Exercise and Weight Loss Challenges
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Gayle, it is so easy to turn to food when under stress.It doesn't solve anything and makes us feel worse when we do it.You are doing so good and have been such a great inspiration to the group.
I hope you ex wiil be able to keep finacially stable and your endeavor to go pro is a success.0 -
Thanks so much Marney! My son graduates from high school in May and that is when child support stops so was planning somewhat for that but this other thing with my X was a surprise. Yikes. Thanks for the positive words about my work. Like your fabrics and patterns I get so much from making the pieces but marketing and being more visible is new. This year is definitely about many changes in my life and I know that spirit is guiding me on the right path.0
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Gayle: Your diary yesterday and your meal plan for today is perfect! It is good that you are planning your day in advance. That really helps stay on track when life is making you crazy! Obviously, look at the loss! You are doing so well!
There is nothing worse than "waiting for the other shoe to drop." I hope it doesn't come to that, but you are a strong, talented woman and you will find a way if it does. In the meantime, vent all you want to us. That's what we are here for.0 -
Thanks so much Charlie and All! I often plan for the day then update it as the day proceeds. Today my plan was pretty good (I'm not buying any more pot pies for awhile) but ended up eating rice cakes instead of my omelet. Not over calories but don't like to have more carbs than protein. Well, every day can't be perfect.0
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[img]http://www.freesmileys.org/custom/image/brown%5E_%5Everdana%5E_%5E0%5E_%5E0%5E_%5EAre you out there?%5E_%5E.gif[/img]Don't think I have seen a day with no posting since I came here! Everyone okay? No one was here yesterday at all! Even when I don't post, I like to see what you are doing!
I've been taking advantage of some of the classes our wellness program holds. Tuesday I went to a chair exercise class. I didn't go the first week because I thought it might be too easy. Wrong! It is an aerobics class that uses the chair as a prop. Like you stand up and sit down in place of squats (which I can't do), you do rows by picking up the chair. You do scissor kicks and frog kicks, etc. Or you just get up and ignore the chair in other moves. Unfortunately, I forgot about the class and wore a wool turtleneck. Only last 1/2 of the hour long class.
Then yesterday went to a guided meditation class. I liked the other meditation classes more and would prefer to make up my own visual scenarios and affirmations, but the instructor does have a very, very calming voice and is almost hypnotic! As stress relief is my big thing right now, I'll go back.
I had been having a lot of cravings and was inching up my calories lately, so I have made a real effort this week to eat less. Period. Just less. Of course, to do that, I have gotten rid of any night time coffee treat or Skinny Cow candy bars. A little popcorn, but I figure that is good fiber. If I totally ignore anything sweet, I also don't crave it. I'm not a huge sweets lover anyway so I can do it. It is funny though, the better I eat the better sweets taste. When I eat too much and poorly, sweets taste awful! Go figure!
Did I tell you I had my rheumatologist appt. last week? She was impressed and verified that I am in remission with my RA (I have always said that, but she never did). I will keep taking the Plaquenil though. I see my family dr. next week and my cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist along with the device check tech the following week.
The only thing I have to be concerned about is my kidneys. Creatinine test came back at high borderline normal and the GFR came back lower than normal range. I am on so many drugs that are bad for my kidneys. I will see what we can do. Don't need that problem.
I am on limited fluids, but maybe I will need to up them and maybe cut back on protein. Want to nip in the bud! Any thoughts?0 -
I'll start:
1/2/15: 155.5 lbs.
1/9/15: 159.5 lbs.
1/16/15: 154.5 lbs.
1/23/15: 154
1/30/15: 153.5
2/6/15: 151.5
2/13/15: 151.5
No movement of the scale. Actually, up some Wednesday and Thursday, but back today. I don't see me being able to make that 140 goal by Easter. I'm long past the 2-pound-a-week-loss-mode. I knew it would be a stretch anyway. I will be happy with 145. Even that will be tough. Seem to average .5 a week now. (Heck, I'm really back to where I was for end of our New Years Challenge).
In the meantime, have a Happy Valentine's Day tomorrow my friends!
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1/23/15: 199
1/30/15: 197.4
2/6/15: 196.6
2/13/15: 195.6
Happy Valentine's Day friends . Gayle do you know about Leslie Saeta & her weekly radio show on blog talk radio..? Good tips for marketing your art. Google her & make facebook friends with her if u r not already. All your exercise stories are inspiring & I walked ONE day. Lol Plan on more. My kitchen table is covered with paperwork & that has to come first.
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1/02/15: 187.3
1/09/15: 186.1
1/16/15: 184.8
1/23/15: 183.3
1/30/15: 182.0
2/06/15: 181.0
2/13/15: 180.10 -
Have to run my son to school, more later.0
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Jan2nd-165.5
Jan9th-163.5
Jan16th-161.5
Jan 23rd-160.5
Jan30th-161.0
Feb 6th -161.0
Feb13th-162.00 -
I know why i'm not losing.I'm eating back to many of the calories from exercising.I'm also snacking to much .I have got to refocus.
Gayle,Nancy-great job on the loss!
Charlie-I'd rather stay the same than gain.Good job on not having a gain.My goal is 140 and I can't seem to get out of the 160's.It's frustrating but I can see what i'm doing wrong.Let's make it our goal to break that barrier this week.
