Motivated May 2017: Week 1 (5/1-5/7)
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For some reason I woke up 20 minutes before the alarm went off and felt the need to exercise so I started a Leslie Sansone one mile walk. I'm thinking there is something to this magnesium jazz. You Tube glitched on me 2/3 of the way in and stopped the workout so I kept walking in place until I switched to my playlist. Her routines are pretty easy to do on your own.
So as of right now I've got one mile in, a little under 300 steps to reach mile 2, and 5 push ups.3 -
@baconslave I got one of those pull-up assist band contraptions and I'm still too weak to get a 100% pull up. I can get a couple chin ups with it so I guess I'll work from there. Sadly I'm short and still can't do it. I'm pear shaped so I carry most of my weight in my hips/thighs/butt. My upper body is so very weak. lol
5/1/17
1. Home overhaul...I did a few small chores and packed some clothes up for Goodwill. Lots more to do there over the next month.
2. Hammer & Chisel Power Chisel.
3. Continued weight maintenance...yep.0 -
@anglyn1 where did you get one of those pull up assist band contraptions? Does it work on home equipment? I would really love to be able to do pull-ups on my pull-up bar but negatives are difficult for me to do.0
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M6D29B8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
@fanncy0626 I ordered the above from Amazon. I use it with my over the door pull up bar thingy. I think it will help me for sure!0 -
@anglyn1 thanks for the link! I had no idea that they sold something like that that I could use here at home! I am so glad that I saw your post this morning. I am definitely going to get one of those!1
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@baconslave I got one of those pull-up assist band contraptions and I'm still too weak to get a 100% pull up. I can get a couple chin ups with it so I guess I'll work from there. Sadly I'm short and still can't do it. I'm pear shaped so I carry most of my weight in my hips/thighs/butt. My upper body is so very weak. lol
5/1/17
1. Home overhaul...I did a few small chores and packed some clothes up for Goodwill. Lots more to do there over the next month.
2. Hammer & Chisel Power Chisel.
3. Continued weight maintenance...yep.
I have a band. I just haven't had the guts to use it yet.
5/1: HASfti Foundation May 1 workout for the kids' gym class. Added 8min Express from Jessica Smith as a burnout for myself
5/2: HIIT It Hard and 150-cal Cardio FAt Blast. 41 min o' HIIT. Both Jessica Smith
And 5 push-ups, chest to the floor.2 -
I am starting the month off with the 21 Day Sugar Detox challenge to get me back into low carb eating.
Going to the fitness center 3 times a week for 20 min on the recumbent stepper and 30 min swimming. On my off days, I will work up to 30 min per day on my airdyne (even tho the seat is so uncomfortable).
I want to continue my weightloss and be down 22 more poinds by July 1st!3 -
5/1/17 - walked, stayed on WOE plan, did Rosetta Stone
5/2/17 - walked, stayed on WOE plan, getting ready to do Rosetta Stone
NEED to lift tomorrow if I'm going to fit in 3 this week. Not like it'll be hard or time consuming - recovering from hand surgery so my physical therapist limited me to squats, bench, and overhead press. And since I'm starting from ground zero, will be just the oly bar, and probably only 5 reps of each to get back into the groove.1 -
Started Keto yesterday, so hoping to keep that up (even though I'm going out of town this weekend!)
Hoping to start walking at least 5 times a week, and hitting the gym for weights/classes 3x.
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Yesterday I got my workout done in the morning and stayed on plan with my eating.
Allergies kept me up late so I slept in this morning. Packed my gym bag for after work. 4:55 p.m. my Mom calls and asks me to come over for dinner. I told her I would love to but I have to get in a good walk first. Walked my old neighborhood for 45 minutes, Mom joined me for the first 20, and then enjoyed a nice dinner out. Also on plan. Making conscious food choices really does feel better.2 -
Today for my chin-up goal I attempted some negative ones and then just tried hanging out for a bit. My arms are still attached, but I have to say I was getting a bit concerned there for a moment.
