Modern Day Pin-up Girls - WEEK 4
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im new to this group...? can someone explain..what you all do?0
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Happy Friday Pin-ups!
JessikaJ - sorry to hear about the kidney infection, take care of yourself and get better and then you can get back on track.
mahs - good for you seeing the scale go down.
laughingdani - wishing you winged feet and wind at your back tomorrow, you will be awesome tomorrow in your 5 km - have fun!
Jenn - your dinner sounds delicious
ericaroo - I've had a rough week with food and working out too! Today is a new day and I'm planning a healthy active weekend. We can do it! I'm going to try to get in some extra water and maybe some extra workouts over the weekend.
robinia - Welcome, we weigh in every Monday and we just support and encourage one another on our lifestyle journey.
Have a great day ladies and a wonderful weekend. Stay active and make healthy choices.
Karen0 -
im new to this group...? can someone explain..what you all do?
If you message Rach who started the thread she can add you to the group. We weigh in once a week on Mondays so you message her your starting weight and then on Monday Wi and message her your weigh then. Hope that helps0 -
Having a bit of a rough day. Just one of those, where nothing seems to be going right. Blah. My shins are still a bit sore, but I'm going to attempt to do my whole 2mi route tonight. I need a good sweat.0
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Having a bit of a rough day. Just one of those, where nothing seems to be going right. Blah. My shins are still a bit sore, but I'm going to attempt to do my whole 2mi route tonight. I need a good sweat.
I hope your day gets better Rach!!!! Go for that run and blow off some steam!
Thanks for all the good luck wishes guys! I will let you know how I do in the 5k tomorrow!
Dani0 -
Having a bit of a rough day. Just one of those, where nothing seems to be going right. Blah. My shins are still a bit sore, but I'm going to attempt to do my whole 2mi route tonight. I need a good sweat.
Rach,
As I was doing the couch to 5K a month or so ago, my shins got to the point where they were even hurting when I was doing nothing. I went to a specialty shoe store. They actually WATCH you walk and find shoes that will remedy your problems. My problem turned out to be that my running shoes were too small. (Apparently you are supposed to go a size larger in running shoes??) Anyway, something to think about. I know how horribly painful it can be!
On another note, I have been weighing myself every morning (just got a new scale, so it's fun). This week has not been a very active week for me, as it is my TOTM (too much info, sorry). but every morning I have weighed, I've been down a pound! This AM i was down 4 lbs from Monday. Hopefully I can be good over the weekend and report a 4+lb loss on Monday! Woo hoo!!0 -
Good Luck on your 5K Dani!!0
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Off work today, going for a hike this afternoon. I went ahead and logged half an hour (we'll see how much it turns out to be) and that burns over 200 calories! :noway: And yet I packed lowfat yogurt mixed with some fresh cut-up peaches as our hiking snack!
Sugarloaf, here I come!
Hope everyone else has as good a day as mine's turning out to be! :flowerforyou:0 -
Pin-Ups there is another Skinny Saturday challenge posted here if anyone is interested. It's worth a try to keep us in check over the weekend or we could start our own here in our thread? Anyone interested? I think I will give it a try, nothing to lose except maybe a few extra calories.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/122445-skinny-saturday-challenge-jump-on-in-everyone
Pixie - enjoy your hike, it sounds like a wonderful way to spend a day off. BTW - I love your ticker pin-up.
Have a great weekend ladies!
Karen0 -
I'm in one of those argumentative moods today. I don't know why, but I have this urge to pick fights, ya know? I think a run tonight will help me blow off some steam. At least I'm aware of it, even though I don't know why I'm feeling like this. I told my bf that I'm feeling a bit off, so if he wants to distance himself a bit and do his own thing today, that won't hurt my feelings.0
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I'm not sure I want to post after Rach's last comment......lol Bad moods suck!
Today is a new day and hope you are in a better frame of mind. Think of the weight you have lost and how you've increased your activity!
Have a wonderful day everyone!
Karen0 -
I'm not sure I want to post after Rach's last comment......lol Bad moods suck!
Ahhaha I kinda thought the same thing for a second! Hope your day get better Rach and I defenitly think a run will help you blow off some steam! Hope you all have a great weekend. I'll be chacking in tomorrow or Monday. . . get another nite/day alone with my hubby, so were gonna be soaking it up. Hope you all's weekend 's are wonderful!!!0 -
Did 1.7mi today...cried a little when it was over cuz my shins hurt so bad, but I'll survive.
Rach - be careful you're not giving yourself shin splints (I hope I can give some helpful advice here as I'm a trained physiotherapist) - if you up your mileage too quickly then the muscles in the front of your shin can't keep up and they will give you HELL for it. If it's not too bad it's just a bit painful but worst case scenario you can actually give yourself stress fractures in your legs.
