No-Nonsense November 2020 Challenge
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11/21
1. Food on point
2. Rest day from running plus 7 miles walked mainly from cleaning the house and doing errands.
11/22
1. Food good. Grilled chipotle burgers tonight!
2. 4 mile training run plus another 5 miles walked.4 -
Terrible weekend health-wise, by yesterday (sunday for me), I was in a full on ME crash, my day was spent lying on the couch and I wilfully accepted breaking my Fitbit step goal streak (don't think I even hit 1000). Also ate higher cals by choice both days - 250 deficit on Saturday, and technically a few hundred over maintenance yesterday, given that my TDEE would basically have been RMR.
Thankfully today I woke up feeling pretty good (for me), which is the fastest recovery I think I've ever had from a full on couch day. Hopefully this means I'm right that my recovery times are improving. Still took it fairly easy, and only worked a couple of hours as I was starting to fade and needed spoons to collect a cat from the vet late this afternoon.
No walk due to being sensible and not pushing it, nor any advance on gardening (those poor plants!), but I went a step extra on the new recipes and made a third new thing for the month.4 -
9/20 - 9/22
Did pretty good calorie wise for the weekend, kept protein up all 3 days, but did go over on carbs both Friday and Saturday... got that back in check yesterday.
Exercise - biked 18.4 miles on Friday and stayed active for the weekend - did a bunch of running errands and cleaning around the house. Finished the 3 days with 21K steps.3 -
@Nony_Mouse wishing you many more spoons today.
I got 2 walks in this weekend to make up for Friday
Here we go, Monday. At least it's a short week. Turkey Day is Thursday. I don't plan on behaving myself whatsoever, but I am planning on keeping my calories low Mon-Wed and no leftovers of bad stuff on Friday.5 -
11/22
Goals met. ✅
10,166 steps.
Planning on "steppin it up" for Thanksgiving week. Raising my step goal to 12k per day and I've entered a Workweek Hustle on fitbit with ladies who have higher average step counts than I do - in hopes to challenge myself to get in more steps this week!5 -
11/23
1. Food as logged.
2. 4 mile training run plus another 7 miles walked at work. My county has convened an emergency meeting tomorrow to determine if in-person county services will be suspended again (I’m in MN). I assume that they will and the library will return to curbside only.3 -
11/21-11/23...Goals met ....been walking a lot with my daughter and Husky ...we walked 5.95 miles on the 21st....9.54 miles on 11/22 and 6.59 today
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Hi Just joined the group but November Goals still valid.
I have no cartilage in my knees so continuing to break down a C25K program and increase the running incrementally within a week's program and repeat twice (I do the session on a treadmill and spin bike) and then the rest of the week I do cardio boxing and resistance weights/strength.
I was diagnosed as a diabetic in 2017 but after a very rapid loss of a stone had the GP panicking in thinking it was more sinister. Not that diabetes is not sinister enough. Sadly though he is a GP of the ilk of "take what tablets I give you and shut up" so my testing to see exactly WHAT spiked me and how meant I now work with a far more obliging GP in the practice.
I try and stay under 100 carbs a day - 80 is a great day and if I am under 60 or more grams I feel that is a job very well done!
I am a few tantalising pounds from being below 10st for the first time since my 30s and 40s (which is about a million years ago... no ok about 10 years) ...
I am trying to increase my water intake because of various meds/digestive... umm... issues.. let's leave that there!
And thanks for the add to the group!5 -
Logging and under carbs
Steps-only 7k so far this week but have been on my bike more and my old fitbit zip doesn't compute that well LOL (may upgrade as a gift to myself if I make a particular goal end of year)
Strength with my trainer yesterday-chest and biceps, feeling it today
Bowling on Sunday-avg is 140, bowled 167, 183 and 150, not too shabby
In the process of moving all my workout accessories into the family room where my bike is set up. More efficient use of space will improve my motivation to keep moving and improving my health
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11/23:
Food - calories good, protein great but net carbs a little higher than normal.
