Health and Fitness January 2026

[Bama]

Thursday - today I found out you can order canvas pda to practice painting. I thought you had to buy the boards so this is much more economical and less wasteful. Added to cart for later this year. I need to finish dexluttering, or at least put a large dent in it, before I can enjoy more crafting.

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[Kittykatt]

Lady M,.I'm.so glad you're being kind to yourself.at.a very difficult time.

Bama, painting sounds fun!

Friday
I've done my exercises for today: 30 hearts

I drank 8 glasses of water yesterday: 20 hearts

I've done 30 minutes with the lightbox: 30 hearts

Sit to stand 5 repetitions 30 hearts

[Lady Maverick]

January H&F habit focus = Stay aware of when I eat. Goal is to stop eating less than 10 hours after I start. Averaging 7:37 hours of eating time
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[Twins' Mom]

This is a week where cold cold weather and this online webinar have intersected, and left me with not many steps. When the weather has been nicer, I've often walked the dog at every break because I was alone in the house. Dh is here now, so he's walking her some and I'm not walking as much. This is just an off week, and I accept that.

[Bama]

You’re all very encouraging and motivating to me! I can’t believe the month is almost over.

Today I tried a vanilla powder flavoring in my coffee. Nothing big but it counts.

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[Kittykatt]

Saturday
I've done my exercises for today: 31 hearts

I drank 8 glasses of water yesterday: 21 hearts

I've done 30 minutes with the lightbox: 31 hearts

Sit to stand 5 repetitions 31 hearts

[Bama]

A big WAY TO GO to you all for deciding to better yourself, improve mentally/physically, and be an encouragement to others!


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For Saturday, our last day, I am going to start keeping a separate monthly calendar and list all of my habits for the year. I need to fill in January today so I can see all of the progress at one glance.
I may continue this habit in February, I’m undecided for now, but I definitely will “move more” in February as my main goal. I might narrow it down or keep it broad and open ended as I don’t like to do the same thing over and over. I know I need to work on that as well. Habits and routines are necessary but I buck so hard mentally…

[Lady Maverick]

January H&F habit focus = Stay aware of when I eat. Goal is to stop eating less than 10 hours after I start. Averaging 7:37 hours of eating time
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I am finishing up January habit with amazement that I actually made progress. A month ago, fasting was such a big mental hurtle that I didn't even want to say that I was fasting. I had to manipulate my thoughts to focus on my eating times and not think about what that meant to the other hours.
I am pleased that now I don't have such a big mental barrier to decide when to eat ....to decide when to fast.
I don't know if this is weird or not. I just know my emotions would panic and rebel with the thought of giving up food for a few hours.
ANYway, I will continue with daily fasting and listening to my body. I am comfortable with 8 hours of eating (16 hours fasting) now and my body seems to be trending toward something closer to 6 hours (18 hours fasting). Eating between 10am - 4pm seems to be what works for my body on most days. I have no intention of becoming rigid about this. When social eating events happen outside of these times, I welcome them. It is easy to expand the eating hours or slide the eating time around to include fun events.

[FrenchFlybebe]

Lady Maverick thank you for sharing about your fasting habit. It seems you have a very healthy way to include fasting into your life. I used to fast one day a week for awhile, only for 15-16 hours. You make me want to try again.

Bama last time I posted on this thread I thought, what an interesting habit. I hope I can find time to catch up on your posts and see what new things you have tried this month.

Hi kittykatt, Twin's Mom, everyone else (can't scroll back further) !

End of the month. I used an index card to track my 5 daily habits :
MR - basic morning routine - Move C/W - either Cardio or Weights, daily - MicroMove - tiny times of movement at payroll or during the day - Time for me - to read, maybe write, maybe think, maybe journal - K - pelvic floor exercises. 1 minute minimum, at bedtime.

Counting the score at the end of the month :
MR . . . . . : 30 out of 31 . . ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░
Move C/W : 19 out of 31 . . ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░
MicroMove : 23 out of 31 . . ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░
Time4me . : 11 out of 31 . . ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
K . . . . . . .: 20 out of 30 . .▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░

[Twins' Mom]

I love this, FrenchFlyBebe!

Not getting my step goal in this week, and of course, I have not worked out this week either. My weight is down by 3.5 lbs., primarily because I overindulged in December. I stopped Dry January on Monday of this week - somehow the stress of the class and change in routines and tiredness - it just wasn't important. "Damp January" was still a success.

It's protein and stretching beginning tomorrow. I hope I can keep both plates in the air...