Step It Up! September 2020
baconslave
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It's been a long slog. Dang it, Rona! GO AWAY! 
This year seems like it's been 10 years already!
But what can ya do? Other than follow the guidelines to fight this stupid virus and try to make it the best that you can, you can Step Up your efforts to achieve your health and fitness goals. Whether or not that sounds exciting to you, you can agree it's something to do, and time will pass anyway. Might as well accomplish something.
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So buckle down and renew your fight for your goals another month, whether it be weightloss or increased fitness, lets Step Up the drive to hit those goals this month.
For me, I've been a bit more loosey goosey with the logging here in maintenance-land, and it's showing big time. So I need to actually properly LOG and stop taking snitches of this and that and get after a little Quarantine Fluff that has crept on while I was being lazy and distracted and being eternally traumatized by some of this year's events.
We got this!
This year seems like it's been 10 years already!
But what can ya do? Other than follow the guidelines to fight this stupid virus and try to make it the best that you can, you can Step Up your efforts to achieve your health and fitness goals. Whether or not that sounds exciting to you, you can agree it's something to do, and time will pass anyway. Might as well accomplish something.
:So buckle down and renew your fight for your goals another month, whether it be weightloss or increased fitness, lets Step Up the drive to hit those goals this month.
For me, I've been a bit more loosey goosey with the logging here in maintenance-land, and it's showing big time. So I need to actually properly LOG and stop taking snitches of this and that and get after a little Quarantine Fluff that has crept on while I was being lazy and distracted and being eternally traumatized by some of this year's events.
We got this!
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For September I'm still going to work on becoming even more consistent with steps and/or other forms of activity, and gradually building my way up to 5000 steps and/or other moderate level body motion.
Also, zeroing in on a more effective level of LC/Keto for me...but not as extreme as I did a few years ago for now. I feel a need to ease my way back to my best Keto zone. I know I will get there in time.
These are my September goals!3 -
Man! Quarantine has been MEAN! Lazy or non-existent logging and going by portion-size for me just doesn't work. I have gained 15lb. I got on the scale this morning for the first time in 6 months. Friggin' OOF! Not that surprising though as the stress has been real!
SW: 182.2
GW: 167 (I'm a hair under 5'10")
So my goal is to get closer to 167. That's not my ultimate goal. My ultimate goal is as close to 160 as possible, but that's a very hard weight for me to maintain and I have thusfar been unable for a few years to keep it there if I do reach it, so for now, since I have have a long road ahead of me, we'll just stick with my weight in the Before Times. If I can just lose a couple pounds this month, that's a step in the right direction. I know exactly how to do that. I have to log my food 6 days a week. I have to keep up with my workouts, which I have been doing anyway. I have to weigh and measure my food and not just eyeball or other such laziness. I know that eyeballing is beyond me, and yet I started doing it anyway. Again. Relearning lessons I have already learned. Dumb, Jess, dumbz!
Oh well. Getting to it.
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August Results:
1. Rode 306 miles for the month (broke 1 bike chain and popped 1 bike tube along the way)
2. Averaged 7300 steps per day
3. Logged for the month and kept myself from overeating for the month
4. NSV's - the bike rides are getting easier and as I lose the weight, the rides are faster, my shirts are longer (not really, but there is less of me to cover so they seem to be longer) and my wife is noticing my weight loss.
5. Scale victory - 11.6 pounds down for August!
Since it is September, I should post some goals here...
1. Ride 5 days a week (at least) - mileage goal for September is 350 miles
2. Average steps - 7500 per day
3. Log all the foods, protein 120g per day minimum, carbs 100g net per day max
Boring goals, but they are working so I will stay the course!4 -
Man I really dropped the ball in August. I was active but not like I wanted. It seemed to be hit or miss, all or nothing with me. We kayaked and biked but I didn't do much else. I couldn't even get on here daily to log or comment. Food wise I'm still maintaining. I'm struggling mentally more than I thought I suppose and have to help myself out of the covid blues. No berating myself or feeling bad about the past, just be determined to improve.
So to move consistently is my main goal this month and my gym being back open is a great motivator for me. I did 30 min strength session yesterday with my trainer after 5 months.
Not quite sure what individual goals to set but as long as I keep moving I hope to see progress in my well being. I do need to return to logging all food and checking in here daily to keep myself honest.4 -
My September goals are:
1. Meal prep once a week (Saturday or Sunday)
2. Pre-log my meals
3. Workout 5x a week
4. No eating after 8pm
5. Most important NO MORE INJURIES ( 3 fractures 1 surgery is enough already)
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1 - three workouts done, food on target!3
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My goal is to only eat between 20 and 30 grams of carbohydrates. If I do this I can lose 1lb a week which would mean 16 lbs less by Christmas. I can do it if I keep focussed, determined, consistent and persistent. I will JUST DO IT. 😎5
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9/1:
Logged all food, protein - 142g, carbs 97g net
Steps - 6500
Rode 18.4 miles
Won't be riding this morning (thunderstorms all day today). Will sub in some body weight routines to make up for it.3 -
I’m liking everyone’s attitudes for the month! And @Ecosse2018, 16 weeks til Christmas? Holy cow!