Exercise - did 50 minutes on the elliptical in the morning (too cold to ride) and finished the day with 7700 steps.4 -
11/23:
on-plan and logged:
exercise: Dreadmill walk. Too chilly outside. Not in the mood for Reynaud ghost-appendages so kept it inside. 5 -
Checking in for the past week: All of track.
I've been on a roll with my walking on the weekends. My calories has been way under (unintentional), and everything is on goal.
Seeing some amazing changes in my habits, and energy levels. I caught a second wind on Sunday and completed an 8 mile walk. On weekdays I complete 1-2 miles for fun walking, weekends is 4 miles walk. Such a huge win.5 -
11/23
Goals met. ✅
17,087 steps.
Working on "steppin it up" for Thanksgiving week!
@rfsatar WELCOME!! You will love this group! This is my first month and I'm still working on getting to know everybody, but I enjoy reading all the posts and keeping up with everyone's MFP lives! Lol.
@tishsmith101 that's a great idea to get it all into one family room. I wish I had the space to do that. Hubby says that perhaps next year we will start looking for another house (we want a single story, perhaps with a basement), and I want to look for a room for my exercise stuff. Kudos to you for "getting it all together" !!6 -
11/24
1. Food on track
2. 4 mile training run plus another 7 miles walked at work.2 -
11/24 food on track .. no workout today ... My kidney's are hurting( I have had kidney stones in the past not sure if it is kidney stones again) it hurts when I walk but not when I breathe ) ... and my top of my foot hurts the one without a screw ughhh4
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Getting my ⭕️‘s💪🏼
Went back to work. Missing the AM workout but trying to make the evening class. So far made 2 OTF classes.
Challenge is to make the rest of the month.4 -
Two days of food and steps goals met!
Slight blip today. The food company I order from keeps sending me free samples of items that I aparently need to eat immediately. Really messes me up. I may have to request they not do that...but, free samples!!!! (So hard. Not fair!)
Other than that, its all good.
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tishsmith101 wrote: »Logging and under carbs
Steps-only 7k so far this week but have been on my bike more and my old fitbit zip doesn't compute that well LOL (may upgrade as a gift to myself if I make a particular goal end of year)
Strength with my trainer yesterday-chest and biceps, feeling it today
Bowling on Sunday-avg is 140, bowled 167, 183 and 150, not too shabby
In the process of moving all my workout accessories into the family room where my bike is set up. More efficient use of space will improve my motivation to keep moving and improving my health
I have my stuff split between my room (in a loft extension) for when I do my knee rehab and physio exercises (no cartilage in my knees anymore)
And the Spinbike, foldable treadmill and Wii for Boxing, Yoga, Wii Active workouts) are all in my office.
That way I only cross paths with my lodger as he is getting ready for work - and he is cool enough not to take the micky if he hears Cardio Boxing or Wii Fit/Yoga ... he has his own foldable exercise bike so it's pretty cool.
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Did a fortnightly grocery-shop last week so plenty of fresh food and veg to get through...
Cauliflower & Broccoli cheese for tonight - will use a 1/4 head of cauliflower, and split it over two days so will be lunch tomorrow.
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tishsmith101 wrote: »Logging and under carbs
Steps-only 7k so far this week but have been on my bike more and my old fitbit zip doesn't compute that well LOL (may upgrade as a gift to myself if I make a particular goal end of year)
Strength with my trainer yesterday-chest and biceps, feeling it today
Bowling on Sunday-avg is 140, bowled 167, 183 and 150, not too shabby
In the process of moving all my workout accessories into the family room where my bike is set up. More efficient use of space will improve my motivation to keep moving and improving my health
I have my stuff split between my room (in a loft extension) for when I do my knee rehab and physio exercises (no cartilage in my knees anymore)
And the Spinbike, foldable treadmill and Wii for Boxing, Yoga, Wii Active workouts) are all in my office.
That way I only cross paths with my lodger as he is getting ready for work - and he is cool enough not to take the micky if he hears Cardio Boxing or Wii Fit/Yoga ... he has his own foldable exercise bike so it's pretty cool.