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Well, Charlie, thinking we are shooting for the stars and the moon would be fine. Or maybe even France, or California. How's that for a totally silly analogy? I like Mary's statement about "breaking the barrier". I so want to get out the 180's, that would be my big breakthrough. But I will take no gain and any loss along the way as little wins. Wish it were simple but life events (stress and emotions) and unexpected food temptations (meals out other food related meetings with others) happen. It is the bumpy road that we are all walking each other home on.0
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Nancy, thanks for the tip about Leslie Saeta. I did friend her and think I will benefit from her perspective. I've been reading the Carol Marine's Daily Painting http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Painting-Creative-Productive-Successful/dp/0770435335/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=04C55E2XW0ANFX17EG3X
and that is helping as well.0 -
We still have 7 weeks left! Don't give up!0
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Charlie, look at the forums for people trying to manage the kidney numbers. I'm no doctor but makes sense that a bit less protein with water kept the same might help. I wonder if vegetable based protein is less harsh as well. So great that your RA is in remission!0
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2 165.5
Jan 8 164,5
Jan 16 163.5
Jan 23 163.5
Jan 30 163
Feb 6 162.5
Feb 163.50 -
Boy, I go out one day and look at all I missed.
Gayle, you are so close to the next breakthrough! Go, Gayle, go!
Charlie, good news and bad news. Drugs do have a lot of downside but they help our bodies so much when things go wrong. I don't know much about kidneys but from what I know, you seem to be on the right track with less protein. And the closer to goal the harder it is to lose. I know, been there. Chair exercise! I miss leading that class the most! No one ever believes how hard it is. But with exercise, mediation, diet and taking care of yourself, you are leading the way and I know the downward trend will continue, however slowly.
I am getting discouraged. It is too hard. However, I was thinking today that I have lost 13 lbs this year and 38lb total since I got serious. 13lbs isn't much in a year but it is far, far better than where I was before. And I obviously know how to maintain that loss!
Mary, you and me, we just keep walking hand in hand. I know what I am doing wrong too! -10F here and I just cannot get into it. I want to eat comfort foods and hibernate and I am obviously not paying close enough attention nor exercising even close to enough. I seem always to have something hurting. And who wants to go out there, anyway.
Nancy, wonderful straight line progress down! You and Gayle, just keep on trucking.
7 weeks. Hummm.... should be at least 7 lbs and maybe more.0 -
Marney: I love this quote: "Being fat is hard. Losing weight is hard. Choose your hard!"
I have to think about that when I start to get discouraged. I am really being strict, strict, strict right now. But, it seems to help with the cravings. They go away once I get on track.
As for you weight loss to date, you have lost 38 pounds! That is 20% of your body weight. 10% is a big goal to health and fitness, so you are far ahead of the game!
I do have one advantage though. I have never been a snacker. When I left home and got married, I quit doing it. (At home we always had a bedtime snack). Like last night I had a bag of popcorn, but I had actually popped it for lunch and didn't eat it so I took it home. Was more dessert because I ate it right after dinner.0 -
Thanks for the boost Charlie. Yeah, choose your hard. I know that I tend to lose in the summer months and maintain in the winter. Better than before which was gain in the winter and maintain in the summer. You have reminded me that this is about health.
New day. New resolve.0 -
And I see you lost a pound!!!!!
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Yes, don't quite 'get' my body. I have been gaining and losing the same 4 lbs since the end of November. Up again yesterday morning. Yesterday, I just ignored logging, ignored planning etc and what happens? I have lost two of the 'old' pounds and one 'new' pound.
Maybe if I don't plan and just make the best choice in front of me at the time???? I doubt that is the answer. More exercise will get it off, I know.
But, YES!!!!! I lose a 'new' pound!!!0 -
Remember, Marney, that in the end, exercise is for fitness and calorie deficit is for weight loss.
Even with as much as I work out, I have a difficult time maintaining a 500 calorie a day deficit just for a one pound a week loss. Assume that we have some food logging discrepancies and we lose nothing. If I workout hard about 60 minutes at the gym, eat just 1200 calories, but sit and read the rest of the day, I can actually have a very small deficit. Not enough for weight loss with water retention or a little treat once a week. The real key is to keep moving throughout the day. I would never lose a pound if I ate back my exercise calories. We are all different, but the majority of pounds lost will come from less food.0 -
yeah. Thanks for that. You are right. I just have to get more strict about weighing and measuring. I do go back and check often, but not often enough. Sitting is a problem with retirement, a small house (1200 ft in winter) all on one level and -32C out there tomorrow! I do sit/stand a lot when I sew since most of my sewing is done on my feet. I am conscious of the amount of sitting because it is an easy habit to fall into.
Eating back exercise calories I have to watch. I do it too often.
Thanks for the reminder! I am re-committed, again.0 -
I like that quote Charlie! I choose the dieting "hard" because it is even harder to be fat and just getting fatter. Dieting takes effort but makes me feel like I'm doing something positive for myself and that is a great feeling. Marney, that's what I've lost. 38 pounds! I figure I have 20 more to go.0
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Good for you Gayle. I think mine is more like 30 but I am on my way again.0
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I'm still up in the air for a goal. I said 36 more pounds, but might change that to only 20 - 25 more since it is better to weigh more after the age of 60.
Marney, I know what you mean about it being hard to move enough. It is a struggle for me on my days off and, although I work out on the track, have problems with reaching 10,000 steps on those days. Besides, it is nice to just sit and read occasionally, but it kills my weight loss. Wish I liked to shop. Those women can go all day! I hate it.
Brrrrr. We only got to -20 wind chill today, but I had to walk out in it to the main building.
Got a long weekend! Yea!0 -
enjoy your day off Charlie. It is a long weekend here too. A holiday established only a few years ago. (Doesn't make too much difference to us though). There are more people on our road here for the weekend. Neighbours! We do miss them by this time of year.0
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Hey guys, how about food porn? I made a homemade pizza for my son for Valentine's. His 2/3 has heart shaped pepperoni on it.
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Thin crust, part-skim Mozzarella, onions and mushrooms. Yum!0
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I love a mushroom pizza and i love the heart shaped pepperoni!0
