June Calorie Burn--Name Your Goal Here
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Happy Solstice, My Warrior Sisters!
It's Saturday, so I inventoried my kitchen, planned my meals for the week, and made my grocery list. I walked to the farmers market and TJ's and then, on the way up the stairs my right knee started complaining again. I'm hoping that if I take it easy the rest of the day it'll let me play again tomorrow.
Yesterday's Off the Grid Food Truck excursion was a blast! Sam had "the bandit" a grilled parmesan, jack and American cheese on texas toast and mashed tater balls (mashed potatoes, chives & cheddar formed into balls and fried). I had the chicken sisig nachos from Senor Sisig, a Mexican/Filipino fusion food truck. You know, I thought I'd like it, but I really didn't enjoy the nacho cheese. It was the only processed food in the dish and now I know I just don't like it anymore. It kind of ruined the dish for me. But, I was cheered by my dessert: 2 of the most beautiful cupcakes on the planet. I'd had other versions of the s'more cupcake before, so I knew I'd love it. The second one was a mango cream, which was new to me. It had mangos & mango curd filling and a whipped cream frosting, topped with a mixture of caramel and mangos! It was amazing.
Speaking of food, I ran out of whey protein powder yesterday and wanted to make sure I got plenty of protein in the morning, so I grabbed a Cliff Builder Chocolate Peanut Butter bar at Walgreens. I was excited to have it with my coffee, this morning. Ewwww. I just wanted to let you know, just in case you decide to have a quick protein fix one day. DO NOT buy one of those. I found it disgustingly salty and chalky.
Stephanie, I love the idea of boxing, but worry my knees couldn't handle it. So, box for both of us! Keep us posted on whether you find a good class or video.
Veronica, nothing beats real chocolate. I hope you enjoyed that Zenevo chocolate. I think it's real, but it looks so tiny!
Jodi, YOU ARE ON FIRE!!! Four days in a row, you've exceeded your exercise goal?! I don't know about the other days, but I remember you were under your calorie goal, yesterday. So, it seems like you're getting your calories in line, too. I think it's a good idea to eat most of your carbs and sodium in the morning, so you have the whole day to burn, sweat, & flush them out. So, Chinese food for breakfast isn't that bad an idea. Also, I hope you keep cheering yourself. My grandma used to say, "First thing, when you wake up, start encouraging yourself--because no one else is going to do it!" That's not really true here, but it never hurts and you can give yourself more encouragement than anyone else can, because you're always with YOU!
Well, to appease my knee, I've cued up World War Z and plan to be horrified, while sitting still with an icepack;)0 -
In a good mood... another pound gone! I'm getting there little by little. It may be a LONG process, but I can happily say that I either stay the same or go down. The scale is going in the right direction. However, on a more frustrating note...my belly always stuck out past my boobs. I had finally lost enough weight that for around a month now, my boobs have been just past my belly. Yeah! BUT, now that I have lost more weight, it has come from up there, and once again the belly is past the boobs. I look just as fat as before, but on a slightly smaller scale. Ughhhhh.0
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so here's a problem. I have eaten 1500+ calories today and MFP tells me to eat another 1500 because of exercise. My normal daily goal is 1800+ calories. I just can't eat another thing. So...what do you do in this situation?0
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Congrats on the pound down dianastepheny. Just focus on the other pounds that will be leaving like the one this week.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the goal is to have a 3500 calorie deficit each week you want to lose 1 pound. Theoretically MFP helps you figure out how many calories you can eat back but still be at a 3500 deficit for the week.so here's a problem. I have eaten 1500+ calories today and MFP tells me to eat another 1500 because of exercise. My normal daily goal is 1800+ calories. I just can't eat another thing. So...what do you do in this situation?
I say theoretically because the formula doesn't seem to work for me. Most weeks I eat at my MFP deficit + pile on a lot of exercise calories burned but my weight doesn't move. Or I should say, it doesn't move significantly. I've been gaining and losing the same 3-5 pounds since early May.