I've moved my workout stuff to the basement. I had basically been an exercise-nomad throughout the house, but as the kids got older, they changed rooms, drove me out of rooms with their things and mess, and I'd finally had enough. They leave me alone, don't ask me 80 different things, don't have to lug weights back and forth through the house every time, and it doesn't matter how chilly it gets down there in the winter (55F, I think), it's better than having kids running in front of me or asking me stuff when I'm trying to focus or whining about how they were going to play video games in that space. Mama is working out. If you don't want your head handed back to you, don't come downstairs.
It's great to have your own little gym space.6 -
11/24:
on-plan and logged:
exercise: Warmer outside. Supposed to do strength but it was to nice and rain is on the docket for today so I switched days around, so I hoofed it outside.
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11/24
Goals met. ✅
20,004 steps. Whew!
Working on "steppin it up" Thanksgiving week!
I sat down this morning to work on my Dec goals and my 2021 goals. I'm excited! At then end of Sept (at 205lbs), I set my first "mini" goal: to be down to 175lbs by Christmas Day! At the time I thought "surely I can lose 30 lbs in 3 months). Well, I'm only 9 lbs away from that goal!!!!! Did I say I'm excited? Lol.
@elize7 reading about your "freebies" made me think what would I do in that situation! I think that I would throw them away if they weren't on my eating plan - especially if I didn't pay for them! Because they ain't FREE if they are "costing" you getting to your goal!3 -
11/25
1. Food as planned.
2. Rest day from running but managed 7 miles at work.
Tomorrow is the day for the half marathon. I expect I’ll be heading out at 4 am or so as pretty nervous and just want to (hopefully!) get it done! My youngest daughter will be running a 10K, but I expect I’ll be long done by the time she rolls out of bed! Teenagers!3 -
11/25 ... I have been gaining gaining gaining (now I know why ) When I went from Keto to Low Carb I forgot to change my macros .... So I upped my carbs to 25%...Lowered my fat to 40% and upped my protein to 35%....My labs came back good ... My bone density came back good (not sure why I keep having fractures in my feet ) ..Food was okay yesterday and we went for a short walk ... 2.78 miles ... planning on going longer today
Happy Thanksgiving to All who celebrate it on this day 3 -
11/25 (yesterday)
Goals met. ✅
20,267 steps. Whew!
Steppin it up" for Thanksgiving week!3 -
11/26
Happy Thanksgiving to my US friends!
1. Ordered a Thanksgiving meal from the grocery store. Ate turkey and did splurge a bit with some stuffing and gravy along with a few pieces of dark chocolate. Back to usual diet tomorrow.
2. Ran 13.1 miles!!! 8 minutes faster than my optimistic, hoped for time. Also walked another 5 miles, mainly around the park encouraging my daughter while she ran her 10K.
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11/26/2020
Been trying to keep carbs consistently under 50gm for ages and finally succeeded this month. It's like "poof" someone flipped a switch and always-craving changed to no-cravings overnight. This change is recent, and it'll be interesting to see if my body has - really actually finally - switched from carb&alcohol-burning to fat-burning.
Fought to get back on this horse for a few years now. I managed to keep the weight off (until Covid) but it was a struggle. It takes a couple/few weeks to switch to fat-burning - and any little slip derails it. It's really hard to go three weeks without giving in to cravings that say "just a little more..." But it may have happened. ((sigh))
Fingers crossed...
Goals:- Keep carbs under 50 - The weight-loss fight just became so much easier.
- Get back to pre-Covid weight by March (have lost 15 pounds; 20-30 more in four months is do-able)
- Drop ten more after that...
- Increase metabolism with walking - three times a week
- Build strength with body weights, TRX and dumbbells - four times a week
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11/26 food on point and we walked 6.38 miles today HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL who celebrate it today 5
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Two great step days.
Two whackadoodle food days.
One holiday down, one to go.
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I'm still here, meandering along. Food good, though I need to rein in the cals a bit if I'm going to remain less active (which seems likely, at least for now). Gentle walks on days I feel it's not pushing it.4
