A Masterpiece in the Making, Daily DO’s
Jan 2 - April 1

1) Drink 3 litres + water 17/90 (easy)

2) Exercise video 17/90 (arms video)

3) Lesson 17/90 (Duolingo/Ukulele)

4) 15 minutes of anti-procrastination (pick it, do it) 17/90 (kept up with dish while big lc prep)

5) Stay within carb range (under 50) 17/90 (Greek yogurt with blueberries brought me up to the low 40 grams)

Day 19
LC eating today - BP Coffee, Chicken, Kate salad, greek yogurt with nut granola and black berries, chia tea
Small amount of movement today - not enough
No snacking
Water intake need to improve. I got about 1 Litre in so far
Sleep improving - just need to keep upping the hours
19 day streak of no off-plan meals

A Masterpiece in the Making, Daily DO’s
Jan 2 - April 1

1) Drink 3 litres + water 18/90 (easy)

2) Exercise video 18/90 (Pilates)

3) Lesson 18/90 (Duolingo/Ukulele)

4) 15 minutes of anti-procrastination (pick it, do it) 18/90 (Tub)

5) Stay within carb range (under 50) 18/90 (easy with preps)

A Masterpiece in the Making, Daily DO’s
Jan 2 - April 1

1) Drink 3 litres + water 19/90 (easy)

2) Exercise video 19/90 (arms)

3) Lesson 19/90 (Duolingo/Ukulele)

4) 15 minutes of anti-procrastination (pick it, do it) 19/90 (garbage)

5) Stay within carb range (under 50) 19/90 (way to close to 50 for comfort)

A Masterpiece in the Making, Daily DO’s
Jan 2 - April 1

1) Drink 3 litres + water 20/90 (easy)

2) Exercise video 20/90 (arms)

3) Lesson 20/90 (Duolingo/Ukulele)

4) 15 minutes of anti-procrastination (pick it, do it) 20/90 (tower garden)

5) Stay within carb range (under 50) 20/90 (close to under 20, much better)

Day 22
Great LC eating for the last couple of days. Lots of good beef/chicken/veggies were consumed. Along with Plain yogurt and berries with nut granola. Very satisfying.
More movement than normal with house re-org underway for the next months and a little cleaning of snow.
No snacking
Water intake wasn't great yesterday but really good today
Continuosly working on sleeping better
22 day streak of no off-plan meals
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A Masterpiece in the Making, Daily DO’s
Jan 2 - April 1

1) Drink 3 litres + water 21/90 (easy)

2) Exercise video 21/90 (steps video, needed to get them in)

3) Lesson 21/90 (Duolingo/Ukulele)

4) 15 minutes of anti-procrastination (pick it, do it) 21/90 (food prep)

5) Stay within carb range (under 50) 21/90 (definitely within range, slowly moving down, no forcing though)

Day 23 - a repeat performance of previous days.
Went to bed early - still continuously working on improving my sleep.

Day 24
LC - High on meat and low on veggies today. Not by design. I only had enough time to eat the meat before 7 pm so that is what I did
Stairs at work
Water consumption was great
24 streak of no off plan eating

A Masterpiece in the Making, Daily DO’s
Jan 2 - April 1

1) Drink 3 litres + water 22/90 (last glass of water before bed)

2) Exercise video 22/90 (steps video, no hip or back pain last night, yah me!)

3) Lesson 22/90 (Duolingo/Ukulele)

4) 15 minutes of anti-procrastination (pick it, do it) 22/90 (floors)

5) Stay within carb range (under 50) 22/90 (lots of salad greens, chicken breast, and bacon, definitely below 40)

A Masterpiece in the Making, Daily DO’s
Jan 2 - April 1

1) Drink 3 litres + water 23/90

2) Exercise video 23/90 (Stretching)

3) Lesson 23/90 (Duolingo/Ukulele)

4) 15 minutes of anti-procrastination (pick it, do it) 23/90 (tidy master)

5) Stay within carb range (under 50) 23/90

Day 25 - 28
All is going very well.
I have stayed on the plan I outlined on Day 1.
I have not found any need so far to go off plan but mom's birthday is coming up soon and I am sure she will be having that delicious red velvet cake. The way I feel right now is that I won't indulge in anything because I am not ready to take on the possibility of a slippery slope.
I feel that very soon I will need to amp up my activity level and I will be able to do it because the continuous pain from inflamation has slowly receded this month and I have more energy.
As far as habit goes, I am still purposeful and focused on what and how I eat but it is not yet second nature and I don't expect it to be. I am still learning so much and changing. I am very pleased with January so far and that I have a streak of consistent success following the plan I laid out.

Good to plan ahead!!

Can u make a single serving low carb red velvet cake? Or are you expected to partake of mom's cake?? Do you have a plan yet??

You are right to ask about having a plan - I need one. I am not expected to eat the cake but there's a lot of pressure to have something as part of the celebrations. Going into that situation without a plan can lead to issues. I think it will be a good opportunity to make something with the unsweetened 95% dark chocolate bars I have on hand. Yes - that's what I will do. I am going to whip up something. I love baking so it's all good.

Day 29. Today was a long day at work - 10 hrs straight and another 1.45 minutes to drive home. I got home just before 7 pm. Missed the cutoff for my dinner so I finished dinner at 7:16 pm today and washed it down with water. I wasn't happy about having that late meal because it also affects my sleep. Another fail today was not having enough water... I had about 750 ml (3 cups). I have to watch those two things because when I look at my schedule for tomorrow, I can see that I could easily fall into the same situation as today.