For my push-up goal I first tried doing some regular ones. I almost did one. Then I tried knee-style and managed to do only 3. Less than yesterday, but my arms were like wet noodles zoodles from the chin-up bar episode.5 -
I finished out yesterday at 4.5 miles total. I did it in high winds coming off a cold front so now I'm sickish from allergies. I managed to get in 6 pushups this morning and my pedometer is on. I'm herbal news, I haven't been able to work on my little garden since the weekend but the mint I planted is holding up well, even with the high winds.3
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I ended up with twenty push ups, work bench style. Bob was all set and set me up a chair and table to steel wool a bunch of chrome, and I was like oh HELLS NO, so I set myself up at the bench so I could march in place, twist, squat etc.
My weight isn't dropping, but I'm really not very concerned with that. I'm mostly just trying to stay low carb. My carbs have been a little tiny bit higher a couple of days, around 25 net, but I think it's fine, especially with my activity levels increasing significantly over the past three weeks. My calories are at my normal losing average..around 1700. A bit high there, a bit lower there...but that's what worked when I was really in the zone, and I am back there!
I've set my goals up to lose 1.5 a week at lightly active. I don't log any household chores or normal walking, I've been logging half of my work hours, to cover any overestimation. I did take pictures.
I told Bob to get rid of the scale. I'm done with it. The scale shall rule me no longer.3 -
My goals for May:
* Hoping to set a new 5K PR on 5/13 but we'll see. It's kind of ambitious since I haven't been running again for very long, but if I could at least beat my time from 4/8, that would be great.
* After the race, I want to start doing YAYOG 3x/wk.
* Stay in maintenance range! I've been logging pretty carefully at maintenance for over a month now. Not sure how much longer I'll log but I want to keep weighing in every day so I can do a quick course correction when needed. Historically I'm much better at losing weight than maintaining so I really want to work on that!2 -
My goal for this month is to lose another ten pounds by May 31st (lost 11 in April even after a week of vacation). I also want to do at least an hour of exercise a week (I HATE exercise and don't do it so I want to start introducing slowly). I just started LCHF at the beginning of April so I am still trying to figure out the right carb amounts and such.3
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Looking back through some of my recent posts added via "smart" phone I think I'm adding a new goal. To learn to shut off the autocorrect. Or at least get one of my kids to do it.5
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Tacking this on because somedays, like today, I don't get in all the miles I'd like. I'm doing a walking challenge through Leslie Sansone and I'm tracking on a sheet she gives. At the end you submit pics of your tracking sheets and get entered to win a trip to Vegas . Anyways I counted it up so far and I've walked 56 miles since April 5th. Not too shabby. No more "only" comments to or about myself. 5
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5/2
1. Home overhaul...Dropped some clothes off at Goodwill, cleaned up the kitchen and mopped.
2. Hammer & Chisel- Off day. Focused on serious house cleaning.
3. Continued weight maintenance...yep.4 -
5/2 Check In
Get to the gym 2x/week - This will not be happening this week. Sunday night I ended up with only 3 hours of sleep and 4am just isn't working. And the gym is by my work, an hour from home, so I can only go on work days.
Hike 1x/week
30 carbs net/day - 9
<1500 cals/day -
No alcohol -
Daily I need to:
Log -
Drink water
Brush my teeth immediately after dinner so I don't snack
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Checking in, but not with good news.
ARG. Not having a good week so far. Too much stress, not focusing on goals, Freaking out, feeling discouraged with myself.
Here to be accountable. Today is a new day. Hitting the reset. I will be good to myself today!
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LowCarb4Me2016 wrote: »Looking back through some of my recent posts added via "smart" phone I think I'm adding a new goal. To learn to shut off the autocorrect. Or at least get one of my kids to do it.
@LowCarb4Me2016 my new phone hasn't learned me yet or i haven't learned it...whatever. Either way it's super embarrassing sometimes.0 -
@slimzandra I had a friend that would say every moment is a new moment. More than once chance a day to hit the reset! Go you!1
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LowCarb4Me2016 wrote: »Looking back through some of my recent posts added via "smart" phone I think I'm adding a new goal. To learn to shut off the autocorrect. Or at least get one of my kids to do it.
@LowCarb4Me2016 my new phone hasn't learned me yet or i haven't learned it...whatever. Either way it's super embarrassing sometimes.
