TEAM: The Slimsons (October)
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Daily Post: Tuesday, Oct. 23
Track: Yes
Calories: Under, 5/2 fasting day
Exercise: 65min. walking 4 miles on the treadmill at 4.0
Water: 96oz.
Comments: Spent the night in the ER with massive leg cramps
in my previously injured leg. So the next two weeks I'll need to tone down my exercise quite a bit to be safe. Hopefully I can still get to my goal weight---will have to reassess my diet also. 3 -
_ecofeminist wrote: »10 weeks until 2019! We don’t need the new year to start making changes. 👊👊
OMG--- yes 4 weeks until Thanksgiving--- I just can't believe how fast the year goes once Fall hits....wow1 -
Daily Post: Tuesday, Oct. 23
Track: Yes
Calories: Under, 5/2 fasting day
Exercise: 65min. walking 4 miles on the treadmill at 4.0
Water: 96oz.
Comments: Spent the night in the ER with massive leg cramps in my previously injured leg. So the next two weeks I'll need to tone down my exercise quite a bit to be safe. Hopefully I can still get to my goal weight---will have to reassess my diet also.
So sorry to hear that. Hope you are feeling better, Nancy. I used to get painful leg cramps in my calf muscles. No joke, they hurt like hell.1 -
Daily Report Tue 23 Oct
Tracking: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: Yard work and pool cleaning.
Two more weeks before I can continue cardio with my weight/strength training. Tweaked my knee while in Florida, but no pain or swelling this time. Met with nutritionist for this month, good news no muscle loss. But no gain. BMI down, hopefully I can start replacing fat with muscle soon.
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Daily Post: Tuesday, Oct. 23
Track: Yes
Calories: Under, 5/2 fasting day
Exercise: 65min. walking 4 miles on the treadmill at 4.0
Water: 96oz.
Comments: Spent the night in the ER with massive leg cramps in my previously injured leg. So the next two weeks I'll need to tone down my exercise quite a bit to be safe. Hopefully I can still get to my goal weight---will have to reassess my diet also.
OhNo, Nancy! So sorry you are hurting! Are you getting enough calcium and potassium? I drink a glass of milk when I get leg cramps and it seems to always help. Don’t know if that would help you! Don’t worry about your weight goal, it will come, but get healthy ! Take care. Hugs!
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jcgator2016 wrote: »Daily Report Tue 23 Oct
Tracking: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: Yard work and pool cleaning.
Two more weeks before I can continue cardio with my weight/strength training. Tweaked my knee while in Florida, but no pain or swelling this time. Met with nutritionist for this month, good news no muscle loss. But no gain. BMI down, hopefully I can start replacing fat with muscle soon.
Hope you mend soon too, @jcgator2016 ! Having an injury really stinks and really messes with our goals! Take care and heal!1 -
Daily post: Tuesday, October 23
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: stretches2 -
Daily post tues, oct 23
Tracking: yes
Calories: over, not including exercise
Exercise: stairs 😩3 -
Daily post, 3 days
Track: yes
Calories: over
Exercise: Upper body with 25 pound one arm overhead press. Wanting to see how far I can go with these, before dropping it on my head of course.
One food, strawberry milkshake. Have not had one in years.
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Daily Post: Tuesday, Oct. 23
Track: Yes
Calories: Under, 5/2 fasting day
Exercise: 65min. walking 4 miles on the treadmill at 4.0
Water: 96oz.
Comments: Spent the night in the ER with massive leg cramps in my previously injured leg. So the next two weeks I'll need to tone down my exercise quite a bit to be safe. Hopefully I can still get to my goal weight---will have to reassess my diet also.
Oh no! What did the dr say to do about the cramps! ?
Agree with @jcgator2016 - muscle cramps are no joke. My mom used to get hellish ones in the middle of the night.
What are you taking for them?3 -
Daily Post (Tuesday)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise:Yes, 60 mins weight training, 30 mins treadmill
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Daily Post: Tuesday
Track: Yes
Calories: Under.
Exercise: Going to do HIIT again right after I post this.
Comments: Was 184.5 on the scale today. Hopefully this goes down more tomorrow. Was a good day overall. Could have done a little better but it is what it is. It could have been a lot worse too. I have one last midterm on Friday (biology, AGAIN, already) but I'm feeling confident. Just need to put in the work tomorrow and the day after and I'll be set. Really trying to ace this one.5 -
Daily Post (Tuesday)
Track: no
Calories: I think under
Exercise: 30 minutes elliptical3 -
Daily Post (Tuesday)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise:Yes, kettlebell circuit and biking4 -
Happy Weigh In Day Wednesday:
@_ecofeminist1 -
Week 4 Weigh In
PW: 143
CW: 141.5
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jcgator2016 wrote: »So sorry to hear that. Hope you are feeling better, Nancy. I used to get painful leg cramps in my calf muscles. No joke, they hurt like hell.
Thanks Jim--- you and I are a mess now!
I hope your knee is healing fast... so frustrating to get sidelined isn't it?!! Sending you healing vibes!!! 