If I took out the ups and downs, I'm pretty much at the same weight I was on April 27th. Despite logging over 35,000 exercise calories. If life was fair, I should have consistently lost an average of 1 pound a week during that time period. My calories consumed didn't vary widely over the same time period. Even the times I skipped logging, I didn't eat very much over what I eat on a regular logging day.
So. How is everyone doing on their June goals? One more week to hit them.
Mine was to bike ride an average of 10 miles per week or 40 miles for the month of June. My legs were killing me most of last week, so I didn't cycle much.
Week 1, 9 miles
Week 2, 20.6
Week 3: 5.5
Week 4: TBD
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Hello, Warrior Sistahs!
Can you tell I've been walking around downtown Oakland? Lol. Sistahs, I am so glad I was able to get my booty out of the house on a Sunday. I took Thursday as my rest day this week, since my right knee was hurting. The problem was, when I woke up this morning, the last thing I wanted to do was leave the house. At first, I was just going to exercise at home. I cleaned the kitchen & the bathroom. Then, I decided that I did want to see Jersey Boys and there was a theater about 1.2 miles away showing it. So, I power walked down there and back. Kaching! I made my exercise goal. My weekly goal for June is to burn 3500 calories/week. This week, I hit 3744.
Diana, I'm so glad your weight is going down! One pound Is a significant thing. Sorry about your boob size going down. This is probably the most common complaint I hear on here!
Jodi, I never force myself to eat, if I'm really not hungry. Sometimes, I'm just too keyed up and need to relax, before I feel hungry. The other day, my exercise caused me to net about 400 under my BMR (which is something I've been trying not to do). Because I hadn't planned to exercise that much, I hadn't planned the extra calories into my day and I just couldn't fit anymore in before I needed to sleep. So, I ate extra calories the next day.
Culo, sorry about the weight loss stall. That's what led me to do a metabolism reset. It really sucks to be eating right and exercising your butt off and not getting any results! I don't know if you want to go all the way to maintenance for a while, but you might want to try a "diet break". That's just taking a week or two to eat whatever you want. Maybe, that would break this cycle you're in. Speaking of cycling, you're doing great on your bicycling goal! You have less than 5 miles to go!0 -
I have been setting weekly goals instead of a monthly goal and last week I did pretty gosh darn good. My goal this week is to average 8,000 a day. (my brother is going to be here for few days from Texas and I am sure we will sit and visit alot) and to weight lift Monday through Friday. I would also like to log at MFP's 1820 for calories.
I have discovered that since I have stepped up my weight training..I am burning a lot more calories than I used to and I am having a very hard time eating all of my calories...Some days I am eating alot of bad calories, so I am sure that even if I am under my calorie goal, those bad calories do not help with weight loss....
So my other goal is to try to eat the bulk of my calories in the AM and lunch time meals...which will be difficult for me. If I eat a lot in the morning and lunch...then I just want to nap. LOL We will see how this goes...it will take more planning on my part.
Oh, did I mention I lost 5.7 pounds since the 15th? I have not been on the scale since then....I am a scale freak and get on it every day, but my goal was to not weigh at all last week. I think it puts fear in to me and makes me work harder....
Culo, maybe try switching up your excercise? Do you weight train at all?
Sue, how is that knee doing? BTW....I would have gone to the grilled cheese truck!!!
DianaSteph, great pound lost....one pound at a time....just focus on the end goal!!!0 -
I just added up last calories burned since Thursday and it was 1808! Yay!! On an irrelevant sidenote, has anyone ever had Irish boxty? I just had some for lunch at a new Irish pub that opened down the street and it is one of the best things I have ever eaten. Not good for you, I'd say...but sooo good.0
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Warrior Women, I'm chasing you this week! I'm bringing up the rear in our group, on my friend's list. Of course, Rachael's still #1, then comes Veronica, Jodi, and Stephanie. I'm #11, with an average of 7,582 steps/day. I'll see what I can do this week to catch up to the pack!
