SBF2 Reboot Boogaloo...May 19

mechanicmom

Good morning!
Congrats CP on your running! That's way awesome!
Feeling better this morning, though still not 100%. Not sore today from my work outs yesterday so maybe I need to step it up a notch. I am going for another walk this morning, either pushing the stroller or pulling the wagon, with a 30+ pound child inside. Then I am going to try to do either 30 day shred or taebo later. I need to mow the lawn but I really don't like doing that. DH shouldn't do it because he's allergic.
I also need to work with Alex today on some things, therapy wise and with words. Did I tell you all that he learned the whole alphabet in three weeks? Capital letters anyway. Still working on lower case. I'm proud of him. He can spell stop. lol. He loves stops signs.
You all have a good day! I'll be back in later to post what I actually accomplished.
MM

yoginimary

I need to learn to love stop signs :happy:

Congrats CP - that's really fast.

I'm down because the yoga job I thought I had fell through. The teacher that was leaving, changed his mind, so I lost my class. I'm so disappointed, I can't begin to say.

Everything has beauty boogaloo.

lotusfromthemud

I'm down because the yoga job I thought I had fell through. The teacher that was leaving, changed his mind, so I lost my class. I'm so disappointed, I can't begin to say.

I'm so sorry. I hate that getting your hopes up/letdown feeling. Literally the worst.

I'm back from my mini-break. I would have loved to stay for a week. I was sitting in the spa having my nails done, and I thought "Oh, what I nice spa music they have on with the birds on it." Then, I realized. . .it was actual birds. Singing. In trees. (this is a rare treat from city life.)

I also really need to get my eating back under control. I'm realizing (slowly) that the smaller you get, the more it is about eating vs. exercise. I look a bit wistfully at the days when I first started and didn't watch what I ate at ALL, and just worked out. Le sigh. And, regretfully, I think that for me it's more about what I eat than how much. I have to stay out of restaurants, and stay away from the sugar (once I start with either of those, I have trouble stopping.)

Oh, and today is a yoga session. If my voice student is on time, it will be Bikram, and if she's running late (and she regretfully usually is) it will be at home.

Take care.
:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

I'm down because the yoga job I thought I had fell through. The teacher that was leaving, changed his mind, so I lost my class. I'm so disappointed, I can't begin to say.

I'm so sorry. I hate that getting your hopes up/letdown feeling. Literally the worst.

I'm back from my mini-break. I would have loved to stay for a week. I was sitting in the spa having my nails done, and I thought "Oh, what I nice spa music they have on with the birds on it." Then, I realized. . .it was actual birds. Singing. In trees. (this is a rare treat from city life.)

I also really need to get my eating back under control. I'm realizing (slowly) that the smaller you get, the more it is about eating vs. exercise. I look a bit wistfully at the days when I first started and didn't watch what I ate at ALL, and just worked out. Le sigh. And, regretfully, I think that for me it's more about what I eat than how much. I have to stay out of restaurants, and stay away from the sugar (once I start with either of those, I have trouble stopping.)

Oh, and today is a yoga session. If my voice student is on time, it will be Bikram, and if she's running late (and she regretfully usually is) it will be at home.

Take care.
:flowerforyou:

Mary, I'm sorry to hear about your class. That's such a bummer. I hope something comes your way today to cheer you up. :flowerforyou:
V, I am so with you on eating vs. exercise. I know that right now I can probably eat whatever I want and exercise to lose weight. But you can only exercise so much before it seems to stop helping (I assume) and it will be eating right to keep it off. That scares me. Restaurants and sugar are also my downfall. You and I are riding in the same boat...except I think you are rowing better than I am.

I wanted to ask you all a question. This can apply to anyone but I'll use myself. I have weighed about 155 +- a few pounds since I was 20. It seems my body is set here because I pigged out for two months and didn't exercise, and I didn't go over that. My question is: when I get to maintenance (because I will get there!), if I can maintain for at least a year or two, will my body accept that as my new weight and I won't have to struggle so much? Or will it always be a struggle for me and everyone who has ever been overweight to keep it off? I wish I could just be happy with size 14 and exercise when I want and eat what I want. I'm dreaming again.
Change of plans today. Alex started throwing a fit so I told him we couldn't go to the park. I cut his hair instead. So I will need to work out for an hour later to make up for it.
Need to sweat boogaloo!
MM

PSUgrl921

I'm back! I know it's been almost a month I think. Unfortunately, finals got me off any type of schedule and then I never got back on one. Hopefully, I can still with this through the summer... although sometimes work will keep me off this thread I should still have time to log I hope.

