About those 10,000 Steps
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bmeadows380 wrote: »I got in over 12,000 steps today! And the night's not completely over yet! I took my brother in for out patient surgery for kidney stones (poor, poor guy!), and after giving the receptionist my number in case they needed to get in touch with me, I took a walk around the parking lot and then decided to walk down to my bank because I was needing some cash in a certain denomination. I was back in plenty of time - still sat in the waiting room for over 3 hours till he was ready to go home.
Anyway, I got in about 32 minutes total. Then, after coming home, I went down to our church's gym building and walked for another 57 minutes - and that building sits on a hill with the fellowship hall further up the hill above it - I made 8 figure 8 loops around the two buildings.
So that's a grand total of 89 minutes of purposeful walking exercise. However, when I figured my distance, it looks like I was only averaging about 2.6 to 2.7 mph, which MFP calls leisurely walking, which is a little disheartening because that was the fastest I was going to be able to go. Even when I was young and in better shape, the best speed I could get on a treadmill was about 3.3 mph; in real life, I'll be lucky to walk 3 mph.
I only counted about 22 minutes of the entire walk at 2.5 mph. I'm still having trouble with water weight - in addition to constipation problems and apparently healing muscles (I'm still a little sore from Monday's jiu-jitsu session!), TOM is on his way in anywhere from 2 to 5 days, and I'm suspecting from the way I feel, he's gonna be here sooner rather than later. This is really messing up figuring out if I'm eating back enough calories or not
I doubt 22 minutes is enough.
You could approach this from another angle. When you hit 12k steps you could look at a TDEE calculator and compare the difference between your current activity level and active. If 10k steps is active then 12k steps should be active at any speed.
Also, you will know in 6 weeks one way or the other if you stick to a consistent pattern.
I admit I am getting kind of anxious to get some of my exercise water weight back down enough to check my eating. I have been up 6-10 pounds for a month now. Since I am trying to recomp and eating maintenance I need to know if I am drifting up or down. I doubt I am actually maintaining perfectly. I suspect I am drifting down.
my current setting for MFP is sedentary. I have played around on an alternate account, and I think the difference between sedentary and lightly active is 290 calories. MFP tells me at my current weight, my sedentary calories are 1390 and lightly active are 1680. I've got my setting at 1450 - I'm finding that seems to be pretty close to the bottom of what I can sustainably eat as a deficit, so I already need to be getting 60 calories in a day of activity to keep to my 2 lb a week loss. But it is hard to figure out exactly what I am burning when I'm walking or doing my jiu-jitsu class. When I walk at work, its on a lot that has a slight incline, but nothing drastic. When I walk on my church's property, there is a fairly steep incline for a little under half of it and a descent for the other half. I've calculated my walking speed to be between 2.6 and 2.7 mph. At my class, the session lasts 1 1/2 hours, but I'm not active that entire time, especially since I'm new. Like tonight, for instance: I did roll some but I spent a lot of my time watching and trying to learn, so I might have been active maybe half that time? But MFP's entry for that has incredibly high calorie counts for that activity, which with how I am still a beginner and doing everything slowly, I I can't believe I'm coming in at even half that amount.
12,000 steps isn't normal for me - I'm usually getting in around 6,000 - or at least, that's what I've been able to get in for the last few weeks, though only about half of that is through low impact, intentional exercise, so I figure I still count as sedentary - or perhaps close enough to lightly active to account for that 60 calorie gap, anyway. I've seen so many different ideas on how many steps count for what level, that I'm still confused: one said 5,000 steps to bet the cut point between sedentary and lightly active, another said 7,500, and yet another said 10,000, so I don't know who to believe.
Next week is TOM, so water weight is going to be a problem, but after that is over, I'm going to compare my weight to what I had this time last month and see what I end up with; that is, if water weight isn't still being a problem.
6-10 lbs?!!! Yikes! and I thought my consistent 3 - 4 lbs was bad!
