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No-Gain November Week 3 Check-In (11/16-11/22)
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glossbones wrote: »baconslave wrote: »My back is the devil. URGGGGGGH! That is all. Nothing to be done about it. Just suffer it until it cuts the BS.
What's your specific back woe? (I mean actual woe there, not acronym woe!) I have lots of amazing back stretches that have done wonders for me. I'd love to send you the info.
Got my "Group" stuff to work finally. Good grief.
Short version:
Broke tailbone at age 10.
Off and on for no reason at all the lower back acts up. I've been exercising my rear off for a year hardcore and no problems. Suddenly overnight it screws up. That's what my back does. Messes up over nothing at all out of nowhere.
Causes sciatica in both legs all the way down, left side worse than right, swelling in the lower back, and the muscles to clench painfully all over the lower back.
Standing causes the muscles to clench and inflame. Sitting is ok in some positions not in others. Lying down is fine, unless I need to turn over, in which case it hurts a lot.
There...THAT'S the short version.
I'm about to the point where I will willingly flip upside down on DH's inversion table. That's desperation right there.0 -
I never find that the inversion table helps my sciatic pain. I have SI related issues, so while our injury isn't the same, I find the same position-related pain as you.
Have you tried squeezing your "second butt" muscles when you're in a position that hurts? These are the muscles on the southern hemisphere of your bottom, not the ones that make the dimples.
Check out foundationtraining.com (they have lots of videos on YouTube, you don't have to buy their DVD to get the basic founder pose that helps my neck and back with just 30-60 seconds a day).0 -
Thanks, I'll look into it.
I'm dying right now. Been on my feet for 1.5 hrs teaching and making lunch. This is preposterous! I wonder how many calories I burn praying, sweating, and gritting my teeth. If I have to bend over and pick up one more darn thing right now, I'm going to curl up in the fetal position on the floor and make them fend for themselves. It'll be like the Hunger Games up in here in 2 hours, tops. 0 -
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glossbones wrote: »
Now if you could just email me that...lol!0 -
Week 3:
SW: 159.2 (11/02/15)
CW: 158.6 (11/17/15)
GW: 155 (by 1/01/16)
November Goals:
Review basics and get back to following more carefully
10,000 steps per day (work days); 5,000 steps per day (weekend)
Keep at around 40 net carbs per day
Log Food Daily
Additional exercise at least 3 times a week (yoga, weight lifting, biking)
11/16 - 11/18 - been doing well. Again during the work week it's easy to do everything I want to do. Weekends are so much harder. Maybe I'm just lazy by the time the weekend rolls in??
But one thing I noticed this week...on Sunday when I went to the brewery and had some carbs (not much but I had carbs I normally don't have), my tummy has been sore. It's finally starting to feel better and my body is letting go of water weight. So on Sunday I only had a few sips of beer, a piece of rye crisp at lunch and a lot of popcorn. Monday my weight was up a full lb (water) and by Monday night my tummy was getting sore. Not sure if it was gluten from the beer/rye crisp or the popcorn (it wasn't buttery at all just salty). It will be interesting to do a test sometime and just have some gluten and see how I feel. Love experiments!!!
11/18 - another good day however since I made a new board on pinterest, I spent my evening pinning and looking for just the right cover pic and never got around to exercising
11/19 - food was good, didn't get in enough steps. Visited with daughter last night instead of exercising but scale is down almost a pound today 0 -
11.19.2015 Thursday Summary
SW 11.1.15 151
CW 149 - And stuck...
GW 146.
Water: OK
Logged Food: Yes
Exercise as Planned?: No
At or Under Carb Level: 18g
At or Under Calorie Limit: Yes
Planned Day Ahead: Today I have a candidate I-view. So eating lunch in the café again. They are serving duck with brussel sprouts and farro. Hope it's not mixed together with the veg.
Perfect food day yesterday. I avoided a drink and ice cream temptations at the end of the day. Had tea instead. Good girl!0 -
Back is still the devil. Le sigh...
People keep telling me to rest. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to do that with 4 kids to homeschool and feed and referee.
I did take a slow walk yesterday, because sitting was starting to hurt. From the pressure on my tailbone.
If I had decent insurance, I'd go make the dummies xray my lower back and figure out once and for all what the deal is. But I don't. So I'll white-knuckle my way through until it decides it is going to heal. Just like I've been forced to do with the chronic fatigue.
Thurs, 11/19:
Water: 80/80oz
Electrolytes Good:
Logged Food:
Exercise as Planned?: 30ish min shuffle around the yard. Snail's pace.
At or Under Carb Level: 35/50g
At or Under Calorie Limit: Yup.
Planned Day Ahead: Yes!
7/7
November Drumsticks of Meatiness Collected!
