My cousin and I have become accountability partners. Thanks to the help of Mr. Apple and being able to share information; we can see when we’ve completed workouts. She seems to be an early riser. While I grab spans of time where I can. I promised to keep doing the 3.1 miles per day until she gets to where she feels like she has more energy, then I will increase. This is helping keep my move goals on the straight and narrow.
One day; as I’m doing a 15 minute walk, I climbed and descended 3 flights of stairs. This has left lingering effects on my knees. Won’t be doing that again.
This whole process has really been a journey. Learning what works best for my body. Your journey will not look like mine. And it shouldn’t. Each of us are unique individuals. You might be training for a marathon. I’m not. You might want to be slim and trim. Right now, my goal is health. Avoiding those illnesses that I know run in my family. If I loose some weight in the process, yeah.
As far as food; with the holidays any food alterations are a challenging. If you have been following my weight loss journey, you already know I LOVE SUGAR. I will say that since I’ve been eating more protein, those cravings aren’t as bad. But the holidays bring out the treats. Gingerbread, cakes, cookies, pies, cheesecake 🤤. Oh and maybe a birthday cake or 2. 😂
It’s no secret that I’m a boredom eater. Getting rid of that knee jerk reaction of raiding the pantry when I’m bored is overwhelming. It kinda happened by accident, the protonix I’m now taking, you are supposed to wait an hour after you take it to eat. Taking it when I first get home from work, puts a damper on snacking before dinner.
Even before the protonix, I’ve been craving tortilla chips. Granny always said when you’re craving something there’s an ingredient in it your body needs. I figured it was just the salt; however, other salty snacks don’t cut it. Once a week, I will drink an LMNT. I don’t work out enough to where more than 1 a week feels warranted. But I can sure put a hurt on a bag of tortillas.
Since the beginning of January, I’ve increased my move goal to 3.5 miles per day. 🥳
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Once we get to an ice-out stage for the roads and sidewalks near me, I’m back in my walking kick (I’ll probably hop on the bike too, closer to March/April), so I’ll be cheering you on as I’m putting my own miles on. Sometimes we get a false spring and you can expect I’ll be out if that happens.
Good luck!
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Thank 💕
You got this. 💪🏻
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I’ve never heard of protonix- off to google I go-back- not the miracle drug I was hoping it was! But I am glad it is helping your reflux.
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Thanks. 💕
Yeah, I hear you.
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