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  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    tishsmith101 wrote: »
    I've had two slacker days in a row, mostly because I'm cold. Rational me knows working out would have warmed me up. Instead I curled up with a blanket and my cats. My job is going well, I'm being productive on my home tasks and am Xmas cookie baking. I really can't complain. Hubby even made a delicious Asian chicken salad tonight.

    Back to the grind tomorrow.

    Sometimes we all need a slacker day or two :)
  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,194 Member
    12/10
    My December Goals: (12/06 - 12/12)

    Stay under my calorie goal every day (of course, track every.single.thing) ✅❌✅❌✅
    <50g net carbs per day ✅❌✅❌✅
    13k steps every day (I've raised this from 10k last month) ✅✅✅✅✅
    40 mins walking ✅✅✅❌✅ Yes, including w4d2 of c25k.
    20 mins some other exercise (other than walking!) ❌❌✅❌✅ Did w4d2 of c25k on the treadmill as well as 90 mins of giving massages tonight at work.

    Weight Goal: to lose 9 lbs in Dec.
    SW: (12/01) 184.7
    CW:181.6 FINALLY!!
    GW: (12/25) 175.0 - (My first mini goal is to weigh in at 175 on Christmas Day 2020)

    I sure didn't feel like it, but in the early afternoon, I MADE myself get up off my recliner and get on the treadmill! Ugh. But I'm so glad I did. I soooo felt much better afterward. I think that the "SAD" seasonal disorder is beginning to effect me too, so I'm going to up my vitamin D just a little, and see if that helps some. Keep marching on fellow warriors! We KNEW this month was going to be difficult..... just keep showing up. As they say in AA, just keep coming back! I hope y'all have a great day.

    @elize7 and @tishsmith101 Don't give up ladies! We need to do WHATEVER it takes to try to motivate ourselves and each other!! I keep telling myself that the SECRET is just NOT TO GIVE UP! To NEVER EVER EVER give up! Lol. That's what I've always done in the past, and I (personally) know with CERTAINTY where THAT decision gets me every single time! (Ok, mini pep talk was more for me than for you, but I am trying to encourage you! Lol.)

    @rfsatar I'm so sorry to hear about the job prospect fizzling out after chasing it for 18 months. Ugh. I can't begin to imagine what you're going through. I wanted to at least acknowledge you and your struggles. It's great news about your bloodwork, but I get it - it's hard to be excited about anything with so much crap staring you in the face. For what's it's worth, you are in my prayers. No seriously - I've added your name to my prayer journal and will be praying for you every morning. Please keep us posted. 💛💚💓💜
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Yesterday (12/10):

    (1) Logged and under goal -- check.

    (2) Eat 80ish g net carbs and at least 85 g protein -- at 54 g net carbs and 110 g protein. Today will be interesting (and likely I will be over), since it is my work (Zoom) holiday party.

    (3) Over 10K steps and all rings closed -- check, around 12K steps.

    (4) Did planned workout -- yes, took advantage of the second amazingly nice day (for December) and did my planned 30 min run. I had planned to add on a decent walk after that, but had a lot of scheduled stuff that didn't allow for it.

    (5) Morning meditation/evening journal -- missed my evening journaling since I waited until I was too tired. Will do sometime this morning.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    elize7 wrote: »
    I'm not the type to give up on a challenge; but, man.
    Its the 10th, I've had maybe 2 or 3 days of food plan success, and zero activity success. Not the great sprint I was so hoping for.
    Scale still not set up.

    Holiday Blues? Seasonal Depression? Isolation Regression? Hibernation? I don't know. I'm just not thriving. At least I have Prime Video for companionship. And i do love reading everyone's posts: trials and tribulations of my fitness pals.

    That said: so far, so good for today. And, i will just keep at it. Every day is a clean slate. I hang on to that thought.

    Yes, just keep at it. Mindfulness usually helps even if the specific goals set aren't working for you right in the moment. If you want to write about the specific daily struggles, I sometimes find that helps too.
    tishsmith101 wrote: »
    I've had two slacker days in a row, mostly because I'm cold. Rational me knows working out would have warmed me up. Instead I curled up with a blanket and my cats. My job is going well, I'm being productive on my home tasks and am Xmas cookie baking. I really can't complain. Hubby even made a delicious Asian chicken salad tonight.

    Back to the grind tomorrow.

