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Heck, I'd settle for a cat-call. ;) My weekend was weird and uneventful while being terribly busy...somehow. :?: Friday I skipped my morning elliptical (in favor of sleep) and also my lunchtime walk (in favor of lunchtime eating out) and thought that would be fine because we always go to the Y Friday nights. But, the gym at the Y we always go to was closed for cleaning and painting so, instead of going to one of the other two Y's in town, hubby wanted to go swimming. I own 4 swimsuits - sizes 18, 20, 22 and 24 - and I haven't actually been in a pool since I wore the 18. :( So pool it was. Burned over 700 calories, and got so few giving as a calorie adjustment on MFP (because I'd been so sedentary) that I ended up going over my calories that day by like 300. Saturday we cleaned our church - we're temporary custodians until a new one is hired - and worked up quite the sweat doing that! But otherwise had a pretty uneventful day. Should have gone to the Y then...still didn't. Sunday we slept in, skipped church, lazed about, and headed to church to clean up about 1. After that we went down to our woodland property and hubby mowed our paths and "lawn" area around the cabin while I picked blackberries from our wild berry patch. It's been so hot and dry we're not getting much, but I have enough for a cobbler and that's going to happen later this week. :) I look a bit like I've been playing with a kitten, with little scratches everywhere from the thorns...SO worth it! After we got back we did household chores and then it was Game of Thrones night! :woohoo: Back to work and back to the grind. :D |
Laurie: Glad things are going well for you. Sounds like people do notice, even if you don't want them to!! Take it as a compliment, I guess! Hope you are back on track with sugar, but I don't think that you went to the worst possible forms of sugar when you did indulge a little. Win!
Lilion: Sounds like the pool was a success. Glad you had fun with it. And then, lots of work with cleaning up at church. I think that's keeping you exercising!! For me, I didn't make it to spin today, but I'm going to try to get to the gym after work to do some running/walking. I need to build back up to some good running, so that seemed like something I should do. Then, on to Body Pump in the morning. |
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Lilion - I love following your adventures of church custodian! I think I mentioned that I did that for almost all of my childhood years with my dad. Between that and working for a fellow state in the capital complex, it seems like we have much in common. And I really wasn't sure how to react to the compliment, which he didn't actually address to me. It was definitely an ego-boost, though, which was nice after I got the "not really a compliment" compliment from my friend. I also enjoyed Game of Thrones Sunday night, though I enjoyed it through my haze of misery after my sugar overdose. =) Diane - Hope your run went well last night! I feel like we're always in a build-up phase with running, and honestly, I kind of like it that way. I sort of had this fantasy when I was feeling a bit miserable training for my half-marathon that I would just be a casual, 3 times a week, 5 mile per run kind of runner. But it just isn't working out that way for me. I have days when running feels natural and good, and other days when even getting to a mile is a struggle. Granted, part of it is recovering from surgery and having that setback. But last week, I ran 3.1 miles on Wednesday, but had to fight through even a mile on Friday before resorting to walking intervals. In some ways, it's a blessing and a curse. I don't think it will ever be routine for me, but on the other hand, it doesn't really get boring either. Hope your run went exceptionally well, and that Body Pump this morning was amazing. I finally got back on the scale this morning. As expected, it went up. I'm back in 15x-land again, but just barely. (150.2). I am going to do another seven day sugar-free challenge again, I think, starting today. But I am going to allow myself exceptions. I am probably going to make cookies again tonight, and I will allow myself to eat two cookies and a few pinches of dough. I am only going to make them, though, if they're specifically requested by my visiting daughter and son-in-law. Goals - 1 - Sugar-free, with possible cookie exception 2 - Stay in first place with my FitBit challenge (which is requiring about 2100 steps per day) 3 - Lift weights 4 - Start retiring my sizes 12 and 14 from my closet 5 - Focus on getting work done Hope everyone has a great day! |
Morning all!
