Health and Fitness July 2025

[Kittykatt]

Sunday :
I've done my exercises - 27 hearts

I drank 8 glasses of water yesterday - 18 hearts

[Lady Maverick]

July habit to focus on =
Enjoy eating vegetables and fruits.
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Protein goal = 40%. Yesterday = 32%. Average since July 11th = 40%
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Established healthy habits =
Sleep = 7hr 01min average 30 days
Hydration = 120oz+
Cronometer = 387 days logging, 30-day average = 1348 calories, 33% protein
Move my body in July = AM walks=25, Exercises=26, PM walks=12, 30-day average = 5476 steps, 10 hours with 250+ steps,
Better Bedtime routine during July = 20
Declutter & deep clean habit during July = 21
Weight loss is at an average 30-day pace of -.16% resulting in a total 16.80% body weight removed since 7-5-2024

I earned my gold star back for sleeping more than 7 hours average in the last 30 days! It's honestly ridiculous how much joy I get in earning a simple gold star. And how much it bothers me to not get one.
I recently started color coding the cells on spreadsheets that I use to track health data. If I meet my goal then the cell is turned a pretty color, otherwise the cell is an ugly uninspiring grey color.
I know it might not make sense, but it works for me. I can only guess it is a dopamine hit received from the joy of earning a star and pretty cell color. And it helps me escape the monotony of consistently logging the data.

All this talk about gold stars and cell colors... meanwhile, I've been ignoring the fact that I've fallen short of my protein goal for four days in a row.

[Nancy]

Got three mi. in today 8K steps
three yd sales one hill
walked steps to basement did that.

[Kittykatt]

Monday :
I've done my exercises - 28 hearts

I drank 8 glasses of water yesterday - 19 hearts

[Lady Maverick]

July habit to focus on =
Enjoy eating vegetables and fruits.
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Protein goal = 40%. Yesterday = 40%. Average since July 11th = 40%
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Established healthy habits =
Sleep = 7hr 01min average 30 days
Hydration = 120oz+
Cronometer = 388 days logging, 30-day average = 1348 calories, 33% protein
Move my body in July = AM walks=26, Exercises=27, PM walks=12, 30-day average = 5438 steps, 10 hours with 250+ steps,
Better Bedtime routine during July = 20
Declutter & deep clean habit during July = 22
Weight loss is at an average 30-day pace of -.15% resulting in a total 18.60% body weight removed since 7-5-2024

[Kittykatt]

Tuesday :
I've done my exercises - 29 hearts

I drank 6 glasses of water yesterday - 19 hearts

[Lady Maverick]

July habit to focus on =
Enjoy eating vegetables and fruits.
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Protein goal = 40%. Yesterday = 36%. Average since July 11th = 40%
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Established healthy habits =
__Sleep = 6hr 59min average 30 days
Hydration = 120oz+
Cronometer = 389 days logging, 30-day average = 1340 calories, 34% protein
Move my body in July = AM walks=27, Exercises=28, PM walks=13, 30-day average = 5502 steps, 10 hours with 250+ steps,
Better Bedtime routine during July = 21
Declutter & deep clean habit during July = 23
Weight loss is at an average 30-day pace of -.19% resulting in a total 18.18% body weight removed since 7-5-2024

Sleep low. Protein low.
Being aware is vital to making an improvement.

My step count is starting to naturally rise again after being low for 6ish weeks while waiting for relief from hip pain. The pain is 95% gone now. I can make the pain happen by getting in a certain position, but otherwise my ability to walk pain free is back to normal. I am going to focus on slowly increasing step count in August. Since it isn't totally healed yet, I am going to keep my expectations low. If I can increase to a minimum of 6k daily without causing hip pain, I would consider that a win.

Sharing information & my experience with Glucosamine HCl and Chondroitin. DH started taking this years ago for knee pain. When i was doing such a deep dive in his meds looking for anything that might be interacting with other meds or be contributing to his memory loss, I decided to discontinue this OTC med. I didn't find any indication it was causing his memory loss, but just in case I stopped putting it in his daily med containers (I didn't tell him). Within a week he started commenting how much his knees hurt. That gave me the information I was seeking that it was worth taking because it was working to greatly reduce his knee pain.

When I had hip pain it eventually dawned on me that I might try taking Glucosamine/Chondroitin. I was shocked to get relief within a day of starting to take it. No way! Being doubtful, I stopped taking it and the pain came back. I started taking it again and the hip pain went away.
Do your own research, but I would highly recommend giving it a try if you are having joint pain.

[Kittykatt]

Lady M, I've taken glucosamine/ chondroitin for some years now, and I agree, it does seem to help with joint pain.

Wednesday :
I've done my exercises - 30 hearts

I drank 6 glasses of water yesterday - 19 hearts

[Lady Maverick]

July habit to focus on =
Enjoy eating vegetables and fruits.
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Protein goal = 40%. Yesterday = 29%. Average since July 11th = 39%
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Established healthy habits =
Sleep = 7hr 01min average 30 days
Hydration = 120oz+
Cronometer = 390 days logging, 30-day average = 1361 calories, 34% protein
Move my body in July = AM walks=28, Exercises=29, PM walks=14, 30-day average = 5541 steps, 10 hours with 250+ steps,
Better Bedtime routine during July = 22
Declutter & deep clean habit during July = 24
Weight loss is at an average 30-day pace of -.23% resulting in a total 17.36% body weight removed since 7-5-2024

[Kittykatt]

Thursday :
I've done my exercises - 31 hearts

I drank 6 glasses of water yesterday - 19 hearts