Postby Harriet » Sun Dec 03, 2023 4:30 pm
I'm going to use my circular habit tracker again and keep up with Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen. Finding myself sort of hungry for that colorful, at-a-glance record again. So, I've got that filled out for the month of December.
While I was about it, I made a master copy with date numbers and all the healthy habits already filled in and made a few copies of that already. So, when January rolls around, if I still want to keep up with the colorful circle, it's ready to go.
And, sort of inspired maybe, I had a perfect day yesterday and met all 24 small healthy habits in the Daily Dozen. Well, most are small - his idea of exercise is never a small thing. I got to the end of my eating window and just needed another bean/pea and an "other vegetable", so I nuked a little sweet potato and had it with 1/2 cup Crowders, and finished those check marks.
This (last minute attempts to get more checks) is why you don't lose weight this way unless you are very, very organized and your days always go as you plan. BUT it does remind you to stick to healthy habits, which is valuable in other ways.
I did check out exercises for bone density, even though I was overreacting last month to scan results that I mis-read. I've done some of those videos, which seem to be mostly about leg exercise, activating glutes and thighs, springing up vigorously, even jumping. But mostly still doing t-tapp. My shoulder appreciates that careful physical therapy type. Dd25 was worried that I've done T's "hitchhikers" move, which is pretty exhausting for the arms, but it doesn't hurt, and I think my arm/shoulder actually feels better afterward.
Eating prunes, but still just one a day, lol. Thinking about the 5 to 6 per day just seems like something you definitely need to work up to, digestively speaking! And I'm getting a variety of produce anyway that might overlap with good nutrients that prunes have. Yesterday I cut one up (yes, I cut an already-little thing into 6 pieces!) and had it in my big salad.