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  • MandiSaysHey
    MandiSaysHey Posts: 304 Member
    @KellyBgetsfit great progress photos, you can absolutely see a big difference!!
  • conleywoods
    conleywoods Posts: 986 Member
    @CurvyCalorie congrats on the latest milestone! Amazing job.

    @KellyBgetsfit HOLY COW! Those are amazing results and you look like you dropped 20 lbs. I'm so glad you shared those. Very inspiring. One of my favorite things to look at for inspiration are pictures of women who swapped weight lifting for cardio. Most of them have changes like yours. No weight change but brand new body! Keep it up, you look amazing 👏

    @SMcFall0215 I set a series of goals and then break them down. I'm trying to be very intentional this year. I have daily mini goals that build towards my weekly goals. Those build towards monthly goals. I start with the big goal and keep asking "how will I do that?" Over and over again until I have small actionable plans for each day.
  • EvMakesChanges
    EvMakesChanges Posts: 568 Member
    @Gidgitgoescrazy Plantar fasciitis really rots! I had it for 10 months on the right side and 5 on the left before I was able to get a plan that worked. In order to break the pain loop, I had an injection on the right side. Now, when I walk, I stretch my feet, calves, etc. as I go, which helps keep everybody happy.
    Heel dips on stairs and “wall-climbers” help me. I call it “wall climbers” ‘cause you put your foot against the base of the wall or doorway, heel as close as possible at the base, with toes on the wall edge. Move your body closer to the wall and feel the stretch through the foot/arch and lower calf. Make sense? I know - it’s a strange one but effective. While walking, I use tree trunks, curbs, or steps to do the same thing.
    Happy Tuesday!
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    Happy Tuesday indeed! A fresh dusting of snow, very quiet out there. I'm gonna have to work on my plan to beat @Gidgitgoescrazy today :mrgreen: Walking to the mailbox (almost 1 mile each way), maybe a Sansone instead of exercise bike this evening... I hope your pains go away, though Vikki. That sounds rotten. I take collagen usually as well, mainly to keep my nails from turning to wimpy cracking miserable things and to get ready for my butt surgery. I never heard of it causing crazy bloating and stuff - yikes!

    The 30 day kettlebell squat challenge I am doing is also starting get serious! It was really easy the first few days, but it is building up now. I am not going to be able to do some of the variations in it, but it will still keep increasing gradually through the month. It feels great afterwards, but it is intense. Maybe by the time I am 70 I'll be able to do a pistol squat! A girl can dream, right?

    Have a good one, and feel the joy of your exercise today. Smile from gun to tape!
  • Gidgitgoescrazy
    Gidgitgoescrazy Posts: 636 Member
    @evelynladams527 Yes that makes sense, and I try to remember to stretch, the weird thing is I only get it from the treadmill, so my podiatrist thinks it is just the way I walk on the treadmill verse regular walking... He told me to just stay off the treadmill as it causes so many feet problems for people, but if I insisted to do it super slow, and really pay attention to how I walk on it..
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    Kali225 wrote: »
    Tuesday Weigh-In
    PW: 189.1
    CW: 182.8
    LTD: 50.2

    !! I had to step back on the scale TWICE to make sure my eyes weren't seeing things. I would say a solid 2.5 lbs of this was still holiday bloat (you've all seen that I've been pretty range bound in 186-190 the last 2 months really). It was a very steady week, sticking to the plan, getting in a few workouts, and letting myself have measured snacks. But this is probably the biggest real 1-week drop I have had since like summer 2014. I met my January goal (184), my second goal (183 - since I was pretty sure I would hit 184), and crossed the line of 50 lbs lost for the first time ever!!!! Gobsmacked. But so happy!

    And ordering Panera Bread for delivery for dinner tonight. I planned it a week ago and have a gift card and work is kicking my BUTT (worked until 12:20am last night ugh) so I have earned a giant caesar salad and some kind of carbs. :)

    Wear the tiara!! Dance and shout! You have lost the equivalent of $1000 in American quarters, the weight of an average male bulldog, or 6 gallons of water :lol: but if I were you, I'd take the quarters :wink:
  • eggfreak
    eggfreak Posts: 687 Member
    sarkrisd wrote: »
    PW: 211.4
    CW: 210.5

    I’m still going down even though I did very little last week. I call it a win.

