Summer Microresolution Update

I don't know where the summer is going, but we're already almost through July! I kept thinking that I needed to do an update on the June microresolutions that I set, but just never got around to it before now.

I set two microresolutions for June: 

1. Stretch my calf muscles daily right after I brush my teeth before bed.
2. I will get up out of bed immediately with my main alarm.

The first one has worked out really well! It's basically a habit at this point. Though after the first week or two of doing it, I started doing the calf stretches as I was brushing my teeth, so now if I don't do it when I'm brushing my teeth, I sometimes have a hard time remembering to do it right after. 

Linking a new behaviour with an existing one, especially something that's a really entrenched habit, seems to work really well! I'll have to keep this in mind for future microresolutions.

The second one, however, I've been struggling with. I don't like getting out of bed in the morning, and it's much worse when my cat is hanging out with me. Or when I'm super stressed and tired. So I'm going to have to rework that one and try again.

I'm also having a lot of problems with stress lately (mostly from work). I'm hoping the stressors will mainly be gone by the end of the year, but I need to get through until then. So I just went looking at some ideas to help calm yourself down and stumbled on 4/7/8 breathing. It was suggested in a Reddit post (the same person suggested that if they're not able to start with 4/7/8 breathing, they start with box breathing (4/4/4/4) then switch to 4/7/8 breathing once they are calm). So I think I'm going to try doing either box or 4/7/8 breathing every day after work for a minimum of 3 breaths. I'm hoping that will help me decompress after work (and maybe help me not carry my work stress home with me).

I do have some vacation coming up soon, so I'm going to try these two microresolutions through August and September.

July Weight Updates

 Here are some weight updates from earlier in July:

July 3:

weight: 233.0
fat percentage: 57.0
hydration: 29.5
muscle: 21.1
bone: 10.5
cal: 2428

July 10

weight: 231.0
fat percentage: 56.3
hydration: 30.0
muscle: 21.4
bone: 10.5
cal: 2416

My period started a little earlier than expected this month, so I'm hoping to do another weight update either tomorrow or on Sunday to see how things are going.