Weigh In July 10 - 16

GaGasheesh

Posted on Facebook also.

SW: 156
LW: 126,6
TW: 127.2

Geez. Well, that's what happens when I go out of town and don't even think about diet or exercise, lol. Had fun though. Got home Monday night, worked out Tuesday, exhausted today. Had a nails apt did laundry and a little yard work. It's all I can do today. I have my trainer tomorrow morning. I'm back to logging tomorrow, but next Wed my kids and grandkids all come into town for a summer visit at the cabin. I'll be cooking and playing for 5 days I'm going to keep it under 127 though. I can't handle going back to 130!

SarahMaxx

SW: 156
LW: 141.0
TW: 141.4

I make short notes in calendar books that I keep on my desk, and lately, I've been jotting down my weight on Wednesdays. Wish I had done that consistently since I got my first Bodybugg. But I didn't, and when that site went down, I lost a lot of data, as I did when BodyMedia gave up the ghost. I was able to dig back through though and find that although I lost a half to three-quarters of a pound a week when I first started with the Bodybugg, I hit 129 and then started edging back up rather quickly, and it seems that for the past 5+ years, I've been bouncing between 139 and 144 pretty consistently. I thought about trying to jog or run on the TM last night, but honestly, I'm a little nervous about that. My retina specialist has told me to avoid jarring activities since I had the little retina tear repaired.

I'm actually up a pound today from yesterday, so I'm feeling kind of defeated. I know that part of that negative feeling is coming from coping with the heat wave, dealing with work stress, and worrying about my sister. Hubby just loaded the cooler with ice and Gatorade to take to the men and women who work at a car wash nearby. He said that doing something for someone not lucky enough to be able to work in air conditioning was going to help his whole outlook. I think I need to look for something to turn my mood around. "When I'm in my mind, I'm behind the enemy line." LOL

Lastchancelj

Some insights from me and I think the timing is perfect following Sarah's posts because I also encounter and partake in defeated outlooks/feelings/whatever you want to call it. Last night I arrived at my workout class at 6:05 and this time only missed the warm up.... During my workout, I had to drop from an elbow plank at 30 seconds (Last year was able to hold AND move around for 2 minutes+ AND I was so much lighter). Did I focus on the fact that I was again, only a couple of minutes late and activley participated in class MUCH longer than previously, or that this was my SECOND workout of the WEEK and I survived, or that this was the THIRD round of exercises? - Nope...initially I was expressing frustration over the fact that I could no longer hold a plank very long. My entire core is not near as strong as it was last year. As I was muttering under my breath to myself about today's workout "failures", one of the other participants, commented that I had great form throughout the workout. I may not have done as many as I used to, but I held my form and therefore got the most out of my workout. I went home and really thought about my mindset and thinking AND what Garret had said.

We have the ability to build ourselves up, however, we often choose to shoot ourselves down and be negative about our challenges and or progress. Guilty. Big time guilty here. Instead of being proud of myself for surviving 50 minutes of the class (instead of the 30-35 that I usually get to do), I was focused on what I COULDN'T do. As I was eating my yogurt and feeling sorry for myself for what I "couldn't do" or "didn't do" that I just about smacked myself upside the head for such negative thinking. I realized how negative my thinking has become lately. I need to change the way I think. I've done a lot of Zig Ziglar and Brian Tracy seminars and tapes during my career. And I truly believe in the thoughts - if you think it - it can happen. Positive thinking = positive results and negative thinking = negative results. And as the commercial says, a body in motion stays in motion.

Sarah - like you, I LOVE stats and notes and being able to see what I had done and where I was at at a given time. What we are failing to realize is that even with that information, it was information at that point in time. So many other variables are not noted (daily stresses, work, weather, feeling under the weather etc). So, right now....with my activity, I'm going to be burning more calories during my initial boost back into working out, HOWEVER, in the next week or two, muscle memory is going to re-engage and my body is going to become much more efficient at the calorie burn process. Which means, I will need to find ways to push myself harder while still keeping the neck stable and not overdoing it. As you've been walking often for several years, you too will need to find new ways to push yourself. No, I am not recommending you run, however, that TM of yours, I'm sure, has an incline option. Maybe each week up the incline one or two percent and push yourself to not necessarily go faster, but cause your body to push just a little harder. As Sheesh and I had mentioned in the past, include some weight training. Put in a dvd and do a 30 minute workout...something new and different. Ok...getting off my soap box and posting positive memos around my office.

SarahMaxx

Just finished a search all over the house for a credit card that was on my desk on Monday, and since then has disappeared. I'm afraid that it "disappeared" in the recycling. I had envelopes from two birthday cards that I was going to make sure I had the addresses in my address book, and those also disappeared. Usually, I recycle paper, so I'm afraid it got with them and then into the recycle bin.

The good thing is that there were no unknown charges when I called to report it as lost. I suspect I may find it somewhere in the house, but I didn't want to take the chance of waiting. I'm bad about slipping a card in my pants pocket to put it back in my purse the next time I go downstairs. But I looked in the laundry, on the closet floor, and in every pair of pants I've worn since Monday--and nada. So frustrating. The panic set in and I lost about an hour of work time.

But that little fiasco at least turned my thoughts from "why do I still weigh 141?" to "Ye gad--why is my memory so poor?!"

I know, Lois, as you remind me, a lot of our misery is perspective. And there's usually nothing to be gained from getting in a negative space. Often, admitting how I feel is enough to turn me around.

It's interesting to think about something being true at the point it time it occurred. I was mostly looking to see if there was something I could pinpoint that I changed that I might change again. But honestly, the biggest change is that I'm 7 years older than I was when I lost the 32 pounds using the Bodybugg.

Lastchancelj

Have a great weekend.