--sign up for an online health challenge.
--Wonder why one's cell coverage sometimes pukes when one is trying to upload a photo to the chatter feed.
--Bore possibly non-techie readers talking about lacunae in the cell coverage and / or about the meaning of the word lacunae.
Cue the Health Challenge!
RantWoman signed up for another round of the Whole Life Challenge. WHole Life Challenge Home page .
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The Whole Life Challenge is a six-week program of attention to diet, mobilization, sleep, exercise, hydration, and well-being practice.
The Challenge exists as IoS or Android apps and a web version. The price is pretty modest, a few dollars / week depending on how one grabs discounts. The challenge comes with some recipes, some inspirational messages, some exercise videos, most of which have not really grabbed RantWoman longterm.
There is some upselling for merch or tonight RantWoman looked at some coaching plans. RantWoman looked but did not buy!
There are some options for the Challenge to be part of a group health plan and also some options to connect the Challenge with feeds of one's medical data. RantWoman is unlikely to go near any of that, though RantWoman may try to connect with a team.
RantWoman has done the challenge both as part of two different teams and solo.One team was people RantWoman knows; the other RantWoman just asked to join. Both proved awkward at points though even the strangers one hit some resonant notes. The right team would not be terrible, but RantWoman has not really figured out who in her life might be and be able to afford being good peers. RantWoman likes that the Team finder lets one use a search term; RantWoman might like more basis for seeing if some stranger seemed interesting enough to ask about teaming. RantWoman just searches for Seattle. This time RantWoman is deeply amused by team names involving Brussels Sprouts; Smoothie, Shaken and Stirred; Unicorns. There is also a team based in Dubai called the OCD Warriors.
RantWoman has now done the challenge a handful of times. RantWoman has never once entirely followed even the lowest of the three diet levels but figuring out how to score her non-compliance is still a useful discipline. Also RantWoman reads the recipes and makes more effort than average to avoid dietary outrages, carb binges, and eating ice cream for the only course of a meal--unless there is something alcoholic to pour over the ice cream. Seriously, RantWoman is considering cutting back even more than she already has about dairy, and RantWoman frequently looks at ice cream options and then specifically decides not to buy.
RantWoman started her sleep blog partly because just tracking the amount of sleep she either aspired to or achieved made RantWoman realize she needs to track some other things too. Recently it dawned on RantWoman that listen to her body means recognizing something possibly in common with some peers who speak openly of .... Now, if RantWoman can extract from one really sloppy data stream specifics to help explore whether she needs to talk more with.. about a specific label.
RantWoman really likes being rewarded just for staying hydrated, something RantWoman is pretty good at anyway.
RantWoman finds it useful discipline to be reminded to stick to (okay pretty darn modest) #exercise goals. And by modest we mean, among other things, that Ambassador Thwack goind all percussive pedagogy on some object of rage definitely DOES NOT COUNT.
One of the things the well-being practice does is help RantWoman keep Ambassador Thwack from running amok, or running amok too badly. There is a list of well-being practices, some involving gratitude, some breathing or noting gratitude. Even though a new well-being practice gets suggested every week, it is perfectly fine to choose something from the library options.
And with that, we're OFF, just in time for a meal at a restaurant where compliant food is definitely NOT the norm.
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