My goals for the week are to eat at a 15% calorie deficit and burn at least 3600 calories/week. The scale's still fluctuating between 177-179, so I'm hoping that it can settle firmly down to 177, by the end of the week. I'm really bloated again, this week, and I'm not sure why. I thought my body had gotten used to the increased calories, but I feel like I'm retaining a lot of water.
Jodi, kudos for the huge weight loss in one week! That's amazing that you stepped up your weight training. I'm inspired and hope to get going with the personal trainer, this week. I've found it's really hard for me to consume more than 1800 calories, without eating more in the morning and early afternoon. I'm just not a natural am eater, but need to do it since I can't consume too many calories at once. It helps to make breakfast a green smoothie, most days.
Veronica, great job burning your 1808 calories!!! I grew up in an Irish Catholic neighborhood in Chicago, so know Irish boxty well. Mmm... I think it's important to include some "good to you" foods in your diet. If you only eat "good for you" foods, your body freaks out at the slightest variation. Plus, it's fun!0 -
Okay, not to be an idiot...but where are you getting your calorie burns from? Are you taking them off of the diary page or the actual excercise page? Maybe I want to start playing this game? LOL (Not that it's a game, don't get your undies in a was) Actually, ya know, weight loss, logging food in and calories out....it is all a game if you think about it. It is a game as to how do I get the most bang for my buck with "what I get to eat today" for the least amount of calories, and what excercises can I do "that won't kill me" that will help me get the burn I need. So, If you look at it like a game, and if you are highly competative ( I AM) then perhaps it might be something that I can win. Of course, the only person we are truely playing against is ourself and our health....
ya ya ya...blah blah blah ..... Now that I am actually setting other goals and I actually understand what in the heck you are all talking about (kind of)....I just need to know where to look so that I can go back and look at what I did last week, and then set a goal from there....Ohhhh how exciting. When I first joined this group. I had no idea what you were all talking about .... weekly calorie burn...what? Anyway.....
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so here's a problem. I have eaten 1500+ calories today and MFP tells me to eat another 1500 because of exercise. My normal daily goal is 1800+ calories. I just can't eat another thing. So...what do you do in this situation?
When I have a huge amount of exercise calories like that I don't worry about it too much. I eat some extra and feel free to have a treat, but I don't eat beyond hunger. I do figure I have some extra if needed that week. Sometimes I actually feel more hungry the next day, and sometimes I don't. I think the main thing is don't go too low, eat more when you exercise (unless you are doing the TDEE thing--no need to go there again), and make sure you have a good energy level. If you have issues with energy, consider whether you are eating enough, among other things.0 -
On an irrelevant sidenote, has anyone ever had Irish boxty? I just had some for lunch at a new Irish pub that opened down the street and it is one of the best things I have ever eaten. Not good for you, I'd say...but sooo good.
Hmm. I almost had a dish that included it at this semi-upscale Irish pub near my house (yeah, I dunno). Ended up getting something else at the last minute and now I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad about that!0 -
I'm still behind on my June goal, but have to add up the calories to see how far. I should hit my weekly cycling goal this week and am on track to hit my monthly goal.
Jodi, I use MapMyRide for my biking calories, which is most of what I count (that's what I have been checking with my HRM and it seems reliable). I use MFP for swimming (not that I've been swimming much) and weights (same, ugh, but I'm going tonight). Not sure if those are accurate, but I'm only comparing to myself, so they work.0 -
Stephanie, it's so nice to get 3 posts from you! I'm glad work calmed down enough for you to say HI!
