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RangerRickL
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This is where you can share what's on your mind. Recipes, ideas, workouts, anything that you think might be helpful to others.
Maybe, you've tried something that has worked for you in the past and would like to share it with the group. Maybe, you have a NSV (Non Scale Victory) that you would like to share with the group. Anything that you feel comfortable sharing or anything that you feel comfortable asking the group with help....this is the place to come.
The GOOD!! What NSV did you have this week!!
The BAD!! So what....you ate the whole thing!!
The UGLY!! That darn scale went through the window this week....it deserved it too!!
So, what's on your mind today??
Maybe, you've tried something that has worked for you in the past and would like to share it with the group. Maybe, you have a NSV (Non Scale Victory) that you would like to share with the group. Anything that you feel comfortable sharing or anything that you feel comfortable asking the group with help....this is the place to come.
The GOOD!! What NSV did you have this week!!
The BAD!! So what....you ate the whole thing!!
The UGLY!! That darn scale went through the window this week....it deserved it too!!
So, what's on your mind today??
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Trying to figure out a schedule for myself to get this done4
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I am entering my 2nd full month of "staying stable while adjusting to working from home". The business model of my sector (particularly my business line within the sector) is likely to stick with the "Distributed Teams" approach for quite a while. No impact on the "income or employment status" issue, thank heaven.The general world around me continues to do its slow&controlled re-opening (retail and various categories of private businesses), so this is NOT the same as indefinite ongoing lock down.
I am starting the month with the determination to shift from "good-enough setup & routine for make-do" into doing a full reorg both of personal space and mind-space towards "optimum for the longer haul" set up and routines
Got a good start on that beginning yesterday.
I began the "shifting here to there" initial manouver. Nothing actually tossed but a few easy-to-categorize papers .... BUT- the spare bed is out of my "BMcC's Room"
- the stuff that WAS in the Box Room next door (most of which CAN'T be discarded for various important reasons) binned and moved elsewhere
- table from Box Room shifted to BMcC's Room - now I have a workable "home-office surface" in one corner and a "craft&hobbies surface" in the opposite corner.
- spare bed now in the Box Room; along with an attractive storage cube (that was already stuffed with corralled crafting supplies) to act as a "bedside table" and stand for the only lamp in there so far.
- the Box Room is starting to evolve into "useable multi-purpose space" - details to be determined later.
The point is - DH is convinced I will end up taking over both rooms as "BMcC Space" and I am determined that with proper set-up I WON'T be. Being able to have the two "stations" in the same room go a very long way in the right direction.
I don't want the "home office" ambiance to be tooooo "Senior Executive Level" to the point that if/when I eventually start spending more hours there than at home down the road (even if down the road is more than 6 months away) the going-back-to-my-tiny-at-work-real-estate won't be as much of a shock to the system.
For those of you who are new here - it has become our habit to put longer posts inside "spoilers" to allow others to read-details-or-not as they choose. The amount of info YOU feel comfortable sharing or reading either here or in the Daily Report threads is 100% up to you.6 -
This is just an FYI for when I post more here. I am currently battling an episode of MDD (major depressive disorder). I am on medication for it and having sessions with a psychologists. It will likely be a long road to recovery for me. Some of my posts may be overly self critical. If so, please pull me up on it.
Short post about what's on my mind.
With short days and poor weather, there will often be days that I cannot get out and walk. My walking is needed, not only as exercise, but as "self reflective, therapy time". Bodyweight exercises can be done for activity, but they do not give me that "self reflective, therapy time". Miss too many walk days and my mood rapidly spirals down.
Anyone else know of a low/no-impact, no equipment, indoor cardio exercise that I can use as a substitute for walking on wet days?
The hard bit is "no equipment" (no treadmill, stationary bike, rowing machine, elliptical, etc...).
Bodyweight works more on strength than endurance and tends to not be sustainable for more than a few minutes on any single exercise.
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Hello everyone!!
Like many of you, I am stuck at home. My state is re-opening, and while gyms have the green light to open (with restrictions), I am not ready to go back to a gym.
I have been following Blogilates.com’s monthly calendar since April, where the instructor, Cassey, focuses on Pilates, bodyweight, and cardio exercises with a fun “you can do it!” attitude. What I really love is that her calendar has all the videos you need to complete each day, and they all take less than an hour. Sometimes, if I don’t feel up to all 4 videos, I’ll just do 2, which is still between 20-30 minutes of exercise. 😊
So if you’re looking for a new workout from home, I highly recommend her videos, especially if you don’t own weights.4 -
I just moved the bueru that has been my nemisis downstairs by myself. When I started this journey in late August I would not have considered moving it by myself. On the landing of the staircase there are floor to ceiling mirrors.
I convinced myself I could do it and with a little planning and one failed attempt I finally got it done.
We can convince ourselves we can just as well as we can convince ourselves we cannot. I'm choosing the former. Of course I will be pleasantly sore tomorrow. And, may have a bruise or two.
Now to get the Salvation Army here to pick it up. YEAH!!!
Hope everyone had a success today. We can do this!
