Just checking in really. Today I made dozens of Christmas cookies with the girls. And maybe for the first time in my life, did not eat any dough, or gorge myself on cookies. I ate two finished cookies, one peanut butter thumbprint (with rolos not hersheys kisses), and one chocolate chip cookie. The past couple weeks, my weight has stayed the same, as I am still managing the small changes. I started moving more, doing some light yoga every morning and walking when I can. The stretching is really tough at times, with the pain lingering during and after, but I have noticed some improvement with that already.

It is a pretty great feeling to be not hyper focusing on rules, what I should and shouldn’t do, and to simply do things that work for me. I had a ginormous and gigantic water bottle for example. I was carrying it with me everywhere but still wasn’t getting my daily intake of water. I stopped carrying it around. Instead, I now keep a couple smaller water bottles ready in the fridge. I haven’t had any recent binges, I am getting high amounts of protein, fiber and veg consumed for the most part. I am not getting down on myself nearly as often, or feeling guilty.

As the new year fast approaches, I hate to set the normal New Years resolution, to lose weight Yada yada. My plan is to check in each week, mostly. To do this on my own terms. One thing that I hope to improve upon is my time management. I hope that keeping myself to a more consistent schedule, especially in terms of finding time to exercise. I think for me the best mindset is to know that for my own mental health, any extra pressure is unproductive. I know that I just need to stay consistent, healthy and hopeful. The rest will follow. 2 days till Christmas, I am grateful to have the time off this week from work and spend time together as a family.

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