Right? It would be ok if actually made something correct but when I type in week and it changes it to werk? That's not even a word.1 -
LowCarb4Me2016 wrote: »LowCarb4Me2016 wrote: »Looking back through some of my recent posts added via "smart" phone I think I'm adding a new goal. To learn to shut off the autocorrect. Or at least get one of my kids to do it.
@LowCarb4Me2016 my new phone hasn't learned me yet or i haven't learned it...whatever. Either way it's super embarrassing sometimes.
Right? It would be ok if actually made something correct but when I type in week and it changes it to werk? That's not even a word.
Is your phone German? Or a Kardashian?3 -
I think that my IPhone died on me! It won't hold a charge. I can't do as well on the computer but I will try. I am focusing on moving more and will be setting an alarm every hour to get up and do something for at least 10 minutes every hour. It worked great yesterday. I was able to get a lot done by doing that. I even found myself working right through the hour once I got going. I think that this will help!2
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LowCarb4Me2016 wrote: »LowCarb4Me2016 wrote: »Looking back through some of my recent posts added via "smart" phone I think I'm adding a new goal. To learn to shut off the autocorrect. Or at least get one of my kids to do it.
@LowCarb4Me2016 my new phone hasn't learned me yet or i haven't learned it...whatever. Either way it's super embarrassing sometimes.
Right? It would be ok if actually made something correct but when I type in week and it changes it to werk? That's not even a word.
Is your phone German? Or a Kardashian?
I hope its not Kardashian, lol! I could live with German.2 -
I need this challenge more than ever! I dunno what was going on, but I was SOOOPER lax and cheaty in April. I need to get my head back in the game! I need to get moving, I need to tighten up my eating, I need to treat May like it was day 1 rather than day 93.
I still have far too much weight to lose, not to mention, I need to somehow condition my brain to fully accept this way of eating forever and stop binging. So that's my general motivation and goal.
To be more specific:
Finally bust out those exercise bands and weights and use them daily. I'm dogsitting for a week, but she has bands too, so no excuses.
Keep the total carbs below 50g...and no fitting in of sugar/bad carbs into said total.
Add sprints of jogging into my dog walks.
And for mental motivation...I'm going back to the no phone after 8pm and read my book before bed instead.
Woot Woot, let's do this!6 -
I need this challenge more than ever! I dunno what was going on, but I was SOOOPER lax and cheaty in April. I need to get my head back in the game! I need to get moving, I need to tighten up my eating, I need to treat May like it was day 1 rather than day 93.
I still have far too much weight to lose, not to mention, I need to somehow condition my brain to fully accept this way of eating forever and stop binging. So that's my general motivation and goal.
To be more specific:
Finally bust out those exercise bands and weights and use them daily. I'm dogsitting for a week, but she has bands too, so no excuses.
Keep the total carbs below 50g...and no fitting in of sugar/bad carbs into said total.
Add sprints of jogging into my dog walks.
And for mental motivation...I'm going back to the no phone after 8pm and read my book before bed instead.
Woot Woot, let's do this!
@nikoba - sprint intervals did amazing things for my fitness/endurance. I need to get back to them too! Even better...uphill sprint intervals. They were terrible little great things.3 -
@Cadori That's good to know you felt/saw good results with that, makes me want to keep it up.
The past couple of walks with the dogs have gotten so pokey, as they are all sniffy sniffy with spring finally here...it didn't feel like much exercise for me. So I've started jogging when on the blocks with more trees to keep the pace up...given my hatred of running, this was kind of a big deal...but I could handle a block or two at a time.4 -
@Cadori That's good to know you felt/saw good results with that, makes me want to keep it up.
The past couple of walks with the dogs have gotten so pokey, as they are all sniffy sniffy with spring finally here...it didn't feel like much exercise for me. So I've started jogging when on the blocks with more trees to keep the pace up...given my hatred of running, this was kind of a big deal...but I could handle a block or two at a time.
Ack, I saw it as "Add sprints to my dog walking" sorry...I rambled based on that. I think any type of interval training where we up our game is awesome, way to go!!2
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