Weekly Post 01/02/ - 07/02/15
flumi_f
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I'm looking back on a successful week, much better than last week and now have a week off work, that will be enjoyed!
I will continue with the exercise and will get in my two fasts on Mo / We as I leave for 4 days of snow shoe hiking / yoga on Thursday. It is in a very beautiful part of Switzerland and I'm looking forward to the hikes and meeting new people.
I did well food wise. Although I noticed, I'm a bit addicted to prelogging... Will wean myself off of that slowly.
Weight wise I had a good week too. Hoping I can keep this going. I'm feeling much more positive than the last few weeks or months. Might be that my positive affirmations are starting to reprogramm my subconscience. Or maybe it's because the days are getting a bit longer and the sun has come through our high level winter fog more often. Whatever the reason, I'll take it!
I tried Foami's secret weapon today. I must say the Barilla gluten free spaghetti are very tasty. If they do help with the water retention, I might reach for them again, when I want pasta. I never bought them, because I thought there were alot of additives in them to make them like pasta, but they are mainly just corn and rice flour.
Hope you all have a great Sunday!!
I will continue with the exercise and will get in my two fasts on Mo / We as I leave for 4 days of snow shoe hiking / yoga on Thursday. It is in a very beautiful part of Switzerland and I'm looking forward to the hikes and meeting new people.
I did well food wise. Although I noticed, I'm a bit addicted to prelogging... Will wean myself off of that slowly.
Weight wise I had a good week too. Hoping I can keep this going. I'm feeling much more positive than the last few weeks or months. Might be that my positive affirmations are starting to reprogramm my subconscience. Or maybe it's because the days are getting a bit longer and the sun has come through our high level winter fog more often. Whatever the reason, I'll take it!
I tried Foami's secret weapon today. I must say the Barilla gluten free spaghetti are very tasty. If they do help with the water retention, I might reach for them again, when I want pasta. I never bought them, because I thought there were alot of additives in them to make them like pasta, but they are mainly just corn and rice flour.
Hope you all have a great Sunday!!
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@flumi_f - no prelogging? I thought that was the goal to know what I will eat before I eat it. I would love to hear your perspective on prelogging.0
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I've been logging and prelogging for almost 2 yrs. It was good for me for a long time.
Now I tend to not listen to the hunger signals, if I see there are cals left in the bank. I also just focus on food too much. It is not a general recommendation, just something I need to do, because it was messing up my mind and focus.
I'm not leaving the logging completely, just not always prelogging. Sometime I log at the end of the day. Sometimes not at all. It's keeping me on my toes and more in sync with my hunger signals. I know my meals are normally ok cal and nutrition wise, so if I keep my eye on the cals of my treats, I'm normally in my tdee range.
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Hi all...(who might remember me!!) Back to mfp after a hiatus last year of preparing for my daughter's wedding and then loads if other things going on... so we'll and truly fell off the wagon!! Climbed back on - pulling myself up with all my fingernails dug in. Looking forward to reclaiming my (previously very successful) cyclical calorie intake. Nice to see you all having such successes..Flumi...have a lovely time on your break in the mountains..xx0
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Hi Chatty. Welcome to the group. Nice to have a new oldie along for the ride
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January has been incredibly busy and really quite tough for me. Although my restart with 5:2 has been successful I am still treating February as my real 'restart' so here goes!
I'm loving the support on this board and the return to 5:2, but will now be getting my f@t @rse back to activity. Yippee!0 -
It's really awful weather here today so no chance of our usual Sunday walk but inspired into action by posting on here I've just booked a badminton court for 12:30 for the family!
I'll let you know how it goes as I haven't played for about 8 years!0 -
Uff...almost found an excuse not to, but I got my a** up and did 60min on my rebounder. A bit of cardio, a bit of strength, alot of core work
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Fast day tomorrow and I'm off work, so I made a list of things, that need to get done. Will be drilling some holes in the wall tomorrow, fixing up my little workout corner and finishing the installation of my new shoe closet. That'll keep me busy. Meals planned and cooked, no sweets in the house, not nut butters either, so all is good 0 -
That sounds like a very busy day off and a shoe closet no less. How great is that. I really can't believe it is February already so where did January go. I have had a good January in all lost the Christmas weight I gained and now focused on the next stage.
