getting healthy and feeling better in semester two

[caffinatedloz]

Day Eighteen
1. To drink 1.5-2L of water a day.
Suprisingly, desite rehearsing for nine hours today, I managed to drink heaps of water. I was in overalls so it was annoying, but we made it work.

2. To exercise daily: bike-rides, stretching, core workouts ect.
NINE HOURS of rehearsing. This involved running into the audience (while dancing and singing). There was also a backstage dance party, so we were never really sitting still.

3.  To spend a little more time outside, being creative and reading.
Outside:  (spent ages in a bus)
Creativity: (acting)
Reading: (spent ages in a bus)

4. To stop snacking after dinner.
Haha nope. But I was doing a lot today.

5. To cut out all lollies. (My go-to comfort food.)
Plenty of rehearsing required plenty of energy.

6. To wear my retainer every night.
Tick!

7. To take off my makeup more and take better care of my skin.
I spent nine hours in stage makeup, including a beard, but I took it off very thoroughly.

8. To read a bible passage each day.

9. To stop going on my phone or any other technology in my bed.

10. To keep my room clean (and tidy it every Sunday).

11. To create and maintain positive study habits.

12. To feel more positive and energetic.
Had a lot of energy today! (High on adrenaline?)

Rating: 5/10

[blueycan]

A beard!?
Love it!

[caffinatedloz]

A beard!?
Love it!

Day Nineteen
1. To drink 1.5-2L of water a day.
Yep!

2. To exercise daily: bike-rides, stretching, core workouts ect.
Yep!

3.  To spend a little more time outside, being creative and reading.
Outside: 
Creativity: 
Reading: 

4. To stop snacking after dinner.
I'm eating dinner as a type this (4:34 pm), so probably.

5. To cut out all lollies. (My go-to comfort food.)
Presuming that I'll eat a ton of junk tonight (as it's opening night of the production.)

6. To wear my retainer every night.
Mhm.

7. To take off my makeup more and take better care of my skin.
Tick!

8. To read a bible passage each day.
"Praise He who redeems your life from the pit
    and crowns you with love and compassion"

9. To stop going on my phone or any other technology in my bed.
Tick!

10. To keep my room clean (and tidy it every Sunday).
Hahaha nope. This has slipped by the wayside amidst the chaos of this week. I hope to get around to it on Sunday!

11. To create and maintain positive study habits.
Feeling on top of things.
 
12. To feel more positive and energetic.
Super pumped for tonight!

Rating: 8/10

[blueycan]

Good luck on your production!!!!

[caffinatedloz]

Day Twenty
1. To drink 1.5-2L of water a day.
Yep!

2. To exercise daily: bike-rides, stretching, core workouts ect.
Yep!

3.  To spend a little more time outside, being creative and reading.
Outside: 
Creativity: 
Reading: 

4. To stop snacking after dinner.
Hahahaha nope.

5. To cut out all lollies. (My go-to comfort food.)

6. To wear my retainer every night.
Mhm.

7. To take off my makeup more and take better care of my skin.
Tick!

8. To read a bible passage each day.

9. To stop going on my phone or any other technology in my bed.
Tick!

10. To keep my room clean (and tidy it every Sunday).

11. To create and maintain positive study habits.
 
12. To feel more positive and energetic.

Rating: 8/10

[caffinatedloz]

Day Twenty-One
1. To drink 1.5-2L of water a day.
Yep!

2. To exercise daily: bike-rides, stretching, core workouts ect.
I walked around all day, and did a super short (but really difficult workout.

3.  To spend a little more time outside, being creative and reading.
Outside: 
Creativity: 
Reading: 

4. To stop snacking after dinner.
Hahahaha nope... again

5. To cut out all lollies. (My go-to comfort food.)
Open day freebies!

6. To wear my retainer every night.
Mhm.

7. To take off my makeup more and take better care of my skin.
Tick!

8. To read a bible passage each day.

9. To stop going on my phone or any other technology in my bed.
Tick!

10. To keep my room clean (and tidy it every Sunday).

11. To create and maintain positive study habits.
 
12. To feel more positive and energetic.
Not going to lie, had a bit of a breakdown last night, but already feeling heaps better. It's amazing what a night of sleep can do.

Rating: 8/10

[caffinatedloz]

Day Twenty-Two
1. To drink 1.5-2L of water a day.
Only just.

