Week 1 Daily Exercise, Weekly Challenge, Chat, and Discussion
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Completed my food and was under for the day, didn't get my walk in at lunch - hate it when work gets in the way of fitness! Today is a new day, so reset and start again.0
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My Daily checkin for Wednesday.
Everything is going to plan.. Getting my exercise done and ticking all the calorie boxes. Starting to look more closely at the quality of food I'm getting my calories from.
Something for the group.. Of our 11 members we seem to have left a couple behind. Part of me says just leave them be it's their journey. The other part thinks if I was stuck at the starting line, I'd be happy if someone came back and said hey, come on mate, jump in. Thoughts?0 -
Let's pull people along as much as we can, but like you said, it's their journey, and we can only encourage from a digital platform. It's up to each person to take the necessary effort to achieve their goals. Let's be as supportive as we can and pull people with us.0
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Agreed on that - at the end of the day, we can be as encouraging as we want, but some people aren't going to respond as well as they'd anticipated they would. It's a sad fact of life - especially on platforms like this, where a lot of people are looking for encouragement because their conscious minds are ready for change, but their executive functions are not. Plus with so much falling apart in the world right as things started, I can't blame anyone who might be thrown off - I did not exactly intend to have a two-day battle with severe stress sickness caused by narrowly avoiding being next to if not involved in the Vegas incident after all.
Speaking of the stress sickness, I'm happy to report that a little of it was clinging on as I was waking up, but it finally seems to have passed. Just in time for me to finish my training strong for my race on Saturday! Probably stronger than expected, now that I know after last night just how long I can go if I'm not paying attention to time.
I'm not even sore this morning, is the truly amazing thing.0 -
Agree ccrdragon, moving furniture is weight lifting, stretching, cardio all rolled into one.
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Swam 2 hours yesterday, ate goal calories + 1/3 exercise calories, as planned. Struggled with snacks, not completely healthy. Walked from the car to the gym. That seems to be the only walking I am motivated to do. Hip hop today. Swimming makes me hungry for 2-3 days. Other exercise doesn't. Why?0
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I believe that swimming uses your entire body in an exercise and therefore you burn more calories. Just my opinion, not exactly sure why. But great job , maintain that focus and discipline and keep moving forward.1
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I'm having a very off week. I'm not getting near the amount of workout time I usually get, but at least I'm keeping under my calorie goal. Today I'll only be able to get in a quick 15 workout at lunch. This afternoon is going to be busy, busy, and I won't have any time. I'm also dedicating my time at work to getting in as many steps as I can.
I tried to weigh out for my healthy wage challenge and I made it to 206.6, but the video I was making to verify my weight was too dark and out of focus. By the time I rearranged for a better angle, my weight had gone up to 207.4! AUGH!!!! I have tomorrow morning and Friday morning left otherwise I lose this challenge.0 -
I feel great! Just did a 15 min workout. Which reminded me I wanted to share the workouts I have been doing for the past two months. Jessica Smith is a personal trainer from Miami. I found her on YouTube and I bought one of her DVDs for $15 on Amazon. It's called Walk On: 6 Mile Mix. Each workout is supposed to be like walking for 1 mile and last between 12-15 minutes. Her channel on YouTube has tons of other great workouts. She really focuses on overall health. The workout I did today is from her fitness website, https://jessicasmith.fitness. It's a free 15 minute workout that I try to do every day during my lunch. She has dozens of other DVDs that look great. I also have a YouTube playlist of some of her workouts Jessica Smith - Walk Strong. They are also a great way to get steps in for the day.2
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Well, I sucked at the math test - went completely blank on a lot of it - but I'm finally mostly reset. Came back from the test to discover that I'd left my lunch at home...whoops. Got lunch at a local restaurant - usually when I do that, I ask them to box up half of it first, but I forgot to do that; still only ate half of it anyway.
I can't decide if today should be a rest day and tomorrow I go climbing and do upper body day, or vice versa. Trying to plot out these last three days before the race is...difficult.
I don't know why I'm so worried about it. The distance is now easy for me, but I really don't expect to be competitive and that's fine with me. But...I do want to do the best I can do...and apparently I want that pretty badly.2 -
Yesterday was an off day for me but rallied today and got it in. Yoga > Hip Strength Exercises *takes about 2 minutes* > 30 situps > 20 or so minutes of kick boxing on Daily Burn *took a break to be sick for awhile because that’s just something that regularly occurs for me - ack! * > felt a little better went and ran 3 miles or so. I have a very cheap treadmill and it doesn’t really do distance or speed correctly so I usually set my Garmin but I must have not got it started.