Make sure you're not doing too much too quickly - allow your legs time to rest. And if it continues you might wanna get your foot position when you run checked out. If your feet aren't properly supported when you run then the problems that causes can travel all the way up your legs.
Hope that's helpful, and not meant to be a rant at all - I'll take my physio hat off now! Congrats on getting in to the running though and it looks like you're making great progress!!
xx
Since you're a pysiotherapist, I have a question--I have those Reebok walking shoes, do you think they are okay for walking? Sometimes my feet go numb. It doesn't stop me from walking, but I feel like that shouldn't happen. Also, is it bad to jog in them? If so, what kind of shoes do you recommend for running in?
And good job Rach! That's a nice run
That's a difficult question because the answer's not very straightforward. Let me give it a try though:
1. Yes, I think the shoes are ok for walking in - you don't put too much pressure through your joints as you walk, and it's all linear movement so I would say that's fine. The shoes work by making you slightly unbalanced, so your muscles have to work harder to control your movement.
2. With regards to the numbness in your feet I can give my personal opinion but that's really all it is - I (obviously!) haven't examined you so don't take any of this as absolute.
Generally speaking, numbness in your foot when you walk (especially the outside of the foot) is due to pressure on the sciatic nerve. This is a nerve which runs from the bottom of your back, down the back of your leg and into your foot. Don't be alarmed - it's not dangerous or worrying. Usually it results from one of two things: either a pelvis that is out of alignment slightly, or a catching of the nerve where it passes from your leg into your foot. This is usually due to poor foot stability as you walk - called overpronation. Basically, when feet roll in slightly as weight is applied onto them. If this is the case, it should be as easily solved as wearing a good supportive pair of shoes to stop you rolling in.
If this is the case with you then I would suggest you don't run in them, but make sure you have a good supportive pair of trainers instead - you might want to try anti-pronation trainers which have extra support. Alternatively, you could always get your running style and foot position checked by a running specialist in a shoe shop/physio etc
I hope that's helpful and that I haven't worried you at all! I have the exact same problem so I make sure that I wear supportive trainers and I have a pair of insoles that I wear to run in.
PS. Don't wear anti-pronation trainers AND insoles - you'll overcompensate and end up with a whole different problem!!
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I'm in one of those argumentative moods today. I don't know why, but I have this urge to pick fights, ya know? I think a run tonight will help me blow off some steam. At least I'm aware of it, even though I don't know why I'm feeling like this. I told my bf that I'm feeling a bit off, so if he wants to distance himself a bit and do his own thing today, that won't hurt my feelings.
Haha, I do the exact same thing with my boyfriend when I just KNOW I'm gonna be in a foul mood and pick a fight! He just gets out the way now and I go crawling back when I'm feeling more like myself!0 -
So proud of myself - went to Krispy Kreme today and DIDN'T have a doughnut. That took will power of a mammouth proportion.0
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Pin-Ups there is another Skinny Saturday challenge posted here if anyone is interested. It's worth a try to keep us in check over the weekend or we could start our own here in our thread? Anyone interested? I think I will give it a try, nothing to lose except maybe a few extra calories.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/122445-skinny-saturday-challenge-jump-on-in-everyone
Pixie - enjoy your hike, it sounds like a wonderful way to spend a day off. BTW - I love your ticker pin-up.
Have a great weekend ladies!
Karen
Thanks, Karen! I actually found a pin-up that I liked and then just added some wings :P
The hike was fun but killer. On top of that, I went for my LAST C25K RUN TODAY! That's right, I'm a C25K Graduate now!
I think it was just the motivation I needed too, because I ran farther than I have all week! 0 -
The weekend is here, and I already made the big mistake to eat out......Burger King it was.......over 1700 cal gone already.....I'm feeling bloated and unhappy now.....I guess it will be only water intake for the rest of the day0
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The scale and I are fighting this week. Stupid! lol0
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For pizza lovers.....
Hubby wanted PIzza but my cheat day isn't until tomorrow but than my mom came over to visit, so pizza it was. My hubby wanted the Big Italy from Pizza Hut. It's only 180 a slice (pepperoni pizza) 170 a slice (cheese)
Well looks like this family will be eating Big Italy pizza!!
This is why I don't do diets cause they can only last for so long (for me anyways) - juts got to learn how to eat the foods you like & portion control
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UGH. Today was a horrible food choice day.... I feel gross. Seems like that happened to a few of us! But good for you Cath! I love doughnuts... so hard to resist.
Tomorrow is a new day though.. I am going to do my own skiing sunday challenge!!0 -
Good morning Ladies
Weekends are so challenging! For me it's because I am off work and no routine.
I managed to drink 14 cups of water yesterday and got in one 60 minute walk. My skinny Saturday challenge was to double my water and double my workout. I don't feel that I failed because I know that I tried.
If losing weight was easy none of us would be here.
Today is a new day.