OhNo, Nancy! So sorry you are hurting! Are you getting enough calcium and potassium? I drink a glass of milk when I get leg cramps and it seems to always help. Don’t know if that would help you! Don’t worry about your weight goal, it will come, but get healthy ! Take care. Hugs! Thank you Chris... hmmm that is a very good question--- actually I think I may have been omitting my calcium intake over the past weekend (no protein shakes on the weekend)... I'm mostly dairy free. I do take a multivitamin. You are so right though--- maybe I need a banana every once in a while too--- something else I've omitted in my quest to lower carbs--- 1 -
Oh no! What did the dr say to do about the cramps! ?
Agree with @jcgator2016 - muscle cramps are no joke. My mom used to get hellish ones in the middle of the night.
What are you taking for them?
Mary...omg are they ever painful--I had some involuntary screams and jumps... it was terrible. The ER doc didn't really offer me any solution other than to rest. It was my previously injured leg that was cramping...so they just needed to check it to make sure there wasn't any vascular issue. Chris mentioned lack of Potassium and Calcium as a possible issue--- which could be.
Having to slow down now stinks--- I'm finally seeing some progress and now I'm stalled
Thanks so much for your awesome support---this group has been so good to me!
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_ecofeminist wrote: »Week 4 Weigh In
PW: 143
CW: 141.5
WHOOO! AWESOME LOSS!! How's the IF and OMAD going? (Looks like it's going great!)
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_ecofeminist wrote: »Week 4 Weigh In
PW: 143
CW: 141.5
WHOOO! AWESOME LOSS!! How's the IF and OMAD going? (Looks like it's going great!)
Awh thanks @SLIMn2016 the IF/OMAD is going well actually. My first experience was the worst so far. Now I just try and keep busy and having coffee/ tea has been a LIFESAVER. Sometimes I think I just need to have some sort of taste in my mouth or something... so drinking tea and coffee seems to do the trick. ❤️1 -
@SLIMn2016, yeah the knee is coming along. Sometimes when I make a sharp lateral cut, it lets me know it hasn't fully healed. But, it's holding up okay for my weight/strength workouts since I won't be doing much cardio for two more weeks.
Nance, you probably already know this, but the muscle cramps just don't go away on their own. I used to get them all the time, especially at night. Mostly in my legs in the form of cramps, muscle spasms, charley horses, especially in my calves, hamstrings and glutes. I loaded up on potassium and gallons of water, but didn't seem to help much.
I'll tell you what helps me tremendously:
Stretching - I do this every morning for at least 15 mins. It's important to get the blood flowing and getting the joints lubricated. I also do a warmup stretches before any type of workouts. Nothing worse than straining muscles without a proper warm up.
Staying hydrated during workouts.
Cool down pace on machines. If I do hard sprints on the bike for 20 mins, I make sure to slow down and pedal slow for at least ten mins. Also a quick stretch.
Foam Roller after cool down and workouts. This is vital. After I shower and eat, I'll get in front of the TV on the floor and use the foam roller. I have a smooth one and a spiky one. Rollers help to remove lactic acid in muscles and roll out tight muscles which helps blood acidity return to normal quicker. It also releases tight muscles. When you get on that elliptical trainer for 60 mins like you do, your IT band and hip flexors are more prone than other muscles to get shorter, which in turn puts more pressure on your other leg muscles. The foam roller can lengthen them which can prevent injuries. Then I use the spiky roller for deep trigger points which helps range of motion, better flexibilty, and breaks down tightness and knots.
Magnesium. Make sure you are getting enough. Most people don't.
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^^ Thank you JIM!!! I'm not good about taking time to foam roll---and though I stretch after each cardio session--- some days I'm in such a hurry--I don't take the time I should. I do the cool down pace .... and warm up is usually stretching and walking before my workout.
I need a spiky foam roller---- Amazon.com to the rescue-
Thanks again--- I appreciate the words of wisdom... I can't chance any more injury. Today I went very slow pace---lots of stretching. 2 -
Daily Post: Wednesday, Oct. 24
Track: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: 30min. stair climb & 65min. walking 4 miles on the treadmill at 4.0 (morning) & 50min slow pace elliptical (evening)
Water: 140oz.
Comments/Goals: Trying to vary my workout routine.... it's hard right now bc I'm limited (no jumping, running, no lifting heavy). Going forward I'll try to manage my stretching/rolling/recovery better.3 -
Daily post: wed oct 24
Track: yes
Calories: under but only with exercise
Exercise: yes3 -
Daily post, Wednesday, October 24
Tracking: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: yes 3 minutes of strengthening exercises 😄3 -
Daily Report Wed 24 Oct
Tracking: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: Yes. Weight/Strength Workout
Sneak peek Wednesday on the scale looked promising. Great workout today with barbells. Really starting to like lifting weights.
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^^ Thank you JIM!!! I'm not good about taking time to foam roll---and though I stretch after each cardio session--- some days I'm in such a hurry--I don't take the time I should. I do the cool down pace .... and warm up is usually stretching and walking before my workout.
I need a spiky foam roller---- Amazon.com to the rescue-
Thanks again--- I appreciate the words of wisdom... I can't chance any more injury. Today I went very slow pace---lots of stretching.
You're welcome Nancy. You have been such a big help, and always there for me. Thanks.2 -
Daily Post (Wednesday)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise:Yes, 120 mins weight training, 30 m ins walk
Comments: Today's training took me forever, it really didn't go as planned, but nevertheless, it went. Really need to focus tomorrow!3
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