JUMP IN June 2018: Week 4 (6/22-6/30)
baconslave
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Repeat of the challenge blurb:
New month knocking on the door, new challenge!
This month's theme came to us last year courtesy of @kfat1. I liked the idea so much, I decided to use it again this year. And also, it was already dreamed up, and I'm lazy. :bigsmile:kfat1 wrote: »
JUMP IN June....a motivational challenge? Jump on in, feet first, full steam ahead, make a plan and jump right into it with all your determination, no excuses, just get it done! Make weekly goals,challenges and just jump in and do it! By the end of June, look back at your challenges and see which ones you JUMPED IN and GOT DONE!
Excellent idea!
The challenge starts tomorrow. So go ahead and post your goals, whether it be nailing down plan Basics, increasing your fitness, or adopting healthy habits. Anything is fair game as long as it's in pursuit of your health or fitness.
Jump on in!
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Summer has thrown a wrench in the works on the eating front this weekend. Add some work stress in and I’m on a sugar roller coaster for the weekend. I still logged all the things I felt guilty about afterwards and got tons of steps and exercise in. That was the saving grace. Back on the wagon today so to speak.1
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Several friends have a monthly potluck. A dairy allergy and red meat aversion make it hard for me to eat out. Deduct carbs now too and it seems nigh impossible. But I found salads, beans and hummus (and buckwheat noodles) and was pleasantly surprised that everything was okay except protein. Guess I'm having turkey deli meat for desert.1
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I'm in for week the final week.
Exercise 3 x week (Week 3=
0/3 - injury so I replaced running with sit up's!)
Log every day (Week 3=
37 day streak)
Net carbs below 30 (Week 3= 26 )
5:2 every week (Week 3= )
Plan fast days a week ahead (Week 3=)
Alcohol no more than 3 days per week (Week 3=)
I haven't weighed in this month deliberately and just stuck to the plan (almost!)
Hoping for an 'SV' next week!
Anyone else still in there for this month's challenge?1 -
Yeah. Where my peeples at?0
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I'm hanging in...eating is good...gym just hasn't been happening. Which is really frustrating. I'm going to clear my head and maybe someone has pointers. This will get long.
I work 65 miles from my home (my company relocated 3 years ago, 10 miles and a lot of bad traffic farther), so I work four 10 hour days: 6:00am-4:30pm. I live in a very small mountain community that doesn't have a gym, so I belong to a gym nearer my work. I leave at 4 am, do my best to get a decent 30-40 minute workout, shower and run to work. This worked well for quite some time.
A month ago, a road construction project started in between my house and gym that closes 3 lanes of the interstate until 5 am. This is making my drive take around 20 minutes longer in the morning which makes the gym not feasible. This project is scheduled for another year.
I don't think I can get up earlier. I can't work out on my way home. The drive home takes 1 1/2-2 hours as it is and I need to see my family at some point. I get home usually around 6:30, spend time with the kids, eat dinner, tuck them in, go to bed.
I guess I'm really just irritated at traffic. lol Yay California! We're working on relocating so that I can stop this drive, but for now, this is what works for our family. The job pays well and my husband can stay home and homeschool the kids.1 -
I'm hanging in...eating is good...gym just hasn't been happening. Which is really frustrating. I'm going to clear my head and maybe someone has pointers. This will get long.
I work 65 miles from my home (my company relocated 3 years ago, 10 miles and a lot of bad traffic farther), so I work four 10 hour days: 6:00am-4:30pm. I live in a very small mountain community that doesn't have a gym, so I belong to a gym nearer my work. I leave at 4 am, do my best to get a decent 30-40 minute workout, shower and run to work. This worked well for quite some time.
A month ago, a road construction project started in between my house and gym that closes 3 lanes of the interstate until 5 am. This is making my drive take around 20 minutes longer in the morning which makes the gym not feasible. This project is scheduled for another year.
I don't think I can get up earlier. I can't work out on my way home. The drive home takes 1 1/2-2 hours as it is and I need to see my family at some point. I get home usually around 6:30, spend time with the kids, eat dinner, tuck them in, go to bed.
