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WAISTAWAYS Team Chat - April 2020
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I believe I joined the Fitrockr thing, I am just not sure if I joined the right team.3
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I'll bet that it is not a bad thing to let loose ...to have it all under control at all times is maybe not realistic. My mother and I had a blow up a few days ago. Smoother again the next day. When routines are all messed up everyone has to readjust - some good things come out of it but, with that, some strain too. Hang in there. You are so supportive of everyone on this page, it is much appreciated. BTW, what was the recipe? so I can avoid itOK what a day. I am having my first kind of outburst of bad feelings from this whole situation. I got seriously angry over a recipe this morning (hello? anyone home in there????) and even after a 5 mile walk, I'm somewhat explosive. I thought I had this all under control (hahahahha) so I guess it was time for the bubble to burst a bit! Yesterday was the first day in ages I had a meet up with a friend. We took a 5 mile walk together, and talked - it was wonderful. So maybe that reminded me of the world out there, and today I'm feeling a bit pent up! In any case, I took another 5 mile walk today, and will get my equilibrium back I'm sure!
Monday morning, sigh...starting off with my own frustration - lawn blowers down the street at 7 am clearing off an already clear lawn, a beautiful red fox searching for scraps from the suet feeder - the frustration being that it has the beginnings of mange (such a cruel parasite causing much misery), and dad's dementia taking a turn for the worse this week -maybe he's absorbing the negativity in the news/paper/lack of faces other than mum and I. We'll all get through. Boston expecting the worst these next 10 days.
Fitrockr seems all over the place (from what I see, stephanie is on both teams
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Have a great day all.
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Had a weird weekend -very unsettled and strange, so decided to take today off.
1. I did a very exhausting Fitness Blender workout this morning - the first from the last week of an 8 week programme! I've never stuck to a workout programme for so long.
2. I'm going to "Marie Kondo" my drawers and continue tidying up my studio.
3. Thanks to Austin's email invitation, I'm now in the Fitrockr team.
4. A couple of hours ago, I got a WhatsApp video call from my son in Virginia, so the joy is mounting up today.
Lunch today was fried eggs and ham on toast and dinner is going to be roast chicken and egg fried rice. I just need to keep my water intake going.
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The fitrockr thing hates me. It doesn't work with my watch or my phone. So I think I have to opt out for now.
Managed to get into the work gym yesterday. It's pretty limited but I did a few squats and bench presses so I'll call it a win.
Feeling worse and worse, mentally. Getting groceries was like being in some kind of weird apocalyptic police state. Had a blood test on Saturday where everyone was wearing masks, gloves and body suits. It's just... awful. I felt bad for being there, like I'm not needing a blood test THAT badly.2 -
how do you all feel if a good portion of your carbs for the day come from fresh fruit?
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matthewsfive wrote: »how do you all feel if a good portion of your carbs for the day come from fresh fruit?
In what respect? I love fruit so I'd be fine with it personally.
My fructose intolerance means that I'd be sick as heck though. 0 -
Did everyone notice how she calls this a day off? I'm seriously impressed, and really glad that good things are happening after a strange weekend.Had a weird weekend -very unsettled and strange, so decided to take today off.
1. I did a very exhausting Fitness Blender workout this morning - the first from the last week of an 8 week programme! I've never stuck to a workout programme for so long.
2. I'm going to "Marie Kondo" my drawers and continue tidying up my studio.
3. Thanks to Austin's email invitation, I'm now in the Fitrockr team.
4. A couple of hours ago, I got a WhatsApp video call from my son in Virginia, so the joy is mounting up today.
Lunch today was fried eggs and ham on toast and dinner is going to be roast chicken and egg fried rice. I just need to keep my water intake going.
Happy Monday friends!
Yikes! I'm having troubles with the fitrockr syncing with my phone too, but I'll keep trying to see if it will get better. I'll let you know if it does! And it is great you got to the gym, however limited, over the weekend. And please do not worry that you did not need or somehow deserve your blood test. Regular hospital things are happening besides the dreaded virus, and I am sure the people working with you, however suited, gloved, and masked, are glad to take care of non-virus tests and people's needs for their health. It is weird out there, but keep your chin up if you canThe fitrockr thing hates me. It doesn't work with my watch or my phone. So I think I have to opt out for now.