I’m disabled and uh’ yeah — everyone here sounds way busier than me, my kids are grown so mostly I take care of our cat. I have improved, a few years ago my goal was just to take a shower during the week. I’ll probably rest and nap today and take a walk tonight. I have supper in the crock-pot, chicken and veggies. I wish I could do a lot more and be active like I used to be, but I just hold on and take baby steps.
@explodingmango What day is your race? I’ll be thinking of you
Good luck on it.
@MmamabearR — I like Youtube for videos too, I’ll check out Jessica Smith. I like ‘Yoga With Adriene”0 -
I've finished my food log and exercise for today 20,386 steps 7.8 miles.. I am in love with this holding me accountable!! It makes me push my butt everyday!! Thanks y'all2
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Awesome job fitness warriors. Looks like everyone is doing well so far. Got my food in but it was under 1200 calories... which is terrible. Not enough food. I'm a teacher and a coach so going through school and then football practice on little food has me exhausted. I did not get my exercise in today.... lots of catch up work to do tomorrow. Keep up the good fight fitness warriors. Until tomorrow... stay strong.
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Got to the gym tonight, yoga teacher not there, we had Pilates. I stayed 30 minutes, walked out and rode bike 15 minutes. That's the 3rd class this week the teacher wasn't there. What's going on?
Finished my diary. Ate goal calories, but no exercise calories. Just not hungry.
Burly man, I think you're right, at least for me. I go all out in water aerobics, kind of just go through the motions in gym classes, so I probably don't burn near as many calories. You're also right, that's not many calories to get a man through school, kids, and sports. Get a good nights sleep, tomorrow's a new day.
Oregon runner. You're running! I can't even get motivated to walk. Our gym has a great walking track. Soft, looks over the basketball gym, and there's always a crowd playing, so you can watch them to keep from getting bored.
Meat. Wow! That's it, just Wow!
Mamabear. I will check out that YouTube. Maybe I can start small with a few minutes at home, work my way up.
Ccrdragon. 80% of weight loss is eating, so you did great today. Tomorrow will be even better!
Exploding mango. You'll do great on your race! Even better because of good planning.
Fireside. (Auto correct just won't let me do it right) great going!
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corinasue1143 wrote: »Fireside. (Auto correct just won't let me do it right) great going!
Haha, I wanted Fireside, but someone already pinched it..
I use it elsewhere though so I won't notice. 
Swimming as far as I know is supposed to be the best aerobic resistance training one can do. Coming into summer here, I plan to hit the pool as often as I can. I need to use some ankle weights to do aqua aerobics because at the moment I float too well to keep my feet on the bottom of the pool lmao.0 -
One of the ladies there was looking for a "large" belt for me. She was so surprised when I grabbed the "small" and said this will work (the amount of buoyancy, not the length of the belt). It doesn't take much to hold me up in deep water.
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Checking in for Thursday. Got my cardio done, and on advice from the cyclists on the forum I tried a new route that is more sensible. Still a good extra workout that cycling. Calories are on target and I'm posting a picture of what I believe to be the single most healthy meal I actually really like to eat. It's a beef bolognese style wholegrain wrap in which I try to hide as much grated carrot as I can lol. I really hate vegetables and am open to suggestions as to other things I can grate and hide in this wrap Its 410Calories.
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Gonna keep this short, finished my diary for yesterday, started putting up Halloween decorations last night, so many trips into the attic to get boxes.
Will be on the road today, taking my father up to Kansas for his 60 year high school reunion, so not a lot of exercise planned for today - will aim to get some walking in when we get there. Will not have access to a scale till Monday night so will weigh Tuesday morning.
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Hey Fyreside I'm here! I'm seriously read the chain several times a day, and I'm following along. I guess, physically I am nowhere near where most of you are and so it's kind of embarassing to post "Hey I walked over 5000 steps today!" But in the end it's my personal competition, so here I am. Hey I walked 5842 steps yesterday thanks to Mr. Treadmill, which is a huge increase since this challenge - I averaged 3800 last month.