I remain in awe of you runners. I've told you I can't run...that as I child my parents even told me I don't "run". They thought it was something to do with my back and hip structure. I don't know...no doctor every told me that, but maybe they did them. I've always had some back issues, but really...running is just the most awkward thing in the world. I love running...in theory. I love watching runners...so graceful, the posture and the legs strong carrying them at speed across the ground. Then I try to even jog a bit to go across the street and avoid being squashed by a bus and I HATE IT. :lol: I don't know what it is, but I feel like an idiot. I did try the other day to just jog a tiny bit on a walk when there was no one around to see me and yeah...hated it. I felt like a complete fool even with no one around and my posture was all wrong; awkward and hunched and hideous...like Quasimodo trying to run a marathon. And everything jiggles. I don't even think I was going any faster than a walk anyway. My whole body just feels ... dumb when I try to run. I'm toast when the zombie apocalypse comes. :sklol: Monday night church cleaning took on a new twist when I accidently locked myself out in the children's playground. The fenced, locked, playground. :rolleyes: I had my phone...thank GOD I'd stuck it in my back pocket! My husband was vacuuming the sanctuary...which of course has no outside access...and HIS phone was in the lobby. I texted him about 15 times, called, finally went on Facebook live and laughed at myself. Luckily, he was almost done and when he couldn't find me he texted...at the same time, people who saw my Facebook post started calling him and I was rescued. :rofl: It was really hot out there! It's been a weird couple of weeks for me on the diet and exercise front. Diet is okay...not really going over much...but exercise...not so good. I'm still not getting up early and doing the elliptical. I know I need to, but that extra hour sleep in the morning is just HEAVEN. I'm not gaining, but I really need to find that motivation again. :( Right now I'm kinda blah...:dunno: Nothing else new. I best get to work now. :wave: |
Lilion: Haha! Good story on the playground prison! Glad you made it out. I'm kind of the opposite of you. Exercise is going fine, but food plan is not on point. I can't get past the struggle stage.
Laurie: I'd agree with that. I've never been to a point that it was fun/relaxing/whatever when running. Some days are good and some are awful. But overall, I love the effect. So, I'll keep doing it too. Glad you are giving yourself the cookie exception when it comes to your no sugar goal. Gotta live a little!! As for me, as I said above, the food plan is still difficult. I'm not sure why. I just can't get to the strict discipline that I had before. I need to, but I can't seem to get there. But, I'll keep trying and searching for that zen stage of food control! |
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Lilion - You sound like you're a riot to be FB friends with! Glad you were freed from the hellish conditions on a child's playground. I have a general aversion to waking up, and have found over many years of tears that I am just not willing to get up in the morning to exercise. However, I am in a Fitbit challenge, and my competitive nature has found me squeezing steps out of every available opportunity. Need to use the restroom? Do so, then loop around the building before going back to my desk for a bonus 500 steps! Making dinner? Use those few minutes when I'm waiting for something to take a few turns around the room. Park far away from the grocery store. Or, better yet, take advantage of the air conditioning inside the store to walk a few times around the perimeter of the store. Maybe this is stuff you already do, but it has surprised me how much this stuff adds up. Often more than a concentrated five-miles run (which I am still not doing post-surgery). So weird about your running issue. If it makes you feel better, my husband took video of me "running" the last few yards of my half-marathon. (My running pace was really about walking pace at that point.) I do not run pretty. And I have not yet found a love of running. I do, however, love the sense of accomplishment, which is why I'm still doing it. Hopefully, you find the joy of accomplishment in the elliptical. Diane - I SO hope you find that zen state! It is sssooo elusive, but sssooo great to be there. I have said it before, but I have an incredible amount of admiration for the fact that you just don't seem to ever give up. Have setbacks, sure. Have times that are less productive than others, yes. But you never seem to have extended periods where you completely check out. I am trying desperately to emulate that. Weighed in today at 156.4. Found it quite alarming to have gained six pounds overnight, so moved the scale to be more level on the floor (weighing on bathroom tiles is a bad idea in general, but so is standing naked in any other part of the house), and it moved back down to a more reasonable, more expected 150.0. Ugh. The scale and its emotional roller coasters! Goals for the day: 1 - No sugar. 2 - Run 4 miles without stopping. That will be tough. 3 - Buy another suit or two that actually fit. I have a single suit now, and two in-person back-to-back hearings, and realized that I don't have a suit to wear tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great day! |
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I forgot to mention, I loved your "cookie exception" to the no-sugar day. Everyone needs an occasional cookie exception. :) Slashnl Hang in there! You'll find your groove again. |
I'll have to catch up on reading later, but wanted to check in: I finally met with the naturopath Monday, went through hours of food allergy testing, and now am having three "home samples" tested this week for candida. Fingers crossed that I will have some answers within 3 weeks. If it's candida, I can get an Rx and control it through diet...and start losing weight again. I've been so discouraged over not getting to go to the gym (2 injuries) and not being able to lose that these last 2 weeks have been one long binge. One-day-at-a-time trying to get back on track.