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I went back to 2/13 and checked: on 2/13, my weight was 269.2; yesterday morning, I recorded 262.4. I think I started this push to get more active around that 2/13 date, so even with all that activity, I've lost 6.8 lbs in the last 30 days, which is 1.7 lbs/week, if I divide that by 4, I'm only seeing a 1.7 lb a week loss, and that's by barely counting in my activity calories at all - the 1/4's to none I've been doing the last few weeks. That's rather disheartening because I've really been trying to make an effort to be more active, but it apparently isn't good enough to give me any decent results.0
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bmeadows380 wrote: »I went back to 2/13 and checked: on 2/13, my weight was 269.2; yesterday morning, I recorded 262.4. I think I started this push to get more active around that 2/13 date, so even with all that activity, I've lost 6.8 lbs in the last 30 days, which is 1.7 lbs/week, if I divide that by 4, I'm only seeing a 1.7 lb a week loss, and that's by barely counting in my activity calories at all - the 1/4's to none I've been doing the last few weeks. That's rather disheartening because I've really been trying to make an effort to be more active, but it apparently isn't good enough to give me any decent results.
I just wanted to say that we're similar stats, at least right now. I am set at 1400 calories, low carb but not keto and will eat more if my activity demands it. We are also similar weights, I am at 265.2. I have lost more than you recently, as I had a prolonged whosh after slow loss in February (down from 275 on Feb 27th). I am going to send you a friend request
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nicsflyingcircus wrote: »bmeadows380 wrote: »I went back to 2/13 and checked: on 2/13, my weight was 269.2; yesterday morning, I recorded 262.4. I think I started this push to get more active around that 2/13 date, so even with all that activity, I've lost 6.8 lbs in the last 30 days, which is 1.7 lbs/week, if I divide that by 4, I'm only seeing a 1.7 lb a week loss, and that's by barely counting in my activity calories at all - the 1/4's to none I've been doing the last few weeks. That's rather disheartening because I've really been trying to make an effort to be more active, but it apparently isn't good enough to give me any decent results.
I just wanted to say that we're similar stats, at least right now. I am set at 1400 calories, low carb but not keto and will eat more if my activity demands it. We are also similar weights, I am at 265.2. I have lost more than you recently, as I had a prolonged whosh after slow loss in February (down from 275 on Feb 27th). I am going to send you a friend request
@nicsflyingcircus thanks!
One thing that I find rather interesting, and I wonder if you've seen it too? The last time I weighed this little, I was in college. At that time, I was in 3X tops and 26W pants - I know, because I held onto 2 pair of my jeans from those days because they had been so comfortable and I couldn't get rid of them even after I got too big to wear them. Now, 20 years later, I'm back down to that weight again, but I'm now into size 20W pants mostly and am flirting with 2X tops! Amazing the vanity sizing changes over the years, isn't it? Or is it also partly due to how the fat is coming off?0 -
Now that I’ve abandoned the gym and “isolated” myself to the path in the park, I’ve taken my iphone along to count the steps a couple of times. The big loop = about 3150. I’ve been doing 2X. I think next week I’ll add another and that should get me close to10000 on a typical day figuring that just hanging around will get me about 500.2
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bmeadows380 wrote: »nicsflyingcircus wrote: »bmeadows380 wrote: »I went back to 2/13 and checked: on 2/13, my weight was 269.2; yesterday morning, I recorded 262.4. I think I started this push to get more active around that 2/13 date, so even with all that activity, I've lost 6.8 lbs in the last 30 days, which is 1.7 lbs/week, if I divide that by 4, I'm only seeing a 1.7 lb a week loss, and that's by barely counting in my activity calories at all - the 1/4's to none I've been doing the last few weeks. That's rather disheartening because I've really been trying to make an effort to be more active, but it apparently isn't good enough to give me any decent results.
