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A NO EXCUSE workout that is really effective. In just 16 mins, no equipment, and even in minimal space, I was sweating bullets with this simple Hiit workout that reaps endless benefits.
https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos/belly-fat-burner-hiit-high-intensity-interval-training-workout-with-no-equipment
I love this workout on mornings I don't feel like workout out. With a warm up + cool down it would make 20 mins and not only keep you in the winners circle but also give you results!2 -
BMcC9 I'm happy for you too!2
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This challenge has suddenly become immensely harder. I twisted my knee and have been told to stay off it as much as possible and to definitely not go for walks. I’m going to try for a third personal training session this week. Obviously it’ll all be upper body. I also have a hard core ab workout that I can do. I can’t walk or do yoga or any cardio. I’ll have to be even more disciplined on eating. Next week I’ll be going away for a week so will have to guesstimate as I log everything. Maybe I should just quit and try again next month.....5
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I encourage you not to quit, @Alexbuzzcut! Just do the best you can without causing any further damage to your knee. Upper exercises would be good and the challenge would also help you to stay on track for logging and staying under. I did some great seat dancing on my way home from SC last weekend. When I head to Florida this coming weekend I'm packing my measuring tools and food scale. When you can, you can still measure your food. Or, check out this article: https://www.verywellfit.com/how-to-measure-food-portions-without-a-scale-3495230.
You can do this and still stay safe. We're pulling for you!
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Thank you @BonnieHosk85 for the link! Wow, I’ll study and print it for my trip. WiFi might be spotty and I want to make sure I have it on hand. I actually hadn’t thought of seated exercise. Sweet, a new challenge. Thanks so much for your support and advice.4
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@Alexbuzzcut
Never give up!
It’s about persistence, not perfection.
Life happens & still we do UAC!
You may be surprised. You might find you need fewer calories if you are soaring your knee.
Many of have been in similar positions. You can try different solutions and use this time to see & learn what works best for you.
Never give up!4 -
For all of you who expressed what brings you Joy!
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@Alexbuzzcut Sorry to learn of your injury. Don't do anything to interfere with your recovery. @BonnieHosk85 is right that you search to discover new ways to keep flexible; strong; and fit within your current constraints.
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Today is my 2 year anniversary for quitting smoking. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, however, it is also the best thing I have done (besides my son).
If anyone is trying to quit, don't give up. I would quit and re-start, and quit and re-start. Finally, the "quit" stuck. You can do it!10 -
Today is my 2 year anniversary for quitting smoking. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, however, it is also the best thing I have done (besides my son).
If anyone is trying to quit, don't give up. I would quit and re-start, and quit and re-start. Finally, the "quit" stuck. You can do it!
Congrats!!2 -
Today is my 2 year anniversary for quitting smoking. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, however, it is also the best thing I have done (besides my son).
If anyone is trying to quit, don't give up. I would quit and re-start, and quit and re-start. Finally, the "quit" stuck. You can do it!
So very proud of you. It is the best gift you could ever have given yourself!3 -
@Alexbuzzcut
2 years ago I ruptured a ligament in my knee and then had it reconstructed. I used aerobic chair exercise videos on YouTube to help keep my fitness. Good luck with the recovery.3 -
Alexbuzzcut wrote: »Thank you @BonnieHosk85 for the link! Wow, I’ll study and print it for my trip. WiFi might be spotty and I want to make sure I have it on hand. I actually hadn’t thought of seated exercise. Sweet, a new challenge. Thanks so much for your support and advice.
Youtube has a wide variety of seated exercise routines (also search "chair exercise") many options for intensity, style, and duration.4 -
Last week we went from team of 5 (plus two part-time students) to team of 3 (plus no students) ... now back to team of 4 (plus 1 full-time student). I was thrown head first into Surge Support of something I am 100% ZERO experienced in ... at a particularly high-volume time when the people who are supposed to be reviewing dockets at various stages of the (unfamiliar to me ) process were scrambling too, and missing things I didn't know enough to watch for ...
I survived. I have been avoiding both stress eating and "victory / survived it!!" eating of fresh baked goods in the caff.
And it just dawned on me half-way through the morning .... I'm not even two full weeks in yet ... and yesterday I started training the student on what to do / watch out for (!?!?!?!)
Good thing I pick up what is visually "in-pattern + acceptable-variant vs out-of-pattern" so easily. Always have.5 -
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@KCJen One of my colleagues, a woman of about 40, quit smoking last year. That victory set off a cascade of positive change in her life. Last week, I asked what had been the most important thing that had triggered her self-actualization. She responded, "Once I had actually and truly quit smoking, I knew that I could do anything. It made me feel so much better about me."
I hope you too continue to experience success and more victories in your life.
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Thanks for posting that, @BMcC9! I really needed it this morning. Ate out last night with our small group and I chose a Pick Two at Panera, with French onion soup and a salad with no dressing. I was still under calories but this morning I was up 1.7 pounds. I was so close to 30 pounds lost and now I'm back two pounds from that minor goal. I feel awful this morning and I'm trying to help myself not to feel so bad. That meme helps! My plan is to drink a lot of water. Hopefully, the gain is from an overload of sodium from the soup. Ugh!
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@BonnieHosk85 it IS most likely a combination of sodium and just plain physical volume moving through your gut. Remember .... it take 3500 calories PER POUND ABOVE MAINTENANCE to truly metabolically gain a pound of fat. That just plain cannot be done overnight.5