Jodi, this is a very complicated "game". You're not an idiot for just getting it all. In fact, I think you're way ahead of where I was a few months ago. I didn't even start exercising right away. I just tried to get my calories right, at first. Anyway, I enter all of my exercise on MFP and so I can access my totals for the day/week on the exercise page. If you're not using MFP and not syncing some other program with it, it would be even more complicated.
I synced Fitbit with MFP, but felt like the calories were always a bit off. So, I just kept using Map My Walk for my walking exercise. Then, for yoga, dancing, and swimming, I just use the MFP database to manually enter the burns. They seem pretty reasonable. Some people say that certain items in the database are way overestimated. I tried to buy a heart rate monitor this weekend, but couldn't get the website to take my order and then got a horrible customer service person on the phone. I'll probably try again, tonight. Some people say HRM's are also inaccurate, but I think they'd be a lot more accurate than some random database into which anyone can enter anything.0 -
Ok, lemurcat....go back to that Irish place, and try it! HAHA!0
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Upped my calories yet again. Going up another 50 per day to 1650. Just trying to give myself "wiggle-room" for when I weigh less and weight loss is harder. I figure the higher my calories now, then I won't have to drop to too low of a number later on. If I'm low now, there really wouldn't be anywhere to go. So, upping my calories helped before...I've stayed at the new number for a while, so up I go again. I don't feel like I'm in a race. I know for my weight they say 1 1/2 or even 2 pounds per week is fine to do. I'm okay with 1 pound at a time. It may take longer, but hopefully it will be more sustainable (and maybe not as hard on my middle aged skin-so afraid of looking saggy after 100 pounds).0
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Heh, hope my serial posting isn't annoying. I just get excited about responding to lots of different posts and have to check my impulse to write too much.
I am trying to get up the nerve to try a class at the gym I'm checking out. That's my goal for either today or tomorrow. (Depends on if I can leave my desk for long enough today.)
After work I have to go buy a few new bras, since I thought I had some of my old ones but don't and am starting to look like a girl wearing her mom's bra in my current ones, sigh. I don't mind losing weight there at all, but just hate bra shopping.
(I'm currently wearing a surprisingly okay sports bra I have, which actually makes me look slimmer. Not really comfortable, though.)0 -
One of the advantages of living in a City. You're within walking distance of entertainment and good food. What were your favorite songs from Jersey Boys? I feel like I'd have several earworms after watching the show. Congrats on hitting your weekly goal.Hello, Warrior Sistahs!
Can you tell I've been walking around downtown Oakland? Lol. Sistahs, I am so glad I was able to get my booty out of the house on a Sunday. I took Thursday as my rest day this week, since my right knee was hurting. The problem was, when I woke up this morning, the last thing I wanted to do was leave the house. At first, I was just going to exercise at home. I cleaned the kitchen & the bathroom. Then, I decided that I did want to see Jersey Boys and there was a theater about 1.2 miles away showing it. So, I power walked down there and back. Kaching! I made my exercise goal. My weekly goal for June is to burn 3500 calories/week. This week, I hit 3744.
Culo, sorry about the weight loss stall. That's what led me to do a metabolism reset. It really sucks to be eating right and exercising your butt off and not getting any results! I don't know if you want to go all the way to maintenance for a while, but you might want to try a "diet break". That's just taking a week or two to eat whatever you want. Maybe, that would break this cycle you're in. Speaking of cycling, you're doing great on your bicycling goal! You have less than 5 miles to go!
Thanks for the suggestion about diet break. I only "gained" 1 pound after eating more calories last week. The prior month, I'd gained or lost 3-5 pounds during my weekly weigh in. Seems like eating more made the variance less. I'll see if that's still the case when I weigh in this weekend.
I'll try the diet break starting on weigh in day, to be consistent. If I change my eating habits during the week, I won't be able to tell the difference. This is my second week eating more calories.
