. NONE.

Day 65

1. Activity:done :thup:
2. Weigh-in: done :thup:
3. Supps: done :thup:
4. Food: on-plan :thup:

Food freebies used: 10/5

Day 4
no misses

1. No computer use between the hours of 9AM and 6PM except for my Buddhist teachings and tracking food on Cronometer.

2. No computer use in the morning until after I meditate.

3. No computer use after 10PM

4. At least 1 hour of study per day (added on day 5)