On a side note, visited Dr. yesterday and am all set for my double knee replacement next month, yikes! He gave me the go-ahead for new exercises and I'm excited to keep improving.3 -
Put in some early morning time in the woods today! It’s really therapuetic. I’m facing up to some food issues I didn’t know I had and it has kinda pulled up stuff from the murkey depths that I guess I normally just left alone. I’ve been running for ten years and I guess I have felt a deep shame I a.) never lost weight and b.) never really got very good at it. c.) I spend the time on myself. Oh’ and worse a lot of times I just go out and look at nature and pay no attention to pace or time. Like today I saw a chipmunk (I love those little guys) and I saw and listened to three wood thrushes.
I don’t really have any answers but I did note that I didn’t find any perfect trees in the forest but I still love the forest.
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@Oregon, looks like a perfect place to find Bigfoot! On a more serious note, glad you are finally dealing with some of your issues. It helps to find them, acknowledge, and be able to move past. The process isn't easy, but nothing ever worth it is.1
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Nothing like mornings in a forest. And that one looks beautiful. Personally I value stopping to smell the roses. Having escaped the rat race myself, I'd not hurry back to a life where I can't make time to do it. My favorite quote, writer unknown. "The best time to plant a tree is 20 year ago. Or today."
@cnavarro002 Hey, don't be embarrassed about 5842 steps. That's about the same as what I did yesterday. I think we're all on similar jouneys here. But different paths. Soon you will be out-walking all of us on your brand new knees.
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I finished my exercise and diary for today. I went to the gym, got on that elliptical for 30 minutes and omg y'all someone should have called 911. It was a killer but I enjoyed it!! Steps 21,761. I lifted some weights for my arms!! They need a lot of toning. Good job everyone!!3
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Can't close my diary because it says I didn't eat enough today... whatever, I ate to the point of being comfortable so I win vs food! It also helps the I eat low carb, which for me reduces my hunger significantly.
Anyway, keep moving forward and keep the faith fellow challengers!2 -
Late evening here. So pumped to see that it seems everyone is doing really well so far. We are competing against each other to make this fun and hold each other accountable but in the end we must remember is you vs you. As long as you improve yourself daily you have nothing to feel ashamed or embarrassed about. And I feel we have all taken steps forward in our fitness journeys and self improvement. Keep the hard work and discipline flowing.
As for me, the day started great. Got a 2 mile run in this morning and another mile and a half afterwards as a cool down before school. Ate well throughout the day and drank plenty of water. Had practice and a JV football game tonight so my steps were super high today. Over 21,000. But on the not so great side, took a face mask to the shin during the game and now it looks like I have an 8 ball sticking out of my calf... super sensitive even when walking so instead of running tomorrow morning I'm going to concentrate on lifting. Hope the swelling goes down soon.
Tomorrow I have a varsity game so you might not hear from me after 2 pm EST. Keep progressing, keep growing and improving, keep making gains, and keep moving toward your goals. Until tomorrow fitness warriors.3 -
Did my exercise, finished my diary, calories good.
Oregon, beautiful forest. Ever consider professional photography?
Cnavarro, if I ever walk 5000 steps, I'm gonna post it just for you! And my knees are fine.
I did look up the walking YouTube mama mentioned, bookmarked it. Maybe tomorrow?
Dragon, how many stairs, how many trips to the attic? Good burn! Have a good trip.2 -
@burly_man308 Yeowch.. What is it about shins.0
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This is my daily entry for Friday. I've been working up to this all week. Today I pushed myself to stretch my 2x15minute workouts into a single 1/2 hr one. Got it done. From the smell of the motor I may have burned more than calories and if I do it again I will not have a cheap treadmill to play with anymore. The poor thing is rated to 100kg.. I'm asking a lot at 135kg lol.3
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Good morning on a lovely Friday! Made it to Kansas and getting ready for the day's activities. Supposed to attend a parade today, but if it keeps raining, that might be a no-go.
Corinasue - 10 steps up the ladder, 8 boxes down from the attic (1 box per trip). We have a lot of Halloween decorations - almost as many as Christmas.
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Dragon, hope the rain cleared for your parade. We have a big one here Saturday. I won't go cause the crowd is HUGE! Last time I went the parade lasted about 4 hours. I would have gone home, but my car was blocked in until it was over. No more for me, but I will go in the afternoon to see if they still have kolaches.
I woke up very tired and achy this morning. Too much exercise for this old body, so I will have to cut back some. Calories are over today, but that's ok. Usually when I exercise hard I am hungry that day and the next, so I exercise a little the next day for the extra calories. Will have to rethink that, too.
Daughter and granddaughter on their way here from Houston. Will probably have some dessert still with them while they eat supper. Am okay with this putting me even further over on calories. Need a break now and then to keep it doable.
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