New Year’s Goals/ Resolutions?

[Tipperary]

My resolutions
Still need to lose weight so looking at maybe half a kilo a week. I’m swimming 4 times a week and 2 walks a week at weekends. Too dark still to go out after work.
Concerned about losing muscle mass so am going to the gym once a week to do some strength training. I want to get a Dexa scan to give me a baseline but so far haven’t found anywhere together it done.

I’ve written my list of 52 things to bring me joy in 2026 and need to take it out and see if I have any marked off
One of them is to teach my granddaughter how to swim
Another one is to drink Champagne in Montmarte
And a third one is to swim in the Mediterranean

And my third resolution is not to get dragged down again by work. I returned to work on a phased basis in July and from September work 2 days in the office and 2 days from home. I’m going to stick to my guns and stay like that, I don’t want to be pressured back to full time or daily commute to the office,

Oh, and I need to finish the Unpacking Diabetes book…I’ve got out of the habit of reading

And finally, to catch up here regularly and stay keto motivated

[Kiona]

My revolution in 2026 is be fit, stay healthy and keep growing…

[Chezza]

So, month one of twelve down. How is everyone getting on?

My month has been mixed. A much needed mini vacation to see the sun but also a near two week period of illness with a heavy cold.

Keto wise it’s been an interesting month. I haven’t been as strict as I might have been due to both vacation and illness but on reflection I’m happy with my month.

I’d set myself weekly exercise and step targets which I have achieved so happy with that too. Plan to continue those for the whole year.

Onward and upward!

[Pokerdice]

Keeping on Carnivore and gaining weight which is a bonus for me. Added more protein and keep fats at 80% of diet and making weight training improvements. GKI reading of 1 at the same time on weekly cancer treatment has been the my goal. So far so good.

[Lawfish1964]

My goals were:

Lose from 192.8 to 185 and swim 180 miles on the year.

So far, I’m down to 186.6 and I swam 14.8 miles in January and 7.8 so far in February. And the pool where I swim is outside so getting those miles in has been COLD.

[beannoise]

Resolutions? Hmm.

Stick to the food list and supplements that work. No new intros until February, then only one at a time with the list I’ve created. No dairy or eggs this year. (No gluten is a given).

Finish my two current self study courses by Memorial Day.

Finish my two workout apps by Memorial Day.

The last two require I be on point with the first one, because I cannot do those things if I’m flared. My hands don’t work.

I need to do better on my resolutions. I have had some incidental dairy, so I’ll reset that goal for Valentines, since I want to do that for a year. My self study is slowly moving along.

My workout apps not as much, but I gave myself time for setbacks there. I’ve been working with my chiropractor to get realigned.

I have done some food intros, but most not successfully. I’m pausing that again because I’m either sick or reacting to something. Hubby was really sick with Influenza A. I haven’t tested, but suspect a very mild case myself.

I’ve started a very low dose of methotrexate. It works for me so I’m out of the flare/ steroid/ fasting cycle since I don’t have flares. I have been eating a bit more, but I’m still in my weight window. I do need to watch that, though.

[Chezza]

I’ve stumbled a bit recently too, in fact I’m avoiding the scales for that very reason!

I’ve been thinking of cutting back on dairy, I do seem to depend on it a lot and seem to want to eat more and more.

[jules4]

Have been maintaining, and still exercising, going okay but still.craving the sweet stuff!

[beannoise]

I seem to crave the idea of the sweet stuff more than the actual thing, especially since I’ve added some plants. I’m still at less than 6 net carbs a day. I don’t like the sweet stuff if I try it though. Kind of annoying, really, lol.

For me it seems to be the last dregs of quitting dairy.

[Bellyman]

Yeah… the “MEMORIES” of sweet things are often way better than the actual taste if we try them again. I’ve never had a cure for that. Seriously, I’ve gone YEARS without eating a donut of any kind, ever. And yet the desire… never goes away.

I do find my tastes changing a bit over time. Some things I really don’t want like I used to. But other things are a much stronger pull.

A grandfather type that I had growing up smoked before I came along. He had quit by the time I arrived but he told me that the reason he always had a toothpick in his mouth was because that urge for a cigarette never, ever, ever, ever, ever went away despite decades of never once slipping. And I know he didn’t. Never smelled it on him, ever. Now Little Debbies, he had places to hide those LOL! but that’s a different topic.

I don’t really know why it’s a bigger thing for some than others. Now ask me about wine, non-issue. I drank a glass with dinner for a few years. Everybody thought I was gonna become an alcoholic. Nope. I actually haven’t had even a glass with dinner in pretty close to a year now, just don’t want it. And if I did have one, it wouldn’t be the gateway to a downward spiral. It doesn’t have that kind of reaction to me. But I know there are some here who would fall off the cliff if they did that.

Strange how individual we all are considering we’re all humans (at least I think… I know AI is everywhere. LOL! Yet another topic.)