I just wanted to say that we're similar stats, at least right now. I am set at 1400 calories, low carb but not keto and will eat more if my activity demands it. We are also similar weights, I am at 265.2. I have lost more than you recently, as I had a prolonged whosh after slow loss in February (down from 275 on Feb 27th). I am going to send you a friend request
@nicsflyingcircus thanks!
One thing that I find rather interesting, and I wonder if you've seen it too? The last time I weighed this little, I was in college. At that time, I was in 3X tops and 26W pants - I know, because I held onto 2 pair of my jeans from those days because they had been so comfortable and I couldn't get rid of them even after I got too big to wear them. Now, 20 years later, I'm back down to that weight again, but I'm now into size 20W pants mostly and am flirting with 2X tops! Amazing the vanity sizing changes over the years, isn't it? Or is it also partly due to how the fat is coming off?
I don't know how tall you are, but I am wearing 18W shorts from kohl's and they're not tight and 1x top from Catherine's or 2x tops from kohl's. My only pair of jeans that works right now is an old pair of 20w JMS ones and they are pretty dang loose.
Also my scrubs in one brand are a 2x and fit fine, but I hate them. My favorite scrubs are 3x in a different brand and if it wasn't for the drawstring, I'd have to drop at least a size in the pants. They are super baggy but I am cheap and scrubs are fairly pricey so I do the drawstring up and roll the waist. I will buy a new set when the top becomes more tent like. I am always bigger on top, mostly due to my arms.
At my top weight (about the same as yours) I wore a 26W pant and 4x tops, all from Catherine's.0 -
I think you girls are almost my size!...I am 5’9” ( although I think I am getting shorter as I get older!)...and weigh 279.... I started at 350.0 last May 28... my legs and arms are where I carry a lot of my extra weight...I wear a 2X top and 2X or 24-26 jeans...almost a 22....depends on the cut....I never wear a dress....I was in a 4X top and 28-30 pants....all of my bigger tops are now hanging almost to my lower thighs above my knees....I like to think I hide a lot of my pounds because my bust,butt and stomach are not super prominent...my arms and thighs are really getting flabby....sigh0
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »I think you girls are almost my size!...I am 5’9” ( although I think I am getting shorter as I get older!)...and weigh 279.... I started at 350.0 last May 28... my legs and arms are where I carry a lot of my extra weight...I wear a 2X top and 2X or 24-26 jeans...almost a 22....depends on the cut....I never wear a dress....I was in a 4X top and 28-30 pants....all of my bigger tops are now hanging almost to my lower thighs above my knees....I like to think I hide a lot of my pounds because my bust,butt and stomach are not super prominent...my arms and thighs are really getting flabby....sigh
I'm 5'9" as well, my ultimate high weight that I am aware of was 375.3 in April of 2014.
I actually got all the way down to 209 in May 2015 and eventually bounced back up to to 330ish in September of 2018, down to 260ish this time last year, back to 316 in September of 2019. I am caling it minor victory that I have never regained all the way up.
Anyway, I am on track right now, taking it a little easier this time, still aiming at 2 lbs a week but being more open to off plan and higher Cal days as long as I maintain my deficit overall. I have a family trip to Canada with camping and hiking this summer (June 23rd is outgoing flight) and I figure I'll shoot to lose another 25lbs in the intervening 13 weeks, but not be upset if I don't get there. As long as I am lighter and fitter, it's fine.2 -
I'm 5'8 1/2" - could never get that darn 1/2" lol
I've been over 200 lbs since junior high, but gained wait pretty steadily except for a short weight loss period while in college, and then just exploded after college, getting up to 381 lbs as my top weight in 2011. I managed to drop 90 lbs in 2012, but plateaued and then life and thyroid issues got to me and I regained all but 6 lbs of that back from 2012 to 2017, when I started losing again. I lost steadily through most of 2017, hit a plateau again, and over the next 18 months regained about 30 lbs or so until June of 2019, when I finally got it back under control and began slowly losing again, though agonizingly so because it was a creep at about 1 lb or less a week, with lots of water weight ups and downs until this January, when I finally had a click on in my brain and was able to consistently keep to deficit and its been coming off faster.
