Oh, I'm so sorry that is happening. I wish I could help you, or that I had a better understanding of medical stuff pertaining to blood sugar. I know diabetes isn't always associated with weight, or even diet. Maybe this is that kind of case? Are your doctors telling you any other info about why your sugar levels are raising despite these positive health steps? Sending you a hug!
Thanks, Kahaney. I see my doc today and that is one thing I will discuss with her. I've had a series of health issues for the past year and a half. But the upside is that I've lost weight since my last appointment and I know she'll be pleased with that. It shows I'm trying, at least. And I'm starting to feel better when I exercise- tighter, not all jiggly. It makes exercise more fun.
Oh, awesome! And I totally get that! I'm not quite feeling tighter yet as my journey is still relatively new again, but I am loving the rush of new weight loss! I'm excited to start seeing and feeling real progress!! Thank you! I hope your day is awesome, too!
Kahaney- how is it going? My weekend was good- I went for a nice winter hike on Saturday, and got some video workouts in on Sunday. Yesterday was Piyo Upper Body and yoga- just 30 minutes total. Planning to work harder today. Mondays are always harder for me to get motivated! I hope you had a great weekend.
Exciting to get to post in the 150s thread. I waited for ages to get out of the 160s it seemed! Now suddenly I seem to have found the magic formula for my body somehow and the scale has been sliding down. 157.4 this morning and it's been going down slowly but steadily all week long. Hopefully this trend continues... I took my caloric intake down a little more and started doing yoga every day instead of my other exercise. We'll see how it works going into the next two weeks, which will be busy and stressful and I might not have as much time to devote to weight loss. :/
Sorry I've been MIA. I was assaulted over the weekend and have been dealing with police and feeling very rattled and anxious, so I haven't been keeping up with anything very well. I'm only starting to feel OK again, so will try to prioritize this again.
Glad to see you both here, though!
:O Oh my goodness, how scary, Kahaney!! I hope you have the most restful weekend possible and that any loose ends get tied up asap. :hugs: if you want them!
Not like there's a easy way to segue into a less intense topic, but here goes anyway for my weekly update. :/
As promised, this week has in fact been incredibly stressful and I'm so glad it's almost over. It's been a hard week weight loss wise too--my body randomly decided to hold onto water and the scale has been bouncing up and down. The last normal reading was 156.4, so hopefully I'll be a bit below that when the water drops off. I can't blame my body for freaking out too much. I fought off a cold, I've been getting less sleep than normal, been running hither, thither, and yon, and just dealing with a lot. The water does seem to be coming off again, so that's encouraging. But in the midst of all that there's been some great victories in that I haven't turned to stress eating and have resisted a lot of siren calls for dessert. Even the ones I've answered have been very modest and I stayed within a respectable caloric intake each day. For me, that's a HUGE HUGE thing, so I guess I can't be too unhappy with the week. Here's to a less stressful week next week for everyone!
Holy moly, Kahaney! I hope you are okay, and that you are able to quickly put it behind you psychologically.
Princessroja- that does indeed sound like a demanding week!
I am glad both of you are back. My week has been a mixed bag- I took a supplement that I am apparently allergic to and have had a major case of hives and itchiness. But the hardest part of my week is my little furball Oscar (cat) got a bowel blockage and had to have a bowel resection. So a pretty hefty vet bill and some home nursing involved. Both of these things have impacted my workouts as sweating made my hives worse, and the time spent at the vet and nursing has cut back on my free time.
Poor kitty! And I hope you feel better soon; those hives sound like no fun. I have two cats myself, so I definitely understand the vet bills and extra time thing!
Awww, poor furbabies! I hope everything heals up smoothly! Thank you ladies, I'm hoping for a relaxing weekend and then getting my butt back in gear! I had lost weight last week, but am back to 158 after the weekend. Hoping for better progress here on in!
What kind of diet/workouts are the both of you doing? I'm eating "Failsafe" which isn't for weight loss but rather because I've become allergic/sensitive to most foods and so I have to eat Failsafe which means I can't eat very many foods. It has a side effect of weight loss because I get bored with my food- less likely to eat when I'm bored with it, haha. For exercise I walk outside (when it's not too cold) and I've been doing a blend of yoga, Focus T25 and Piyo for my workouts. I alternate days on T25 and Piyo.
No diet for me, since I want to make sure it's sustainable for years to come. For me, that means including full fat dairy and sweets in appropriate portions. I usually wind up between 1350 and 1550 calories a day; a typical day is cereal and milk for breakfast, a quesadilla with veggies or perhaps spanakopita (Greek phyllo triangles with spinach and feta, YUM) and/or a smoothie, and then dinner an assortment of meat or pasta and always a veggie if I can help it. Nuts, milk, or chips and hummus for snacks, and definitely a cookie or similar most days. I use the USDA supertracker site that keeps track of all my micronutrients and fruit/vegetable servings... trying to get all of those basically ensures I eat well.
For workouts it's a variety depending on what time of year. Usually I take ballet class every week, teach ballet every week on average, in the winter I ice skate every week, and then yoga (my current thing--every day for two weeks now!)/conditioning/weightlifting at home/stretching/cardio dance youtube routines. I'm pretty active (usually about 300 minutes/week), which is probably why I'm losing this fast at that calorie intake when the calculators say I shouldn't be. The upside of spending so many years in dance is that I can't stand not feeling strong and flexible, and that means maintaining a high activity level.
What's Focus T25 and Piyo? Are they fun? I might check them out if they are; I HATE most forms of cardio so finding something else fun would be great.
Oh, I like the variety of your workouts, Princessroja!
Focus T25 and Piyo are both Beachbody programs. Focus T25 is circuit training with body weight only and heavy on the cardio but it's only 25 minutes long. Piyo is a blend of Pilates and Yoga, workouts vary between 20 minutes and 30 minutes long. Really, really good for developing core strength! I think both of them are fun.
The upside of spending so many years in dance is that I can't stand not feeling strong and flexible, and that means maintaining a high activity level.