Managed to get into the work gym yesterday. It's pretty limited but I did a few squats and bench presses so I'll call it a win.
Feeling worse and worse, mentally. Getting groceries was like being in some kind of weird apocalyptic police state. Had a blood test on Saturday where everyone was wearing masks, gloves and body suits. It's just... awful. I felt bad for being there, like I'm not needing a blood test THAT badly.
matthewsfive wrote: »how do you all feel if a good portion of your carbs for the day come from fresh fruit?
I get almost all my carbs from vegetables, but there are fruits in there too. I don't always get along with grains, so this works great for me.
Today is a special day up here on our hill. The frogs came up!! On my hubby's birthday! That has only happened once before in 30 years or more. They always surface on the first strongly sunny day after all the ice is off the pond. They float up out of the mud at the bottom and just hang there on the surface, warming themselves up in the sunshine. Once there are a few, they start swimming around to the new arrivals and bumping them. They all start doing this odd sound that only happens for the first few days that they are up - it is almost like quacking. It is a really cool sound, but they shut up and dive the instant we come anywhere near the pond. We have to stand stock still for quite a long time before they dare reappear, and for even longer before they'll start singing again. After a few days they are much less shy. It is always our favourite spring moment. Go little frogs go! These are the frogs that just mate, lay eggs, and then go off into the trees for the summer. I think that the spring peepers are among the wood frogs that come up this early. The full-time pond residents (leopard and bull frogs) come up later. OK enough frog talk!
I have been very inactive today. Gotta get something shaking, or @YinxFed and all the rest of you will be in my head telling me to get to it!!4 -
March Week 4 Results (Better late than never, I hope.)
Team Steps 506,078 and 100% Reporting
1st - @Steph1498 98,341
2nd - @Shexio 86,943
3rd - @evangsimmons170 76,651
Grand Finale March Report
Total Steps - 1,926,472
1st - @Steph1498 345,918
2nd - @Shexio 304,058
3rd - @Micki48 290,118
April Step Results - Week 1
Total Steps 191,678 with 54% reporting
1st - @evangsimmons170 69,324
2nd - @Micki48 51,682
3rd - @YinxFed 32,648
Good Stepping Ladies!!!3 -
I made it into the Fitrocker team thing. Yay! Hopefully, I can find it again tomorrow. Hope everyone is doing fine. Yesterday was not good for me at the end of the day. Too much news watching. Today was fine. Got in the garden a bit and also did Pilates first thing this morning. Its focus was on stress relief and the upper back and shoulders. It felt great. I need to get a few more steps to hit my goal for the day of 8,500. Still have a ways to go to get my house decluttered. Getting there. Hang in there y'all.
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Username: reflectionofme
Weigh in day: Monday
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Despite running 6.6 miles on Sunday & walking 6 yesterday, I pretty much took out a bag of TJs corn chips over 2 days, & today I'm 154. 😕😔5
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Oh, yeah, & I've been eating small buckets of chocolate chips at night...4
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It's Tuesday!
We have no weigh-ins today, it's the full moon, and the great outdoors beckons. Aiming for 5 miles today - and a good session of frog listening while staring at my little kitchen garden that I planted with those amazing early plants like arugula, lettuces, kale, and chard. I will sing it songs the way Toad does in one of my favourite children's book series - Frog and Toad. I will read it poetry. I will dance around it. Seeds will germinate.
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Happy Tuesday!
We are finally having a good run of nice weather and it has been great to get outside more. I ate a lot of carbs and packaged food while I was sick. Many of them had sugar too. This week I am focused on:
Spending time outside
Eating whole foods
Reducing my sugar intake significantly
Starting my traditional workouts up again
Stress management
Hopefully I will get back into my normal routine and drop some pounds. Feels like it has been a while since I have had successive losses.
