July 2022 - Daily Discipline
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Thought I'd share a great photo taken by my 10yr old last night. We got a stand up paddle board (SUP) for the cottage and even just a few minutes on it reminded me how I'm not as strong as I think I am! My arms and legs are still feeling shaky this morning. I have a new NSV goal!0
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@zenobia9777 Congrats on the wonderful news! How are you feeling?
@k8richer Thank you for sharing the beautiful photo! I could feel my blood pressure lowering just looking at it. What a wonderful location.
You grab your outer thigh, I also grab my inner thigh. I didn’t - UNTIL - my young niece came up to me, slapped my inner thigh while I was wearing shorts and screamed “Look! Auntie has PANCAKE BATTER!” What the ….?!?! I twitch from just recalling this - and this was like 25 years ago. 🤣🤣1 -
But I’m down another 1.5 lbs and almost a total of 6 since I got back on track on Wednesday! I’ll show her! 😂2
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@k8richer I love that photo. Inspires me to try that sometime.
@CeeBeeSlim congrats on coming down! Kids are the absolute worst for making comments.
So today I started with a protein smoothie and a banana. I walked the dogs slowly about a mile.
Yesterday I was still queasy part of the time, but so far today I feel normal. Food still tastes strange.
Going to concentrate on feeling like whatever I do, I do well. I need a mental health reset, also!1 -
Hi Everyone! I'm not a regular poster but was having regular updates with Zenobia9777 back in May.
I'm Canadian and my somewhat bio may be in here somewhere. ANYway, I literally threw out my scale as it was terribly inaccurate and had become clutter. I prefer to go by inch loss and how my clothes fit.
To give myself a base line, I weighed myself at my Community Centre's VERY accurate scale. That was June 28th...TWO WEEKS ago. I did so again today. I am DOWN 1.5 pounds having done nothing more than resume my half gallon of water a day and be mindful of eating. I was very nervous...but am thrilled to have lost roughly 1/2 pound per week. Have done very little exercise.
With this kick in the motivation, my NEXT goal is to aim for one pound per week. This means adding daily exercise and I could definitely watch my sugar more closely. Having said that...my waist is also DOWN one inch! Imagine what will happen once I actually start! 😳 😆
Next weigh in day is Friday July 29th. My weight loss tips are drink water, throw out your scale and find a place that has an accurate scale. Weigh yourself once or twice a month. You'll drive yourself crazy otherwise. At two weeks you can easily adjust as needed. More importantly, take your measurements and see how your clothes fit! That's far more accurate!!
One final note! At 1.5 pounds every 2 weeks, I would lose 3 pounds per month. 36 pounds per year. How much of a DIFFERENCE would that make in YOUR life? ALWAYS keep your eyes on the END of your journey. 😉1 -
PANCAKE BATTER!?!
WT* ??? Omg, @CeeBeeSlim I hope she was super super young and had no idea what she was saying!! I would twitch too!
Once my kids said something about my jiggly butt. SIGH.1 -
Hello! Checking in from the road. So far, so good. Definitely getting a lot of exercise and have been holding my own with the fries. @CeeBeeSlim how did you manage one fry and one nugget - good for you! And congrats on the 6 lbs in one week! How did you do that?? That’s great news. Keep it up!
@zenobia9777 congrats on new grandchild in Dec. definitely something to look forward to.
And welcome to all and for sharing your stories! They are all so inspiring.1 -
@zenobia9777. Glad you seem to be turning the corner! Slow and steady!
@spirittrail - Congrats on your progress! You make some great points. I need to focus more on inches as the scale can be so unreliable and I should be increasing my water intake, too. I do have a pair of “goal pants” which I try on ever so often.
@k8richer - ugh. She was about 8. Still scarred. Can’t look at pancake batter the same way - ever. (😵💫). Hahaha.2 -
I had my first good day yesterday in terms of eating properly.
I walked the dogs about 40 minutes and did a little gardening.
I definitely need to drink more water@spirittrail. I need to make some herbal tea and keep it in the fridge all the time, because I crave something with a flavor. Celestial seasonings raspberry zinger is good.1 -
@CeeBeeSlim I'm following a challenge that someone posted in this group a while ago, here's the link: https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/do-a-pull-up/#pull_up_tips
It's taking me wayyyy longer than the 30 days in the title, but I'm determined to do one (and my DH said he'll build me something in our backyard that I can use once I get to that point). I've worked my way up to a 20 pound dumbbell, so I think in maybe two more weeks I'll be able to finally move on to level 2. Congrats on the 6# off!!
@HoneyBadger302 I hope you've heard some good news about your interview.
@zenobia9777 sometimes baby steps are the key to success in the long run, glad to hear you're through the worst of your covid.