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@craigo3154 Have you tried yoga? There are loads of free videos on YouTube (personally I like Yoga with Adrienne). While initially you will need to concentrate to get used to the moves, once you know them it will take less concentration and if you have a space that you won't be disturbed the flow allows your mind time to do whatever it wants, especially if you find a few videos you like and go through them multiple times so you know the order of the moves. All you need is a small space with a carpet (you don't actually need a yoga mat).2
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@craigo3154 have you tried the Walk Away the Pounds series? You can find them on YouTube. Fun walks when you are stuck indoors.2
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@craigo3154 I did some Tai Chi when I was in China and pretty stuck. Qi gong also. Ask some people on this platform, they walk for miles indoors while watching videos of the world. I saw weather in Melbourne, horrendous! However, while today, Tuesday, still looks really bad, the rest of the week seems a lot better, until you're getting another wet and horrible weekend. I empathise entirely. Weather here is lovely now, I can go out and walk and my mood is so much better.0
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The big-item (furniture & equipment) set-up is complete. I now have a 'work-from-home' station and a 'home-computer & test-study' station set up to my liking. (once i get my language requalification tests out of the way ... the test-study portion will morph into 'crafting-corner' - mostly sewing. )
Now for the systematic decluttering of what's hiding behind closet doors / on bookshelves in there - and gradually expanding outwards to the rest of the house.
Outside work-hours ... when not reviewing for French test (and NOT INSTEAD OF reviewing for French test!!!!)2 -
My first language is Dutch, but as I lived and worked in UK for most of my life, I consider myself more of an Anglophone. My kids are pure British. I studied French and have lived in France for 10+ years, so I am pretty fluent. I had a German grandmother and manage that one OK. I certainly read German quite easily and was made to teach it in UK. I had a job in Spain for a few months and had to learn Spanish because the people I had to work with spoke nothing else. I had to work on my Italian because I studied Art History and did a lot of work on Renaissance art, in Italy and in libraries. I had planned on doing a month of studies in Italy in June, but Covid-19 put an end to that. I worked in China for a few years and studied Mandarin, but most of that has gone, because I haven't used it and it's such a difficult language to learn for a European. I also worked in a country in the Pacific Ocean and got quite good at the local language, but like my Mandarin, it's mostly gone. I speak and understand a smattering of Turkish because I worked with loads of Turkish students in North London and had a few holidays there. I had to do Latin, Greek and Hebrew at school. Basically, I love languages and hate not to be able to understand and make myself understood!8 -
@Chinkiri, I am in awe, seriously! I never had the ear for a second language...I tried studying French in University, and although I had the grammar part down, the hearing it and conversing in it was next to impossible for me. Thankfully it was just going to be a minor!2
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@wishfuljune Thanks for sharing. I'll have to check this out.1
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signing_megs wrote: »Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes online barre class 50 min.
What does one DO in a barre class? something like ballet fundamentals? not even CLOSE to the idea of ballet fundamentals?
(a link to a typical youtube sample will do)
If one doesn't have a barre in the house already, what works for a substitute? (no matter what the actual exercise moves are)
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@BMcC9
Check out Coach Kel on YouTube. I normally take Barre classes at a Pilates Studio, but with the Studio being closed for now, I like Coach Kel. I'm sure there are other great videos of other instructors on YouTube, just haven't searched much.
You could get by temporarily using the back of a sturdy chair. I have a wall mounted Barre in my exercise room, and also just made a portable one out of PVC pipe. Not fancy looking, but it works! Of course, Amazon sells portable ones, too.
Let me know what you think of Coach Kel.
Pilates and Barre are my favorite indoor exercises. Yoga also.
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Another Monday another 7 days to be focused on my goals, I believe our gym is opening but not sure if I want to rush back immediately. A training session tonight one must attend to know the COVID process for cleaning and probably people allowed in at one time. I have been able to develop my own stuff and now not so sure.... what are those of you who belong to gyms thinking of doing? At this point I think I will go to the informational meeting and since I am really close I can see how many cars are there and make my own time to go. Good luck in all you do this week be safe stay well wash your hands please wear your mask🙂4
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Bill70sStrong wrote: »@BMcC9
Check out Coach Kel on YouTube. I normally take Barre classes at a Pilates Studio, but with the Studio being closed for now, I like Coach Kel. I'm sure there are other great videos of other instructors on YouTube, just haven't searched much.
You could get by temporarily using the back of a sturdy chair. I have a wall mounted Barre in my exercise room, and also just made a portable one out of PVC pipe. Not fancy looking, but it works! Of course, Amazon sells portable ones, too.
Let me know what you think of Coach Kel.
Pilates and Barre are my favorite indoor exercises. Yoga also.
I will check out Coach Kel. I am 61, spend even MORE time just sitting in front on a computer (now that I am working from home) than I did in an office setting, and have found myself getting stiff. Now that I have switched to recumbent bike for my short (but far more calories burned per miniute) 20 minutes required ... I am looking into other range-of-motion options too.
Is there a pilates YouTube leader you (or anyone) find they like?0 -
snowshoe072 wrote: »Another Monday another 7 days to be focused on my goals, I believe our gym is opening but not sure if I want to rush back immediately. A training session tonight one must attend to know the COVID process for cleaning and probably people allowed in at one time. I have been able to develop my own stuff and now not so sure.... what are those of you who belong to gyms thinking of doing? At this point I think I will go to the informational meeting and since I am really close I can see how many cars are there and make my own time to go. Good luck in all you do this week be safe stay well wash your hands please wear your mask🙂
Not a regular gym user and never have been - so can't comment on the rest .... but the informational session would at least give you some ideas on how to weigh options .... though wear your mask to it!!
Keep in mind that deeper / heavier breathing (and I am including singing as well as gym work-outs) will put more "potentials" into the atmosphere with more velocity and greater distance, and it only takes one person who doesn't even realize they are "carrying" to spread to many in that situation. So 6 ft / 2 meters isn't NEARLY going to be socially distanced enough. As well as shared equipment.3
