So many new discoveries for my weight loss

Hello all!
Yes, I'm one day late, but I've so many new things inside my head that are digesting the new knowledge of the past week that really need to come out - I hoped that I would be able to make a more "organized" post yesterday but for the moment, there's still only chaos - so chaos will have to come out - hehe.

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Ok, so what's going on?

Remember I started tracking my daily activity? Remember I ended u paround 2,5 hours a day and how I wondered if this was much or not (I honestly don't think it's enough)?

Well, tracking something you do every day changes EVERYTHING! It changes our consciousness and therefore influences our actions. So many new possibilities already sprang to my mind how to improve my daily acitvity but I really want to finish this challenge with only tracking what I'm doing normally: there's always time to start getting better, but if I have no knowledge about the point I was starting from, I won't be able to compare the improvements.

That said - and it's really hard, because it goes completely against to what I'm used to think - of course there are a few very obvious plans building up inside my mind, wich I just want to write down here so I can come back to them in the beginning of February:

1. Warm up before the farm work! - this will improve my overall wellbeing during the work and I will know that I'm safe regarding my muscles and joints.
2. Add variations in work intensity - getting more conscious about what I'm doing and working special muscle groups or cardio whilst I'm at work
3. Increase the active time of the day - I will add more and more minutes everyday and if I don't fill them out with my usual work I will clean the house or go for a walk.

So, there's a lot I can do and I'm really happy to have my farm so I can work as much as I want - there's always something left to do! I also want to sign up for a class of any kind - maybe Tai Chi or Chi Gong - but that's not decided yet - just to write it down here.

Ah, and I wanted to make some things more clearly understandable: I don't have a real farm, I mean, one where I have to gain my living. I'm a graphic designer and illustrator but we have a private farm and I'm additionnally working with horses. So I have 3 own horses and we have 2 more, a pony, a donkey, dogs, cats, sheep, rabbits, chicken, guinea pigs, fish and also a ferret - so, I think I can call this all a farm and you might imagine, there's a lot of work everyday. I'm doing this together with my sisters, my husband (we don't have any kids yet) and my stepfather, so we are sharing the chores, but I plan to do more and more for my weight loss.

Ok, I think I'll leave it for today - you'll read me soon anyway.

Thank you so much for reading and check out also my log in the NF-forums, where I log on everyday!

Yours,
Elanor

Before weight loss: I always felt guitly about eating - Elanor's Jouney #2

Get moving girl!!! 2 weeks in!!

Hello together!
I hope everyone had or is having a great Sunday!

First of all: I rocked the scale today having lost already 1,7 kgs so I'm again below 130!!! This is how I jumped around after weighing (my husband was at his work so he didn't see me ;) ).

I'm sorry no new video has come out yet - I still have to learn to scedule the time to make it - but I filmed it already and it's in the process of being edited.

So, how's it going? I'm tracking my daily activity without fail and for the last 4 days my average time moving was a 143 mins per day, making it 2h23. Okay, I won't put much on this number yet and wait till more days are gathering up so I can have a more accurate average number.

My goal would be to be able to easily do at leat 3 hours per day - because if I'm talking about moving, this means I included all household things where I was standing around too, which probably isn't burning lots of calories.

So, beginning with the last week of the challenge, I will start to also track my gross calories burned by my daily activities - I'm not doing this because there's really a need to it - I know that I should move more - but I like tracking it and it gives me a better feeling about myself.

I'm really curious about the results - is 2,5 hours of work much everyday or not? I don't have much comparison but my husband can easily do so much more! I haven't been around people doing sports a lot, so if you'd like to share your experiences this would be nice!

Ok, I'll check in with you again on Wednesday and I hope my next video will be finished by tomorrow - thanks for reading!

Elanor