@k8richer I had the jiggly arms too (I called them batwings
), but the pushups and dumbbell ST has been helping. Great photo!
@spirittrail congrats on the loss and the renewed motivation!!1 -
5'3" 47 yrs
GW 125 - 120 lbs
July 7 - 129
July 12 - 129 (actually surprising I haven't dropped since I've been so active and mostly eating well. Water retention? Time of month?)
Weighed in today because I'm heading on a road trip tomorrow. Can I avoid fries when eating out on the road with kids?! Can I drink only 1 light beer at a Major League baseball game? Can I find protein- rich hors d'oeuvres at a family
memorial/reunion?
I will report back!
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Sorry to hear you're facing a family memorial, I hope it doesn't weigh too heavy on you.Can I avoid fries when eating out on the road with kids?! Can I drink only 1 light beer at a Major League baseball game? Can I find protein- rich hors d'oeuvres at a family
memorial/reunion?
On a lighter note - Yes, you can avoid fries!!!! Yes, you can drink only 1 light beer!!!!! Yes you can find the protein you need without unnecessary calories!!!!!! Good luck on your trip, can't wait to hear about your success.
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Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your updates which are all so motivational to read! Thank you Zenobia9777 😊. I start drinking water right away in the morning and finish around dinner. It's much easier to do on days I exercise! Just start and track it,..,eventually you get there!
Yes! Goal pants!! I get just as thrilled over goal tops, goal bras, etc, 😆 I've gone from a 38 F to a 34 D. It's awesome to lose that back flab.
I am literally having to start over this week. Got in my walk yesterday but not today. I've decided to start logging dinner calories first so I did that yesterday. I've also decided to start intermittent fasting. Out of curiosity, I timed my first overnight fast and got 11 hours! That's great! So tomorrow my fast will be 12 hours. I'll hold there for the week and my goal is a 16/8 fast. Fast for 16....eat in an 8 hour window. Mind you, I'm working my way up. So next week I will go for a 14/10 fast and in two weeks should reach my goal. Again, that all leads back to mindful eating. I'll let you know how I do. I'm mentioning it should anyone want to try it. Start by naturally minding your fast hours with no agenda. 6, 8 , 10.....it's all good. You need a baseline. Decide where you want to end up. 16/8, 14/10, 12/12, etc, Once you've planned your "trip"......it's not difficult to find the best route for you. 😉 Slow and steady is always the right way!
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@SparkSpringtime69 Thanks for the link! I will definitely check it out.
@k8richer Good luck with staying on track with your road trip! I’m the last person who can give advice as I tend to start off well with family, and then succumb - I just make it my mission to get back on track once I’m back home.
We’re chasing each other! 128.8 today with same goal weight I think. That was my original goal weight range - 123 - reached it last year, and then lost 11 more pounds. Everyone said I was way too skinny. Will consider.
@zenobia9777 - Hope you’re close to 100% back.
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Good morning. I'm craving a road trip. @k8richer you can have the best of it all and feel great at the end of it!!!
I think I'm feeling the cabin fever because I haven't been able to go anywhere.
Yesterday I needed to rest after the walk in a little bit of gardening. I'm going to take it easy again today, but I can report that I ate very well yesterday. I concentrated on the low cal vegetables to fight the hunger and that worked well. It's really just habit that makes me reach for things that are not good for me.
I made myself some herbal tea. Plan ahead, right?
@CeeBeeSlim it sounds like you are back on track!!!1 -
5'7", 43 years old
Starting Weight 1/3/22: 155.8
GW: ~128-132ish
2/23/22: 150
3/30/22: 147
4/22: Missed
5/31/22: 149.4
6/29/22: 152.4
7/6/22: 155
7/13/22: 153.8
I had a second round interview on Friday with different team members, but haven't heard anything since (I know they still had some more interviews to complete though) - hoping for news one way or the other before the end of the week.
Tomorrow I interview with my previous company (not ideal, but better than staying where I'm at and at least know the poo-poo I'm getting myself into lol). Still hoping for the other job to come through as tha one aligns with everything I want to be doing, but previous company is at least a backup option.1 -
@honeybadger302 Congrats on getting the second interview, hope they hire you.1
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@HoneyBadger302 Good luck with the interview.
@zenobia9777 - I feel back track.I hope I can keep it up! No - I WILL keep it up!💪💪1 -
Cabin fever Zenobia9777? Didn't you just return from a vacation in May? Good luck Honeybadger! CEEBEE Of course you can keep it up! Just for ONE day.. then keep going....ONE day at a time.
