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nisijam5

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MrTubbs
Nisijam5
nwachin
135terry

nisijam5

Ok, the teams are small and I will cut down the weeks to end by 12/29. I make teams by distributing the weights evenly and trying to mix new and previous players.

The winner of this week will enjoy a 1 lb. advantage and the winner of this week will get a 0.5 lb. advantage.

The nutrition challenge focuses on the white carbs, reference the chart to log those. The rest is simply logging your calories and drinking water.
Fitness this weekend is burning calories with exercise and some ab work.

nisijam5

Hey team - it's daylight savings and we have an extra hour to exercise, right? Ha, ha.

I went grocery shopping yesterday and spent about $300 on all kinds of stuff. Goal is to pack lunches and not eat out for dinner. It's amazing how eating out has so many calories to it. Although, Olive Garden does have the soup and salad for lunches which is pretty low cal.

I am so excited that 9Rounds is opening by my house. Its 30 minutes of HIIT training and boom your done. I did it first in Chicago and loved that you can go at anytime, work with trainers and they mix up the circuits. I have waiting for about 2 years hoping that one would come.

I'm also going to download some C25K podcasts and start a running program. I get an hour for lunch so it's perfect to use that time for exercise. Goal is to do the 10K Get Lucky run in March.

Ugh, I am so out of shape that it's ridiculous.

MrTubbs

I'm mentally excited to work out. But, my body just won't allow it. So, I'll try to motivate our team in the meantime. 2 weeks until my CT scan.

nisijam5

Take care of yourself Tubbs!! Can you ride a bike or swim? I hope your CT shows something promising. I'll be sending good vibes your way! Don't you have Thanksgiving soon? Let me know if you need to weigh-in early.

I made a new veggie tonight - I roasted beets, sweet potatoes, and a trio of small potatoes with OO, salt and pepper. While they were roasted, I diced 2 slices of bacon and a small onion. I caramelized the onion with the bacon and threw it all with the hash. Delish - apples would have been nice too.

I tried to find a daikon radish for an asian dinner that I want to make. I am not sure what they taste like - but, they are supposed to be milder than the typical red radishes that we have in the stores. I am going to throw short ribs in the slow cooker with kalbi sauce, sticky rice, pea-pods and carrot.

I downloaded my podcast for the C25K and I will start that tomorrow at lunch.

I bowled yesterday but dont count that as exercise because I am drinking vodka while doing it. LOL

MrTubbs

I can't bike yet. I might buy a decompression belt so that I can sit without pain so I can go on my recumbent bike.

nisijam5

OK, thumped on the treadmill tonight - for a 5K. Yikes, it took almost an hour with warm up and cool down. I guess there is no where else to go except faster.

Logged the calories and I am in line with a deficit.

Believe it or not, I am thinking about Christmas shopping. I want it done early this year.

Peace out!!

MrTubbs

Alright, decompression belt ordered!! I won't get it for over a week though. I have high hopes this will get me working out again... or at least walking upright.

nisijam5

Tubbs, I know the competitive beast is lurking and ready. LOL.

I almost died doing the Cindy Whitmarsh less is more video. It's only 30 minutes and always seems to go fast. It's the first strength that I have done in months.

My training is almost over at the new job and I will be alone in my office. I already envision breaking out my yoga mat for some quickies!!

MrTubbs

Oh, how I'd love to let my competitive side out.

I've been held captive by this injury too long.

nisijam5

I am so sore today - and, it 's 5K day!! I am still contemplating signing up for the Get Lucky run on 3/11 for St. Paddies Day. It's a 10K so I am nervous about it - plus, it will probably be cold which I am not a fan of.

More logging today, ugh!! I hate to log the food.

nisijam5

Week 1 - 5k at 54:48 - 18:16 min/mile. There's lots of improvement to be made. 609 calories burned and I need everyone for pizza. God grant me some self control!!

135terry

Hi team,
Just found this site. I'm not very techy lol.

Also just realized we should be posting activity and food on spreadsheets. I'm in a couple of other challenges so my exercise and food was already being logged so I just had to update team spreadsheets to reflect my week.

No whites is also really easy for me to track as I'm on a keto diet and do not eat any whites at all.

Didn't realize that abs was a challenge for this week, so have not done any. Will try and do some ab work tonight.

Great work everyone. Hope the scales reflect some losses tomorrow.

MrTubbs

I received by belt in the mail. I'm supposed to work up to wearing it for any duration. If this speeds up my recovery and decreases my pain meds I'll count it as money well spent. I'm eager to exercise "with" you.

nisijam5

I drank too much wine last night!! I don't drink during the week and then on the weekend I go balls out. I think I am going to try and phase out at least Friday nights and just keep my Saturday as my indulgences.

We have to put our kitty down today and I am not looking forward to it. Also, have to pick up hubs from the airport at midnight which I am not happy about either. Plus, it's a crappy grey day out there.

Tubbs - I hope you feel better. Can you also do an inversion table for relief?

MrTubbs

I haven't tried the inversion table. I thought I'd try the decompression belt since I can walk and work with it on. My CT is this Saturday, so hopefully I'll know soon what is the best course of action. Acupuncture has helped a lot.

nisijam5

Ok, so I was horrible this weekend and I am going to plan next weekend much, much better. My new gym is opening on December 1st and I'm so excited. I think it will be a game changer.