Looks like I'll hit my cycling goal without a lot of strain. For a whileI was worried I'd have to go on a super long bike ride on the last weekend. I'm already thinking of my July goal.0 -
Have you been eating more long enough to tell whether you lose more when you eat more? Curious.Upped my calories yet again. Going up another 50 per day to 1650. Just trying to give myself "wiggle-room" for when I weigh less and weight loss is harder. I figure the higher my calories now, then I won't have to drop to too low of a number later on. If I'm low now, there really wouldn't be anywhere to go. So, upping my calories helped before...I've stayed at the new number for a while, so up I go again. I don't feel like I'm in a race. I know for my weight they say 1 1/2 or even 2 pounds per week is fine to do. I'm okay with 1 pound at a time. It may take longer, but hopefully it will be more sustainable (and maybe not as hard on my middle aged skin-so afraid of looking saggy after 100 pounds).
I don't think you should worry about over-posting. The advantage of a small group is that everyone posts on topic and courteously. Think it, say it.Heh, hope my serial posting isn't annoying. I just get excited about responding to lots of different posts and have to check my impulse to write too much.
I am trying to get up the nerve to try a class at the gym I'm checking out. That's my goal for either today or tomorrow. (Depends on if I can leave my desk for long enough today.)
No harm in trying a class. You can always duck out or stand in the back if it doesn't work for you. Go for it.0 -
Culo, "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", was probably my favorite song. The first half of the movie really dragged, but then it got better. I think Clint Eastwood didn't get that most people who go to movie musicals go for the MUSIC! So, the first half didn't have enough music for me. I bet that diet break will work great for you. I knew you'd hit that cycling goal easily! Now, you've got me wondering about July goals... Can you believe it's the last week of June?
Stephanie, I had so much fun at my 1st gym class! I encourage you to give it a try. You can always bail, if you don't like it, right? I got some very comfy sports bras (it'd been years since I needed one) at Sears, of all places! They were even on sale, so I got 4 of them! I wouldn't worry about serial posting or going on too long (clearly, I don't;). I trust that if people are too busy to read my posts, they'll just skip them.
Diana, congrats on having the courage to eat more! We're so conditioned to eat less and exercise more, when we want to lose weight. But, as you said, that's not very sustainable. They say that gradually adding calories is the best way to go, if you don't want to gain a ton of weight. I'm not in a big hurry anymore, either. I'd like to be at my goal weight by my 50th birthday, but that's 14 months to lose 33lbs. And, theoretically, 3 of those pounds are just water weight.
I'm also considering upping my calories, because I'm noticing that I have to eat back up to my BMR pretty often. I just worry that if I shift my calories up, I'll feel obligated to stay this active, then it won't be as fun. Right now, I can exercise a little or a lot, depending on what else I have going on. Living in downtown Oakland for the past 10 months has really helped my activity level. There is so much to do, within walking distance of my place. I am such a happy city girl!
Are any of you doing yoga regularly? I have gone back to doing it daily, because I really want to improve my balance and flexibility and it helps me to do it every day. I started doing advanced poses, about a month ago. There's this one that I'm only half doing now called the "shoulder stand pose". Any tips for how to get better at it?
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Have you been eating more long enough to tell whether you lose more when you eat more? Curious.Upped my calories yet again. Going up another 50 per day to 1650. Just trying to give myself "wiggle-room" for when I weigh less and weight loss is harder. I figure the higher my calories now, then I won't have to drop to too low of a number later on. If I'm low now, there really wouldn't be anywhere to go. So, upping my calories helped before...I've stayed at the new number for a while, so up I go again. I don't feel like I'm in a race. I know for my weight they say 1 1/2 or even 2 pounds per week is fine to do. I'm okay with 1 pound at a time. It may take longer, but hopefully it will be more sustainable (and maybe not as hard on my middle aged skin-so afraid of looking saggy after 100 pounds).