The weird thing for me is that back in 2000, when I last weight 260 something, my clothing sizes then were bigger than they are now that I'm back down to 260 in 2020. I'd chalk it up to vanity sizing except for hte fact that I kept that pair of jeans from college and blew through them when I was still above 300, and now, at 260 once again, the weight I was when I wore them in college, they are too big! So in 2000 - 260 lbs, I wore those size 26W jeans; in 2020 - 260 lbs, they are too big!
I managed to get in about an hour's walk today before it started raining, and got in over 6000 steps in that walk, which got me to my 5,500 step goal and then some - the counter is sitting at 8,300 now. I added in about 20 minutes of that which got me a few extra calories for dinner, and I'm about to hit my elliptical to try to get in another hundred or so, because I just finished dinner and I"m still hungry! I"m also about to be visited by TOM - I guessing if not tomorrow, then Monday, which also explains why I'm hungry......so today may be the first day in a month when I go over deficit.
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I have over 17k steps today but also 2200ish calories, mostly in restaurant Mexican and beer. I may have another beer that takes me over 2500.1
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I did get my elliptical session in which put me over 10,000 steps, so I added back enough exercise calories to cover the difference between sedentary and lightly active for me, minus that 60 calorie gap between what I have set as goal and what MFP says my goal ought to be to lose 2 lbs/wk.
However, I already know my weight is going to be up tomorrow morning, and I know its going to be water weight and I know why.....
Still, I had hoped to see 259 or 258 lbs by my birthday, and since my birthday is a week away, I doubt I'm going to make it
Perhaps by Easter, then. 0 -
I was normal sized until junior high and then I got chubby but not really fat...in high school I was 150 lbs and 5’7” when I graduated....I was on diet pills most of my high school days!...in college I stayed pretty thin and then I had a disastrous “ starter “ marriage and gained a ton of weight in four years...I had my son at 22 and I weighed about 220... he weighed 10.9 and I think I gained about 60 lbs....after that I was always on WW , Atkins, pills, S Beach etc...then I remarried and happily gained more weight....7 years later I lost weight ,got pregnant with our daughter and lost weight the entire pregnancy, gave birth to a
“ tiny” 9 lb baby girl and gained and lost constantly and then found Phen Phen...I lost 120 lbs in a year!....gained it back and kids grew up, I retired and before I knew it, I weighed 350... so here I am!...I am getting too old to keep doing this!0 -
boy, am I sore tonight! Not quite as bad as last Monday night, but still, it was a very good Jiu-Jitsu session for me tonight - I was active most of the session. The class runs from 6:30 to 8 pm, so taking account for opening talks, water breaks, etc, I figure I was active and moving for about an hour's worth of time. I counted 12 minutes today, and I think I'm going to count another 10 minutes tomorrow, or count roughly 1/3 of it this week. This will give me a few extra calories to play with tomorrow, which my mom's birthday - I can have pie! Woohoo!
Right now, since there are no positive cases in WV yet, my studio has chosen to remain open for the adult classes. However, they have closed the doors to visitors, so only members are allowed in, and any member who has been out of the state in the last week or two or who have been potentially exposed have been asked to remain home. We also know that this is a day to day decision and can change as things progress.
I've been using happy scale for about 11 days now. It's kind of weird, though: it has my current weight loss at 2.75 lbs per week; however, I went back and looked at my weight in December, and I've lost roughly 15 lbs in 14 weeks by comparing the weight recorded back in December to what I recorded on Thursday, which would be a little over a pound a week. I did start picking up on the weight loss in January - the MFP graph has a sharper descent starting in January, but it's still hard to judge what my actual rate is, since I had several weeks where I was recording weights that included that darned water weight problems I've been having off and on.1 -
I have been feeling a bit burnt out recently so I decided to take it easy today. I still did my morning routine but less of it. At 9am I told my wife that I was going easy today and I would try not to get more than 12k steps in total. I pulled up my steps on my watch and I was already over 10k and very nearly 11k. 2 hours later and I am already over 12k.
