#64

Thanks for your updates I’m very proud of you all x

#65

Been eating a bit better but work snacking is still pretty bad. Going to have to count yesterday as my cheat day because I grazed so much.

Have done some form of reasonable exercise every day in 2017 so far, though :muscle:

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#66

No soapbox poli… touts?

quits DiS

#67

#68

Is booze really cheap where you live or are you only buying limited edition signed copies of albums?

#69

Dry January - fucked it on 5th Jan, have just resorted to dry weeks and boozy weekends. It’s nice

smoking exactly the same as the booze, basically every time I drink I immediately want to smoke

no meat month - still going strong. Don’t miss it even slightly. I feel a lot better for it :slight_smile:

no twitter - still going strong. Twitter is very bad IMO so this is very easy

#70

Booze: Have had a drink every friday but none on any other days so far, only one of those fridays has been a bit heavy.
Fags: Have smoked every night I’ve drank but not much, about 7 in total this year I think
Running: 14 runs for 173km so far this year bd

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#71

173km so far this year is RIDICULOUS.

#72

The way I’m walking around the office today is definitely worthy of ridicule. Must look like I’ve shat my pants

#73

veganuary has been good, been drinking a lot less and feeling better for it. been going to the gym a bit but not as much as i should. eating too much probably though.

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#74

Don’t think I’ve even gone that far on the Tube tbh.

#75

Yeah yeah yeah good for you I’m still a mess

#76

Sorry only kidding, although I’ve only cut my drinking a little bit I’ve been practicing yoga/meditation/mindfulness much more so far this year so that is something!

#77

Got into horrendous eating habits at the end of last year (not helped by Ben and Jerry’s being half price in the Tesco Express next door to work for a few months…), so have been cutting down on eating shit, helped by not being in work much so I can cook things for all different meals.

I’m trying to make it not feel like a diet - so I’ll still eat a slice of cake if one is offered to me (but I find I’m only having one or two treats a week plus a takeaway/ready meal on Saturdays), and am not forcing myself to try and get into habits that I’m blatantly never going to stick with (vegetable sticks are never going to be my thing). Eating lots of egg-based things for breakfast or lunch, cooking lots of vegetarian or pescatarian dishes for dinner when I do dinner, cutting down on the amount of rice that I have with my dinner. When I want a sweet treat, I have yoghurt with berries in - sure, there’s sugar in it, but it’s more nutritious than a bar of chocolate. The most effective thing really is to get into a habit of saying ‘no’ to myself and half-arsed cravings. No idea if I’ve lost any weight yet and I don’t really feel better in myself which I was hoping to, but I’m not moping around the house desperate for pizza, which can only be a good thing long term, and I’ve made some really delicious meals (butter paneer masala, wow).

Need to start working on portion control and start thinking about what exercise I do that I can afford to do, enjoy and get to easily; hoping the gym 5 mins away from me isn’t too expensive so I can just use the cycling machine. I really bloody wish my town council had voted to build a swimming pool instead of a running track though :frowning:

#78

With only a few days left of January, lets see how we’re doing.

Do you think you’ll keep up your new diet/lifestyle etc?

I didn’t complete a full vegan month because I went away for the weekend and had some fish and a nice breakfast. I didn’t managed to stay off the booze but did limit it a bit. I have managed to exercise very regularly throughout the month - probably been to about 12+ HIIT classes. I am feeling pretty bloody good about myself at the moment and bought a new bikini which is sooooooooooo cute :slight_smile:

#79

I found I was so mindlessly eating crap that I didn’t realise how bad I was getting. Anything offered to me or infront of me or at a shop nearby, i’d have it without thinking. Like these things are supposed to be treats but they came like part of my every day diet as much as a glass of a water is.

#80

Also what about something like this?

You can do stuff at home or in the park which i know is hard to get motivated to do it but my friend is proper into it.

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#81

nice one meow

Went past 200km running for the year yesterday(!) inc. a pb for the half marathon.
Days of booze: 4 (today will be no. 5)
Cigarettes: 10ish
Weight lost: 3.5kg

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#82

been to yoga a few times, doing more stretching, running is on track (just), kept up the body weight exercises, only been drunk once (birthday), hardly spent any money , body fat percentage has gone down a bit

done good!

i have three weeks left before i go on hols and then get relax a bit

ON TRACK!

#83

I’ve started tracking my body fat percentage! I only did the first reading this week but I’m 22.5% body fat which apparently is good for a woman and only 1.5% away from being an ATHLETE