Baby Steps
aaliceinw
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Thanks for creating this group. I joined MFP just under a month ago and have already doubled my walking distance, which went from 2 km's, completely out of breath and feeling awful to almost 5km plus 4 kms on the indoor bike, out of breath but feeling fabulous.
My baby steps for this week
My monthly goal is to lose 4 kgs this month - I only lost 400 grms since I started but I am going to see a dietician tomorrow to help learn how to plan my meals (due to depression I hav forgotten out to eat properly).
My big goal is to lose 50lbs by end June 2015. I want to dive again.
My baby steps for this week
- Walk 15 kms this week - last weeks was to walk 10kms
- Complete 3 swims - last weeks was the same but I only did one
- Complete a total of 7 hours of activities - my initial goal was 30 minutes of exercise per day just to get me off the coach
My monthly goal is to lose 4 kgs this month - I only lost 400 grms since I started but I am going to see a dietician tomorrow to help learn how to plan my meals (due to depression I hav forgotten out to eat properly).
My big goal is to lose 50lbs by end June 2015. I want to dive again.
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Great accomplishments so far!!! Every baby step gets us that much closer to our goals!
My baby steps this week will be...
1. drink 1/2 my weight in oz. of water EVERY DAY
2. walk at least 10,000 steps every day
3. Add at least 2 additional workouts besides walking this week
My longer term goals are to lose 50 lbs by June when my daughter graduates high school and I want to lose 140lbs as my ultimate goal!0 -
Hopping in here. My baby steps this week:
1. Drink at least 4 cups of water daily
2. Eat breakfast everyday
3. Follow meal plan that I mapped out for the week. Understanding life will get in the way. If I stray from meal plan it MUST be a healthy meal!
4. Exercise 2x @ 20 min each
*****Goal is to lose 94lbs this year by losing 1.5lbs weekly
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Very pleased with my swimming today. I broke all of my personal records and got past my "stories" about what I can and cannot achieve. I have never done more than 2 lengths of freestyle or back crawl because I usually get so out of breath. Today I did 8 of each
I'm not getting the food thing at all! I am way under my calorie counts for the day even though I ate very well. The dietician will help me understand it better.
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Hopping in here. My baby steps this week:
1. Drink at least 4 cups of water daily
2. Eat breakfast everyday
3. Follow meal plan that I mapped out for the week. Understanding life will get in the way. If I stray from meal plan it MUST be a healthy meal!
4. Exercise 2x @ 20 min each
*****Goal is to lose 94lbs this year by losing 1.5lbs weekly
Good luck with your challenges. I'm not ready to try eating breakfast everyday yet. Hopefully once I have seen a dietician tomorrow?!0 -
Very pleased with my swimming today. I broke all of my personal records and got past my "stories" about what I can and cannot achieve. I have never done more than 2 lengths of freestyle or back crawl because I usually get so out of breath. Today I did 8 of each
I'm not getting the food thing at all! I am way under my calorie counts for the day even though I ate very well. The dietician will help me understand it better.
How are you doing with your challenges?
AWESOME!!! Weigh to go!!!!
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Hopping in here. My baby steps this week:
1. Drink at least 4 cups of water daily
2. Eat breakfast everyday
3. Follow meal plan that I mapped out for the week. Understanding life will get in the way. If I stray from meal plan it MUST be a healthy meal!
4. Exercise 2x @ 20 min each
*****Goal is to lose 94lbs this year by losing 1.5lbs weekly
Good luck with your challenges. I'm not ready to try eating breakfast everyday yet. Hopefully once I have seen a dietician tomorrow?!
I'm sure the dietician will go over things in great detail. Breakfast truly is the most important meal of the day. I just changed my idea of what breakfast is. It's any food that I want it to be. Within reason of portion control and calories of course. One of my favorite breakfasts is a pb&j! I can make it and go! I have to remind myself that I have time for breakfast.
Congrats on beating your swimming goals!