Enjoy
Karen0 -
So proud of myself - went to Krispy Kreme today and DIDN'T have a doughnut. That took will power of a mammouth proportion.
cathcakey - I'm proud of you too, great willpower, you stayed focused on your goal!
I on the other hand in that situation would of bought not one but two donuts and ate them in my car and got rid of the evidence and told no-one.
Karen0 -
SweetPandora - WTG on the water!!!
I get in atleast 10 cups a day and it really helps w/ the scale going down!!0 -
My eating has been a bit off all weekend, but oh well. Starting right this week. So far today I've made a big batch of pasta, and stir-fry (heavy on the veggies) so that I can eat that for lunches and dinners instead of hotpockets and fast food. So off to a good start. :flowerforyou:0
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wow, awesome, how do you get in on this group?0
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Did 1.7mi today...cried a little when it was over cuz my shins hurt so bad, but I'll survive.
Rach - be careful you're not giving yourself shin splints (I hope I can give some helpful advice here as I'm a trained physiotherapist) - if you up your mileage too quickly then the muscles in the front of your shin can't keep up and they will give you HELL for it. If it's not too bad it's just a bit painful but worst case scenario you can actually give yourself stress fractures in your legs.
Make sure you're not doing too much too quickly - allow your legs time to rest. And if it continues you might wanna get your foot position when you run checked out. If your feet aren't properly supported when you run then the problems that causes can travel all the way up your legs.
Hope that's helpful, and not meant to be a rant at all - I'll take my physio hat off now! Congrats on getting in to the running though and it looks like you're making great progress!!
xx
Since you're a pysiotherapist, I have a question--I have those Reebok walking shoes, do you think they are okay for walking? Sometimes my feet go numb. It doesn't stop me from walking, but I feel like that shouldn't happen. Also, is it bad to jog in them? If so, what kind of shoes do you recommend for running in?
And good job Rach! That's a nice run
That's a difficult question because the answer's not very straightforward. Let me give it a try though:
1. Yes, I think the shoes are ok for walking in - you don't put too much pressure through your joints as you walk, and it's all linear movement so I would say that's fine. The shoes work by making you slightly unbalanced, so your muscles have to work harder to control your movement.
2. With regards to the numbness in your feet I can give my personal opinion but that's really all it is - I (obviously!) haven't examined you so don't take any of this as absolute.
Generally speaking, numbness in your foot when you walk (especially the outside of the foot) is due to pressure on the sciatic nerve. This is a nerve which runs from the bottom of your back, down the back of your leg and into your foot. Don't be alarmed - it's not dangerous or worrying. Usually it results from one of two things: either a pelvis that is out of alignment slightly, or a catching of the nerve where it passes from your leg into your foot. This is usually due to poor foot stability as you walk - called overpronation. Basically, when feet roll in slightly as weight is applied onto them. If this is the case, it should be as easily solved as wearing a good supportive pair of shoes to stop you rolling in.
If this is the case with you then I would suggest you don't run in them, but make sure you have a good supportive pair of trainers instead - you might want to try anti-pronation trainers which have extra support. Alternatively, you could always get your running style and foot position checked by a running specialist in a shoe shop/physio etc
I hope that's helpful and that I haven't worried you at all! I have the exact same problem so I make sure that I wear supportive trainers and I have a pair of insoles that I wear to run in.
PS. Don't wear anti-pronation trainers AND insoles - you'll overcompensate and end up with a whole different problem!!
xx
Hey, thank you so much! That hasn't worried me. I'm pretty sure I have the over-pronation problem. I had my roommate look at my feet as I walk and she said they seem to flex outward. So I think I'll go buy some new shoes this week!
I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. Thanks again!0 -
I want in toooooooo:laugh:0
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Hey everybody! Been MIA on the thread the last few days.
So the 5k Saturday was freakin' awesome. My goal was to get under 40min.
My final time was 36min. 34sec. Holy Smokes Batman! Never expected that!:noway: I really pushed myself!
The best part was the end. I was slowing down on the last mile and was thinking about giving up and just walking the rest of the way. When I had about 1/2 mile left a girl about my age came up beside me (a total stranger) and said "come on, you are doing so good! You can see the end!". That's all I needed and I ran the rest of the way with her. I was so proud of myself and grateful to her that she gave me that extra push. After the race I gave her a hug and told her thanks. The awesome thing is that the beginning of this year I did my first 5k and my time was 49 min. I never thought in my wildest dreams I would do it in 36min 34sec.
My next long term goal is to get my 5k time down to 30 min flat.....or less of course. :bigsmile:
Thanks to everyone for their encouragement and motivation. If I can come this far so can YOU!
Dani0 -
Hey everyone! My weight this week is 179.5 as of Fri. Seems to be the best time for me to weigh myself so I shall continue with that! Hopefully can make it properly into the 170s for next week
xx0 -
Erg, 133 again this week. Didn't lose anything.0
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