I’m not really losing as I would like but I do seem to be maintaining however I’ve stayed off the scales and am going by how clothes are fitting so I don’t obsess over the damn numbers. My goal this month will be simple. Keep closing those watch rings and try to stay in a calorie deficit.
9/1
Close rings ✅
Calorie deficit- not as low as I would have liked due to some UNnecessary snacking but still under what I seemed to burn for the day.
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Several months ago I left MFP because I left the internet almost completely. Now I have the unwanted pleasure of needing to lose 20 pounds that I had previously lost. I'm easing my way back into the internet and determined not to allow it to become my main existence as it had before. All that said, goals for Sept:
1: Log all food daily, every dang day!
2: Get a minimum of 4,000 steps, every dang day!
3: Zero whiskey, every dang day!
4: Private intention
5: Limit MFP time to 20 mins, every dang day!
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Several months ago I left MFP because I left the internet almost completely. Now I have the unwanted pleasure of needing to lose 20 pounds that I had previously lost. I'm easing my way back into the internet and determined not to allow it to become my main existence as it had before. All that said, goals for Sept:
1: Log all food daily, every dang day!
2: Get a minimum of 4,000 steps, every dang day!
3: Zero whiskey, every dang day!
4: Private intention
5: Limit MFP time to 20 mins, every dang day!
Know them feelz!
Let's do this EVERY DANG DAY, lady! You've got this. 3 -
I’m liking everyone’s attitudes for the month! And @Ecosse2018, 16 weeks til Christmas? Holy cow!
I’m not really losing as I would like but I do seem to be maintaining however I’ve stayed off the scales and am going by how clothes are fitting so I don’t obsess over the damn numbers. My goal this month will be simple. Keep closing those watch rings and try to stay in a calorie deficit.
9/1
Close rings ✅
Calorie deficit- not as low as I would have liked due to some UNnecessary snacking but still under what I seemed to burn for the day.
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Ok. Here is chubby butt.
Down to 180.4 today. Water be gone. Eyes on 167.
9/1:
on-plan (the right plan. The LOGGING PLAN, Jess!!! : 
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The plan - I guess I should post a plan instead of just a daily status...
2 upper body strength workouts per week
2 lower body strength workouts per week
2 full body strength workouts per week
6 cardio workouts per week
5 stretching workouts per week
4 core workouts per week
That's 3 workouts per day all month. To be fair, the ab workouts are like 15 min...and most of the cardio and strength ones are only 30 min...some as many as an hour, but only the full body stretching ones...plus, one whole day is just 3 stretching workouts so recovery should be accounted for though I wouldn't want to do this routine for any longer than a month.
That plus a 1200-1400 calorie target (under 100g carbs/day) should net me about 1% body fat loss per week, or that's the goal in any case!4 -
2 - exercises done, food, oy maintenance, the hunger is REAL! I did track all of it, even the ugly parts!3
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I hit three and a half of my five goals yesterday. Totally acceptable.4
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9/2:
Logged all the foods, protein 138g, carbs 99g net.
Exercise - no morning ride (thunderstorms), did do body weight exercises
Steps - 33002 -
9/2
Close watch rings 👍🏻 16k steps with strength and abs
Calorie goal- maintenance eating because of sneaky carbs in the house. Lunch was full of them, dinner not so much3 -
9/2:
on-plan (the right plan. The LOGGING PLAN, Jess!!! :
exercise: 5 miles of Leslie Sansone vids
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baconslave wrote: »9/2:
on-plan (the right plan. The LOGGING PLAN, Jess!!! :
exercise: 5 miles of Leslie Sansone vids
I love Leslie Sansone Vids ...Now that I am pain free I am planning on doing some of her dvd's ...I just bought a new one of hers the other day called Just Walk ...walk to the hits party songs featuring HIIT ...I have not tried it but I am thinking about doing it today ..it is a 3 mile one 4 -
9/3
Closed watch rings ✅ got over 16k steps for the day. Need to get on the bike again to mix things up a bit.
Calorie goal- maintenance today. Woke with the munchies I couldn’t seem to shake.4 -
3 - 45 min combat done, 45 min upper body done...skipped 15 min abs...went to happy hour at a local brewery...even dressed like a grown up...and still kept calories within goal...yay!4
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Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »baconslave wrote: »9/2:
on-plan (the right plan. The LOGGING PLAN, Jess!!! :
exercise: 5 miles of Leslie Sansone vids
I love Leslie Sansone Vids ...Now that I am pain free I am planning on doing some of her dvd's ...I just bought a new one of hers the other day called Just Walk ...walk to the hits party songs featuring HIIT ...I have not tried it but I am thinking about doing it today ..it is a 3 mile one
She is fabulous! I started using her stuff in college. But quit exercising. Then used her to start exercising when I began my weightloss journey 6 years ago. I started with her 2 and 3 mile walks DVD-set. They are great. Get your steps in inside. You can up the intensity with a lot of boosts or adding extra arms or reduce it based on your level or how you are feeling. There are so many on YouTube now and I ordered 3 other 5 MILES (1 came damaged. I ordered it from Goodwill via Amazon and it didn't work so I was out 7 dollars. I'll reorder it some day.)2 -
9/3:
on-plan:
Spousal sabotage. But it wasn't too bad.
exercise: 1 hour strength training with Sydney Cummings.