    I realize I never really introduced my self. I’m Sarah. I live in the middle of nowhere in Nebraska. I have 2 step children (20&14) and a 2 year old daughter. I love to bake and read. I don’t always check in, but I do read all the comments.

    That's definitely a win, Sarah! Welcome to the group. I'm a haphazard poster since last January. Check in, read the comments - you'll glean tips and hints - and post when you can. Is that a cute cat on your shoulder in the pic? :)
  • sarkrisd
    sarkrisd Posts: 60 Member
    eggfreak wrote: »

    That's definitely a win, Sarah! Welcome to the group. I'm a haphazard poster since last January. Check in, read the comments - you'll glean tips and hints - and post when you can. Is that a cute cat on your shoulder in the pic? :)

    Yes! That is my stepdaughters cat, Sawyer. He is cute, but also fat and can’t do that anymore!
  • sunny9847
    sunny9847 Posts: 137 Member
    Met all goals. Steps 12,613.
  • MandiSaysHey
    MandiSaysHey Posts: 304 Member
    Hello everyone!

    Steps today 6,717

    I wanted to have a lazy day again but I convinced myself to go for a walk.

    I had a good day calorie wise and finished off the last of the ice cream cake from my son's birthday so that won't be tempting me anymore.

    My grandmother has been having some health problems so my mom may go stay with her for a few days. Typically my mom is here with my son while hes remote learning so if she goes to stay with my grandmother, I may have to take a day or 2 off work, so hopefully that will be okay.
  • micki48
    micki48 Posts: 2,322 Member
    sarkrisd wrote: »
    PW: 211.4
    CW: 210.5

    I’m still going down even though I did very little last week. I call it a win.

    I realize I never really introduced my self. I’m Sarah. I live in the middle of nowhere in Nebraska. I have 2 step children (20&14) and a 2 year old daughter. I love to bake and read. I don’t always check in, but I do read all the comments.

    Welcome Sarah! Didn't you check in earlier and tell us you had Covid or was that someone else on the team? If it was you, how are you feeling? If it wasn't you, I am so sorry.

    @Kali225 Way to go girlie!!! Congratulations!!!! You have been working so hard. Your steps are awesome and your dedication to your journey is amazing. Wahoooooo, 50.2 pounds!! :)<3
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    @sarkrisd good to know a bit more about you! Being from the middle of nowhere is wonderful, especially these days. I am glad to be far off the beaten path and able to enjoy a lot of land between me and any neighbours. Your stepdaughter's cat needs to do whatever you're doing - first place last week, and still going down this week! Excellent work.

    @MandiSaysHey I hope your schedule works out all right with your mother gone for a few days, and that your grandmother feels better soon. Hang in there! And keep taking those walks, even on lazy days :smiley:

    Here is the heads up notice for the Wednesday people:

    @offitgoes
    @PlaneMonkey
    @AshenMoon
    @evelynladams527
    @KellyBgetsFit
    @tschwery

    Thanks!
  • micki48
    micki48 Posts: 2,322 Member
    sunny9847 wrote: »
    Met all goals. Steps 12,613.

    You are doing so great every day! Keep up the great work.

    Met my 9,000+ step goal today. Took a short walk with the short one. But I also did ballet with her, and bounced on my ball. That got me to a disco ball reward of 150 minute active minutes so far this week. I am ahead of my goal. Yay! Logged all my food. Pretty good day. Did have a brownie and sorbet for dessert.

    @Gidgitgoescrazy So sorry to hear you were having so much pain. That's not fun and a little scary. Glad you found a work around. Hope you feel better soon. When is your start date for the new job?

    @jugar My fingernails are also little paper thin finger coverings. Maybe I need something too.

    @MandiSaysHey Hope your grandmother is feeling better soon.