It is not that easy to switch gears apparently. My habits are all geared towards getting more steps and I am doing it almost automatically. When I went to the pharmacy earlier I parked on the outskirts of the lot not even thinking because that is what I do now. I probably added an additional 250-300 steps each way.
I will be lucky if I can keep it under 15k steps now. That is a weird sentence to type.0 -
When I went to the pharmacy earlier I parked on the outskirts of the lot not even thinking because that is what I do now. I probably added an additional 250-300 steps each way.
I do this all the time without thinking, too. I often get a side eye from my wife and she'll ask "Why did you park here?!" Why wouldn't I park there? I don't need to be close.
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I find myself parking further away and I use to drive around and around until I could get close to the doors!2
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »I find myself parking further away and I use to drive around and around until I could get close to the doors!
At one time I wished I could just drive INTO the store and park.
I admit that if I was only going to be in the store for a moment I have illegally parked many times. Never in a disability spot though.
I should have gotten a disable parking permit. I definitely qualified. I guess there was a part of me that was too proud and maybe a part that refused to believe it was permanent. At least I hope there was a little of the latter in the mix.
Oddly enough I did get a temporary one for my recovery from surgery.... go figure.1 -
I have never gotten a special permit either....I was too embarrassed to admit I needed it because I was overweight...my husband won’t get one even with his RA because he says a lot of others are in worse shape than he is!....being dropped off at the door was my way of life...0
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conniewilkins56 wrote: »I have never gotten a special permit either....I was too embarrassed to admit I needed it because I was overweight...my husband won’t get one even with his RA because he says a lot of others are in worse shape than he is!....being dropped off at the door was my way of life...
I share you and your husband's POV on this. I wouldn't have even gotten one for my surgery except that my nephew had a really important game 2 weeks after my surgery and parking a quarter to half mile away and climbing bleachers would have made it more than I could handle. As it stood it was still almost too much for me but I pushed through. I felt the pain and energy drain that night and through the next day though. I didn't feel too bad parking in the special lot because there were still so many spots available and I refused to take one of the closest spots.1 -
I put in couple of minutes over an hour today in a walk, then came back and measured out hte distance using Google maps and then comparing it to my fitness tracker - and it was a bit over 3 miles, so I actually was moving 3 mph! I'm really amazed at myself! And that also put me over 10,000 steps for the day!
So I added back 20 minutes of the walk to give me an extra 130 calories 4 -
I went on walk today, and according to Google, it was 3.8 miles which I walked in 1 hr and 18 minutes. That averages out to 2.92 mph. Of course, I can't put it in as that, so I dithered between using the 3mph entry or the 2.5. I finally decided to count 30 minutes at 3 mph. Since I"m eating at maintenance today, I'm already needing to get in the 1,000 calorie deficit I usually have, and now that adds another 200 calories to that - definitely means I get cake and now ice cream too! lol
Sadly, yesterday showed me that if I give myself an inch, my brain wants to take a mile - I allowed myself to go 500 calories over deficit yesterday for this refeed, and my brain's desire to mindlessly snack kicked into high gear, as did hte sloppy counting. That's also due to having a house guest with her snacks, but what was a little disappointing for me was how easily I caved into the desire to grab a handful of cheetos here and there and just guess at the calories.