I wouldn't say that eating more is letting me lose more...or faster. Rather, it is allowing me to continue losing at a steady rate that still averages out to a pound a week (sometimes it is higher...2 or 3 pounds...sometimes I maintain. Haven't gained yet). In the end, it is a steady downward path that if I work it out mathematically over a time period works out to approx. 1 pound a week. I started on March 8 with 1360 calories. I only did that for 3 days. I changed it to 1610 and still continued to lose an average of 1 1/2 pounds per week. After 2 weeks, MFP suggested dropping to 1550. I did and stayed at that number for 2 months. I also ramped up my exercise (Zumba classes 3 times a week, walking a few miles while pushing a stroller 5 days a week, bowling once a week). My body didn't like the drop in calories and increase in exercise (and yes..I was eating calories back) so, my weight loss stalled.. my period skipped (apparently a sign of overdoing it),and I was achy and tired all of the time. So, change of plans. I decided to up my calories and exercise less. I changed it to 1600 and stopped going on my daily walks of a few miles. My body returned to normal, I wasn't so exhausted from overexercising, and I got to eat more. Win. Win. I am still steadily losing weight, so it's all good.0 -
I don't think you should worry about over-posting. The advantage of a small group is that everyone posts on topic and courteously. Think it, say it.
No harm in trying a class. You can always duck out or stand in the back if it doesn't work for you. Go for it.
Thanks, and I will definitely try a class. I was going to pick one for tomorrow, but all that works is spinning and it's supposed to be a day off cycling, so I'm going to wait 'till Thursday. Tomorrow is my PT appointment for my knee anyway, so I should probably take it somewhat easy before just because I have no clue what it involves. I'm happy to finally be seeing someone, because I want to ask about doing yoga or Pilates. I've been nervous since I hurt my knee since extending it seems to feel weird. So while bending it and doing strength exercises is fine, more stretching type stuff I'm not sure about. They will probably give me some kind of exercises from what people say.0 -
Sue, in addition to balance and flexibility (both of which I could improve), do you notice that yoga improves your mental state at all? Seems like it might, which is one reason I'd like to work it in. The stress thing again. Or maybe I'll just go with kickboxing. ;-)0
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Hey, Warrior Sisters! Allergies woke me up out of a dead sleep, so here I am! I do notice that yoga helps to calm and ground me. It's hard to know how much of that is yoga, though. I have a long spiritual practice I do in the mornings and yoga is at the end of that.0
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Sue-I ususally do yoga once a week. I was out for a quite a few weeks just because a lot was going on. I LOVE that pose!! I think it's because I used to do that ALL the time when I was little. So when I went to yoga and saw that it was a pose, I was like...YAY, I can be 8 again!! haha. So having said all of that....I have no tips on how to get better at it. HAHA! Now if you have tips on the headstands, I'll take those. I completely gave up on even trying. Makes me brain hurt.0
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Steph....I have a lot of stress in my life (thank goodness not so much at work) and I love my punching bag and karate for it. Oh my gosh it does wonders for me!!!! I am not sure what I would do with out those two things actually. The punching bag is just great, you are getting to strike something, great upper body work out and you can tape a picture to the bag if you wanted too. LOL
THings that "ground: me....doing my karate moves and getting in to the Zen of it...getting on an excercise bike, putting my ear buds in, closing my eyes and just getting it done!!!!....Ummmm, brusing a horse in the middle of the winter and buring my face in their fur and just breathing in the goodness of the animal....Those are my "grounding rods"
I am really "off" this week. I have had company, my kid has been staying at the house on and off (she is preggo and due any day and wants to be home, she is basically homeless...long story) anyway...I have not worked out really since Monday with karate and then Tuesday my brother and I loaded a moving truck all by ourselves. . . But I have not been able to lift and my mojo is just all messed up. I thought I would be on my own tonight, but I have been told that I may have to go to see the 3 brothers before the one leaves for TX. . . a thing I dread because I only get a long with the one from TX. . . so it is a huge stressor for me today. AND I feel like I am giving things up AGAIN for every one else and I am letting myself down by not doing for me. I don't want this cycle to start again. Needless to say...I am freaking terrified if you all want to know the truth. It only take a day or two for me to be "out of sync" and then I just fall apart and off the healthy wagon. Not that my eatting had been healthy, but I am staying in the calorie range.