Today - 5K, bringing my lunch to work.
Tomorrow - 30 HIIT
Wednesday - 5K
Thursday - break
Friday - 5k
Saturday - 30 HIIT/or strength

Food - Reduce the white stuff - I've pulled out some of my healthier cookbooks for inspiration. Plus, I really need to start utilizing the crockpot. I never really got into it and I think it's because I only worked part time for so long.

I have been reading the benefits of homemade broths, seams like it's easy enough to do. Then, I can jar it and freeze. I will have to find me some bones!!

135terry

@MrTubbs, hope the belt you ordered helps.

@nisijam5, I hear you about the wine on weekends. I almost always use up all my extra earned calories on the weekend because of the wine

If you are looking for a good slow cooker recipe, I made low carb, crockpot unstuffed cabbage roll soup yesterday and it was really good. You use cauliflower rice in place of rice, so keeps it low carb, but you'd never know I did not use real rice.

Good luck this week!

nwachim

Hi Team,please can someone explain to me how to log this week's challenges.how do i log if i have had pizza one day of the 7 days?thanks

135terry

nwachim wrote: »

Hi Team,please can someone explain to me how to log this week's challenges.how do i log if i have had pizza one day of the 7 days?thanks

Hi @nwachim . I am recording a point for every time I met the goal. For example if I ate pizza one day out of 7, meaning 6 out of 7 days I didn't, I would record as 6/7.

nwachim

135terry wrote: »

nwachim wrote: »

Hi Team,please can someone explain to me how to log this week's challenges.how do i log if i have had pizza one day of the 7 days?thanks

Hi @nwachim . I am recording a point for every time I met the goal. For example if I ate pizza one day out of 7, meaning 6 out of 7 days I didn't, I would record as 6/7.

ok! i get it.thank you! and thanks you for all the work you put into this

nisijam5

Yes, that is correct!! Good job on having pizza only once!! It's one of my fave's!

Today was my first day off training. 71 calls for triage, that's a call every 7 minutes. It is definitely hard to be the middle man. It's good for now, but definitely not for the long term. I'm in my own office and it's kind of like solitary confinement. I'll give it a couple of years, maybe.

I had a cappuccino for lunch from Olive Garden - whoooo, hooooo. I am still flying from that one. I have to hit the treadmill while it lasts.

Peace out!!

nisijam5

Well, I wasn't able to do my no drinking last night. But, I kept it on the low side.
The team has good momentum now - we just need MrTubbs to kick in!! Tubbs, how are you?

OK, I am going to clean a bit today, exercise and bowling. I got my new bowling shoes, but I know they will not really make a difference. I will try the stupid video and die I am sure.

I will weigh in on Wednesday because I will be traveling for the weekend. I am going to try and have the new challenge ready to go this week for next Saturday.

135terry

I'm not sure how to access the video.

MrTubbs

CT scan was today. It took 5 minutes. Why is there such a long wait to get these?

I get my results on Tuesday or Wednesday. If the doctor says no permanent damage than I'm going to start to ramp up the exercise. (Aka.. start exercising).

nisijam5

135terry wrote: »

I'm not sure how to access the video.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=AwrBTzbveI5XT24A7KpXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE0OG8yMzhpBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjE5MTBfMQRzZWMDcGl2cw--?p=tummy+tuck+exercises&fr=mcafee&fr2=piv-web#id=24&vid=20e52fe2ff64a987672766cc049b8901&action=view

You should be able to hover over the link and it will take you right there. It will come on after you suffer thru the commercial.

nisijam5

MrTubbs wrote: »

CT scan was today. It took 5 minutes. Why is there such a long wait to get these?

I get my results on Tuesday or Wednesday. If the doctor says no permanent damage than I'm going to start to ramp up the exercise. (Aka.. start exercising).

I'm sending good vibes!!

135terry

nisijam5 wrote: »

135terry wrote: »

I'm not sure how to access the video.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=AwrBTzbveI5XT24A7KpXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE0OG8yMzhpBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjE5MTBfMQRzZWMDcGl2cw--?p=tummy+tuck+exercises&fr=mcafee&fr2=piv-web#id=24&vid=20e52fe2ff64a987672766cc049b8901&action=view

You should be able to hover over the link and it will take you right there. It will come on after you suffer thru the commercial.

Thanks. Works great, well except for my internet speed, but that is another issue.

nisijam5

Hey team!! I am staying on track with the exercise. I really didn't want to do the treadmill yesterday but got on there anyway. Today, I will dreadmill again and knock out as many abs as possible while I am at work. I am determined to hit that 2000 cals this week.

I think the diet has been good. I've been packing my lunches and eating light at night. I bought some caramel/cheddar popcorn mix that I should have just left on the shelve.

I'm supposed to travel for the holiday but I have a tooth that might be giving me trouble. I cracked a molar during my sleep a while back. I have been waiting for the new year to have it fixed - but, it might not hold out. UGH!! I won't have insurance if I go now. Anyway, I also have to travel around Dec 16th for my daughter's graduation so I am thinking that it's best to stay here anyway.

MrTubbs

Sorry team. I screwed up this week. Still no word from the doctor. Hopefully Monday.

MrTubbs

I dropped the ball and missed weigh in. Yesterday was a crazy day. At 7am our office starts an all day celebration for the accountants that became designated. Needless to say the evening portion had food and open bar.

Good news: I heard back from the doctor.
Bad news: I have multilevel degeneration and a posterior bulged disc between L4 and L5 with nerve involvement.

So, as predicted, chiro and physio recommended. And I still have 3 weeks until I receive benefits through work.