I guess I'm really just irritated at traffic. lol Yay California! We're working on relocating so that I can stop this drive, but for now, this is what works for our family. The job pays well and my husband can stay home and homeschool the kids.
It's a tough one. I would think about just trying to fit something in like a 20 minute run or 20 minutes strength training at home after work (or alternate daily) - free weights/kettlebell are pretty flexible. I find it easier if I do this soon after getting home otherwise it just doesn't happen.0 -
I'm hanging in...eating is good...gym just hasn't been happening. Which is really frustrating. I'm going to clear my head and maybe someone has pointers. This will get long.
I work 65 miles from my home (my company relocated 3 years ago, 10 miles and a lot of bad traffic farther), so I work four 10 hour days: 6:00am-4:30pm. I live in a very small mountain community that doesn't have a gym, so I belong to a gym nearer my work. I leave at 4 am, do my best to get a decent 30-40 minute workout, shower and run to work. This worked well for quite some time.
A month ago, a road construction project started in between my house and gym that closes 3 lanes of the interstate until 5 am. This is making my drive take around 20 minutes longer in the morning which makes the gym not feasible. This project is scheduled for another year.
I don't think I can get up earlier. I can't work out on my way home. The drive home takes 1 1/2-2 hours as it is and I need to see my family at some point. I get home usually around 6:30, spend time with the kids, eat dinner, tuck them in, go to bed.
I guess I'm really just irritated at traffic. lol Yay California! We're working on relocating so that I can stop this drive, but for now, this is what works for our family. The job pays well and my husband can stay home and homeschool the kids.
It's a tough one. I would think about just trying to fit something in like a 20 minute run or 20 minutes strength training at home after work (or alternate daily) - free weights/kettlebell are pretty flexible. I find it easier if I do this soon after getting home otherwise it just doesn't happen.
Running might not be easy in a mtn community. I have to walk/hike a circuit around our property. Trying to walk/run on our road will transform me into roadkill in short order.
@Cadori Well we all know I'm in the workout-at-home camp. But I've found a space at home and invested in a little bit of equipment. And I utilize videos I find online. Use the time you would have done the gym to workout at home. You might not be able to get the equipment to lift heavy, but you can get in good shape with bodyweight and dumbbells. And HIIT videos for cardio. I paid $105 for a set of dumbbells that adjust to up to 52lb each. If I had it to do over again, I'd invest an extra hundred and get the Powerblock adjustables. The ones I have are a PITA.
Anyway, it would at least be enough that you aren't losing too much muscle or strength while you wait for their bullsh!t to be out of your way. It took a bit to 1) get the kids to understand that this was my time and they need to leave me the hell alone and 2) get into the routine of it so that it is a daily habit I do no matter what. But I make it a priority in my day. Fitter mommy is healthier/happier mommy. So they can go watch something or play something for 30-60min.
I do realize this will be harder for you. Can you jump around like a lunatic to bang weights together at 4am without disturbing people? Or find the gumption to workout after supper when you are DONE with your day? Those are the drawbacks with my suggestion, I get that. When I get the younger kids done with their schooling, I tell them I'm working out, and go do it. But I have the flexibility to do that. They've interrupted me enough before that I've run out of time and had to postpone the rest until after I make supper...guess how pissed off I was!
But I go back and finish.
I hope you can figure something out.
Cuz if momma ain't happy (because she hasn't had her workout), then ain't NO ONE happy.
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baconslave wrote: »Can you jump around like a lunatic to bang weights together at 4am without disturbing people? Or find the gumption to workout after supper when you are DONE with your day?
This really defines my problem well. I currently sneak around the house like a ninja in the morning using the flashlight on my phone instead of turning on lights so that everyone else can sleep.
And right or wrong, by the end of the day I am done. Completely drained. Last night I was playing with my daughter when I got home from work and just fell asleep while we were playing. Poor kid.