So anyway...that's where I am at this week. I am terrified that the scale is going to me mean to me on Monday....just "it's a fearful week" SOOOO..................
I am so glad that I am in this group and I have met some wonderful women and you are all just so awesomely supportive!!!!0 -
Hey, Warrior Sisters! I'm waiting for my dinner to cook and thought I'd see what you're all doing. I'm so hungry! I'm making roasted chicken thighs, gorgonzola potato chips and steamed broccoli. I had a good night's sleep and a pretty mellow day, so I'm feeling good.
Jodi, I'm so sorry about your family stress. Is the kid you refer to the same niece that you raised? I know she's an adult, but is she over 25? Here, we have some great programs for young parents who are struggling. I'd be happy to research whether they are any equivalent programs there or at least within driving distance. I still think you need more support to help her.
I so relate to that cycle of putting everyone else's needs first, until none of my needs are being met. It's been a long, hard road to recovery, but I think I've finally broken that cycle. Of course, just like any other bad habit, I'll always be vulnerable to relapse. I just try to do my best, one day at a time, to keep my needs my first priority. My family & friends will always be important to me, but I finally believe that I'm no good to them, unless I'm healthy.0 -
Jodi, I can totally relate to the worries about getting out of sync (and feeling like you have to put everything first), and then all the hard-won progress falling apart. One of the things I think I'm finally getting better at is the idea that it's okay to go off course for a bit and then pick up where I was, but it's still something I stress about. Definitely keep checking in here and if you do have to deal with lots of family stuff that gets in the way of your plans try to make a plan to do something on the day you first can again (ideally an actual specific day if you know what it will be). That way it's all a plan and not you failing--you've just had to take a bit of time.
I hope it doesn't come up, though! And I am sorry about the family stress.
How'd you happen to get into karate? Was it something you'd wanted to do for a while or more happenstance? I took one day of a judo class as a young teen--it was my dad's idea for something we could do together and I loved it --at least that day-- but he hated it so we didn't do it. I've always kind of wished I'd pushed to continue on my own, but at that stage of my life I probably would have ended up quitting anyway.
At the moment I have nothing much to complain about (even got 15,000 steps yesterday!), but have been a bit off the workout wagon again and feeling annoyed with myself. I overdid a bit on Tuesday, so yesterday was a legitimate off day (and my first PT day), and then it turns out I'm supposed to do PT 3 times a week--which should be good--but meant I went again this morning which threw my whole schedule off. That, plus working late, plus being kind of exhausted led to me starting some weights but abandoning it.
PT (physical therapy) has been weirdly tiring for something that doesn't seem to burn any calories of note. And disappointingly I'm not supposed to try to run or do anything high impact for a while still, so I need to peek at the classes I was thinking about before trying them out.0 -
How did I get in to karate? I have a friend...who I believe saved my life. I called her one day, in tears and begging her to just take a walk with me. I needed to start moving and get my rear doing something. From that day on, she has been my biggest cheerleader. Anyway, she goes to karate and said I should come and watch...I said, nahhhh I would never be interested in doing karate....but she insisted I go. I went and just sat on the side lines and watched a few weeks actually and for some reason I decided to try it. For the most part it is learning movements that all have to do with self defense...yup...wax on, wax off..type stuff. And when you learn 'x' number of movements, you move up in levels and colors of your belt. In between learning the movements, we also learn self defense in the form of wrestling and sparring. For example, if you were thrown to the ground by some one trying to do harm to you, "how" to defend yourself, or if some one was coming at you, what moves you can do to get away from them. It does get physical as far as contact some times, but so does getting attacked in real life. So that is what our class is about. I love the wrestling and the sparring, it is AWESOME at getting out any pent up aggression. LOL
Steph, I am sorry about your knee giving you heck. I am going to try to get in to a doctor about mine. I want to start doing some heavy weight lifting and my one knee is just a bit sore from squats and such. I want to see if he can give me some tips on what to do to help support it. I was told that when I turned 40 I would need to replace it, but I am now 45 and I just don't think I need to. I think working out is slowly making things better. And 15,000 steps...Hoorahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Wow you are a ROCK STAR!!!!!!!