@mathewsfive I think fruit is always healthy but depending on how many carbs you eat a day could be a ton of fruit. Are you trying to switch to more whole food carbs? Lots of whole grains, fruits and vegetables could work if that's your goal.
@jugar Lucky you with the frogs. Ours are not up yet but hopefully soon!
@terytha Glad you got into the gym. It is hard having our routines changed so much. I definitely feel the mood swings with all the craziness going on. One minute I feel fine, the next minute I want to cry. I'm really having to remind myself to be positive.
@deniers2 The snacks are so hard to stay out of. I am working on that this week. I'm trying to make well balanced and filling meals to help me stay satisfied...hopefully and out of the snacks. Hope you make some progress in this area too!5 -
Talk-It-Out Tuesday – Need to vent about anything? Reply with hugs or suggestions to what others posted. (you don’t need to save the venting for just Tuesday’s – let us know at any time!)
This is something we did when I first joined this group over a year ago and since we’ve been kind of quiet, I thought perhaps it could inspire us to post. We know everyone is dealing with a life we’ve never seen before, so if you want to chat, go for it. If not, we totally understand.
My big accomplishment for today was coming up with a pipe cleaner tool I created to get this gross dust(I’m talking dust bunnies) out from between my oven glass. It has driven me crazy for a long time. I was quite proud of myself. Then I was able to remove all this baked on crud on the glass with a trusty razor blade and cleaning solution. Not exciting for most people in the world, but I felt pretty good about it. Worked up a sweat too. Having a healthy salad for lunch and then planning some Pilates in a bit.
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Then I was able to remove all this baked on crud on the glass with a trusty razor blade and cleaning solution. Not exciting for most people in the world, but I felt pretty good about it. Worked up a sweat too. Having a healthy salad for lunch and then planning some Pilates in a bit.
Hope everyone is doing well.
OK @micki48, there I was reading your post when what you said above struck me SO funny! You went from removing "baked on crud" to having "a healthy salad for lunch." I immediately thought, "What did she do, make a salad from the baked on crud?" LOLOL
Let's just call it my shelter-in-place craziness! LOLOL
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In other news, I did a total of 10 Leslie Sansone miles yesterday for the first time in my life! I feel amazing! I got in almost 20,000 steps yesterday altogether. I'm especially proud of the fact that I actually planned my workouts for this week (Monday-Friday). (I wrote out my plan on Saturday evening.) Who knew having a definitive plan actually works?! LOLOL7
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Got home from work yesterday and made dinner, then took the pups for a walk... the big one gets very tired very easily when it's warm out, and even though it was only 68 -he was panting like crazy so it wasn't a long one... He has to build up his stamina... He is a great Pyr mix, He is also 100lbs and extremely furry, so 68 probably feels like 110 to him... Now winter time, there is no stopping him.. Anyway, so short walk for the puppers, then I got on the treadmill for 45 minutes...
Peri-menopause is kicking my *kitten* this week, I sat on the couch after exercising last night and boom puddle of sweat, I sweat more sitting there for 2 minutes than the whole 45 I was on the treadmill... I thought these went away, but alas they are back with a vengeance...
I did pilates this morning and will do a video when I get home, along with another puppers walk..
Anyway, not much has changed around here... I guess I"m kinda used to the new normal...
Have a great day !
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evangsimmons170 wrote: »In other news, I did a total of 10 Leslie Sansone miles yesterday for the first time in my life! I feel amazing! I got in almost 20,000 steps yesterday altogether. I'm especially proud of the fact that I actually planned my workouts for this week (Monday-Friday). (I wrote out my plan on Saturday evening.) Who knew having a definitive plan actually works?! LOLOL
::: raising hand, waving wildly:::: me me me, I knew... lol... Feels good marking it off doesn't it... How in the heck did you do 10 Leslie miles ? Did you do them all at once, or broken up through out the day... Those are the videos I do... there is no way I'd be able to do 10 miles - thats like 2.5 hours.... Impressive ! I say you get the Tiara for the day... heck the week, for that one !5
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