#progress post 2022

My commitment and drive is strong. The past couple of years may have looked (and felt, for sure) like a fall or stagnation, but much of that was spent gaining some life experience and processing a lot of difficult emotions I've never had to deal with before, and I am better for having gone through it.

Regardless, I'm on week three, and still going. Starting today, I'm going to regularly hit that routine I put together last week.

Cardio for now is just getting my steps in, I've tried jogging again but the additional weight is killing my ankles. I'll build back up to that, too.

I want to commit specifically to 10k steps per day starting tomorrow. I think that'll be a great way to ease back into things.

Still going very well. This time around I plan to start training early on, rather than after the weight loss like I did before. I'm going to put together a very simple routine and start regular strength training next week.

The biggest challenge will be breaking the habit of stress eating, which hasn't come into play this week. For now that's not a problem because I'm feeling fierce, but when my mood dips that's when I'll really need to dig in my heels.

It's a brand new day. My fitbit's charged and on my wrist, just got off the treadmill after a brief 15 minute walk, had my pleasant breakfast, and now I'm ready to take on the day.

Where I'm at, and today's food. The food's not going to change much throughout this week, I do have room for small snacks but I was very deliberate with my choices and this core here was decided in advance. All food I enjoy, balancing ease of preparation (very important to me) and nutrition. Yep, I've gained a LOT back. I was drowning some emotions in chocolate, but I'm moving forward and I'm going to break that habit.