I think part of the stress I was feeling yesterday is what ever "ick" I have. I went home last night and slept from 5 until 7, moved from one spot on the couch to a different one and slept until 10 and then got up and went to bed until 5AM, went back to the couch....you have the picture. Long story short, I only got up to take the dogs out and get something to drink. At 4AM I realized there was awful pain in my throat when I tried swallowing, so I took lots of tylenol and I took drugs again at 8AM...the pain is better, but masked with drugs .... and I have very heavy lids and would love to go back to sleep. I am "breathing" in and out and trying to be more zen like. LOL I did not get my steps in yesterday, nor did I eat well....for some reason when I am sick, I just eat and sleep...on the up side. . . I normally do not gain weight from the extra food. I will be thrilled if I maintain my lose from last week. I am just really scared of that scale this week.
I am going to go and talk to a weight lifting trainer on Wednesday and see where that leads. I want to start lifting heavy, it is something I am good at and it does not affect my asthma like cardio does. That is going to be "MY ME TIME" if this works out. I have decided (even before I read Sue's post) that I HAVE to do me time now, if I don't start now...when will I? So, I am going to start being a bit more selfish, I want to look good in a gosh darn Tank Top by next summer. I don't need to have a small little tummy and whatever, I can wear a lose tank...but I don't want my arms flapping in the breeze as we go down the road on the motorcyle. LOL
Have a great day ladies. I am so thrilled I have met you all....(cyber met...lol)0 -
I'm so sorry you're not feeling well, Jodi! I think I was also coming down with something, because I passed out at 7pm last night, woke up @ 1am, then went back to sleep at 2am and slept until 6:30am. I feel much better, now. I hope you'll feel better soon. I don't think it's selfish to put your health first. Good for you!
Stephanie, I think 15,000 steps is a great workout! I know you wanted to do a new class and some lifting, but maybe walking and PT is good enough for now. I'm really happy that you're getting some physical therapy for that knee.
I can't wait to get back to the gym! I applied for a reduced fee and they gave me a week pass and said by the time it ran out my paperwork should be processed. Unfortunately, I'm still waiting. I want to go to "Jack's Happy Hour", go swimming, and lift! But, it should be here any day now. I've kept my activity up, my average burn this week has been 600 calories/day--right where I want it to be.
I'm a little frustrated with my weight, right now. I've been stuck at 178 for a week and I've been eating at a deficit for 8 days. It's probably all the sodium I've been eating, so I'll try to keep that under control. I was struggling with keeping my sodium under 1500, after I started eating more, so I decided to relax about it and just monitor my blood pressure. The good news is that it hasn't made my blood pressure spike. The bad news is that it still makes me retain water. So, I'm back to restricting it, the best that I can.
I went to therapy yesterday and my therapist told me she's lost 16lbs in the last 5 weeks. I was really moved, because she said I was a big part of her inspiration to get back into shape. It's nice to know that I helped someone who has helped me so much over the years.0 -
Sue perhaps it is time for a load day. I do not totally believe in them, but when I have done them on accident in the passed, things seemed to go down when I thought for sure they would go up. I read some where that it is good to add that confusion to your body once in a while, to up the calories ALOT for one day and then go back down. I wish I could remember where I read that? Hmmm....
How awesome that your therapist said you inspired her. What a great testimonial to who you are and what kind of person you are!!!0