Mary, I'm sorry about your class, too! MM, I don't know the answer to your question. I"m hoping your body adjusts since that would be good news for everyone but hopefully someone else knows!

As for today, my goals are not to eat any more of the delicious brownies out in our kitchen, to not take seconds at dinner and to get back into drinking some water. Since I woke up so late I won't be able to get in 8 cups but hopefully I can get in a good amount.

Have a good afternoon everyone!

Nicole

cp005e

Thanks, everyone! I only ran fast for the one mile - my overall pace for the whole distance was about an 11-minute mile (around 5.5mph, I think). I am sore today, but not too bad. And the ticker reflects my apparently real weight loss from last week. Yay!

Mary, I'm so sorry about the yoga class falling through. :ohwell: I'm sure another opportunity will come your way. :flowerforyou:
V & MM - the thing that is hard for me now is that I think my metabolism is a lot higher than it used to be, and I get a lot more hungry (or hungry more often) than I used to. So I have to be careful to fuel myself with good things, and not let myself get too hungry. But, it's kind of a nice feeling, in a way. I mean, I never used to get really, legitimately hungry - I would eat because I was tired, or had too much sugar so I craved more, etc. Leaving food on my plate is still nearly impossible at home, but I am getting better at restaurants and with snacks (and hubby helps out at home by serving me less at a time). So I eat less at one sitting than I used to, which gives me more time to figure out if I'm really still hungry or not.

I think you can probably train your body to have a new set-point... in the sense that you will eventually learn to stop eating when you have had about enough to maintain that weight. It's just that if you have years of experience having that 'normal amount' that you eat being enough to maintain your weight at a certain weight and activity level, then it takes time to retrain yourself (both physically and mentally).

The thing that was awesome about last week is that I went on some hikes that I KNOW tired me out two years ago - and this year it was no problem. And, I was climbing up on things (using both arm and leg strength) and didn't really have any problem doing it. That is pretty much where I want to be in terms of fitness - physically able to do things that I want to do without too much struggle. I am still exercising and hoping to lose a little more weight, but I've been focusing my goals on other things more (increasing speed/distance, increasing pushups, etc.) I think I'm at the point now where if I don't lose any more weight ever, I'm okay with that.

OK, sorry for the novel! Have a beautiful day, everyone! :flowerforyou:

yoginimary

Thanks for the encouragement y'all.

CP - only a mile - think about that statement.

MM - I've been maintaining a new set point for a year now +/- a few lbs - so it is possible - though my dietician said there were "stopping points" - generally 10-15% weight loss. So I started at 172, now I'm at 152 - and have been so for the past year. But that's just me. I'm sure some people can lose more than that a go steady for a while. I hope to start losing again. I do eat well and exercise (and y'all know how much of that I get), so who knows. I think every body is different.

lotusfromthemud

Yeah, I believe in the set point.

I think that our bodies seek equilibrium. I know that 145-150 is way easier for me to maintain that under 140, which is still where I wish I could consistently be. I know that at 135-140 (pretty much my "movie star weight") I have to watch every item I eat, or seemingly even go near.

I'm trying to come to terms with a happier, non-neurotic weight (around 145) but that's heavier than I wish I had to be. I'm a "juicy" (that's my husband's term) girl. I tend towards curves and not towards tiny-ness. I'm sure this is in some parts due to genetics. (I have a Scandinavian/Native American heritage, and I blame my viking ancestors for my "reindeer skinner/long ocean voyage" physique tendencies) I think some body types simply want to carry less fat than others. I have one friend who is really one of those "eat whatever she wants and never gains weight" people. But, she doesn't eat that much, and she's a fidgety, nervous type. . .so I think all of that contributes. But, at the end of the day, it's what you eat. I have another friend who is a film actress, and her life is entirely dictated by what I would call clinically under-eating. I think that to be that skinny, you either have to have a metabolism condition or actually under-eat.

And, CP. . .definitely with you on the "hungrier more/have to be careful with food choices" idea. I'm hungry a lot. And, it's actual hunger. So, I have to be careful to reach for a vegetable and not a cookie. Because, I can eat more. . .be it veggies or cookies.

That was a long answer to a short question, no?

mechanicmom

Thanks Pebbs for your input! :happy:
OI. I'm gonna be sore tomorrow! I did taebo for 55 minutes today and I haven't done that in months! I am already hurting. Hope I can roll outta bed tomorrow. But at least I did it! Go me! :laugh:
MM

yoginimary

I just realized that for entertainment, I look at restaurant menus online. :huh: