Step It Up! September 2020
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I'm seeing this month as a lateral move with regards to goals. Activity is up a little, but not as I'd hoped. Did do my steps yesterday....
Still checking in here every day, reading comments, fighting the good fight. Hoping that the fire will kick back in for me soon and that momentum will take over.
I may not always be successful, but I know that perseverance is powerful, and it will happen. It's been along time coming.
I am at my best in every way when I'm working a low carb life successfully!!
(I wanted to do the "response/quote" thing that many seem able to do, but I don't know how...)
Anyway, have a great day, pals!!3 -
I'm seeing this month as a lateral move with regards to goals. Activity is up a little, but not as I'd hoped. Did do my steps yesterday....
Still checking in here every day, reading comments, fighting the good fight. Hoping that the fire will kick back in for me soon and that momentum will take over.
I may not always be successful, but I know that perseverance is powerful, and it will happen. It's been along time coming.
I am at my best in every way when I'm working a low carb life successfully!!
THIS!!! All day long!!!
I did do better with activity over the weekend and have strength training at the gym today. Building on that instead of regretting some food choices and lack of logging. Shopped well for the week to make sure I have enough options and tried to buy stuff hubby won't eat. Can't believe I still have to hide food sometimes. That's the kind of sabotage going on in my house
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amckholmes wrote: »How long can stress/anxiety eating last before one just decides to move on?!
^^^^^This!^^^^^ Thank you for writing that. I very much needed to read it. It triggered a whole lot of lightbulbs flashing in my dense skull. My first reaction was along the lines of does she not realize the answer to the first part of that sentence is right there in the last part of that sentence? How long can stress/anxiety eating last? It will last right up to the moment when one decides to move on. My second reaction was the proverbial whack on the back of my head that this applies to me. Yes, I've decided on what I would like to have happen. No, I've not decided actually to do what is needed to make it happen.
Thank you, @amckholmes. You've given me a blessing this morning. Now, if you will excuse me, I have some deep thinking to do about this and, hopefully, some deciding.
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11- 2/3 workouts done, plus a couple hours gardening, food on target
12- no workouts done, food way too low...woke up with a massive headache and sinus pressure, probably should have had some allergy herbs after the couple hours outside, things that make you want to smack yourself on the forehead, it rained most of last week and now everything is blooming again...still managed to pull off a nice D&D session but no appetite and no real activity
13- no workouts done, food on target, managed another couple hours gardening, then had to go help the grown child do some deck work, though I mostly just watched kids while he and his dad did the actual building...it was an unexpected schedule change, so I can live without the workouts, just glad we had the day free to help out...oh, and I totally did remember to take allergy herbs in the evening
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9/11 - carb re-feed, my rides and general feeling was tanking so I doubled up (and then some) on carbs. Protein was good for the day and I did manage to keep calories right at maintenance for the day.
9/12 - yard work day (mowing and edging and general clean-up) plus errands for an active day. Protein/carbs reasonable, calories low.
9/13 - another yard work day - planted a maple tree in the back yard and expanded one of the flower beds (removed all the grass from a section of the yard and then set edgers around the area, mulched 2 other beds). Calories were good and protein/carbs on track.
Total steps from Friday to today - 29k, plus a 17.4 mile ride Friday morning.2 -
I don't know about you all, but I have 2 thoughts this morning:
- Daaaaayum that weekend was short.
- And I don't know what formatting they did to screw up italics and bolding and such but it's really getting on my nerves...
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baconslave wrote: »I don't know about you all, but I have 2 thoughts this morning:
- Daaaaayum that weekend was short.
- And I don't know what formatting they did to screw up italics and bolding and such but it's really getting on my nerves...
It was a very short weekend .... why does the weekends fly by but the weeks drag on LOL
9/11-9/13 All goals were met
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9/13
Closed watch rings ✅ with 21k steps to show for it
Calorie goal: just...no. No planning and poor choices3 -
After a long few months my goal today is to create a goal.
I have about 17 lbs I would like to shed and need to get focused and take it day by day. I do pretty good all day, then after supper things fall apart.
I need to:
Plan my meals and log my food.
Keep within my allowed macros
Exercise of some sort
POST HERE!
152.2 current
135 goal5 -
9/15:
Food good, logged everything, protein 127g, carbs 123g net.
Exercise - rode 17.3 miles in the morning, finished with 9k steps for the day.1 -
After a long few months my goal today is to create a goal. I have about 17 lbs I would like to shed and need to get focused and take it day by day. I do pretty good all day, then after supper things fall apart.
I need to:
Plan my meals and log my food.
Keep within my allowed macros
Exercise of some sort
POST HERE!
152.2 current
135 goal
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baconslave wrote: »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.
Okie dokie! It's been 2 weeks.
SW:182.2
CW: 179.8
A little water weight plus some extra. Downward is the goal. This close to ideal weight is a slog, but as long as progress is made, I'm happy. I could do things better. For example, I didn't log Sunday b/c Le Grand Saboteur struck, though I did try to keep things reasonable.
I went into this month knowing that it would take several months for me to reach my 1st goal weight.
That's the fabulous thing about our bodies. It's super easy to pile weight on, and hard to get it back off again.
Anyway, yesterday...
9/14:
logged and on-plan:
exercise 1.5 hr yard hike 5 -
Went a bit over in my calories yesterday (all the extra were in the evening as usual for me) but my macros were all ok other than that. I did get a strength workout in (Iso Strength Chisel). Could have drank a bit more water.
Today I will try to stay under my calorie goal and get more water in. Got a workout done - Chisel Balance.
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@maureli, I’m the same way- snacking hits a high point after dinner, even if I’m not hungry. It’s a regular struggle for me.
9/14
Close watch rings 😀 strength day plus almost 15k steps.
Calorie goal- slightly over what I consider a deficit but based on activity I should have been well under. No snacking as I had to fast for labs. Maybe I should take that mindset every day!1 -
Goals met but I am beyond frustrated with my weight .... I bought a new wifi scale last month and was weighing myself daily ...It isn't for me so I am going back to weighing weekly... I keep losing/gaining the same 2 lbs ...I am a bigger gal so I should be losing more .... I know weight loss is not linear but something needs to give ... I weigh all my food on a scale ....I drink a lot water ....I workout 5 days a week ... I feel like giving up but I will not do that ..sorry for the rant ughhh5
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14-food at maintenance, but workouts and lots of gardening done...the new tulip bed is finished but I still have some weeding to do
I dislike scales, they are only part of the story...measurements are another part of the story...photos are another part of the story...this morning my tummy looked downright flat and there is some hip definition that didn't seem to be there before...so that's a good thing...but the scale is not budging, that witch...3 -
I did my steps yesterday and overall had a good low carb lifestyle day. That feels very good.
I so relate to the late night food eating issues. Seems much worse since the pandemic... general anxiety maybe?
Anyway, I'm checking in here more, logging vigilanty, and I see that as some more progress. Better days to come.
Have a great day, pals!2 -
Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Goals met but I am beyond frustrated with my weight .... I bought a new wifi scale last month and was weighing myself daily ...It isn't for me so I am going back to weighing weekly... I keep losing/gaining the same 2 lbs ...I am a bigger gal so I should be losing more .... I know weight loss is not linear but something needs to give ... I weigh all my food on a scale ....I drink a lot water ....I workout 5 days a week ... I feel like giving up but I will not do that ..sorry for the rant ughhh
Something going on is masking your loss. Could be hormones, stress, insomnia, digestion, water retention due to exercise...alien weight-control rays from Jupiter landing on you...
It can't hold out forever if you are doing the right things consistently. It just can't and eventually the moronic machine will show progress. Meanwhile we drive ourselves crazy. Try looking out for NSVs while you wait on your weight to change. Clothes fit, appearance, energy level... Hang in there. 
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I did my steps yesterday and overall had a good low carb lifestyle day. That feels very good.
I so relate to the late night food eating issues. Seems much worse since the pandemic... general anxiety maybe?
Anyway, I'm checking in here more, logging vigilanty, and I see that as some more progress. Better days to come.
Have a great day, pals!
I know I'm having a whole lot more general anxiety myself.
"Better" IS always good. Wishing you a great day!1 -
9/15:
Close watch rings 😀 with just over 17k steps
Calorie goal: again a day a bit over my deficit goal so we’ll see. Weighed in for the first time in a while at the doc’s office today...numbers are going the wrong way, BUT NSV- she said she can’t believe my transformation from now to when I started seeing her a few years ago. Off bp meds and keeping a mostly healthy lifestyle. Hopefully the labs support her observations!3 -
baconslave wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Goals met but I am beyond frustrated with my weight .... I bought a new wifi scale last month and was weighing myself daily ...It isn't for me so I am going back to weighing weekly... I keep losing/gaining the same 2 lbs ...I am a bigger gal so I should be losing more .... I know weight loss is not linear but something needs to give ... I weigh all my food on a scale ....I drink a lot water ....I workout 5 days a week ... I feel like giving up but I will not do that ..sorry for the rant ughhh
Something going on is masking your loss. Could be hormones, stress, insomnia, digestion, water retention due to exercise...alien weight-control rays from Jupiter landing on you... It can't hold out forever if you are doing the right things consistently. It just can't and eventually the moronic machine will show progress. Meanwhile we drive ourselves crazy. Try looking out for NSVs while you wait on your weight to change. Clothes fit, appearance, energy level... Hang in there.
