Debbie Cousins's Journal, 27 Jan 19

Hope you have a good day Debbie. You should do what feels right for you. But as you say it is good to have self knowledge and know that if you stray you may have a hard time locating the right path again. Is there a health reason why you focus so much of fiber and bm? I have never been worried about those things so I am just curious? 

My sister had colon cancer. One of the things that can bring that about is having food in the bowel for too long, so I try to keep things moving (and get colonoscopies once a year!) The RDI of Dietary Fiber for women is 26g and for men it is in the 30's. Most people don't even get HALF of that unless they are mindful of it. I appreciate how faithful you are in posting comments to the people you are Following @liv001! You are a real blessing to a lot of people here. Thank you! 

I added Epsom salts to my salt water sippy cup and that helps with the irregularity and gives bonus magnesium!  

That is what I use as well. Magnesium. I take some with a vitamin c and I never have any bm issues.  

But I see where you are coming from Debbie. Keep up the good work!!!! 

Good luck. Ironically, for me, Granulated Splenda I take in my Green Tea throughout te day 'keeps me regular'.  

I love your quote from the Apostle Paul and remember he said, "I can do all things through Christ." Yeah!!!! 

I use Senna -c to stay regular, 1 in morning, one at night..No problems !!! 

DebbieCousins, thank you for the invitation to join your challenge. My answer is being left in the comments for your journal because I'm willing to share what I think I can and probably can't do at this time. Although I am very pleased how this WOE is going, I lack in my areas. I am recording all my food every day, and am doing HF/LC but my carbs are never below or at 20g, therefore I'm assuming my body is not adjusted to Keto yet. I have lost fast (for me) since Thanksgiving so that is fine, but think I need to slow down now. Yes I would love to fit into my old size 4 clothes but that may never happen since I have lost almost 3 inches in height and gravity set in around the middle. No wonder my brain is small, and my stomach seems to have a mind of it's own. I do not drink enough water, or eat enough fiber and don't know where to track that. Yes, I need to increase my exercise but am not ready to commit to it. I'm tired inside. My freezer part of my refrigerator went out Wednesday without me knowing about it, and everything was 3/4 defrosted. I'm still dealing with the food, and taking care of the frig. Saturday we drove 6 hours to visit my dying sister-in-law. When you said the challenge starts every Monday, I wondered if you were making different challenges each week. My challenge of "No Junk Food For One Month" is coming to a close and I have kept it faithfully. I will keep recording what I eat, but the only challenge I could see myself stretching to make on your list would be "60% of diet fat". I am pretty close but could watch it closer and make that happen I think. The other things are just beyond me at this point. Yes, I want to improve. Thank you for your comments that you want everyone regardless of their WOE to stretch and improve and become more healthy. We all love you Debbie.  

Hi I looked online for challenges like you said but I can't seem to find them?  

Hi @melissaknight! I think I may have found the problem. After you click on the Challenges tab across the top of your home screen, when you type into the search box, type in Daily Accountability 2019(SPACE)-#4. When I searched without the space, it showed no results. Another idea is just to type in "Daily Accountability" and it will show you ALL the ones that have been done in the past, as well as the #4 (in progress) and the #5 (starting Monday). Hope this works. If not, let me know again, and I'll figure out a way to get you in there!