    Doesn't sound that bad, really! And I know what you mean about the cold -- when I was cold during my (brief) furnace saga, everything seemed more difficult to start (even though I knew moving would help).
    rfsatar wrote: »
    Been absent after a job set-back for a role I had been chasing for 18 months. So have felt pretty fed up with the world.
    Not sure what to do next as there is no freelance work on the horizon, and getting sirely tired of well meaning folk sitting in well paid jobs or with ther pension cheerfull telling me that next year is bound to be better. Really does not help when I have no income now. I feel like screaming at then 'so are you suggesting I eat AIR for the next four months then?'

    I have reskilled once before with the benefit of redundancy money but now that my second career has ground to a halt, and I have no funds to reinvent myself for a third time, I am afraid I basically checked out for couple of days and did nothing.

    Even the news that my bloods came back and my HbA1c levels have gone:
    HbA1c (06/17) 111 | (09/17) 59 | (03/18) 45 | (09/18) 59 | 02/20 82 | 12/20 48 gives me absolutely no joy. I am like 'yeah whatever....'

    That's really hard. Hugs, and you will be in my thoughts.
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,021 Member
    rfsatar wrote: »
    Been absent after a job set-back for a role I had been chasing for 18 months. So have felt pretty fed up with the world.
    Not sure what to do next as there is no freelance work on the horizon, and getting sirely tired of well meaning folk sitting in well paid jobs or with ther pension cheerfull telling me that next year is bound to be better. Really does not help when I have no income now. I feel like screaming at then 'so are you suggesting I eat AIR for the next four months then?'

    I have reskilled once before with the benefit of redundancy money but now that my second career has ground to a halt, and I have no funds to reinvent myself for a third time, I am afraid I basically checked out for couple of days and did nothing.

    Even the news that my bloods came back and my HbA1c levels have gone:
    HbA1c (06/17) 111 | (09/17) 59 | (03/18) 45 | (09/18) 59 | 02/20 82 | 12/20 48 gives me absolutely no joy. I am like 'yeah whatever....'

    Anyway hopefully next week I will get my mojo back but for this week... just really cannot be bothered.

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  • taylok23
    taylok23 Posts: 828 Member
    12/10
    Calorie deficit- a small one so I’ll keep working at this. Could have made better choices to get this in line with goals.

    Carbs/protein- carbs a bit high but protein on point. Another growth area!

    Everyone hang in there. This time of year is hard, this year more so. Lean on each other to get through the rough patches and keep coming back here- it really does help see you aren’t alone.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    (((hugs))) to those who need them.

    Another couple of good days for me. Good energy levels are holding, though apparently don't extend to doing battle with stubborn weeds, I tanked pretty quickly attempting that, but seem to have rebounded. I have a new plan of attack for the garden tomorrow, that won't involve heavy pulling, though will pull loose weeds still. I have a rental inspection mid week, so need to get house tidy (it's far from terrible), and gardens at least looking like I'm trying to keep on top of them. In ME world that means chipping away at things a little bit at a time over the next few days.

    I don't think I've given a weigh update since the start of the month, but after the molasses that was November, things are moving nicely again. I was expecting ovulation bloat to have kicked in by now, but nothing so far. Down 1.7kg from the beginning of the month, so well on track for my 3kg goal (though, things can change on a dime and crawl to a halt with water retention, so not counting my chickens!).
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Yesterday (12/11):

    (1) Logged and under goal, and (2) eat 80ish g net carbs and at least 85 g protein -- nope. I knew this day would likely be off-plan, because of my office (Zoom) holiday party. I didn't log dinner (I ate light earlier in the day), and the actual dinner (delivered with some re-heating for us to do) wasn't too bad -- my choices were french onion soup (yes, with the bread), filet, and creamed spinach. However, there were also cocktails or mocktails (I don't drink so had the mocktails, and they still had plenty of sugar), and then a cookie decorating event (I decided to just enjoy this and eat the cookies). Very fun and worth it, and my weight was identical this morning to yesterday morning (I expected water weight gain at least), so yay.

    (3) Over 10K steps and all rings closed -- check, despite rain and wind which interfered with the longer walk I wanted to take, got in over 11K steps, which makes my goal. Also all rings closed.

    (4) Did planned workout -- yes, strength training.

    (5) Morning meditation/evening journal -- check.

