Active April 2017 Challenge: Week 1 (4/1-4/7)
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@Cadori - I gave you an insightful - LOL. Sometimes that just sums it up perfectly.. Hope your day gets better today.
Today is cloudy & rainy don't think I will get out for my walk. Lots of work in the queue.
1. Eat between 20–30 g of carbs per day max - no
2. Up protein - yes
3. Drink more water per day - yes!
4. Walk at least 2 miles X5. check!
5. Start working out arms/weights x3 - no.
6. Record daily - yes.
7. Plan meals ahead - no.
8. Lose 6 pounds - nothing to report.1 -
@slimzandra - Thank you!!
Honestly, Tues-Thurs will probably be a bust too...for the silliest, vainest reason: I'm getting my hair cut today. I only get it cut a couple times a year and my hairdresser straightens it. It's the only time I have straight hair and I go a few days without wetting it so I can enjoy silky smooth hair. I am not working out and sweating it all up!2 -
4/3 Helped my son carry the tv hutch up the stairs, that was my strength training for the day LOL. The tv/dvd player is now hooked up in that room so no excuses tonight,
@Cadori I'm getting my highlights done tomorrow, I feel ya!1 -
I've been so inactive (mostly due to being too darn busy all the time), that my goals are very very modest: I want to get outside for a walk at least once a week. I'm off to a good start--took the kiddos walking around the neighborhood on Sunday (mostly because they were driving me crazy in the house and I wanted to wear them out a bit). So week one: Check!3
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5 miles into the 15 I set as a weekly goal!5
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4/2- no workout.
4/3- Chalean Extreme
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Started 4/3 on keto/lchf, but was transitioning or building myself up for the past week or so. Time to set goals.
April-
Under 40 carbs a day.
Log MFP daily
Use Misfit Daily (Just got it yesterday.
Pay attention to my baselines and increase/decrease goals weekly
Gardening is my exercise for the month. Do something at least a few times a week.
Good Luck Everyone!2 -
4/3: nope. Accessing the bank...30 minutes from 90. Just like i said i didnt want to do...but, at least its there instead of borrowing from the future.
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4/3 I got my steps, went for a little walk and did some yoga so YAY!! Did pretty good on nutrition (Cals/Macros).
4/4 I'm on task with all the goals so double yay.
I still haven't heard anything back from my doc in terms of other nutrition stuff but I'm feeling less icky since I've upped my magnesium. 1 -
Ringbearer2 wrote: »I am dedicating this month to finishing up C25K. I start week 5 (of eight) tomorrow. I have never been a runner but have always wanted to say I could run at least a mile, and I hope this helps. I'll never do a race (I think it would make me too anxious), but I want to feel like I could..
I am also not a runner per se. I started off an on a few years ago as a middle aged man. I would encourage you to do at least one race. I am highly competitive and was scared to do it because I knew there was no way I was going to win. Afterwards, seeing how probably half of the people were over 30 minutes and there were quite a few over 40 minutes. Unless you are in the handful of people who could actually win, the biggest part of these is just finishing.
Most 5k races also have a 1 mile "fun run" so you could always do that first. That will let you see what I am talking about in terms of the number of people who do the 5k just to finish and not to win. Trust me, if you do it, you will be happy you did.1 -
1 mile lunch-walk in.0
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I've got the odd goal of trying to get more rest. I tend to not stop moving all day despite having a desk job. That said, I am trying to limit steps to between 10-15k per day (normally average 19-20k) and have at least one day a week where I actually rest. My elevated BG seems to be caused by primarily by cortisol which my doc thinks is likely do to over doing it physically and not allowing myself to heal.
I have gradually increased my sleep from just over 5 hrs a night to about 6 1/2 already, so I think I am good there.
Also, trying to keep the weight training at the gym at a level reasonable for a guy my age and stop pretending I'm still in my 20's.
So far, so good. I went over 15k steps Saturday because of mowing the lawn, but got my day of rest in on Sunday.
Big challenge will be to reduce food intake to match reduced burn. I really like eating.
Progress report from Fitbit showing just the first couple of days of April with the last 5 days of March:
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I have mentioned previously that I can be slightly obsessive about achieving goals. In March I set one of 200 situps per week and at the time I could do a maximum of 50.
I downloaded one of those Apps that break it up into sets and help you to push your maximum.
Last night in the gym I did 279 situps and finished with 110 in a set. I wasn't sure if I had the energy for 50 but decided I would do it in 10s and keep going till I can't do any more. I surprised the heck out of myself. 8 -
@cstehansen all my adult life uve gotten 5-6 hours a night. How are you increasing? What's,working for you?0
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5/04
Fitness goals:
- 2 exercise sessions per week
Did Zumba Monday so 1 down, 1 to go.
- Commute to or from work on my kick scooter at least 3 times per week.
