I love my physical bullet journal, but I recently got a new ipad along with an apple pencil – and I have to say, there’s really something satisfying about having a digital journal, too. I picked up GoodNotes, which is an app ($10 fee) that does everything I want it to and more. I didn’t want to spend the time designing my own journal, so I picked up a template that fit my needs and then added extra pages for any specifics that I wanted. So far, it’s working great!
Anyone else out there use a digital bullet jounal? How do you find it?
I have almost lost 20lbs, and while it might seem pretty fast, I feel confident that I’m doing things correctly. I log my food properly, I figured out my macros, and I’m honest with myself and how much I’m eating. I know a lot of my loss is water weight, but I think by now some of it must be actual fat as well. Now I just need to stick with it. I’m determined to get below 200lbs by Christmas. I’ve tried to lose weight in the past and it just never stuck, I feel like this time is different, that I’ve finally hit rock bottom and it’s time.
I started being more health conscience around April 15th, just after my 40th birthday. I was at my heaviest weight ever and SOMETHING had to change. I gave Noom a short try and instantly decided it wasn’t for me, and then I decided to do a bit of keto, as much as I could while living in the far North at least. Pictured above is one of my keto friendly snack plates. Yum. I actually enjoy eating most of those things, and variety has been important because I am not really a big meat person, and avocado isn’t a thing here.
I eat a lot of eggs, chicken, beef, fish, shrimp, and the snacks pictured above – I’m 18lbs down. I have a LOT more to go. I plan on doing keto until my cravings subside and I get a handle on my portion sizes, then I’m going to slowly transition to more manageable meals, hopefully still keeping the portions down. Once I lose a bit of weight I’m going to add exercise into the equation, but I’m in no rush on that since I have to take things easy in that regard. In any case, I’m happy with the progress, and I am feeling pretty good about things.
Since April 15th I’ve been doing a moderated version of keto, where I don’t punish myself if I go over my carb allowance because living here in the North sometimes things happen and foods are not readily available. That being said, I did pick up a few keto-friendly items from Amazon – one of them being ‘Carbquik’ which can be used to make pizza crust, pot pie crust, waffles, and stuff like that. I made a small mini pizza and it turned out quite good. I also used it to make chicken pot pie and that was incredible.
The concern or worry with using products like this is that it can be easy to go over your calorie allotment and it can also cause cravings. I try to limit myself to using it only once a week, and I’ve cut down on other keto friendly sweets to try to curtail the massive cravings I was developing. Still, it’s nice to have some choices available.
I’m down 16lbs since starting, and I can notice my clothes starting to fit a bit better. I still have a long way to go, a lot of that weight was water weight that naturally comes with beginning keto, but I’ve calculated my macros, started tracking my meals, and I’m determined that by Christmas of this year I will be below 200lbs. I can’t remember the last time in the past 20 years I was not overweight/obese and it is time.
I should have started with a proper cleaning, but I got back to knitting with my antique sock machine and it was lovely. I recently purchased a ‘bonnet’ to help with casting on – I had been using one of the antique tools that came with it, but it was falling apart and took forever to set up properly. The bonnet is MUCH easier to use, and sturdier. Hopefully this helps me preserve the tool. The sock above is slightly too tight, so I need to mess with tension still, and I need to kitchener stitch the toe – but it took under an hour to complete, and I’m glad that I can use up some stash this way. I have an entire bag of kroy sock yarn to use up, and I’d also like to do a few practice socks while I learn what size my husband wears. You can never have too many socks.
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