Maybe squats and pushups in the dark is the answer for now! Or push myself to wake up earlier. Though seeing 3 as the first number on my alarm is a painful idea. 0 -
Or maybe I change my schedule to 6:30-5...0
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We talk so much about food, calories, macros, etc here...
I'm currently reading The Blue Zones of Happiness by Dan Buettner. There is so much more than diet and exercise to overall health in The Blue Zones. One of the concepts discussed in the book is commute time, hours spent at work and resulting lack of time with family. I do see a move in your future. Perhaps you could find an audible version and listen to it during your commute. It is a very good book. I highly recommend it to those who are living a hectic life and feeling need for a change. @Cadori
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baconslave wrote: »Can you jump around like a lunatic to bang weights together at 4am without disturbing people? Or find the gumption to workout after supper when you are DONE with your day?
This really defines my problem well. I currently sneak around the house like a ninja in the morning using the flashlight on my phone instead of turning on lights so that everyone else can sleep.
And right or wrong, by the end of the day I am done. Completely drained. Last night I was playing with my daughter when I got home from work and just fell asleep while we were playing. Poor kid.
Maybe squats and pushups in the dark is the answer for now! Or push myself to wake up earlier. Though seeing 3 as the first number on my alarm is a painful idea.
Yeah. Bodyweight might be the thing.
Squats
Lunges (boo! hiss!)
Single-leg deadlifts
Push-ups
Tricep Dips
And maybe pike push ups?
We're just missing the back here. One handed milk-jug rows?
Ninja worthy. Except for the swearing from the lunges.
I've never done Convict Conditioning, but the exercises from YAYOG are pretty quiet.
I hate that you're having to deal with this crap.
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We talk so much about food, calories, macros, etc here...
I'm currently reading The Blue Zones of Happiness by Dan Buettner. There is so much more than diet and exercise to overall health in The Blue Zones. One of the concepts discussed in the book is commute time, hours spent at work and resulting lack of time with family. I do see a move in your future. Perhaps you could find an audible version and listen to it during your commute. It is a very good book. I highly recommend it to those who are living a hectic life and feeling need for a change. @Cadori
I'll see if my library has it. Yes, we are working toward a move for improved family time. Unfortunately, our house is LCOL for CA, but there is no work available. Hence, the commute.
I actually work the schedule I do in an attempt to have more family time. At least this way I have a 3 day weekend every week and we do a ton together...but those other 4 days...oy!
We're looking at selling and moving to a place where CA equity means we can buy outright and work less. It means leaving gradparents and cousins behind, so it's a decision we're making carefully.1 -
baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »Can you jump around like a lunatic to bang weights together at 4am without disturbing people? Or find the gumption to workout after supper when you are DONE with your day?
This really defines my problem well. I currently sneak around the house like a ninja in the morning using the flashlight on my phone instead of turning on lights so that everyone else can sleep.
And right or wrong, by the end of the day I am done. Completely drained. Last night I was playing with my daughter when I got home from work and just fell asleep while we were playing. Poor kid.
Maybe squats and pushups in the dark is the answer for now! Or push myself to wake up earlier. Though seeing 3 as the first number on my alarm is a painful idea.
Yeah. Bodyweight might be the thing.
Squats
Lunges (boo! hiss!)
Single-leg deadlifts
Push-ups
Tricep Dips
And maybe pike push ups?
We're just missing the back here. One handed milk-jug rows?
Ninja worthy. Except for the swearing from the lunges.
I've never done Convict Conditioning, but the exercises from YAYOG are pretty quiet.
I hate that you're having to deal with this crap.
Don't tell anyone, ok? Because I still hate them on principal because we're enemies forever...but from weighted squats and deadlifts...lunges aren't nearly as hard anymore!
And thank you. It helped to at least get it out. I don't want to be a whiny "nothing works, I'll pick apart any suggestion" person, but I'm in a tough pickle at the moment.0 -
baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »Can you jump around like a lunatic to bang weights together at 4am without disturbing people? Or find the gumption to workout after supper when you are DONE with your day?
This really defines my problem well. I currently sneak around the house like a ninja in the morning using the flashlight on my phone instead of turning on lights so that everyone else can sleep.
