June Challenges
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Today is indeed a good one -- back on track after a rather wrecked weekend. The exercises felt great, the outdoors is gorgeous. Hope everyone had as lovely a day!
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So inspiring to read the above comments. Having a bad day or weekend or vacation and just able to put it behind and get back on track.
My new motto is: Can I Do Today!0 -
Have already got my 2 runs in for the week - what am I going to do the rest of the week :laugh:
Guess I'll have to try and make up for week 1 when I didn't do any!!0 -
Couple of little runs and some exercise this week......... not too good on the eating but life is great! :bigsmile:
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I think I am on the wrong post again...looking for the Wednesday one will go off here. Just to let you know I am off to Niagra Falls for 4 days as it is husband and I 49th anniversary. Will try to be good. Back to the same weight after a rough go so that is good. Talk again on Monday next. Have a good week and weeed everyone.0
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I think I am on the wrong post again...looking for the Wednesday one will go off here. Just to let you know I am off to Niagra Falls for 4 days as it is husband and I 49th anniversary. Will try to be good. Back to the same weight after a rough go so that is good. Talk again on Monday next. Have a good week and weeed everyone.
"A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time." ~Anne Taylor Fleming ==>Congratulations to both of you for being able to dance to the same tune for 49-years! :drinker:0 -
I was finally able to manage my calories today and hope that it is the start of a trend. No exercise, though; still recuperating from the grandkids 10 day stay and then an old friend was in town that we had to visit with and then he spent one night here. Now we are back to just the 2 of us for awhile so, hopefully, I'll get back into the exercise soon. Unfortunately, the scale went up about 3.5 lbs :sad: during the past 3 weeks, so I really need to pay attention and get back into weighing and measuring as well as making better food choices.
Hope everyone is having a great week.0 -
Hi All: just checking I. As it mid month - well your resident sloth was too smug last week when I last reported in on June 9! :huh: yep, I have crashed and burned with my walks this past week! Lots of excuses, and I was thinking of listing them all as that would burn up some extra calories with all the finger exercises! But happily for you all, I shall not!
I have successfully completed 7 walks so far this month on my way to my goal of 17. Well if you snooze you lose, so I will have to walk 2 days in a row sometimes to meet my goal. No worries, I will forge forward, (bit dramatic today, I am) and get outside and start cruising the neighbourhood again!
Btw: Ronna: sounds like you had a great time with the grandkids, the little munchkins lead you a merry chase but yes, it also leads to lots of goodies around. Glad to see you are ready to concentrate a little more on yourself now, good luck!
Have a good week everyone, it is what we make it :flowerforyou: cheers, Marian0 -
Sat here with my feet up watching World Cup in Brazil and reading Feel Good You magazine....have jotted three things down on my notebook........ Hula Hoop, Skipping rope and new swimming cossie.
I have the Hoop and the Rope...need to use them so that is an extra challenge for the rest of the month ..... like tomorrow!!!!!
New swimsuit should encourage me to go back to the pool....I have always bought black suits but have just seen a fab orange one ....
I am also sitting here with my tummy pulled in feeling, actually, a bit thinner! lol :bigsmile:
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Hey Jean: orange swimsuit, you should wear it to watch the Netherlands play! Spain lost, so our friends in the Netherlands will remember 4 years ago! Apologizes to Espana supporters!
Still, will the suit clash with those sneakers you purchased earlier this year? :laugh: 0 -
Got the swimsuit....yes I look like a Netherlands fan! It is VERY orange ...I hesitated and almost got it in purple but then I thought NO....I wanted orange to be bright and bright it certainly is!
Similar to the running shoes.....yes...but I won't be wearing them together....lol
Done 1,000 Hula hoops and 100 skips this morning and off swimming this afternoon!
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Ok, I am going to vent a bit, get it off my mind and go on. Nothing gets me more upset than when I am focused on good food choices and what I think was good turns to be a nightmare!:grumble: We were at the Cracker Barrel for lunch today. I really studied the menu before making a choice. Decided on the grilled chicken salad with pepper vingerette dressing. When I got home I put in my lunch and found out the salad was 680 calories!!::noway: It was a nice salad but not 680 calories!
Ok, time to move past this. :happy:
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Jean, I think the orange suit is a great idea! If it is bright enough we will try to spot you on google maps! It always amazes me when you see those how distinct the people are walking around. So much so they have to blur their faces. Wonder if any cheating spouses have every gotten caught accidently that way?
I am pretty much giving up on my original challenges. I don't have my walking totals at home, but I decided that I'm NOT going to do 3 miles of cardio walking a day. Too much time. Unnecessary. Too tired at end of the day. I have backed off to two miles cardio right now. That's about 30 minutes of walking. 30 minutes on the bike. I am on track for my general walking total, I think. Been logging a lot of miles as work since I'm so busy.
Right now it is exceptionally busy. Finishing up one big construction project so I will have people moving to 4 stories of an 11 story building. I have an agency that is currently moving staff from one location and staff and a warehouse all moving to one large new location. I have an outreach agency moving a few people next week. I'm setting up two new office areas for smaller groups. And design is beginning for a new jail to be built over next few years. I'm not involved yet, but I do need to create offices for all the liaisons and design staff that will be on site. Also, it is budget preparation time and I need to come up with at least one new sustainability issue/idea for next year. I have one staff member of 4 going to be off at least a month for wife's operation and another one who will be leaving me for a promotion. So I will be very short-handed! But, that is the long way of saying, I'm getting a lot of miles in at work; just not cardio miles.