Does anyone know of any good exercises for toning up legs and getting rid of the dreaded orange peel? I have a dodgy knee so can't kneel on it for long or do lots of squats with it.
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I've been logging and prelogging for almost 2 yrs. It was good for me for a long time.
Now I tend to not listen to the hunger signals, if I see there are cals left in the bank. I also just focus on food too much. It is not a general recommendation, just something I need to do, because it was messing up my mind and focus.
I'm not leaving the logging completely, just not always prelogging. Sometime I log at the end of the day. Sometimes not at all. It's keeping me on my toes and more in sync with my hunger signals. I know my meals are normally ok cal and nutrition wise, so if I keep my eye on the cals of my treats, I'm normally in my tdee range.
Thx for the explanation. It gives me food for thought. I really focused in on logging preempting hunger signals so that the log rather than my hunger controls my eating. Would love to get to a place where it is the other way around. Is it possible after so many years?
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Does anyone know of any good exercises for toning up legs and getting rid of the dreaded orange peel? I have a dodgy knee so can't kneel on it for long or do lots of squats with it.
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Have you tried cycling, If the saddle is high enough it does not hurt the knees.0 -
Finished up January with a 8.5 lb loss. This included the holiday weight gained.
I'm setting my goal at 6 lbs for February.
Julie-I agree cycling is great for the legs, also planks. Planks are great when you are limited from injury.
Flum-your planning leaves me in awe. I'm so all over the place.
JJ-how was bandminton?
Chat gal-welcome back!!
Everyone else I hope you're still thriving.
My 20 week Tri training starts this month but I need to be active before then. It is my goal to get off my butt and run-cycle-swim ....
We have the second round of the flu in my house and very little extra gets done when the kids are sick...and I'm working more hours. Oh boy. I'm great at excuses.
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Finished up January with a 8.5 lb loss. This included the holiday weight gained.
I'm setting my goal at 6 lbs for February.
My 20 week Tri training starts this month but I need to be active before then. It is my goal to get off my butt and run-cycle-swim ....
We have the second round of the flu in my house and very little extra gets done when the kids are sick...and I'm working more hours. Oh boy. I'm great at excuses.
Hopefully you didn't gain it back watching the SB...which you probably didn't after your reaction to Carroll/Wilson's mistake. Great weight loss sorry for your other loss (assuming you are a Seahawk fan!! )
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Yes I am a Seahawks fan, and I did cut my snacking short after the lame mistake on the play choice.
I went over about 100 cal's. Which isn't bad.
Kind of lost my appetite, I even said no to cheese cake.
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Oh my SB went totally past me....wasn't a fan when living in the US and don't think they aired it here as there was a big snowboard event on the TV.
Chiccam awesome loss!! And your next goal is pretty big too. Have fun training for the tri!0 -
Morning everyone!
We had so much fun playing badminton - the kids really loved it so it will hopefully be a weekly event now.
- Not as much exercise as you would think as there was a lot of waiting around for the children to finally serve...But not too bad as me and hubby had a couple of games without them and made each other run around nicely. Interestingly, it's my buttocks that are aching this morning! And I'm off for my first 'Zumba' tonight for at least 12 months. It's going to be messy!0 -
Hi everyone, sound like everyone's doing so well...keep it up and congrats to everyone!
I had a fast day on Saturday and ended in the 600s...aiming for another fast day tomorrow with better results.
So WEIGH-INS:
I had a weigh in on Sunday...and I don't know about you guys, but I have a bit of a ritual (no not banging drums and dancing) You know...wear the same (light clothes), put the scale in EXACTLY the same place, weigh in the mornings before eating anything. So that I can get a bit of consistency. Well...I have this digital scale and on Sunday...each time I stepped on it (like one after another) it gave me a different reading...like 3 pounds difference! I stood on it the same way and didn't move it at all. So either I'm 1.4 up or I'm 1.5 down. The annoying thing is that it's not even an old scale, I only got it a year ago. Let's hope I'm down and not up!0 -
Time for new batteries, Snaps. The digital scales do that, when the power is low ;-)0
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It's 15h and I'm about at half time on my fast today. Closet is up and filled with my shoes, and hmmm BOOTS, mirror hanging, power tools put away, printer wifi installed, floor mats cleaned and ready for my next indoor workout, lunch eaten.
Might save the trip to the shopping center and recycling for Wednesday and do a little rebounding now. Found a new workout on YouTube yesterday, that I'd like to try. They say it's a mens workout, but I looked through. Tough but doable.
Then off to shower, buy some groceries in my village for tomorrow's lunch guests and off to tai chi class after dinner. Not much possibility to screw up my at home fast today, nope!
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morning everyone! Thanks for the encouragement in last week's thread about my thyroid! I really appreciate it. I had a pretty bad weekend food wise, but I'm fasting today and looking forward to drinking tons of water.
Thinking I'm going to try to get some exercise in tonight because I have a doctor appointment tomorrow, and then my car has to go into the shop. I didn't exercise at ALL last week, and gained, so that certainly helps!
My goal this month is to lose 5 lbs!0 -
snaps- my scale is so old.. I've only replaced the battery once. I'm kind of afraid to get a new one LOL. To be fair, it always gives me the same number each time I get on, so it must be okay. I would like a nicer one with body fat % just to help with seeing a trend.0
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You know what they say about great minds, Snaps
Without trying to sound immodest....that men's workout on the rebounder was pretty easy.... I may modify it by using my weights for more of the exercises than the trainer does.0 -
@flumi is the rebounder the little trampoline thing? I was thinking about one of those awhile back, but then I moved into an apt and I hear even the tiniest of steps upstairs from me so I can only imagine what that would sound like to the people downstairs haha.0
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Evening All!
I am just trying to motivate myself to go out and do Zumba for the first time in over a year...I'm really terrified! And it's a fd so I don't know how well I'll do.0 -
First fast of week is going well, had a very good swim, it almost seems easier on a fast day. Looking forward to a big plate of steamed veggies
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Carbi - I live in an apartment too and can hear my neighbor flip the light switch....
I put my rebounder on these 1.2cm thick puzzle tiles made for working out on. They work as noise insulation and dampen the impact, when doing jumps. Two in one so to speak. I got both the floor tiles and the rebounder on a swiss ebay like platform, so they didn't cost a fortune. The rebounder itself doesn't move at all, thus the neighbors would probably hear less, than if I were jumping on the floor directly.
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I did it! I did the whole Zumba class. I'm sure I didn't work half as hard as I used to but I was sweating and red faced so I've definitely done something. Very proud of myself to have finally started back at the gym. I'm booked in for Aquafit on Thursday and Spinning/cycling the following Tuesday!0
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So many good posts I think I will address them all at once.
@chiccam - Patriots didn't win, Seahawks just lost. Can't imagine how Pete Carroll feels today. I haven't heard exactly why that play was called. Would love to know. Seemed like a inexplicable choice for a first down. I will say my heart was soothed a little to see the humility of Butler who caught the ball. I think he was more surprised than anyone.
@JJA14 - You are a great example that exercise does NOT need to be dull.
@snaps27 - My weigh-in ritual is pretty close. Make sure I dispense of ANYTHING that might keep me from going down to the next half pound. Scale always in the same place. I take my weigh-in quite seriously but haven't tried the drums and dancing yet, either. LOL
@flumi_f - no such thing as a men's workouts. Each person must decide for themselves how far they can go. Just look at @foamroller. Love your rebounder! How can one not have fun on it?0 -
First fast day of the week. So far so good. Didn't want to work out but as they say "felt the feelings and did it anyway".
Have a great day everyone. Let's go!0
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