I'm logging dinner calories! Firmly at 1/2 gallon daily! Finally did my first walk....it only took me 10 minutes. Obviously not the right route for me as I am looking for a 20 minute walk. (Swipes right 😜) Tomorrow I am trying another route...though I strongly suspect it will only add 5 minutes. 12 hour fast was successful last night/this morning 🌄.0 -
Finally headed home. Did pretty well on the road eating out and getting lots of activity. But ended time away with long work dinner and I still don’t handle those well. Fancy food and wine with a small group. It was nice but I struggle sticking to my goals. Back at it…..
Question for the group - do you track macros or just calories?? I’ve never tracked macros….1 -
I've been tracking calories but I sort of track based on type of food. For a while I was eating no bread or grain before dinner.
I was on track until yesterday evening but I decided to have some wine. Not a good idea unless it's only once a week!!! I ended up snacking
In good news my brother's quadruple bypass surgery went well. They also did some kind of pocket closure to help prevent blood clotting. I have no idea what that is.
I could say that I was stressed and that's why I was drinking wine, but that would be a lie!
Regarding cabin fever, it was exciting to get out to go to the Walgreens! I'm just tired of being home, but we are planning a little weekend getaway in August.
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@zenobia9777. What wonderful news about your brother. You must be so relieved.
@litstuesday I rarely track macros. When I - sometimes - look at my daily nutrition log and hit my protein goals I find I have more energy for my workouts and I’m less hungry.1 -
I only track calories and total number of minutes and calories burned thru exercise for the week. I try to improve my exercise metrics a little more each week. The more you move.......0
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Good morning. Back home and feeling frustrated. I’m up to the highest I’ve been and above where I started back in Feb. and highest I’ve been in years - maybe 10 years?? Very frustrated. Because I’m really not that off - I move a lot, eat well. Nighttime snacking can be tough. Honestly since hitting my 50s (now 52) anything and everything I could manage and my weight would be stable (travel, dinners out) is just not happening. Absolutely no wiggle room. I have to be strict and clearly that’s not working.
@zenobia9777 so glad your brother is doing well!
@CeeBeeSlim how are you doing? Please share any tips for getting back on track after time….
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Thanks, everyone, for the kind thoughts My brother walked the length of the hallway last night.
I did a little better yesterday on my eating. I discovered that you can mix a ripe avocado with lime juice and tuna. The problem is counting the calories and fat, although I have successfully eaten just half an avocado and saved the other one for the next day by covering with plastic wrap. It is a good summer lunch, and I'm going to look at some recipes for enhancing the flavor.
@litstuesday I went through a period around that age when I absolutely could not budge my weight. Two things I did not try. I did not overhaul my diet completely, and I did not really increase my exercise.
I don't know if those things would have helped, but I do know that the metabolic changes were really difficult to cope with. Good luck! I don't think it is a permanent problem.
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Been sticking to my kcal and eating better in general because of that (can't be filling up on 'empty' calories unless I want to feel like I'm starving all day long lol). Still have serious case of the hangries in the afternoons, but I think my body is just going to have to adjust.
Interview with previous company went well, they'll be extending an offer, but we shall see what they come up with. Still no news on the other position (that I really wanted). Hoping before the end of the day I have some news so I can review things/consider things over the weekend with a little more certainty.0 -
@litstuesday I hear the frustration and disappointment in your post, have been there, and completely understand. Know this - it’s doable to get back where you are and better - even at your age.
I reached my HS weight - 113 - last year - after hovering around 140-145 since around turning 30. I’m 57. I was only trying to reach 125.
I didn’t do anything too crazy. Ate the same foods, but reduced my portions, logged everything, increased water intake, stuck to an exercise routine, and increased NEAT - I moved - a lot. I mean silly stuff - danced whiled washing dishes; body weight squats during commercials, put away one piece of laundry at a time. Being petite, I didn’t have many calories to reduce so moved a lot more.
The one thing that made the last 10 pounds easier to lose was during Lent I stopped snacking on processed carbage for that time period, and I was shocked at how easy that was to lose.
Now I’m up there again. I put on that goal pair of pants (Gulp! And 😡😫) and recalled how good and healthy I felt last year. I want that feeling back - plus the vanity of fitting in my size 2s! 😉
Hope this helps!
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@zenobia9777 glad to hear your brother's surgery went well and that he's up and around a bit.
@ Iitstuesday and @CeeBeeSlim I understand your frustration. I keep lingering between the same 5 pounds lately, but I really haven't been giving 100% effort towards my diet or my exercise. There's a nice breeze outside today so I think I'll be able to get a walk in tonight if it doesn't start raining.
I track my macros but rarely look at them.0 -
I did a little better again yesterday. It's a good thing to go looking for ice cream and realize there's none in the house.
I'm going to be brave and weigh tomorrow and post it as incentive to start my normal routine.. Also going to sign up for a yoga class tomorrow since I'm feeling pretty much myself.
Hope everyone has a good day and feels good about what they are doing!!!
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