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My baby step this week is to get up early so I have time to eat breakfast before work. I think this will help me from wanting to snack out of the vending machine.0
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I hope you ladies had/are having an awesome day!0
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Hi All~
Well I am trying a squat challenge and today was my 1st day! I did 20 counterbalance squats! And wow my thighs and butt were screaming at me for it LOL! Tomorrow I need to do 30 of them! Let's hope my muscles have forgiven me a little by then!
Spinnyjenn~ How did you do with getting up early?
MdwstQY~ I had a great day thanks! I hope you had a FAB_U_LOSS day as well!
aaliceinw~ How's the swimming going?
Any other friends lurking....please join in...we'd love to hear from you!
Have a FAB_U_LOSS day my friends!!!0 -
So far not good at the getting up early but I am hanging in there and will keep trying. How is everyone else doing with their goals.0
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Spinnyjenn~ What if you tried something like egg muffins for breakfast? That way you could grab it on the go? And/or try getting up only 10 min early for a couple days , then try getting up 10 min earlier than that...and end when you are at a good time that gives you enough time to eat and do all you want to in the morning! I like to have a few minutes of me/quiet time. It's only 10 min or so but if I don't have that...my day really gets thrown off.
In case you are not familiar with egg muffins...use a muffin tin, fill each section 1/2 way with scrambled egg mixture, then add whatever you would add to an omelet,ie peppers and onions, turkey sausage, bacon bits, ham cubes, I like spinach in them...but whatever you like...bake them in the oven for 15-20 minutes until the eggs are cooked....let them cool and put them into individual baggies in the fridge. You can eat them cold or heat them in the microwave in 30-45 seconds...because they are shaped like a muffin, you can actually eat them with your hands on the run if you want to. This is how I got my kids to eat breakfast before school in the mornings...none of my kids are morning people.
Just a couple suggestions....hope some might help!
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Sindnjim, you're going to have buns of steel
Keep at it!
Spinnyjenn, I'm not a morning person either. Sindnjim definitely has it right and I have to try that recipe. The trick is to get something quick. I love pb&j in the morning; I toast my bread, slap on the pb&j and I'm out the door. You should find quick and nutritious foods that you like. It doesn't have to be "breakfast foods" either.
I survived another day, it was rough but I stuck with it. I'm glad I did but I almost threw in the towel!0 -
MdwstQT~ KUDOS for you NOT throwing in the towel! I'm glad you stuck it out...you should be proud!!!
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Thanks guys all great suggestions and I will definitely be trying them out. So happy to be part of this group.0
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Hi All~
Well I am trying a squat challenge and today was my 1st day! I did 20 counterbalance squats! And wow my thighs and butt were screaming at me for it LOL! Tomorrow I need to do 30 of them! Let's hope my muscles have forgiven me a little by then!
Spinnyjenn~ How did you do with getting up early?
MdwstQY~ I had a great day thanks! I hope you had a FAB_U_LOSS day as well!
aaliceinw~ How's the swimming going?
Any other friends lurking....please join in...we'd love to hear from you!
Have a FAB_U_LOSS day my friends!!!
Thanks for the FAB_U_LOSS day sindnjim It Was indeed! 
I didn't get my swims in but I did get my best walk yet and also did I work out at "Curves", which I joined this week. My butt, thighs and glutes are now begging for mercy! Hee hee!
I didn't realise that yesterday was also my 7 days of activities and am so, very, very proud of myself for achieving that.
How did your squats go today?! That is so awesome and I agree with MdwstQY, you are gonna have great buns!!!
Spinnyjenn are you catching any early worms ??
Tomorrow off for my Fitness Assessment, which will also help identify what I need to work on first and foremost. Then swim and Curves or Curves and swim I think. Have a yummy and fun day folks.0 -
Not only did I do my squats...I did 15 push ups (which are my most HATED exercise) AND I had over 6000 steps in BEFORE 7 AM!!! My energy level is slowly getting up there!!!
aaliceinw~So glad you are doing so well. Congrats on curves! Let us know how you like it.