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Calories went to hell last night. I have got to do something about those stupid nuts on my counter!
Well, it turns out that my body is even stupider than I thought. It wasn't my back that was causing the pain in my back. I have a raging kidney infection that showed zero symptoms and then slammed me with terrible back pain. Yesterday afternoon, I started getting real symptoms other than excruciating back pain. And DH and I figured it out. Finally. I've been flushing water and cranberry extract like mad. And was actually able to exercise later. I DO NOT want to go to the dr as everything, despite the ridiculous premiums I pay, is straight out of pocket. So I'm hoping my ignorant body will kick this thing. The pain is the worst in the morning. Once I start drinking gallons of water it gets better.
So much nonsense this week!!!
But it's Saturday and I'm tracking. And NO BOOZE.
Fri, 11/20:
Water: 120/80oz
Electrolytes Good:
Logged Food:
Exercise as Planned?: 30 min aerobics vid. Leslie Sansone Walk/Kick with added weights.
At or Under Carb Level: 50/50g
At or Under Calorie Limit: Nope nope nope.
Planned Day Ahead: Yes!
6/7
November Drumsticks of Meatiness Collected!
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Glad it's something you can treat fairly quickly on your own!! It is Saturday, I'm beyond the "no booze" point but still being good.0
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Tonight I went to a wedding reception. Risky business but I did manage to avoid eating any cake/sweets whatsoever; NSV for me! I mostly ate the fat/protein options (yum). My one friend who does keto was there and told me red wine would be OK if I wanted to drink so I had a glass and a half. Overall I think I came in 100 cals under and only 8 gms over my total carb goal so I'll take it, especially since DH and I don't go to weddings very often anymore.
Hopefully the scale won't freak out on me for too long. 0 -
Week 3:
SW: 159.2 (11/02/15)
CW: 158.6 (11/17/15)
GW: 155 (by 1/01/16)
November Goals:
Review basics and get back to following more carefully
10,000 steps per day (work days); 5,000 steps per day (weekend)
Keep at around 40 net carbs per day
Log Food Daily
Additional exercise at least 3 times a week (yoga, weight lifting, biking)
11/16 - 11/18 - been doing well. Again during the work week it's easy to do everything I want to do. Weekends are so much harder. Maybe I'm just lazy by the time the weekend rolls in?? But one thing I noticed this week...on Sunday when I went to the brewery and had some carbs (not much but I had carbs I normally don't have), my tummy has been sore. It's finally starting to feel better and my body is letting go of water weight. So on Sunday I only had a few sips of beer, a piece of rye crisp at lunch and a lot of popcorn. Monday my weight was up a full lb (water) and by Monday night my tummy was getting sore. Not sure if it was gluten from the beer/rye crisp or the popcorn (it wasn't buttery at all just salty). It will be interesting to do a test sometime and just have some gluten and see how I feel. Love experiments!!!
11/18 - another good day however since I made a new board on pinterest, I spent my evening pinning and looking for just the right cover pic and never got around to exercising
11/19 - food was good, didn't get in enough steps. Visited with daughter last night instead of exercising but scale is down almost a pound today
11/20 - 11/22 - I did pretty good. I was only shy about 200 steps on Saturday but I made up for it on Sunday. Food wise, very good all weekend long. I find munching on pecans helps when I'm pretty hungry and the carbs are pretty low for them!0 -
Working on Week 4 thread as I type. Hang in a mo'.
Edit: Linky be done.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10289962/no-gain-november-week-4-check-in-11-23-11-30?new=10 -
11/16-11/22
1. Stay under 30 net most days- 7 checks
2. Meal planning for each day-5 check
3. Pay more attention to hydration-4 check
4. Get in some physical activity daily. Start a bodyweight routine and work on decluttering my house. 6 checks
5. Read daily-6 checks
28/35
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glossbones wrote: »Glad it's something you can treat fairly quickly on your own!! It is Saturday, I'm beyond the "no booze" point but still being good.
If it would freaking GO AWAY! Getting a little better s l o w l y but good grief! Take time much?
I think I'm going to float away.
Sat, 11/21:
Water: 120/80oz
Electrolytes Good:
Logged Food:
Exercise as Planned?: 45 min walk, UTI be DAMNED.
At or Under Carb Level: 27/50g
At or Under Calorie Limit: Yessiree.
Planned Day Ahead: Yes!
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Sun, 11/22:
Water: 120/80oz
Electrolytes Good:
Logged Food:
Exercise as Planned?: 2 hours straight cleaning house
At or Under Carb Level: 27/50g
At or Under Calorie Limit: Yah!
Planned Day Ahead: Yes!
7/7
November Drumsticks of Meatiness Collected!
Look at all dat glorious MEAT! OMMMNOMMNOMM!
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