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Today was a pretty good day. Work sucked but the actual work part wasn't as bad as normal. I'm hoping to hit the gym later to make up for not working as much at work.

You guys are inspiring Getting back on track.

Hello there! I haven't been on in quite a while and thought I'd check in. Feel free to add me! I'm here for whatever you need... friendship, support, motivation or if you need someone to talk to. I joined Weight Watchers and bought a fitbit, so I'm checking in there a lot now. I love that we have this group

Today I did a half hour on the elliptical. I wanted to do a run/walk for another 30min but the indoor track was too crowded. I hate crowds. Excuses. Excuses. But I promised myself I'll do it first thing tomorrow when the track is far less crowded.

Came home to find my partner has made homemade pizza dough for dinner. Must exert willpower. Must exert willpower

Laughing Dog, that was my Lucy girl. She was an SPCA special -- I always guessed she was a shepherd/collie cross. I had her for 13 years and she was an awesome dog. We don't currently have any dogs but hope to in the future. I have an acquaintance who races sled dogs. It looks like hard work but fun. How many dogs do you have?

Happy workouts to all.

So I kept my promise to myself and went to the gym first thing this morning to do the run/walk. Also, did a half hour on the elliptical. Had some good podcasts to listen to so the time went by quickly.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Bah. I had our a nice long reply to you @umpteenthtimesacharm and also one to you @nuttyengineer but it got deleted I guess? Ahaha. I'll type it out again later

Went to the farmer's market today and bought a ton of fresh veggies, so excited!

umpteenthtimesacharm wrote: »

@vollans: That is fantastic! Congrats! How long did you have to train for it?

I signed up for it just before Christmas, so I've been working on it since then. And seeing as I'd not cycled in 25 years, and not swam in 14 years, and hate running, it was a bit of a challenge. Glad to have done it. And I'll probably do another one at some point as well.

Lost 2.2 lbs this last week!! Pretty happy with that considering I did not exercise as much as i would have liked. Feeling much more motivated this week!!

It has been a while since I have checked it. I am finally back on track with my exercising and hopefully I can keep motivated. I hiked 10 miles on Saturday and have been biking and doing some strength training in between. I wish I had more time to go hiking but I only really have time once a week. Having new gadgets always makes things more fun so I recently purchased a Garmin Vivoactive and am having fun figuring it out. I FINALLY have a surgery date and will be having top surgery done by Dr. Garramone on June 7th. 98 more days!!! I would like to lower my body fat percentage some before then and will have to plan ahead for the recovery time since I will be out of commission for about 6 weeks. I have been thinking about getting a personal trainer but my anxiety really makes that hard. I typically like the adventure of getting outdoors but I would really like to put on some muscle weight. Maybe I can manage to work both in at some point.

Took 3 days off from logging and exercise due to travel for work (a lame excuse I know.)

Had a great workout today though. Continuing to increase in my lifts and running is getting faster. Back to the Keto diet too.

anthophora wrote: »

Back to the Keto diet too.

That's great! I previously did really well on Keto. I have been thinking about going that route again. The main thing that is stopping me is that I already have enough trouble keeping enough calories in me when on long hikes and that is with having protein bars and nuts on hand to keep me fueled while out. I have no idea how I could manage the long hikes with cutting carbs. I am sure it can be done thought. Maybe I will give it a shot.

anthophora wrote: »

Good for you for getting out. If I had the time, I would just hike, mountain bike and/or cross-country ski every day for a workout.

Thanks! The adventure really gets me going! I have really bad anxiety and nature helps a lot. If I could get out there every day I would. I could probably manage a small hike or mountain biking trip every day but once I get out there I just want to keep going and I don't have time for that. I have off every Friday and Saturday so on days that my girlfriend is at work, I try to get outside a bit. There is a park in our neighborhood that has some nice gravel trails so I try to do that during the week. I read your profile and it looks like you have some similar goals to mine. I just really want to be fit so I can do ALL the outdoorsy stuff. I would love to try some new things and really want to travel places and explore different national parks and stuff!

Tomorrow can't come soon enough. I need foooood. But, I still exercised today.

I really suck at this whole daily check in thing.

Aaaaanyways, started training for a mountain mud run 5K in June. Pretty stoked cause I haven't been in a race for a minute and after this season of helping with the sled dogs I feel like I've really learned a lot about pacing and endurance training. My Achilles was tight yesterday during my run so I stopped at 16 minutes and will be off today as well - resuming tomorrow since it's an old problem site. Pretty upset about that actually and keep wanting to push it today since it's hard for me to slow down since I loooove working myself so hard. So instead I'll be doing yoga then out with my dog today for walks and I need to get my damn snowshoes for some winter hikes. I hate not being able to get out in the woods cause the snow is up to your waist. But my Aussie pulled a sled for the first time the other day - he had no idea what was going on but when the dogs were going forward he got it. I'm so proud ahaha. Anyways, I need more protein powder - my macros aren't hitting and I'm pretty upset about that...

I got the girlfriend running too which I'm thrilled about! She's been depressed lately and I know my borderline doesn't help because I get impatient. I know she has it in her if she can dig it out. And her pace already is fast - just needs to fix her running form (a little too sloppy and loose) and get her to be more efficient movement wise (arms swinging right and hips not being so loose). I can see her getting good times eventually for runs and I'm really excited for that.

Um... And things are thawing!!! Soon it'll be bikejouring weather with the dogs, fishing, hiking, jogging OUTSIDE, camping, kayaking, etc etc. Ugh I can't wait. 50s next week - I'll be going crazy to try and get out. I wish I could get out on the sled more but I think we won't have snow soon so that makes me very sad. I'm just nervous trying to hunt down internships for myself for the summer but there is a predator-prey one going on an hour from home focusing on bear, coyote, and wolves on deer populations I saw posting up yesterday. I hope it works out for it. Otherwise it'll be a job in town and me trying to save up for an ATV or a new mountain bike when I should be saving up for our move to NC next summer.

Hope y'all have fun and get some insane gains!