WordPress is Being a Bugger
I’ve been trying for about 30 minutes now to upload my recent pedometer challenge pictures, but WP doesn’t want to cooperate. Nonetheless, here are my numbers:
Monday: 10,409
Tuesday: 15,199
Wednesday: 15,178
I’ll try to post the “proof” tomorrow.
In the meantime, I’m struggling with keeping up with all the different aspects of my weightloss program (for lack of a better term). When everything is running smoothly, and there’s enough hours in the day for me to complete everything, here is what I do: Count calories and try to remain under 1300 each day.
- Post said calories and all food eaten on my food diary.
- Exercise according to a weekly plan
- Post weekly exercise plan and…
- Post exercise progress throughout the week.
- Write/Reflect/Post other bits of flotsam related to my quest to lose weight.
- Maintain records of all of the above on calendar/spreadsheet for the month
I guess it’s important to note that there *never* seems to be enough hours in the day and right now, I’m really only accomplishing 1, 3 and sometimes 5 with any success. The others are falling by the wayside. And when I write it all down, it doesn’t seem like a huge amount of stuff to do, but currently, I feel like I’m being bogged down by the administrivia of it all. And frankly, if I do take the time, that is to say, force myself to do the other things on my list, something else will have to give… namley the time I currently put into exercising each day. And well… that just doesn’t seem so smart.
But I don’t know.
On the one hand, it seems smarter to be actually *doing* something about my weight than simply sitting around recording all of the things that I should be doing. But, on the other hand, I know too that writing it down and posting that information makes you more open to public scrutiny and, in that way, holds you to a higher level of accountability.
*shrugs*
A part of me feels like I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
Another part just feels like I just need to prioritize.
And still another part wishes I had some chocolate.
Do any of you ever feel overwhelmed by how much work it is?
How you do balance it all?
What was number 7?
Those are some serious numbers on the pedometer. Well done!
15k steps? Alright! Go! Go! Go!
“A part of me feels like I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.”
Gads, I can relate to that!
Some people can do all that bookkeeping. My brain’s not wired that way, so I’ve experimented to find what I *will* do. I chose to put priority on doing something fun (AKA exercise), and blog twice a week. That’s working well for me. I just had to play with it.
“Your Mileage May Vary”, of course!
As for pictures, I’m using a third-party tool for blogging, including pictures. Because I’m Mac-based I use Mars Edit. I don’t know what an equivalent PC program would be.
You can also use Flickr.com since WordPress is Flickr-friendly.
Keep it up!
Louise: Oops! I meant #5… I’ve changed it now. It was late and I was sleepy. Sorry.
Rithban: I know you what you mean… I start off with good intentions, but end up feeling guilty for not being able to follow through. I wonder if I need to set more realistic expectations of myself. Thanks so much for your feedback.
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zenhabits.net is a great site for tips on managing time and life a litte more smoothly. It’s something I struggle with constantly. The main thing is you have to do what’s important to your health FIRST.
One thing I did was to stop recording everything I ate and only record the “exceptions”. Anything not lean and mean gets noted for reference and accountability.
Oh, and I almost forgot: Great job with all those steps!
A one point in my “weight loss journey” I found myself keeping a daily food journal and posting it every night on my blog, keeping track of everything I ate in SparkPeople, keeping an excel spreadsheet of my weekly weigh-ins that also had a separate page for me to log my daily WW points used and daily blood pressure readings, plus more pages for me to keep track of all the things that I followed with SparkPeople (sodium, protein, fiber, calcium, iron, calories, fat carbs, potassium, magnesium, cholesterol), logging all my food into the WW eTools points tracker, and then a separate site I logged my weekly weigh-ins and daily blood pressure readings in. Then I was also trying to post my goals for each week and track my daily progress in meeting those goals. I finally just had to let some of it go. I stopped using Sparkpeople, which cut out a ton of things I was having to track. Now I just do my food journal, WW points tracker, blood pressure readings, and weekly weight log sheet. It has helped a ton, and I feel like I’m putting my energy where it should (on actually losing weight) instead of trying to track and log everything I could.
It’s so hard to find a balance between doing what we need and want to do. Good luck in finding your balance.
One thing that I’ve found is helpful for me is to do small steps not huge changes. I know that change comes slower that way also - but at least the changes that I make are more sustainable. I’ve been tracking with fitday for over 9 months and this week I’m experimenting with NOT tracking - it’s been interesting but it certainly has freed up some time and also I’m not near as obsessive (and I’m not eating more).
You’re doing so well - keep up the great work!
Another thing to think about is trying to introduce the things you are adding to your life one at a time. Give each a while to sink in. After two or three weeks I find I hit a bit of a pace with it and it starts to feel natural. Then but not before is a good time for me to add something new. This way I don’t get too overwhelmed at once.
Keep up the good things you are doing and if the tracking is getting you down try to just build new routines that will take care of themselves. Eating the same things every Monday or every second Monday might sound boring but it works and it cuts down on the administration end of things. You can do it!!