Hitting the benchmark in our Fitness Games at work: As many rounds of 15 pushups (easy), 20 burpees (God awful) and one lap (tenth of a mile) as you can in 15 minutes. I got three, which is the benchmark in my age division (40-49), in 13 minutes and said that was enough. I was sore for three days. But, hey, got a T-shirt and lead the yearlong competition in my division, which is five events.
I fit 3x shirts again... i tried on a shirt from the back of my closet and it fit...Still a long way to go but it nice to see the progress. when i started i was in 5x and some tight 4x. Happy Monday everyone!
i just finished 30 days of yoga with Adriene (on Youtube). Best yoga I've ever did. It was very hard sometimes, but I loved it. She is so positive in her attitude and so funny, I just feel great after all her videos.
I just started yoga camp with Adriene. It's great too.
My NSV today was that I actually did a progression photo timeline of myself. I hate pictures. It wasn't pretty. I may have ugly cried BUT....I have seen some great improvements! I still have a long way to go but man...there is such a difference.
My NSV today was that I actually did a progression photo timeline of myself. I hate pictures. It wasn't pretty. I may have ugly cried BUT....I have seen some great improvements! I still have a long way to go but man...there is such a difference.
Woot! You look great, and you've done even better! You're very brave - and hard-working - and have every reason to be proud of yourself.
woke up did a weigh in and scale did not budge, initially I was upset but got dressed, went to Physical Therapy and then to gym. NSV is I didn't give up or eat poorly. I know my body is sore and retaining water and a wooosh should happen soon, had to remind myself this a a marathon not a sprint.
@allmannerofthings and @Evelyn_Gorfram - Thank you very much. I still have about 67 more pounds to lose to be at the high end of the normal range for my height but I was so excited that I just had to post this! Appreciate the encouragement as well.
My best friend and I were at the dollar store yesterday, picking up random things for a baby shower she is throwing. As we are leaving, she is backing up her car, and this guy (who happens to be African American) is being kind of weird behind us, so she just backs up slowly and he awkwardly stands there. As she starts to pull forward, he flags us down and walks up to the passenger side (my side) of the car and I roll down the window.
At this point, I thought he was going to yell or something because, I'm going to be honest, my best friend backed her car out of that parking spot like a complete moron. But, he looks at me, and says "You don't know me, but I just gotta tell you, you got a fine booty". And then he just walks away. My best friend ALMOST DIED laughing and couldn't get over the fact that he just flagged down our car to tell me that my white girl booty was fine.
I couldn't even believe it was real life and I've never had a weirder (but flattering?) encounter... and now my best friend will never let me live that down.
My best friend and I were at the dollar store yesterday, picking up random things for a baby shower she is throwing. As we are leaving, she is backing up her car, and this guy (who happens to be African American) is being kind of weird behind us, so she just backs up slowly and he awkwardly stands there. As she starts to pull forward, he flags us down and walks up to the passenger side (my side) of the car and I roll down the window.
At this point, I thought he was going to yell or something because, I'm going to be honest, my best friend backed her car out of that parking spot like a complete moron. But, he looks at me, and says "You don't know me, but I just gotta tell you, you got a fine booty". And then he just walks away. My best friend ALMOST DIED laughing and couldn't get over the fact that he just flagged down our car to tell me that my white girl booty was fine.
I couldn't even believe it was real life and I've never had a weirder (but flattering?) encounter... and now my best friend will never let me live that down.
That's funny! You may have to change your profile name from miss_boof to miss_booty!
woke up did a weigh in and scale did not budge, initially I was upset but got dressed, went to Physical Therapy and then to gym. NSV is I didn't give up or eat poorly. I know my body is sore and retaining water and a wooosh should happen soon, had to remind myself this a a marathon not a sprint.
As "gen Z" as this sounds...I started therapy!! Like, real therapy! I have been in and out of an eating disorder for many years but always denied denied denied. But something in me just snapped a few weeks ago so I headed to my doctor who set me on the path to gettin' straightened out. I was so, like, ashamed???? It's so dumb to me now that I was ashamed for needing help but I am already re-calibrating. I wish I had gone a long time ago. Support groups like this are amazing but wasn't really getting to my root cause. Swallowing my pride was hard but I am so happy already that I want to tell everyone I see that I am getting professional help!
I also brought some really yummy vegetable-based side dishes to a potluck recently and it all got eaten! I was asked for the recipes! It felt good to show people that 'yummy' and 'vegetables' can go together!
Congratulations on deciding to do what is best for you and absolutely no shame at all in getting help when needed.Yummy recipes could be added to the food group here if you wanted. (hint)
Been some time since I posted a NSV. I thought I'd hit a bit of a plateau - losing VERY VERY slowly, like a fifth of a pound per week - since July. Took a look at my food diary and realized that I am not really in a plateau - I'm just not logging/measuring as aggressively as I was when I was losing a steady 1/2 lb per week.
My NSV - getting honest with myself that I wasn't getting the results I want for a reason, but instead of beating myself up about it, I congratulated myself on STILL losing weight during that period. I must have learned something about portion control since the scale was still moving down. Now that I have faced reality, I am tuning up my food weighing/logging, and I expect to be somewhat back on track in the next few weeks.
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Hitting the benchmark in our Fitness Games at work: As many rounds of 15 pushups (easy), 20 burpees (God awful) and one lap (tenth of a mile) as you can in 15 minutes. I got three, which is the benchmark in my age division (40-49), in 13 minutes and said that was enough. I was sore for three days. But, hey, got a T-shirt and lead the yearlong competition in my division, which is five events.
I just started yoga camp with Adriene. It's great too.
Edited to add...
Also, my knee chub no longer rubs together making a swooshing sound when I walk lol! Thighs on the other hand are still BFFs!
At this point, I thought he was going to yell or something because, I'm going to be honest, my best friend backed her car out of that parking spot like a complete moron. But, he looks at me, and says "You don't know me, but I just gotta tell you, you got a fine booty". And then he just walks away. My best friend ALMOST DIED laughing and couldn't get over the fact that he just flagged down our car to tell me that my white girl booty was fine.
I couldn't even believe it was real life and I've never had a weirder (but flattering?) encounter... and now my best friend will never let me live that down.
That's funny! You may have to change your profile name from miss_boof to miss_booty!
That's discipline! Well done, Nan!
62.51 miles.
Lots of hills. Lots of steep hills. Some fast downhills.
A lot of fun (well, for me)
I WILL do that 100 mile bike ride.
The only reason I didn't do it today was that I had to be somewhere this afternoon.
Maybe tomorrow . . .
@Evelyn_Gorfram you're cracking me up
As "gen Z" as this sounds...I started therapy!! Like, real therapy! I have been in and out of an eating disorder for many years but always denied denied denied. But something in me just snapped a few weeks ago so I headed to my doctor who set me on the path to gettin' straightened out. I was so, like, ashamed???? It's so dumb to me now that I was ashamed for needing help but I am already re-calibrating. I wish I had gone a long time ago. Support groups like this are amazing but wasn't really getting to my root cause. Swallowing my pride was hard but I am so happy already that I want to tell everyone I see that I am getting professional help!
I also brought some really yummy vegetable-based side dishes to a potluck recently and it all got eaten! I was asked for the recipes! It felt good to show people that 'yummy' and 'vegetables' can go together!
My NSV - getting honest with myself that I wasn't getting the results I want for a reason, but instead of beating myself up about it, I congratulated myself on STILL losing weight during that period. I must have learned something about portion control since the scale was still moving down. Now that I have faced reality, I am tuning up my food weighing/logging, and I expect to be somewhat back on track in the next few weeks.