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So life is slowly turning to the better. Knee and calf are about 95% healed up; just a few muscle twinges every now and then if I twist it too much or move too suddenly. I'm thinking of going back to the gym soon and maybe just starting with some gentle walking on the treadmill for 30min (or until my leg complains). I know how delicate an injury can be and how important proper rest can be, but I kind of actually miss being relatively active. I'm sure I'm going to eat my words as soon as I step foot in the gym. Diet-wise, I'd say I've been about 50% committed since Monday to eating well. I'm not actively trying but I'm also not actively fighting it. Meals have been healthy (protein smoothies, baked chicken and veggies, etc), but snacks have been iffy (chips and guacamole, chips and salsa, Rocky Road ice cream). I can do better, but I could also being doing much worse. Overall, I'd say it feels like dipping your foot in the water to test the temperature before just jumping in completely. I'm thinking next week I jump in and go 100%. I weighed myself Monday to assess the damage, and had only gained about two pounds since my lowest weight (Monday was 254lb, lowest being 252lb). I weighed myself this morning and I'm now at 251! Losing the weight plus an extra 1lb is super motivating. I'm only 2lb away from being back at pre-nursing school levels and being officially closer to 200lb than 300lb LOL. Frances: Good luck with the testing and diagnosis! Hopefully they nail it down and are able to get your treatment started so you can get going again. Laurie: LOL, I'm sorry about your scale drama. I weigh myself on the exact same tile that I've discovered to be most level, so that my weighing is at least consistent. Have a little fun with the new clothes buying ;) You deserve to treat yourself after all the work you've put in to get this far! Slash: I'll be sending you good food zen juju! At least your exercise game is still strong! Lilion: Dude, if the zombie apocalypse happens, I'm so screwed. Def gonna be first to die over here. My entire plan is to stress the point of me being a nurse and hope that someone needs a medic in their group so badly that they'll protect me and keep me alive, because I can't run for **** and cardio is Rule #1 to surviving!! Vladadog: Congrats on holding steady!! |
Panda - You're a nurse - I'm sure people will save you from the zombies. I'm a lawyer - they'll toss me into the hoard! :lol:
Panda and Francis hope you both get over your injuries and other issues soon. A big BRAVO for staying on track as well as you have! Panda, don't you love surprise losses...when you're just sure that scale is up and it's down? :goodscale: I had one of those today. I have just had such an odd week. No exercise to speak of except my lunchtime walks. I've skipped the elliptical all week and hubby and I have been skipping the Y too except for the one day in the pool last Friday. There have been snacks and meals out and just general weirdness. Yesterday the scale said 281.5. Today - 279! It's been a long time since I've seen a 7! :D The weirdness continues, unfortunately. I have a wedding tomorrow (husband's nephew), so will be out of town. We're skipping the reception though. BTW, when did it become popular to hold a reception 4 hours after the ceremony? Wedding at 2, reception at 6...figure we stayed until 8, dinner and cake cutting and maybe 1 dance and that puts us out of the house from noon (it's an hour and a half minimum drive) to 10 p.m! I don't have 10 hours for someone else's wedding - 6 hours literally including wedding, wait time, and then reception. I didn't spend 6 hours on my OWN wedding! :dizzy: Got bad news on my girl dog yesterday. The oncologist verified what my vet expected. I'm just finding it hard to concentrate on anything right now with that going on. But, life goes on as they say. I hope to get back on track for real this week. What I need is a vacation and sleep! A nap in the shade by a lake or somewhere shady and cool...doesn't that sound good? |
Hope everyone has a good weekend. I'm drowning here at work, so this is quick.
Think I need to do another regrouping this weekend. UGH. :) |
Lilion - How did I not know that you're a lawyer? And a lawyer who works for a Midwest state agency stationed in the Capital Complex, too. Very coincidental. Sorry to hear about your puppy. Hope that they're able to treat it and that she improves rapidly. =/ Congratulations on the scale progress! The scale is a mystery, but maybe you're being rewarded for past efforts? Regardless, it's amazing when it flips to a new decade.