I'm going to be gone all weekend. Will move around a bit and make sure 1 hit my steps, but I won't be logging. I'm not complicating my last small vacay. And I don't have wifi anyway. But I'm not going to go crazy and stuff myself. Then it will be nose to the grindstone. So...weather is looking fab for Sat and Sun though we may get rained on setting up tonight. I'm off to do the things, make the rounds on the Groups I mod, workout, shower, pack 6 people's worth of stuff, and etc. Busy busy...3 -
baconslave wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »baconslave wrote: »9/2:
on-plan (the right plan. The LOGGING PLAN, Jess!!! :
exercise: 5 miles of Leslie Sansone vids
I love Leslie Sansone Vids ...Now that I am pain free I am planning on doing some of her dvd's ...I just bought a new one of hers the other day called Just Walk ...walk to the hits party songs featuring HIIT ...I have not tried it but I am thinking about doing it today ..it is a 3 mile one
She is fabulous! I started using her stuff in college. But quit exercising. Then used her to start exercising when I began my weightloss journey 6 years ago. I started with her 2 and 3 mile walks DVD-set. They are great. Get your steps in inside. You can up the intensity with a lot of boosts or adding extra arms or reduce it based on your level or how you are feeling. There are so many on YouTube now and I ordered 3 other 5 MILES (1 came damaged. I ordered it from Goodwill via Amazon and it didn't work so I was out 7 dollars. I'll reorder it some day.)
I have quite a few of her dvd's .... I don't like her music on most of them so I mute her and turn on my own music and do her steps .... 1 -
9/3:
Food logged, protein good but carbs were high.
Got 11.5k steps in for the day, but no bike ride because the thunderstorms didn't move out until this morning.2 -
I'm not doing perfect but I am dropping pounds. I'm contented.7
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9/4
Close watch rings✅ With strength and a bit over 13k steps
Calorie goal - a bit over my normal maintenance as for some reason Mexican food was my jam ( both lunch and dinner). I think I was active enough to help balance but ultimately not where I want to be. The weekend may not be great so I’ll buckle down next week.2 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »baconslave wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »baconslave wrote: »9/2:
on-plan (the right plan. The LOGGING PLAN, Jess!!! :
exercise: 5 miles of Leslie Sansone vids
I love Leslie Sansone Vids ...Now that I am pain free I am planning on doing some of her dvd's ...I just bought a new one of hers the other day called Just Walk ...walk to the hits party songs featuring HIIT ...I have not tried it but I am thinking about doing it today ..it is a 3 mile one
She is fabulous! I started using her stuff in college. But quit exercising. Then used her to start exercising when I began my weightloss journey 6 years ago. I started with her 2 and 3 mile walks DVD-set. They are great. Get your steps in inside. You can up the intensity with a lot of boosts or adding extra arms or reduce it based on your level or how you are feeling. There are so many on YouTube now and I ordered 3 other 5 MILES (1 came damaged. I ordered it from Goodwill via Amazon and it didn't work so I was out 7 dollars. I'll reorder it some day.)
I have quite a few of her dvd's .... I don't like her music on most of them so I mute her and turn on my own music and do her steps ....
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baconslave wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »baconslave wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »baconslave wrote: »9/2:
on-plan (the right plan. The LOGGING PLAN, Jess!!! :
exercise: 5 miles of Leslie Sansone vids
I love Leslie Sansone Vids ...Now that I am pain free I am planning on doing some of her dvd's ...I just bought a new one of hers the other day called Just Walk ...walk to the hits party songs featuring HIIT ...I have not tried it but I am thinking about doing it today ..it is a 3 mile one
She is fabulous! I started using her stuff in college. But quit exercising. Then used her to start exercising when I began my weightloss journey 6 years ago. I started with her 2 and 3 mile walks DVD-set. They are great. Get your steps in inside. You can up the intensity with a lot of boosts or adding extra arms or reduce it based on your level or how you are feeling. There are so many on YouTube now and I ordered 3 other 5 MILES (1 came damaged. I ordered it from Goodwill via Amazon and it didn't work so I was out 7 dollars. I'll reorder it some day.)
I have quite a few of her dvd's .... I don't like her music on most of them so I mute her and turn on my own music and do her steps ....
To be honest I find her quite boring ...so I blast my music and follow her steps .,..Its a win win for me 2