And right or wrong, by the end of the day I am done. Completely drained. Last night I was playing with my daughter when I got home from work and just fell asleep while we were playing. Poor kid.
Maybe squats and pushups in the dark is the answer for now! Or push myself to wake up earlier. Though seeing 3 as the first number on my alarm is a painful idea.
Yeah. Bodyweight might be the thing.
Squats
Lunges (boo! hiss!)
Single-leg deadlifts
Push-ups
Tricep Dips
And maybe pike push ups?
We're just missing the back here. One handed milk-jug rows?
Ninja worthy. Except for the swearing from the lunges.
I've never done Convict Conditioning, but the exercises from YAYOG are pretty quiet.
I hate that you're having to deal with this crap.
Don't tell anyone, ok? Because I still hate them on principal because we're enemies forever...but from weighted squats and deadlifts...lunges aren't nearly as hard anymore!
And thank you. It helped to at least get it out. I don't want to be a whiny "nothing works, I'll pick apart any suggestion" person, but I'm in a tough pickle at the moment.
I completely get that you're in an almost impossible situation here.
Night-vision goggles might help.
^Sorry. I am very face-y today.0 -
@Cadori : When I was strapped for time one year, I would put my headphones on (no one was disturbed) and do floor stretches and sit ups, etc. for 25 minutes each morning or evening, whichever fit the schedule. I figured something was better than nothing.
This week I managed to drop two pounds, hallelujah to that!! I did this by doing a fat fast for two days. Would have liked to extend it another day or two but didn't feel up to it.1 -
6/27/18
A weekend away with the girls for birthday celebrations. Need i say more. Much indulgence. However, still got in my run.
Back at it!0 -
Bright ideas for a July challenge?
I'm going to have to get it up tomorrow. I'll be camping until Tuesday.
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baconslave wrote: »Bright ideas for a July challenge?
I'm going to have to get it up tomorrow. I'll be camping until Tuesday.
Would Julike to get your rear in gear Jessica???
That may be a little too custom however.3 -
baconslave wrote: »Bright ideas for a July challenge?
I'm going to have to get it up tomorrow. I'll be camping until Tuesday.
Would Julike to get your rear in gear Jessica???
That may be a little too custom however.
Get Yer Rear in Gear July 2018!
Lurve it.2 -
- Lose 3-7 lbs without logging - Looks like I'll be about 4 lbs down. I'll take it.
- Continue a mostly carnivore diet - I had a week of having something carby almost everday. I noticed more hunger and my digestion slowed painfully. LOL
- More walking and possible resistance training - Done some walking but my joints have been acting up on me - a few unrelated tendon injuries where I can't remember injuring it. Makes me wonder if something autoimmune is going on again. Just giving it time. My oldest wants to start p90x with me next month. I've warned him I'll need to modify it and won't be able to keep up to him.... It's weird when your kids pass you!
We'll do it ninja style first thing in the morning too. - Try physio and start the ball rolling for hip replacement. Eek! - Still chicken.
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I was Vegas this past week and although my food was not LCHF, my walking was in overdrive! Back on the keto food train today. Definitely need to get my rear in gear. Too hot and humid this coming weekend to go biking but we should be able to get out in our kayaks.1
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Exercise and logging remain strong daily. I’ve been consistently over my calorie goals this week and have felt hungry constantly. I expect the scale will not thank me tomorrow. Man, time to buckle down!1
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I was going to just not add starchy carbs, but the reduced cravings mean I'm just grabbing meat, veggies & coffee most the time. And it's very comfortable. I'm not worrying about calories - and not tracking very well either because they're just estimates.
Started walking 2 miles a couple times this week too. Coworkers are being very supportive. It feels amazingly good.1 -
Exercise and logging have been on point. I've been less worried about my exact calories and carbs each day and I think stressing less is helping me as I've broken through my plateau. I've got 1.4 lbs to go for my June goal, so maybe that will come off in the next couple days. Overall very happy with my June progress.1
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