Also, what I found amusing was how disconcerting it felt to not get in a walk at all yesterday. For the first time in a month, I was completely sedentary the whole day other than house chores; my daily step count for yesterday was well below 4,000 steps for the first time in a month, and it felt awful - my brain wanted to be moving! So at least I've gotten my brain used to the increased activity! (which is why I made sure to get that walk in today!)1 -
I can’t hardly be “ a little bit bad”..... with my OCD and bingeing I am finding it easier to simply behave....I hope this gets easier for me....A York patty or a single Kiss I seem to be able to handle...I bought Hot Cross Buns this week and I have been able to limit myself to one each morning...hopefully this will get easier for me in time...you are doing great!0
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I keep hearing about C25K so decided to look it up to see how it works. I was reading this article below that I found to have some pretty good advice (I'm just talking about that particular article and not the site in general).
I especially appreciated how they pointed out that just picking up running isn't going to help you lose weight if you don't get your diet under control and warned that many people who start exercising actually gain weight because they give themselves permission to eat more.
https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/couch-to-5k-crucial-things-to-know-before-you-start-training/0 -
@bmeadows380 I'm close to wrapping up the program for a third time (10 years ago, then this past fall, now again after being lazy over the winter). If you have any questions about it I'd be glad to try and answer them.1
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I too decided nope not getting the special permit. And I consistently park my SUV out far away from the store door. For a long time most of my friends just assumed I was being overly paranoid about getting the doors scratched, or little bumps on it. Well maybe a bit of that, but really it was about making me walk farther to and from store doors. I admitted as much to a few friends and said every extra 500 or so steps seems like a good thing to me.1 -
@merph518 thanks! right now I was just curious as I kept hearing about it, and I don't know if its something I'd like to try or not. Maybe later in the spring when it gets warmer and the days are longer; right now its pretty cold and dreary where I'm at. Though not so cold right now: I've been freezing all day but didn't want to fire the pellet stove up too soon and have it run out of pellets too early in the evening. I did poke around online and found the fitness nerd's website with a beginner's body weight routine and then another 30 minute beginner's low impact cardio workout. I went through both of them, and by the time I was done, I wasn't cold anymore! lol And I was proud of myself - I didn't have to stop and rest on the cardio one at all! I also did 30 minutes on the elliptical afterwards!
Something I'm noticing - I'll be rather hungry before I start these workouts or go on a walk, but when I get home and get done with them, I realize I'm not as hungry as I was. That there is a prime reason to get me to get moving!1 -
Of course you didn't like being sedentary a whole day, @bmeadows380, you are an active person now. Welcome to your new adjective. Also, don't beat yourself up too much on the snacks. When I first started increasing my activity I struggled with adherence a little more. Some of those days I was supposed to be eating maintenance but I still managed to go over. When I look back on it I realize now that it was most likely just part of the adjustment.
You may also struggle a little more until you confirm what is happening with your exercise calories. If there is a part of you that keeps thinking you are eating less than you should it may create a loophole in your accountability. I definitely experienced that over the holidays. I kind of knew I was underestimating my activity but I wasn't sure.
Just remember none of it is a race and perfection is not in the cards. We only need to make progress most of the time and try to learn from the times we don't (unless it was intentional).3 -
@NovusDies well, I don't know if I'm ready to call myself an active person just yet, though I do think I've hit that magical "28 days" thing We'll see how working from home affects it - whether it will lead to me slacking off or continuing to struggle with getting more activity in. The weather isn't helping, either - I'd much rather go out for a 45 minutes walk than hit the elliptical, but when its cold and rainy, the elliptical is the only option. We're not going to see a nice day again until Thursday!
The good news is that today is day 2 of being back at a deficit, and I was able to stick to it yesterday with only a mild desire to snack which I squelched by going to bed. Today hasn't been too bad, either. I"m only vaguely hungry, and the little voice in my head that is constantly crying to be fed is manageable. I'm getting ready to hit the elliptical, then hope to do another 30 minute youtube cardio session while dinner is baking. My step count is abysmal today - its 5:30 and I don't even have 1000 steps in yet! Though I did miss a couple hundred at least this morning as I forgot to put my tracker on until late in the morning!2 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »@NovusDies well, I don't know if I'm ready to call myself an active person just yet, though I do think I've hit that magical "28 days" thing We'll see how working from home affects it - whether it will lead to me slacking off or continuing to struggle with getting more activity in. The weather isn't helping, either - I'd much rather go out for a 45 minutes walk than hit the elliptical, but when its cold and rainy, the elliptical is the only option. We're not going to see a nice day again until Thursday!