Thanks ..... I will keep on doing what I am doing4 -
So yesterday was better than the day before! Not exactly where I'd like to be but better. I guess this is where "little steps" and "day by day" come in, right? Having a couple of good days (or...better days) makes me feel good and kind of gives me motivation.
I checked in here!
Calories were down from the day before (still a bit higher than I wanted)
Macros were good
Did a strength workout
However didn't drink enough water
No wine!
I am a runner....but I have been opting to do indoor workouts lately...I live in a rural area and people have been seeing bears. Something that is quite unusual for here. Not sure if its the dry weather bringing them out or what. But..I know I sure don't want to run into one. Not sure what today's workout will be, but I will do something.
@taylork23 - close watch rings...sounds like an apple watch! I love mine, I should add that to my goal list as well.
Have a great day everyone2 -
9/15:
Food - logged all the food, protein low at 101g, carbs high at 134g net
Exercise - rode 11 miles in the morning (had a flat so lost riding time replacing the tube), finished the day with 8300 steps by doing garden work in the evening. We are expanding the flower beds in the back yard, so I am redoing the edging stones and removing grass in the new areas.0 -
So yesterday was better than the day before! Not exactly where I'd like to be but better. I guess this is where "little steps" and "day by day" come in, right? Having a couple of good days (or...better days) makes me feel good and kind of gives me motivation.
I checked in here!
Calories were down from the day before (still a bit higher than I wanted)
Macros were good
Did a strength workout
However didn't drink enough water
No wine!
I am a runner....but I have been opting to do indoor workouts lately...I live in a rural area and people have been seeing bears. Something that is quite unusual for here. Not sure if its the dry weather bringing them out or what. But..I know I sure don't want to run into one. Not sure what today's workout will be, but I will do something.
@taylork23 - close watch rings...sounds like an apple watch! I love mine, I should add that to my goal list as well.
Have a great day everyone
Yep. Making each non-perfect day better than the previous still gets you there.
Yikes on the bears! 1 -
9/14:
logged and on-plan
exercisestrength video with Sydney Cummings 1 -
baconslave wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Goals met but I am beyond frustrated with my weight .... I bought a new wifi scale last month and was weighing myself daily ...It isn't for me so I am going back to weighing weekly... I keep losing/gaining the same 2 lbs ...I am a bigger gal so I should be losing more .... I know weight loss is not linear but something needs to give ... I weigh all my food on a scale ....I drink a lot water ....I workout 5 days a week ... I feel like giving up but I will not do that ..sorry for the rant ughhh
Something going on is masking your loss. Could be hormones, stress, insomnia, digestion, water retention due to exercise...alien weight-control rays from Jupiter landing on you... It can't hold out forever if you are doing the right things consistently. It just can't and eventually the moronic machine will show progress. Meanwhile we drive ourselves crazy. Try looking out for NSVs while you wait on your weight to change. Clothes fit, appearance, energy level... Hang in there. 
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I am feeling better today .... Goals met yesterday ...planning on making some new keto/low carb recipes ...gonna do my Richard Simmons Broadway Sweat aerobics today and tomorrow Leslie Sansone walking to the party hits DVD this one seems to be my favorite so far and I don't actually mute her LOL ....Next Month I will be doing 2 new workouts for the month which will be Zumba and beginners Yoga (I alternate days so 1 week will be 3 days of Zumba and 2 days of Yoga ..then the next week will be 3 days Yoga and 2 days Zumba 2
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baconslave wrote: »Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »Goals met but I am beyond frustrated with my weight .... I bought a new wifi scale last month and was weighing myself daily ...It isn't for me so I am going back to weighing weekly... I keep losing/gaining the same 2 lbs ...I am a bigger gal so I should be losing more .... I know weight loss is not linear but something needs to give ... I weigh all my food on a scale ....I drink a lot water ....I workout 5 days a week ... I feel like giving up but I will not do that ..sorry for the rant ughhh
Something going on is masking your loss. Could be hormones, stress, insomnia, digestion, water retention due to exercise...alien weight-control rays from Jupiter landing on you... It can't hold out forever if you are doing the right things consistently. It just can't and eventually the moronic machine will show progress. Meanwhile we drive ourselves crazy. Try looking out for NSVs while you wait on your weight to change. Clothes fit, appearance, energy level... Hang in there. 1 -
Yesterday was all good. Food wise. Stepwise. Increased overall activity.
Also, I'm looking forward to check-ins again, which is nice.
Am holding off on grocery shopping as long as possible to give cravings a chance to subside a bit more. Stores or ordering online can be tricky for me...
Sometimes these body vs. mind game strategies backfire on me in mysterious, unforseen ways; but, I do keep at it.
Hope your day goes well, pals.2 -
Yesterday was good on activity, mediocre on food, more maintenance than loss...argh...I'll get the hang of this, I promise!2
