Back! :)
I got a mail that I was being missed... Hey girls!!! 
OK, Emergency Meeting with my Own Self Conscience...
I weighed in today morning and... I have got a gain of 7 kgs (15 LBS!!!) since last November... It's crazy! I've been sick a lot, plus the puppy, but it didn't stop me from moving and honestly, none of them is a valid excuse... I really need to eat correctly, which I haven't been doing!
So... I still have this major issue with organization, time management and self management. I started using the Planner, and I got two other tools I'm starting to use.
Haha, I am overdoing it again, damn ADHD, but I'm feeling motivated so that's already a good thing, for starters. I really expect a lot from the Habit Tracker one!
Progress as of today: 36 lbs lost so far, only 29 lbs to go!
Nice planner! I usually buy day planners in late January when they’re on closeout and then quickly become too disorganized to use them. Sad!
also, i sooooo want a cute dog like yours! :)it's not my time for that yet though... :) xo
Oh God, do I feel sore... ?!
Oh well, hi everyone 
Boring post follows but I'm so enthusiastic and thrilled now. It's really good to feel back on track again!
So! I did an outdoor routine at the outdoor gym for the very first time. I proposed a German guy who lives in the street parallel to me to do a functional training together. I have to say, I'm very proud of the workout routine I came up with... I took some equipement, suspension (TRX) trainer and a 5 KG (approx. 12 lbs?) sand weight in neoprene round sack ("medicine ball" replacement).. I made the typical GymBoss routine of 6 exercises, 4 rounds, 45 sec work, 15 sec rest. In total 24 minutes of pure suffering. OK, it was not that difficult though!
1. Iron Chair + Forward Pass (med.ball) - joint
2. a.) Squat Jump (TRX) or b.) Squat + pull (med.ball) - individual, alternating stations betw. rounds
3. Rotating throws (med.ball) - joint
4. a.) Assisted Cossack Squats (TRX) or b.) Unilateral squat to overhead press (med. ball) - individual, alternating stations betw. rounds
5.) Alternating chest pass (med.ball) - joint
6.) a.) Ice Skater (TRX) or b.) Step-ups (bench) - individual, alternating stations betw. rounds
Huh, I'm not being consistent. Sorry for the lack of presence, I think of everyone but it's really difficult to sit for 5 minutes of a break. I am always on the run or working or doing errands somewhere.
Dogs and kid are taking up all my time, I couldn't even resume going to the gym ever since... I miss it so much!
Just an example, yesterday my day looked like this, and it was a Sunday, supposedly "rest day":
And, the Team Invincible:
You’re looking good too!
Crazy days lately. I had to work all weekend, and it's still not fully solved and now my kid is at home. He had some bad diarrhea incident yesterday afternoon and I decided he'd be better off staying around for a day, to make sure it was a one-time thing... Poor guy was really feeling horrible, and as he is very rarely sick anyways, he kept repeating it was "his fault"...
Now he's misbehaving more than ever, of course. Why is that that kids tend to misbehave even more when they are supposedly "sick" ?
He doesn't let the puppy sleep... whenever she finally rests, he arranges some subtle way to wake her up... putting treats on her body... randomly hugging her... haha. Well, I should work but how exactly?
The terrible two:
Happy Friday Everyone!
So... having a puppy is hard work. Having a puppy and a misbehaving 1y old hyper dog is even harder work. They seem to be best friends but they play so rough, my dog already has the definite teeth and the puppy cries out loud many times as he bites her too hard. Grrr... She's a big pup but only 2-3 months old... On the other hand she has teeth like little needles, I guess many of you know how those are, haha... It must hurt, too, at least I hope she gets even hahaha... Soon enough she'll become the Ultimate Boss here. 
Then again, sometimes they are so serene and calm... like... when they sleep. LOL.
On my side - I don't know. My food intakes are completely out of control. I binged on cakes mainly, and cookies. These were always my trigger foods. Now I don't have structure again, I don't have a proper routine and I desperately need one. I should start training the puppy, too, it's time to do that... And that list book? Yeah, still there... empty! Pffft. I really really have to start doing it! I'm just so anxious already that I list things that won't be made on that very day and it will lead to frustration (because of OCD) and frustration always leads to stupid overeating... I need mindfulness. But I'm practicing it !
Ready to be melted ? Pictures incomiiiiing!
I caught myself wanting/needing/almost starting an emotional food fit last night. Somehow I was able to realize what was happening and stop myself. But I easily, EASILY could have spiraled into something more. Hang in there!!!
Thank you for sharing the lovely photos of your son and new/old dogs. your son is getting taller i see!
Wishing you some calm so you can relax and eat better. remember to sleep well and have veggies at home.
also, maybe the new puppy caused you some anxiety to binge! you will get back on track :)
Hey everyone!
Happy Sunday! Sunday is rest day for many people - not me. It's 7h30 AM and I've already done so much... haha.. I swear, having a puppy is worse than having a human baby. At least they stay where they are put for a few months, rrrright?
I'm down with a cold. AGAIN... It's so annoying! My son got it first and now I'm having it, too. We just recovered from one a couple of months back and now it's back. Yes, I did the COVID test and it came negative, so it's not COVID. Head cold and common flu still exist, yay...!
It just really comes in a bad time (is there such thing as a "good timing" for sicknesses, though...), because my nose is so congestioned, it's difficult to trace down the poop in the apartment, hahahahaha.... I really need to get some cleaning done today.
On the top of that, my older dog, Odie (well, older - he's 1 year old only, right?! But still older) is still adapting to her. On the day of arrival, he was having 10 WTF moments per minute, and he's still in overdrive. They sleep together and that's okay but everytime the little one decides to walk somewhere, he goes after her and acts stupid, as gentle as a war tank... People say puppies are annoying because they want to play all the time and bite and chew on everything, well, in this case Odie can be a hundred times more annoying than her, and she notices that, too. She still needs a lot of sleep, ideally she would be having a very well set routine of "pee + poop + eat + drink + pee + pee + sleep" but Odie is making this very difficult to achieve.
