SparkNB's Journey to Fitness

 These 33 healthy hacks will add to the 22 exercise and 22 food hack and 23 healthy hacks in this Healthy Hacks series for 100 hacks in 3 days, so far. Food Pre -Tracking...can help with planning, take out onerousness of chore of it "Streaks" of behaviour Build LTEE habits to become an LTEE: life time effective exerciser "Forget 'exercise' and think 'accomplishment'" Fun.ctional fitness Plan goals...use goal-setting techniques, like here , here, and here Hour-by-hour goals/daily routine Procrastination elimination Hocus Pocus FOCUS Mindfulness, mindfulness , mindfulness Start small HowTo b4&after fotos 8 goals 8 weeks flaws & all  b4&after fotos fitness journal losing 2fast? cardio or weights...which 1st? dos & donts of goal setting dos & donts of fitness plan workout like 'it's yer job ' skeptic of pilates postpartum intro to pilates sculpted arms from pilates   "      "          time 4fitness   "     

Continuing in my Healthy Hacks series started yesterday , where there were 22 exercise and movement hacks and 22 food, diet and psychology tacks Mindful or conscious eating Exercising for mood , including warrior/martial arts for anger (about rus's war on Ukraine) Visualization for longer-term future Alarms for movement breaks*, like the pomodoro technique Standing* more while coding, and doing other things, like dishes Lunch breaks: go* out or outside Stretches during breaks* Commute substitute* as delimiter for work day Outdoor walking meetings*... *this link 80/20 as success , not 100% perfection...PROGRESS (& consistency) not perfection Getting dressed ...simple enough, but these covid-ious winter daze, not so much Meditation, journaling, living a purpose...more here Examining my own reasons for not working out or getting stuff done, in addition to some common excuses Fun ( rewards ) " girls night out " ideas Motivational quotes and/ daily (or not) affirmations Ha

 As a Ukrainian North American, the current situation of 1900+ troops on 3 fronts of Ukraine's borders is very frustrating and stressful. Also, the late February diet and exercise doldrums have hit, but I'm going to focus on moving (as stress release) and some other diet and exercise hacks to make forward progress on my goals, to -get past the February doldrums. I've looked up some 'sparticles' from the former sparkpeople site, and also included some google searches 2-22-22 Dancing...for music, and for fun...gonna include some bollywood, ballet and belly this week. Step counter! start wearing one Hiking: today was an indoor hike at a big box because of circumstance, but tomorrow, a rare 54F Feb. day means a hike in the afternoon. Also, going out into the garden tomorrow, after the hike...I bought a big bag of soil and could start some frozen garden seeds with it, also...gotta compost, do some yard tidying Connect with a friend this week; one of my friends might be a