So the Wellness Committee's focus for the next quarter is effectively Whole-Life Wellness. Effectively, rather than just focusing on diet and exercise, we're also promoting finding a balance in life between work, exercise, social and mental stimulation and spiritual activities. While a lot of the literature on this subject ends up sounding kind of wacky and granola-ish, looking back over the last few years kind of bears it out a bit in my own life.
Five or six years ago, when my health was at its worst it carried over into a lot of other areas. I didn't particularly like my job, and the nature of the job and the stress it brought carried over into my physical life. As my weight scaled up, and my activity diminished that in turn kept me from wanting to push my social boundaries. That fed back to my work, making me more unhappy, which caused more stress which in turn carried back into the social and physical aspects.
In contrast, over the last 9 months as I've focused on getting healthier the positive feedback has carried over into other areas. My circle of friends has grown, I have more responsibilities at work, I'm trying new things and I'm generally happier (despite what some of my posts would indicate). So I guess I probably shouldn't dismiss the idea out of hand, just because it sounds kind of touchy-feely.
Food today: egg and cheese sandwich (300 calories), turkey sandwich (500 calories), granola bars and some jelly beans as snacks (200 calories), penne, sauce and garlic toast (1000 calories). Exercise was a lunchtime walk and kickboxing (600 calories total)
On another milestone note. 9 months ago I started the first challenge. Today was the deadline to get to 200,000 calories saved. I seem to have picked up about 100,000 more than that since then, and lost 60 pounds.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 2000
Exercise: 600
Points Earned: 1600
Total Points Earned: 105551
Points to go: 94449
Three Week Challenge (Day 4):
Average Points: 1281
Missed Posts: 1
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