    I have another Zoom party tonight, but this doesn't have any group meal aspect, so will be easy to handle (I'm planning to have a steak salad). I may have to move my planned run to tomorrow, however, as it appears to be raining or snowing with strong winds all day (pouring this morning). Not complaining about this, since it is December.
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,021 Member
    12/11:
    on-plan: :innocent:
    exercise: :innocent: Gorgeous day so got a good leg-stretcher in. About 8500 steps worth.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Yesterday (12/12):

    (1) Logged and under goal -- check.

    (2) Eat 80ish g net carbs and at least 85 g protein -- I was at 85 g net carbs (I did eat my last Christmas cookie, so not bad considering) and 127 g protein (unusually high for me). This coming week may be a good time to start experimenting with some lower carb days, as I don't think I have any food-related holiday things until Christmas Eve.

    (3) Over 10K steps and all rings closed -- check, over 11K steps, despite the weather, and all rings closed.

    (4) Did planned workout -- yes, I even avoided switching the workouts around and ran in the cold rain (the wind had died down some and I added a layer, it was turning into snow by the end, but didn't seem likely to stick). I would have liked to walk more, but that was harder in the weather, planning to today.

    (5) Morning meditation/evening journal -- check.
  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,194 Member
    Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »
    Yesterday was day 5 for me having a migraine ... today I have a slight headache... food is okay working out is non existence ...I am hoping I can get out tomorrow and walk with my husky

    @Megan_smartiepants1970 I'm so sorry about your headaches. I can't even imagine how excruciating and debilitating that must be. I hope you feel better soon.

    12/12
    My December Goals: (12/06 - 12/12)

    Stay under my calorie goal every day (of course, track every.single.thing) ✅❌✅❌✅✅✅
    <50g net carbs per day ✅❌✅❌✅✅✅
    13k steps every day (I've raised this from 10k last month) ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅
    40 mins walking ✅✅✅❌✅❌✅
    20 mins some other exercise (other than walking!) ❌❌✅❌✅✅✅ c25k (w4d3). I'm going to repeat week 4 this week as well. Week 4 kicked my behind! Lol.

    Weight Goal: to lose 9 lbs in Dec.
    SW: (12/01) 184.7
    CW:181.6
    GW: (12/25) 175.0 - (My first mini goal is to weigh in at 175 on Christmas Day 2020)

    Walked on the treadmill today as it was just a little too chilly outside for me. Walked twice in fact.... because I thought I had gone over my calorie goal... but when I was just reviewing my diary to close it for the day, I noticed that I didn't eat the afternoon snack that I had pre-logged.... so it was a WIN, WIN! Lol. Got 20 more mins on the treadmill and didn't even need it! Lol.
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,575 Member
    Thanks Mrs_Hoffer :) ...it has been excruciating for sure
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »
    Yesterday was day 5 for me having a migraine ... today I have a slight headache... food is okay working out is non existence ...I am hoping I can get out tomorrow and walk with my husky

    Hope today is better. That is awful. Hugs.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Yesterday (12/13):

    (1) Logged and under goal -- check.

    (2) Eat 80ish g net carbs and at least 85 g protein -- 71 g net carbs and 155 g protein (weirdly high for me).

    (3) Over 10K steps and all rings closed -- check, over 12K steps, from a walk to a slightly farther away grocery store I wanted to check out (oh, the excitement, but it was a nice excuse for a walk and the weather was pretty good for it), plus just doing stuff around the house. Generally tired from the past few days and less sleep than desired, so I want to work on the sleep stuff. Unfortunately last night was not better, as I started waking up quite early in the morning and then slept off and on until I gave up a little before 5.

    (4) Did planned workout -- yes, bike trainer plus walk mentioned above.

    (5) Morning meditation/evening journal -- check (evening was cut short since I was so tired, but I'll make up for that this morning).
  • tishsmith101
    tishsmith101 Posts: 1,684 Member
    edited December 2020
    I didn't log my food the last 3 days but was basically eating just once large meal a day to make up for some holiday cookie taste testing. Assuming carbs were relatively good.

    No intentional workouts but more active than I realized. Had over 6k step Sat and 5K yesterday. Last night was bowling as well.

    CW 172, no complaints
    Dec GW 169 I can do it, just need to make the dedicated effort.
    New day, clean slate opportunity.
  • taylok23
    taylok23 Posts: 828 Member
    12/11-12/13
    Calorie deficit- broke even 2 days and a small deficit yesterday.

