Category: A Healthier Reboot

Program is going along smoothly so far. Granted it’s only Day 4, but I feel good about this one. It feels easier than past attempts and the typical obstacles are so far not presenting themselves. Knocking on wood so that I don’t jinx my progress. I’m achieving the step counts and managing to step away from work a reasonable amount of times just to keep the circulation and brain cells working, and even managing to get in some downtime to help keep the spirit going. So I’m going to keep this post on the shorter time in an effort to “get at it.” Have fun y’all!

✔ steps: 10,403
✔ Nice long telephone chat with cousin (not on list, but great all the same)
✔ weekly meal plan

This week’s remaining goals:

• make ranch salad dressing
• make tomato sauce
• laundry
• create home inventory list (more on this later)
• 10,400 steps (Day 4)
• 10,500 steps (Day 5)
• 10,600 steps (Day 6)
• 10,700 steps (Day 7)
• A few knitting rows each day
• A daily creative
• Maybe some guitar practice

Don’t forget your comments, ideas and suggestions. Stay safe, stay healthy, stay alive!

---

Today it actually feels like this healthier reboot is actually having an affect. Work is still quite overloaded, at least to the end of this week, but all the puzzle pieces are starting to fall into place and that makes it all feel worthwhile. The list, however, is not being checked off quite as quick as I would like, so I’m just going to give myself permission to change it from a “day” list to a “week” list. Ahhh—a sigh of relief. So here’s the list:

✔ steps: 10,324
✔ knitting
✔ paperwork filing (granted, this was not on the list, but I got it done at any rate)
✔ packed lunch salads for the week

Today sees only one addition to the list: work, but that “work” included several of its own child projects. So for now that’s my main source of stress.

This week’s goals:

• make ranch salad dressing
• make tomato sauce
• laundry
• create weekly meal plan
• create home inventory list (more on this later)
• 10,300 steps (Day 3)
• 10,400 steps (Day 4)
• 10,500 steps (Day 5)
• 10,600 steps (Day 6)
• 10,700 steps (Day 7)
• A few knitting rows each day
• A daily creative
• Maybe some guitar practice

So with the change from “Today’s” to “This week’s” is I combined all the lists into one. More manageable this way. You’ll notice there are still a few “daily” goals, and that’s okay! I’m still molding the plan. Send me your ideas and suggestions and I’ll give them a try. Did I mention I want your suggestions?

And I leave you with one last thought: Tomorrow the state is partially reopening 🙂 We’re trying to ease our way out of this pandemic. Good luck to everyone, stay safe, and stay healthy!

---

While this is only Day 2 of the 30-day challenge reboot, it’s Day 68 of the COVID-19 Pandemic lock-down. And while the above drawing may or may not resemble how we are all looking now, it definitely illustrates how we feel when we discover that toilet is paper back on store shelves! It’s the perfect image for today’s post, and was the result of yesterday’s sketch/watercolor activities (turned into a Copic marker exercise from one of those adult coloring books).

I did manage to get done most of what I wanted to accomplish yesterday:

✔ steps: 10,144
✔ food shopping
✔ healthy foods only
✔ knitting
✔ Gollum (watercolor/sketch substitute)

Well, maybe only half of what was planned. That means today I will aim for the other half in addition to a few daily goals like step counts. So here goes:

Today’s agenda:

• make ranch salad dressing (from yesterday)
• make tomato sauce (from yesterday)
• pack lunch salads for the week (from yesterday)
• clean a few rooms
• laundry

Today’s goals:

• create weekly meal plan
• create home inventory list (more on this later)
• 10,200 steps (increasing)

Today’s activities:

• a few knitting rows
• a quick sketch
• a quick watercolor
• maybe some guitar practice (time permitting)

A big item that is not on this list that would normally be is the big Spring Cleaning/swap over. This usually consists of packing away all my winter cloths; unpacking summer cloths; removing, washing, and storing away the two extra blankets from all the beds, replacing storm windows with screens, turning on a/c units, starting up the grill, and all that fun “it’s almost summer” stuff. But this year it’s all been put on hold until my move sometime in mid June. It’s getting closer, but the urge is here now so maybe I’ll at least pull out the summer shoes—it’s not much, but at least it’s something.

Now to begin with all the agenda chores. I welcome your comments, insights, encouragements, suggestions, suggestions, suggestions, and invite you to join me in my quest (virtually for now). Let’s start a discussion!

Did I mention I want your suggestions?

---

poem/creative (to be created)

I can not put it off any longer—day 01 has arrived. Well, technically I could put it off as long as I wanted. Luckily I don’t want to. It also happens to be a Saturday—the second best day to start a new program (Mondays still hold the “best day to start” title). For me this is a preferred start day because I can prepare some of my week’s meals in advance without worrying about time constraints. So let us begin!

Today’s agenda:

• food shopping
• window shopping at Home Depot (ceiling fans)
• make ranch salad dressing
• make tomato sauce

Today’s goals:

• buy only healthy and on plan food items, and maybe a few other household items like the highly anticipated return of toilet paper!
• 10,000 steps

Today’s activities:

• pack lunch salads for the week
• a few knitting rows
• a quick sketch
• a quick watercolor
• maybe some guitar practice (time permitting)

So I begin this day, and will have you all in my thoughts as I plow through. I welcome your comments, insights, encouragements, suggestions, suggestions, suggestions, and invite you to join me in my quest (virtually for now). Let’s start a discussion!

4 p.m. Update:

• Food shopping done
• Home Depot scratched in favor of Boot Leggers (the Keene, NH store is OPEN!)
• Steps: 4,989

---

Day 01 stats:

Scale: ##4.8
Difference from last weigh-in: +2.4
Breakfast: Steel-cut oatmeal with raisins and bananas, coffee
Lunch: skipped
Dinner: tbd
Steps: 1,813 (so far)