    Have a great night.
  • fuschiabolero
    fuschiabolero Posts: 35 Member
    Barre3 class 45 minutes medium level 6391 steps
  • CurvyCalorie
    CurvyCalorie Posts: 266 Member
    @micki48 steps for January 12
    9,388
  • PlaneMonkey
    PlaneMonkey Posts: 568 Member
    @jugar
    PW 210.6
    CW 209.4
    Almost back to pre-holiday numbers. Behaviour is back on track at least! I'm going for a skate after French class today and before it gets too dark so that should burn a few calories. I've been walking around the house and doing random exercises with the free weights I have set up in the corner of the bedroom but haven't done a full workout yet due to some lingering back pain from last weekend. Hubby's co-worker's teenage daughter came over to skate and tried to teach me some figure skating jumps and spins. I'm a hockey player... The techniques are very different so I spent a lot of time picking myself back up off the ice after failed attempts. Hope to be all better by this weekend to do it again!
  • Kali225
    Kali225 Posts: 702 Member
    @jugar @micki48 @conleywoods thanks ladies!

    I am still donning the tiara today - I (drumroll) got yoga done before I logged onto work!! Who am I. It was a quick practice today so maybe that helped mentally motivate.

    @DD265 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! A very strong-willed choice to forgo cake.

    Another very long work day for me yesterday, but I have added another 3 miles ran to my January total the last 3 days, which is now 7.5/21 miles. My Panera dinner was delicious, just what I wanted, but ate it quite late. I cannot wait for February when work calms down again! I have my regular Zumba class at 5:30 which will be a good excuse to pause work. Hoping to get in a separate workout as well, although not sure what time that would end up being. This weekend will be one for NAPPING. I also did a haul of online clothes shopping post-holidays, so the weekend will also be for trying on new things, which I love to do now (a sharp shift from just a few years ago when I dreaded getting new clothes because I thought nothing would fit me. Progress!).

    @Gidgitgoescrazy I love FitOn! My favorite trainers on there are Danielle, Sydney, and Kenta. Kenta has really good, not too long, arms videos and one of my fave cardio options - "Fat Burn Cardio." (It's tabata style, so if that isn't your groove, then ignore this haha). And Sydney has a lot of Barre and dance-style workouts that I really enjoy. (Core Barre and Booty Barre Toning are my top faves - killers). Which ones did you try that you weren't feeling?
  • eggfreak
    eggfreak Posts: 687 Member
    jugar wrote: »
    Maybe by the time I am 70 I'll be able to do a pistol squat! A girl can dream, right?
    I had to look that up (although I could kind of envision what it was). Yeah, no, will not be happening for me in my lifetime. :D
  • AshenMoon
    AshenMoon Posts: 157 Member
    PW: 227.5
    CW: 227.7

    @jugar
  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,074 Member
    eggfreak wrote: »
    jugar wrote: »
    Maybe by the time I am 70 I'll be able to do a pistol squat! A girl can dream, right?
    I had to look that up (although I could kind of envision what it was). Yeah, no, will not be happening for me in my lifetime. :D

    That looks hard. Good thing I am anti-guns
  • KellyBgetsfit
    KellyBgetsfit Posts: 1,713 Member
    PW 152.6
    CW 154.8

    My weight was really high last week due to my earing and period Thank you everyone for your kind words. 🥰
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,262 Member
    edited January 2021
    Great morning for reading! You all are putting the smiles on my face this morning. I was feeling very serious before that :neutral::smiley:

    I can't get over how many Capricorns we have in this team - I may be missing some, but @ells_runs @eggfreak @DD265 and me. Happy BDs all! I will also plan to have no cake, unless I can give most of it away to my son. It will have to be a cake he likes! We do have an amazing gluten free upside down cake that I have been making from time to time (my husband has celiac disease) that might make an appearance, though. It is SO good, spicy, and not too sweet. And my husband will finish it fast!

    @ells_runs your post is beautiful. I am glad you left that one small job - driving your kids to school will be wonderful time spent with them. I always found I had the best conversations with mine while there were in the car, especially while they were in high school. They like it better when we can't look them in the eye!

    @Kali225 Who are you indeed! Sending off sparks like a comet! And giving me serious grief in the Fitbit steps challenge...

    @Gidgitgoescrazy I can just picture you poring over your new books and trying on clothes for your upcoming job change. So exciting!

    @happimess01 I don't like guns either, but this way I can impress my daughter (who is in the Canadian Army, go figure) without ever touching one :blush:

    Don't make me come and pester you for weigh-ins, ok? Two late ones are @sodonovan74 and @Evallusion and all the remaining Wednesday people know who they are, right? Thanks!
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