I'm going to share some pics. I shared these pictures with people before and many of them were saying "oh she looks so sad". Thing is, she is NOT sad. It's her normal face. Haha.. She will be a big dog and this breed has this expression, a bit Eeyeorish. She's happy and well kept..
She's of the Portuguese Alentejo mastiff breed, veterinary said they were purebred...
Embrace yourselves, the next entries will be always full of puppy pictures... hahaha...
It’s unfortunate life span drops as size of dog increases. One of our English bull mastiffs developed kidney disease & died at age 5 yrs. Male died from cancer at around 9, on the old side for his breed.
feel better, get well soon :)
Hello all!
Quick entry... because I'm feeling overwhelmed and I have so many things to do... Working, extra housework because of below topic, and finally kid also stayed at home because he's "swimming in snotttttttttt".........
I haven't started the list diary yet... but I'm going to. Haha. Jeez. I'm a mess. Now I adopted a puppy, it wasn't in my plans but they needed urgent rescue... one of four puppies left on their own by some irresponsible human being, was already reported dead (hit and run).
Everyone, meet Ayla (name chosen by my 6y old son), approx. 3M old puppy who will grow to be an up to 110 lbs monster dog...
Note: we don't have her with us yet, she's going to be delivered today evening.
Hello everyone!
Weird times here. It's been so freaking cold (no snow, we don't have snow here but we have around 60 F (15 Celsius) that goes down to 41 F (5 Celsius) at nighttime and we have no heating in our homes! It's completely normal in Portugal but still, very bad) for weeks, I literally feel half frozen all day and without motivation to move. Controversial but true. Haha... ok this is not a valid excuse but it's a feeling.
Talking about excuses, so thanks to the Intellect app I mentioned in my previous entry, I'm feeling more focused and conscious about my decisions and overall, my own self. This is a very good feeling actually.
Now, still struggling with ADHD and OCD, I bought this Planner thing, and hoping to be able to stick to it. Fingers crossed.
Someone told me "just make sure you do it daily, and if you don't make something that given day, make yesterday's plan today's priority". This sounds plausible enough to me, right!
So this planner I bought is not an app, it's actually a real one, paper, and although they were saying on Amazon that it was a "beautiful planner", it's not. Hahaha... I am planning on decorating it, too. Should I put "decorating planner" on my to-do list as well? haha!
See? It's a very simple thing, I wouldn't say it's "pretty". It's just what it is, and seems functional enough to perform its purpose!
Does any of you have any experience with planners and any rituals you created that make sure you do it daily? I'm still trying to find a spot in my life where I can say "yes, this is the hour I won't fail and I have 10 minutes of peace of mind to make the list" and then by the end of the day I should revisit the list and tick the ones I accomplished, or should I revisit it several times over the day? Ahhhhh ADHD overload, go away!
This guy have simple plans for every day, same routine, same plans! Hahaha!:
Another successful time was when I was keeping a gratitude journal. All I had to do was write 1 thing I was grateful for, for that day. Sometimes, I'd write it the next day, but there was something written every day. Then things got bad at work, and I stopped doing that. Haven't picked it up again.
I used to journal a lot, but now all I make are to-do lists, things to follow up on, and important reminders for work. I enjoyed keeping a personal journal, I just don't have time for it anymore.
Hey everyone!
I couldn't catch up with the individual entries just yet. I had a weird week. I managed to work out at the gym only once, otherwise I had headache days, then yesterday the electric power failed three times over the day and I got a bit stressed out. Not a valid excuse but still...
Talking about excuses, new year - new me things, I haven't done any promises for 2022 but I am trying to continuously improve myself, and that's a commitment that doesn't count on deadlines nor is stuck to any given, "special" date.
So, having said that, here's a couple of things I tried out and wanted to suggest. Note that this is my personal opinion and not a promotion or advertisement, I didn't receive any kind of retribution/payment from the below companies.
I downloaded a new app and subscribed a year membership for Daily Yoga app. It's awesome so far. It has a huge content and is very nicely organized. It's totally worth the price.
The other app I still think is awesome and totally affordable on a yearly basis, is Asana Rebel. They have a great content and one can even cast the videos to the Android TV through Chromecast device. This will be the second year I'm spending with them. I haven't been a daily user, not even monthly, but I want to improve on this.
Then, there's an other app I want to suggest, whoever wants to practice guided mindfulness, gratitude jornaling, needs rescue sessions and some meditation. I found an app, called Intellect, it's 100% free for now and it has great content as well. I even had a video session with them and suggested a couple of things to the developers. I am very enthusiastic about this project and I hope they succeed and become really big and helpful to many people out there.
Here are the links for Android. I'm sure you can find these for iOS as well, by the name.
DailyYoga | Fitness+Meditation - Apps on Google Play
Asana Rebel: Get in Shape - Apps on Google Play
Intellect: Create a Better You - Apps on Google Play
sometimes life gets in the way, but i know you are looking to get back on track in the New Year! :)
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It’s true! You are missed! Nice to see you! What’s up?
horn_of_plenty on 09/20/2022:
glad to see you here, hope you are well! your son is such a cutie!
horn_of_plenty on 09/20/2022:
i see you listed your weight in kgs
Donkey on 09/21/2022:
Yes, you are missed! I love reading about your crazy-busy adventures!
happy-1 on 09/21/2022:
Hugs!
SomeFineDay on 09/21/2022:
Hi! I am new and don’t know yiu, but want to!
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