I'm trying to get my resistance bands in 5 days a week, but I keep them at work and was so busy I didn't get them in every day because I worked through lunch a couple of days. I need to get one for home.
I also gave up the alcohol everyday challenge to myself. Even though it is recommended by health experts, I just either don't want it or would rather eat the calories instead. I'll settle for few times a week.
I might hit 180 lbs. by June 30, but I didn't have any loss so far this week so that means 2 pounds between now and July.
I see the cardiologist in July and I think I might need to decrease some meds. My family doctor suggested it. I have been so tired. The same tired that you get when you start or increase beta blockers. I don't know if those are figured by weight at all, but I was at the maximum dosage. My blood pressure has been really good and starting to verge on lower than he might like. Heart rate has been running around 65 resting. That is really low for me since tachycardia has been a huge problem for me through the years.
Having my usually lazy Sunday morning. Need to start to think about getting out to gym. Think I might use the pool some today, too. Maybe get my walk in either at the gym or at a park tonight.
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Jean, the suit will match your pedicure, right?
Charlie, you are exceptionally busy and working so hard at work and with your exercising. I think it's a good idea to back off from so much walking, you are switching it up a lot with the biking and the resistance bands. I thought it would be a good thing for you that your BP is down, of course you don't want it too low either.
You organizational skills are truly admirable. You are so knowledgeable in all the areas of your life. Hats off to you.
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Hi all: thought I would check in as I am off to work tomorrow so I won't be on much for the next day or so.
June goal was to complete 17 walks (minimum of 25 minutes per walk)
To date I have walked 12 times, and realistically I do not believe I shall make the 17 :sad: the pain in my right side that bothered me about 6 weeks ago has come back! I sure hope it doesn't get as bad as the last time. Of course when I finally saw the Dr a week ago, I was pain free. Currently I have lots of tests booked for July so hopefully we will find out something.
I am pleased that I have increased my walk time to 25 minutes per walk in June, which is an improvement over May :bigsmile:
So, I am still going to try to get a few more walks in this month and strive to match May's total of 15! Sounds like a plan Stan, don't you think?
Hope you are all hanging in with your individuals challenges, cheers, Marian :flowerforyou:0 -
I just had to go back to the beginning to see what my challenges were for the month - I don't think I'm doing brilliantly
1) - run twice a week - has been a bit intermittent. None the first week, 4 times the second week, three times the third week and only once this week due to sore leg (and having too much wine on Sunday so my Monday morning run was scrapped!!)
2) lose 2-4 lbs - well I lost a few, then the scale moved back up again, but I've lost inches. Doing heavy weight training so it is making a big difference in my shape, but the scales don't reflect the fat loss, so think I will have to not worry about what they say now and just go with the inches loss.
3) improve on pressups - well they are coming along slowly, that's all I can say about them. I'm up to 12, then about 8 then 5 then half of one!!
Have to start thinking about next month's now.0 -
Weather changed today so was cool enough for me to get in a three mile run...was either that or swimming but really wanted to run....felt good! :bigsmile:
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Scales have moved a bit again - yippee. But unfortunately I see to have caught the dreaded lurgy that has been going around the office, and whilst I've not got the cold, I am hurting and aching everywhere and feel like I have razorblades in my throat - I just feel like sitting down and doing nothing as I have no energy for anything else. So I think this will be my sign off for the month.
I'm quite happy with what I have done really. Think for next month I'm going to push myself in the "strength" department!0 -
Moving to the right place :-)0
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My weight loss has definitely slowed down. But, I did lose 5 pounds during June, so...yea! (My MFP prediction is 1.3 a week at 1200 calories, so I guess I'm right on target with their predictions at 1200 calories).
As you know, I also cut my cardio walking back because of time and energy. I am now aiming at 2 miles cardio a day + 30 minutes on stationary bike 6 days a week. Resistance bands 5 days a week.
Here's my stats for June:
June total cardio walking miles: 73.3 miles
June average cardio walking miles: 2.4 miles per day
June total walking miles (including cardio miles): 210.2
June average walking miles (including cardio miles): 7 miles per day
I rode the stationary bike:
24 days for 30 minutes
3 days for less than 30 minutes (16; 15; 20)
3 days not at all.
I did a resistance band workout 13 days. (This I need to get better at in July. Want to do 5 days a week.) I have upped it from 12 reps to 14.
I promised myself a day or two in wine country for hitting the 185 mark (now at 182.5), but haven't arranged that yet. Hopefully a day or so in July.
NSV: I just FEEL so much thinner and healthier! I feel light! I look in the mirror and really see the difference. I'm not a shopper so I haven't really tried on any clothes to see if I need a size smaller again, what I have can last a little longer. But even my yoga pants and leggings are loose.
I lost 1" in my hips in June (total 10") . 1" from my waist in June (total 8"). 2" from my bust (still need to lose more there)(total 8").
All in all, not bad. I'm happy! :happy: See you at the July challenge!0