Scooted home yesterday evening and a pin popped out making the scooter collapse. I didn't fall off and managed to pop the pin back in but now too nervous to ride. Planning to return it due to it busting on my second ride.
- Get my steps up to 10000 daily.
2 out of 5 ain't bad... Tempted to hop on the treadmill now to get tonight's count up.
- Put my body and joints above all other fitness goals and accept that it's okay to have a sofa day
Haven't needed a sofa day yet so doing well
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I'm a late starter.. just back on MFP. And serious LCHF. My aim is simple to start carbs under 20g. 10k steps 5/7 days.1
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Day 4
Exercise- 1hr walk about my hilly yard. Beautiful day.
Active April 4/41 -
Well I did walk around Aldi for at least 30 minutes on my way home yesterday and then carried everything into the house by myself.... and I did not get off my feet until about 9pm (cooking, tending to the kids, standing in the hallway outside their room to "remind" them to get their butts back in bed, etc.). That's as good as it got for exercise yesterday.2
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Week 5 Day 2 C25K in the bag! I could be doing better on eating, but am sticking to my fitness program, so there's that.1
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You guys are seriously rocking it!
Thank you for the inspiration!!
So the bloodwork came back and my blood sugars (morning non fasting) are down to 86. I'm so happy!!! She told me just to stick with the women's multi for now since my potassium and B12 were good. I'm keeping the MagCit around for if I feel that drop again since that stuff was scary.
In the mean time,
4/4 - Got my step goal and did about 40 minutes on the treadmill. No yoga but I did get more meal prep done. Carb were nice and low and from the better choices. 4 -
Treadmill walk 4/5 complete! Resisted any alcohol last night. Baby steps...4
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Active April goals:
P90x3 for exercise plus additional cardio, stretching, and ab ripper x
Leangains for food plan, and for goodness sake get my protein up to three digits
4/4 exercise all done, protein was low, above the 52 bare minimum, but well below 3 digits1 -
April 5 check-in:
Diet -> totally sucked yesterday, today will be a better day!
Workouts -> no workout this morning, instead I spent the morning in the dentist's chair getting 2 crowns (YUCK!!). Will get back to the gym tomorrow!1 -
Today is cloudy & rainy again. This is bumming me out.. Lots of work in the queue. Slept terribly last night. I have an elderly aunt who is on my mind.
1. Eat between 20–30 g of carbs per day max - no
2. Up protein - yes
3. Drink more water per day - yes!
4. Walk at least 2 miles X5. No
5. Start working out arms/weights x3 - no.
6. Record daily - yes.
7. Plan meals ahead - Yes
8. Lose 6 pounds - nothing to report.1 -
@cstehansen all my adult life uve gotten 5-6 hours a night. How are you increasing? What's,working for you?
This has been a slow process over the last 18 months or so, but the biggest steps I have taken are:
- avoiding handheld electronics (i.e. tablet and phone) for at least an hour or two before bed
- getting outside at lunch nearly every day for at least 15-20 minutes (helps with circadian rhythm)
- being more hard line on having a consistent bedtime and not having a huge variance between weekday and weekend for both going to bed and getting up. I think this consistency has been hugely helpful
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Yesterday a weird stomach bug got the best of me. Today I'm on a plane headed to debauchery with former college roommates. I need to,get those remaining 10 miles in! Ive never packed running clothes for this trip before but this year I'm gonna get my workouts in!3
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Coming to this 5 days late but I have been active all 5 days!
GOAL: This month is Marathon Month at Orange Theory Fitness. I signed up for the full so I have to run a total of 26.2 miles in class during the month of April to hit my goal.
So far I am on track! And to take it one step further... I attended a class the other day that I had no intention of taking and during that class I hit 3 new personal bests!
-I shaved 2 minutes, 17 seconds off my fastest mile.
-I ran 8MPH for some unknown short amount of time which is the fastest I have been able to run. At the beginning of the year I tried to run 6MPH on the treadmill and thought I was going to shoot off the back.
-I added 2 minutes, 32 seconds to my longest time jogging total @ 5MPH.3 -
baconslave wrote: »Almond butter is WEIRD.
The brand Barney Butter makes some pretty good almond butter! I personally buy the individual portion pouches but they sell it by the jar as well. They have different flavors and my favorite is the vanilla espresso. It is also good for people who have peanut allergies because it is made in a peanut free facility.
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1 mile in.1
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notsosecretlytrans wrote: »baconslave wrote: »Almond butter is WEIRD.
The brand Barney Butter makes some pretty good almond butter! I personally buy the individual portion pouches but they sell it by the jar as well. They have different flavors and my favorite is the vanilla espresso. It is also good for people who have peanut allergies because it is made in a peanut free facility.
I'll have to check that out. I'm not digging the one I have. I'm going to have to figure out something palatable to do with it.0
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