    Carbs/protein: too many carbs all weekend due to poor planning so that is an area of focus this week. Protein good two out of three days. I do have some achy joints this morning but I think is due more to my strength training rather than poor choices. Will still keep an eye on food this week to get back on track.
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,575 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »
    Yesterday was day 5 for me having a migraine ... today I have a slight headache... food is okay working out is non existence ...I am hoping I can get out tomorrow and walk with my husky

    Hope today is better. That is awful. Hugs.

    Thank you ........ I am happy to report no headache today ... if the fog ever lifts I will be walking with my husky ..boy have I sure missed our walks :)
  • rfsatar
    rfsatar Posts: 599 Member
    14/12
    Adventures with Swipey - 5.5 ↗️
    Treadmill ✅
    Carbs: 107g

    Thankfully had started a new cycle of my broken-down C25K on the Tready and SpinBike last week before my world caved in, so I can do the second week and then next week is the full week's session so I am pleased about that.

    Slowly getting back on the horse after latest work knock back. Has been difficult to really find any motivation. But having spent the week/weekend doing not a lot at all apart from watching films, TV.

    Chat with GP today - he is delighted with the bloods but has pushed again for the full whack of metformin. I really like this guy but I gently challenged him with WHY he is pushing the full whack when it is clear that RIGHT NOW (with no travelling, well... no job... time to cook etc) I am in good control. However I have noticed with Swipey that at midnight-1am I have a massive spike for... no reason we can think of whatsoever! So We have compromised.
    Metformin at night does smooth out my numbers for the rest of the night, and he knows he will never win the 'take more tablets' battle when it comes to things like statins.

    In terms of trying to get some motivation... I have decided to set myself one task a day so as to have something to focus on and hopefully over time I can be a little more positive (which I will need to be for when I eventually try and find more work but perhaps not in my chosen field).

    I did my tax self-assessment submission to my accountants but I had no stamina to do my expenses and bank reconciliation - that can be tomorrow's job.
  • Megan_smartiepants1970
    Megan_smartiepants1970 Posts: 43,575 Member
    12/14 food is on point and I just got back from a 7.42 mile walk with Aspen my husky.......man did that feel good to get back on there :)
  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,194 Member
    12/13
    My December Goals: (12/13 - 12/19)

    Stay under my calorie goal every day (of course, track every.single.thing) ✅
    <50g net carbs per day ✅
    13k steps every day (I've raised this from 10k last month) ✅
    40 mins walking ✅
    20 mins some other exercise (other than walking!) ❌ I'm not doing very well at this, but I refuse to take it off my list! Lol.

    Weight Goal: to lose 9 lbs in Dec.
    SW: (12/01) 184.7
    CW:180.9
    GW: (12/25) 175.0 - (My first mini goal is to weigh in at 175 on Christmas Day 2020)

    I'm not doing very well at my 20 mins of some other exercise (other than walking), but refuse to take it off my list - I need to push myself to do this! December is just a hard month to try to squeeze any more in! Lol. I'm doing well at everything except that!
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Okay, three days' worth all at once!

    All going well.

    Haven't been for a walk the last couple of days, too tired yesterday, and pottering with housework today to get things looking ship-shape for rental inspection tomorrow (at this point I may be deploying the throwing things in the wardrobe technique for my bedroom :lol - or I could just go fold that pile of clothes and put them away like an adult...).

    Food has been gold star, and I'm easily achieving my 750 cal deficit again with being more active. Weigh currently stagnant due to ovulation bloat, should shuffle off in next couple of days.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Adulting achieved 😇
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Yesterday (12/14):

    (1) Logged and under goal -- check.

    (2) Eat 80ish g net carbs and at least 85 g protein -- 69 g net carbs and 98 g protein.

    (3) Over 10K steps and all rings closed -- check, over 12K steps, mostly just my run, pacing about, and stuff I had to do around the house.

    (4) Did planned workout -- yes, 30 min run (I am tempted to try to run more, but I have a plan to build a solid base to avoid injury and so am going to force myself to stick to the plan and push myself only as to the time I can cover in the 30-35 min until January). I also did 15 min on the bike trainer.

    (5) Morning meditation/evening journal -- once again evening was cut short since I was so tired, and I had to make up for that in the morning. One issue with my evenings being difficult is I tend to wait until I'm falling over tired, and part of that is inadequate sleep. It was a bit better last night.
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,021 Member
    12/14:
    on-plan: :innocent:
    exercise: :innocent: 5.5 Miles of Sansone vids
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