2. To exercise daily: bike-rides, stretching, core workouts ect.
 

3.  To spend a little more time outside, being creative and reading.
Outside: 
Creativity: 
Reading: 

4. To stop snacking after dinner.
Hahahaha nope... again

5. To cut out all lollies. (My go-to comfort food.)


6. To wear my retainer every night.

7. To take off my makeup more and take better care of my skin.
Yep! But my skin has been super grot since production.

8. To read a bible passage each day.
Philippians One

9. To stop going on my phone or any other technology in my bed.
An episode of Survivor in bed.

10. To keep my room clean (and tidy it every Sunday).

11. To create and maintain positive study habits.
Did a fair bit today!
 
12. To feel more positive and energetic.

Rating: 7/10

[caffinatedloz]

Day Twenty-Three
1. To drink 1.5-2L of water a day.
We made it.

2. To exercise daily: bike-rides, stretching, core workouts ect.
 

3.  To spend a little more time outside, being creative and reading.
Outside:   
Creativity:
Reading:

4. To stop snacking after dinner.

5. To cut out all lollies. (My go-to comfort food.)

6. To wear my retainer every night.

7. To take off my makeup more and take better care of my skin.
Bare-faced today.

8. To read a bible passage each day.

9. To stop going on my phone or any other technology in my bed.

10. To keep my room clean (and tidy it every Sunday).
Some early morning cleaning.

11. To create and maintain positive study habits.
Slowly getting on top of things. Did a fair bit of maths and science!
 
12. To feel more positive and energetic.
 

Rating: 7/10

[caffinatedloz]

Day Twenty-Four
1. To drink 1.5-2L of water a day.
Once again, only just.

2. To exercise daily: bike-rides, stretching, core workouts ect.
Lots of leg stretches. I'm trying to touch my toes again.

3.  To spend a little more time outside, being creative and reading.
Outside: 
Creativity:
Reading:

4. To stop snacking after dinner.
I always have the best intentions, but mum brought me home some cheese from a meeting at work. It was totally worth it.

5. To cut out all lollies. (My go-to comfort food.)
I had a Caramello Koala today. (One of the big ones.)

6. To wear my retainer every night.

7. To take off my makeup more and take better care of my skin.

8. To read a bible passage each day.
Romans 8

9. To stop going on my phone or any other technology in my bed.

10. To keep my room clean (and tidy it every Sunday).
A little bit of tidying.

11. To create and maintain positive study habits.
Did some science, biology and religion,
 
12. To feel more positive and energetic.
 

Rating: 9/10

[caffinatedloz]

Day Twenty-Four
1. To drink 1.5-2L of water a day.
Yep!!

2. To exercise daily: bike-rides, stretching, core workouts ect.
Heaps today!!

3.  To spend a little more time outside, being creative and reading.
Outside: 
Creativity: 
Reading: 

4. To stop snacking after dinner.
Finally!!

5. To cut out all lollies. (My go-to comfort food.)
Mhm!

6. To wear my retainer every night.
This has become second nature.

7. To take off my makeup more and take better care of my skin.
Once again, this is second nature.

8. To read a bible passage each day.

9. To stop going on my phone or any other technology in my bed.
Getting fairly used to this!

10. To keep my room clean (and tidy it every Sunday).

11. To create and maintain positive study habits.
I got heaps done, but I have two tests tomorrow and I feel underprepared for one of them. I've got a plan though (which does not involve sacrificing any sleep).
 
12. To feel more positive and energetic.
Really stressed out today!! 

Rating: 9/10

[caffinatedloz]

Taking a break until next Friday! I'm going to try and maintain some of these habits without the reminder, but I'm having such a hectic time atm so I'm giving up on becoming a completely different person for now.

Please yell at me if I don't start this again!!

[SlowandSteady]

Please yell at me if I don't start this again!!

I have my megaphone at the ready.

[Snow Leopard]

How've you been doing with this?

[kimokeeffe]

This is a super good idea! I recommend an app like 30 day ab challenge or similar for your workout goal, as I have personally found it really helpful and because they're usually only quite short: pretty motivating To help with staying positive which can be a real challenge around this time of the year, I've benefitted from trying to study with friends or give myself more downtime when I know that I can afford to take sometime off studying.
Hope some of this helps! Good luck with the rest of your year

[caffinatedloz]

Unfortunately, a mix of ill health and business has allowed this to fall by the wayside, but I still plan to get back on track. At the minute, my goal is to tidy up my bedroom (which has been getting progressively messier over the past month) in two weeks, while also getting my exercise and water drinking habits back on track. After those two weeks, I'll pick back up where I left off with the long list of daily goals.

I think that I'll post every day and let you know how I've gone with my two important goals.

Today I changed my sheets and generally did a bit of tidying in my room and put together an achievable plan of turning the ridiculous mess into something habitable. In terms of exercise, I did a little running around while I was supervising kids, but nothing particularly strenuous. Once I am able to see my bedroom floor, I should be able to start up my ab workouts again.

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