I am very proud of you too! SEVEN days in a row of activity WOO HOO!!! AWESOME!!! You are my inspiration for today THANK YOU!!!!
Spinnyjenn~ Have you had any breakfast yet? OR tried getting up a little earlier? I hope you catch those worms soon...lol.
I hope you all have a FAB_U_LOSS day my friends!!!
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Fantastic Sindnjim. I am so, so very inspired also by all of your activity. And 6000 steps before 7AM! You also exercise in your sleep - sleep walking haha! You Rock!
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Haha...I WISH I could exercise in my sleep. I actually work nights. I work until 6:30 AM LOL but I usually only average 3000-3500 steps by 7AM.0
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You ladies are killing it! We are on our way to healthy!0
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hey aaliceinw thanks for sending me this group.
I need to work exercise into my daily routine and having a tough time at staying consistent.
First few weeks were great but has fallen off and vanished since the holidays
how about some ideas to help me jump back in???
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Welcome Golfah40!
Have you thought about making a plan to phase exercise back in? First week 2-3 times, next week 3-4 times; something like that?0 -
My 1st weigh in is tomorrow. I'm a little nervous but excited too. REALLY? Who gets excited about stepping on a scale
LOL! I really have made some changes 
MdwstQT~ We ARE killing it! YOU included!
Golfah40~ Welcome to L.O.S.T. Glad to have you! Do you use a pedometer at all? It REALLY pushes me...I challenge myself to do a little more and a little more by seeing the step count and wanting to push those numbers a little higher! I have tried many different ones from the little $10 Walmart specials to the Polar Loop, the Bodybug...I got a Garmin Vivofit for Christmas and I am HOOKED!!! It measures my steps, mileage, calorie burn, sleep patterns,and it compatible with this site so I can track calories in and calories burned BOTH! I think the key is finding something you enjoy doing. Feel free to look at some of the other threads and post there too! We have one called 10 Things you didn't know about me...it let's you learn things about each other! Looking forward to getting to know you better!0 -
So excited I can't stand it!!! I know it just because it's the 1st week and is probably mostly water weight but I did my 1st weigh in and.....
I'm down 9 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope you are all having a FAB_U_LOSS day my friends!!!0 -
thanks - I have a Samsung gear live coming today. will figure out what it measures and if I can link to MFP not sure it will. But I already use Wii Fit to track weight so as long as I can get data off device I can manually input on MFP.
I need to be accountable to myself for exercise. I do great at calories in but always seem to blow off exercise
so here goes simple to start as you suggest
goal 1 week 1 starts now!!. stationary bike 3 times week 30 minutes/ each. AND log to MFP
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So excited I can't stand it!!! I know it just because it's the 1st week and is probably mostly water weight but I did my 1st weigh in and.....
I'm down 9 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope you are all having a FAB_U_LOSS day my friends!!!
Congrats Sind! I don't care where those 9 pounds came from! You lost 9 freakin pounds0 -
I hope you ladies are having an awesome day! So far so good from this end0
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So excited I can't stand it!!! I know it just because it's the 1st week and is probably mostly water weight but I did my 1st weigh in and.....
I'm down 9 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope you are all having a FAB_U_LOSS day my friends!!!
I am so envious of you! I know you worked very hard though to get to those amazing results. Well done! Your rock even more
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hey aaliceinw thanks for sending me this group.
I need to work exercise into my daily routine and having a tough time at staying consistent.
First few weeks were great but has fallen off and vanished since the holidays
how about some ideas to help me jump back in???
thanks
So glad you joined and hope you will find some of the inspiration you are looking for here. Check through the posts to see what our baby steps are. They may give you some ideas
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Had my fitness assessment today for my Medical Aid application:
Blood pressure - Excellent
BMI
Cholesterol
Fitness
Upper Body Strength
Flexibility
Diet
I would have been extremely shocked to find everything okay!
They are impressed with the workouts - we have discussed sustainability because ideally, it is actually what I need to be doing in order to lose weight but practically, it could lead to burnout.
New baby step goals coming soon!0
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