Day 1082 Record Keeping
Weekend Habits
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Eating
~~Day 306 Pantry Check (DID NOT DO)~~
~~Day 304 Food Recording (DID NOT DO)~~
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Early to Rise
~~Day 237 Water (DID NOT DO)~~
Day 237 Sleep Recording (1|1:30|9:20|11)
Day 208 Bedtime Curfew
Day 46 Wakeup Alarm
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Ok sleep, ok wakeup. Definitely had problems sleeping cause of all the tea I drank before bed last night (friends from China are visiting). I’m formally declaring the implosion of Pantry Check, Food Recording, and my Water habit.

I think my Pantry Check habit does nothing for my food habit - a solid Sunday Meal Prep does so much more. My Food Recording does nothing either - I have a post coming up on the Whole Life Challenge, and the reason I like it is that it’s more functional. Recording food on most apps is more about calories, and I’d rather get away from them to focus on quality of food. So instead, the Whole Life Challenge has you taking off points for every serving of a non permitted food item. The “Flash Diet” also seems more functional in that it provides an in-the-moment method of stepping back AND a food log. Lastly, my water habit had no impact on whether or not I woke up early, and I really don’t have much to go on in terms of research for the pure act of hydrating more. If I need it, I’ll add it as a regular habit.

I think there are items I’ve brainstormed that can replace these - for example, a new food recording system, something in the morning that gets me happy and eager to get out of bed (like my original bacon and water habit was meant to do), and, most importantly, a process-oriented half step between Meal Prep Sundays and my goal of eating mastery. But first I’ve got to clear the path.

Day 1069 Record Keeping
Weekend Habits
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Eating
Day 293 Pantry Check (DiD NOT DO)
Day 291 Food Recording (DID NOT DO)
Day 29 Meal Prep Sunday 63 (1 hour for modified meal prep)
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Early to Rise
Day 224 Water (DID NOT DO)
Day 224 Sleep Recording (DID NOT DO)
Day 195 Bedtime Curfew (DID NOT DO)
Day 33 Wakeup Alarm (DID NOT DO)
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Great sleep, good wakeup.

Back in Barcelona
Have had horrendous jet lag, hence why I’ve been missing. I’ve also had a guest and several back-to-back intense writing assignments. With pretty intense rewrites. I think I may have had a breakthrough in writing when it comes to editing and regimentation, which I’ll have to get into detail in another post.

I’ve had a lot of money stolen from credit card fraud that I’ve had to deal with. I’ve had residency paperwork issues. And I’ve just got word that my formal proposal got rejected. This has been disheartening to say the least, but tomorrow I intend to get back on the horse and figure out how to proceed.

Lydia has been doing the Whole Life Challenge, which I’ve been swept up in doing as well. Normally I am quite hesitant about such challenges, but my eating needs a swift kick in the rear to get better, especially after being in the States for so long. But it has been rather intense, especially since I haven’t had a moment to really formalize it - also, another post.

It’s cold and rainy here - I had forgotten it was Winter what with the high temps in Texas and South Carolina. This has all conspired to make this an incredibly difficult time for me, but despite it all, it’s good to be back home.

On a solid good note I automatically got back onto Sunday Meal Prep after such a long absence. At last, a bit of a silver lining!

But looking at all of this stress summed up in one spot, I have to say that I’m taking all of this quite calmly - that alone is a function of just how far I’ve come.