Amanda - Yay for scale progress to you, too, Missy. Down to 251 -- almost to a new decade yourself, let alone a new half-century! Glad things are getting back under control. Hope the gym is good to your injured leg. Sometimes, the work-outs help rather than hurt. Frances - Glad you're getting your medical issues under control again. There's nothing so frustrating as having little control over something like this. I hope that your candida (if that's what it is) is quickly resolved and that your injuries begin healing. Diane - Glad you stopped in for a quick wave! Hope that work gets calmer and that the weekend re-grouping goes well. I am feeling pretty lax lately. I decided that I would eat a tortilla with my dinner yesterday, and found myself reaching out for a second tortilla for no discernible reason. I wasn't hungry. I didn't have a strong desire to eat the tortilla. I just wanted it because it was there. I did actually take a bite of it, but then threw it out because I didn't need it and took a walk instead. Today, I ate more of my lunch than I wanted or needed, just cuz it was there. I am pretty sure there are cookies and donuts upstairs. I haven't gone up there, but I am just feeling like if I want it, I should just have it. I just don't really want it right now. It's all just weird, and feels like it's mostly just lethargy. My knee is a little jacked too. Yet, I am pretty sure I am going to go running this afternoon. Again, it's kind of like I'm going through the motions because I just can't bring the energy to care. On the other hand, my husband showed me a picture he had taken on the Fourth of July. A dark-haired, thin woman was standing by my son, and I said, "I didn't know [son's girlfriend's name] had shown up by that point in the evening. Turns out, I was the woman in the picture. To be fair, I was looking at his phone screen from a distance, and I had drawn the conclusion mostly from context. But still. . . . |
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Okay...first of all WOW! Talk about a NSV - so skinny and pretty you think you're your son's girlfriend. :lol: I don't usually tell people I'm a lawyer. I only do the one type of law my particular office does...so no one ask me questions...I'm not a "real" lawyer anymore. :p I guess I wasn't clear about my little girl dog...she won't get better. Far too soon, we'll only have a little boy doggy. Breaks my heart :( but there's absolutely nothing that can be done. The problem with pets is you always outlive them. You have to just love them for as long as you can. Popped back in to really just say, I hope everyone has a good weekend! Be good and make good choices. |
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I needed to come in to work today, and decided to drop in and create a new goal signature and post some goals for the day. Lilion - I practice tax law, primarily. It does not make me particularly popular at parties, and I do not volunteer the information, generally. =) So sad about your girl dog. I am sorry to hear it, but glad you got the chance to love her for as long as you did. I weighed again after a disastrous few days nutrition-wise. My exercise is good, but you can't out-exercise bad eating choices. So, like Diane, I am doing a bit of re-grouping. I am 153 again, up from even my post-cruise weigh-in. So, I have decided to commit to losing 13 pounds. Thirteen is my lucky number, so maybe I'll be lucky on this one. So far, maintenance has not been a cruise control kind of thing, but I would rather struggle with exercise and nutrition at this end of the scale than the other end. I did clean out my closet again. Got rid of all the 12s and 14s and most of the 10s. I bought six new suits, some size 6 and some size 8. I was able to fit quite comfortably in a size 4 skirt and a size 4 dress as well. I also bought a whole bunch of raggedy gym clothes so when I run, I will no longer have to hitch my pants up. $80, and almost an entirely new wardrobe. I so love thrift stores! And it's so much easier to find good stuff now than it was before. So, now I have incentive to stay on track. I also had a great therapy session with my husband. When our relationship is better, it's much easier to do what I need to do. So, I'm going to do 14 sugar-free days. FOURTEEN. It won't be easy, but it's so much better to go without sugar than it is to struggle with it the way that I have been. This is a huge bugaboo for me. But it does make all the difference. I just need to be sure to have plenty of delicious fruits and veggies available. **deep breath** Fourteen days. But I'm almost through with Day 1 of the 14. =) Today's goals 1 - No sugar 2 - Get in my 11K steps 3 - Reasonable nutrition Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Diane, hope the regrouping is going well! |
I failed on the sugar thing yesterday. Nothing to it but to re-up. Day 1 of my 14 days of no sugar commences now.
Goals for the day: 1 - No sugar. 2 - Run late morning. 3 - Reasonable food choices. I need my clothes to continue to fit. Gotta start getting serious about it all. |
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