Comments on: WordPress is Being a Bugger http://justoofat.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/wordpress-is-being-a-bugger/ and not going to take it anymore! Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:31:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: weelittleme http://justoofat.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/wordpress-is-being-a-bugger/#comment-668 weelittleme Sat, 03 May 2008 12:27:07 +0000 http://justoofat.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-668 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!! 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!!

]]> By: Sybil http://justoofat.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/wordpress-is-being-a-bugger/#comment-666 Sybil Fri, 02 May 2008 19:47:53 +0000 http://justoofat.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-666 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! 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!

]]> By: Caroline http://justoofat.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/wordpress-is-being-a-bugger/#comment-664 Caroline Thu, 01 May 2008 14:00:03 +0000 http://justoofat.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-664 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. 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.

]]> By: Cammy http://justoofat.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/wordpress-is-being-a-bugger/#comment-662 Cammy Thu, 01 May 2008 11:28:25 +0000 http://justoofat.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-662 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! 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!

]]> By: justoofat http://justoofat.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/wordpress-is-being-a-bugger/#comment-661 justoofat Thu, 01 May 2008 11:01:22 +0000 http://justoofat.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-661 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. j 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.

j

]]> By: Rithban http://justoofat.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/wordpress-is-being-a-bugger/#comment-660 Rithban Thu, 01 May 2008 08:15:48 +0000 http://justoofat.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-660 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 <a href="http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit/" rel="nofollow">Mars Edit</a>. 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! 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!

]]> By: Louise http://justoofat.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/wordpress-is-being-a-bugger/#comment-659 Louise Thu, 01 May 2008 06:37:28 +0000 http://justoofat.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-659 What was number 7? Those are some serious numbers on the pedometer. Well done! What was number 7?

Those are some serious numbers on the pedometer. Well done!

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