From-winded-to-wellness - A Winning Loser

12 November 2022- I’m Back :)

Hey! It’s definitely been a while...

I’ve still been liking and reblogging some posts here and there...but not very frequently. It’s been a while since I’ve made a post of my own.

Honesty, I’ve been trying to limit how much I use social media. A few months ago, I deactivated my Instagram again (it has stayed deactivated since then). Last month, I, finally, deactivated my Facebook. If there was a way I could, temporarily, deactivate Snapchat, I would...

I don’t want to blame my insecurities only on social media, but social media has definitely not helped. I end up in this cycle of always deactivating, then reactivating and hurting my own feelings, which leads to a mental breakdown and me deactivating again. I’m sick of it.

Anyway, I’ve decided to just stay off Instagram and Facebook indefinitely. I’m not going to enter that deactivate then reactivate cycle anymore. It’s not healthy.

Tumblr is nice though...at least my mutuals are :)

I’m really thankful that I have not seen anything problematic on my dashboard (I’m assuming it will stay that way).

I really like the energy you all have. There have been a few times, during these past few weeks, that I have scrolled on the Tumblr app as an escape.

I don’t want to just scroll anymore, though. I want to participate again. So...this is me, officially, coming back to Tumblr again.

I want to get back on track (I wonder how many times I’ve said some variation of that statement here lol) with my goals.

I was also thinking of expanding what I post here. For example I have been, recently, rediscovering my love for reading. I think it would be fun to share some of the books I’ve been reading and plan to read...or maybe I could even make another blog...

Either way, my point is, I’m going to be more active on here again.

Tonight (or tomorrow morning) I’m going to take some time to really write out what it is I want to accomplish for the rest of this year. I’m also going to start thinking about how I want my 2023 to look. Before I know it, 2022 is going to be over and I’m going to have to make a new vision board...

Looking forward to being back :)

Getting Back on Track

The past few weeks have been kind of difficult. I ended up getting off track with my fitness goals. Surprisingly, though, I have been able to stay on track with my eating. I’m not calorie restricting or anything (honestly, I stopped actively counting my calories a long time ago). I have just been making sure I focus on eating actual food and incorporating, at least, some servings of fruit and/or vegetables throughout each week. I also focus on how I feel after eating certain foods. If there is something specific I want or am craving, I just eat it. No big deal. Having a cookie (or 2) at lunch is not going to, suddenly, reverse everything I have done prior to this month. I think the fact that I pack my lunch almost everyday for work has also been helping me.

Anyway, I really want to get back on track with the fitness component. I’ve stopped caring so much about weightloss. I just want to be strong (and to be able to do a pull up without any assistance lol). I also miss the gym in general. I actually got to the point where the gym was becoming a source of stress relief for me. With how life has been (e.g., personal stuff, the overall, disappointing state of the world, etc.) I think we all could benefit from finding those things that help us make it through each day.

I’m going to try to go to the gym tomorrow after work. It might be difficult to get back into my previous routine, but I’m ready.