The good news is that today is day 2 of being back at a deficit, and I was able to stick to it yesterday with only a mild desire to snack which I squelched by going to bed. Today hasn't been too bad, either. I"m only vaguely hungry, and the little voice in my head that is constantly crying to be fed is manageable. I'm getting ready to hit the elliptical, then hope to do another 30 minute youtube cardio session while dinner is baking. My step count is abysmal today - its 5:30 and I don't even have 1000 steps in yet! Though I did miss a couple hundred at least this morning as I forgot to put my tracker on until late in the morning!
You just claim the active title and then try to live up to it. It was weird the first time I tried to apply the active role but now whenever I am facing two choices I handle it the way I think an active person would do it. There are days it ends up exhausting me but mostly it is okay.
I think it fits you. It was after the majority of my recovery was done that I started to realize I had changed. My wife and I scheduled a quiet sedentary day at home. This is something we have done countless times over the years. Sometime after lunch I felt the itch to move. I wasn't comfortable vegetating like that anymore. It felt wrong.2 -
bmeadows380 wrote: »@NovusDies well, I don't know if I'm ready to call myself an active person just yet, though I do think I've hit that magical "28 days" thing We'll see how working from home affects it - whether it will lead to me slacking off or continuing to struggle with getting more activity in. The weather isn't helping, either - I'd much rather go out for a 45 minutes walk than hit the elliptical, but when its cold and rainy, the elliptical is the only option. We're not going to see a nice day again until Thursday!
The good news is that today is day 2 of being back at a deficit, and I was able to stick to it yesterday with only a mild desire to snack which I squelched by going to bed. Today hasn't been too bad, either. I"m only vaguely hungry, and the little voice in my head that is constantly crying to be fed is manageable. I'm getting ready to hit the elliptical, then hope to do another 30 minute youtube cardio session while dinner is baking. My step count is abysmal today - its 5:30 and I don't even have 1000 steps in yet! Though I did miss a couple hundred at least this morning as I forgot to put my tracker on until late in the morning!
You just claim the active title and then try to live up to it. It was weird the first time I tried to apply the active role but now whenever I am facing two choices I handle it the way I think an active person would do it. There are days it ends up exhausting me but mostly it is okay.
I think it fits you. It was after the majority of my recovery was done that I started to realize I had changed. My wife and I scheduled a quiet sedentary day at home. This is something we have done countless times over the years. Sometime after lunch I felt the itch to move. I wasn't comfortable vegetating like that anymore. It felt wrong.
I know something about itches like that I've had an itch to go on a bike ride for the last several days, but all I have is a single speed cruiser and I'm not sure how many calories I'd actually burn riding it since I'm walking it about 1/3 of the time, peddling maybe 1/4 of the time, then just cruising the rest. I realize I'm burning a little bit of calories maintaining my balance on it, but I'd have no idea how to figure the total burn, and I highly doubt I could trust the tracker or hte MFP bike ride entry, unless there is one for very light effort bike ride.
Instead of doing a cardio session yesterday, I got in 50 minutes on the elliptical and then looked up some at home solo jiu-jitsu drills to try. My mother interrupted me, but I'm finding my living room is completely unsuitable anyway. My mat is not big enough and I don't have a big enough space to work as my living room is long and narrow and I have nowhere to push the recliner or the other chair to make more room. I might have a little more space in my dining room, but I also really need better, thicker mats to work with, and pricing those on Amazon are crazy! Besides which, even if I did order them, would I get them before all this was over and the academy opened back up?1
