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I'm creating a library at home, and yesterday I painted all day. I am worn out. I wonder how many calories you burn doing that? Except for a few very short breaks, I was moving from 9 AM to around 6 PM. I have one more wall to do and then I'm done. I'm getting excited: the furniture arrives Wednesday.
I also recently painted all the main rooms including the ceilings in my house. I lost extra weight those weeks! It's a great workout. I counted low and did about 100 calories an hour11 -
I worked out both yesterday and today and I'm starting to see definition in my arms.17
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Up to 100 lbs on my squats - 6 good reps on 3 sets and a few extra at the end. Started in January with bodyweight.
Also, walked the long path at the river walk instead of the short one - five miles instead of two.24 -
*My old wellies don't fit anymore. They used to be tight around calves, now falling off18
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I'm usually more of the type that just likes to sit back and be inspired by other peoples posts, but I had a few this last week that really reassured me that I'm at least started on the right path.
1. (With a little background) My company gives us a discount on health insurance premiums if we have our "numbers" checked each year. This happened in February and was the kick in the pants I needed to get started losing. All of my blood work came back fairly ugly, talked to the doc and he wanted me to try and lose weight before sticking me on any meds. Of course I came up with the usual "I'll start at the beginning of the week". Well something always seem to come up. Finally started at the beginning of April. Fast forward to last week and my numbers came down to normal. For some reason that worried the doctor as much as my numbers being high, he thought there should be a moderate amount of improvement, but not that much. After being poked and prodded for a couple more hours that day, he finally gave me a "passing" grade.
2. Along with blood work the company started having body comp tested. This was after many people complained when the people doing the testing told several that they were over-weight and needed to go on a diet and the same peoples doctors were telling them they were in perfect health. But I got mine done and I had 120.5 lbs of body fat. This was using the bod pod deal. After having a good check up with blood work I wanted to see what ratio I was losing fat to muscle, just so I had an idea if my original goal weight was going to put me in the over-fat category. They weighed me in and I had lost 52 lbs of overall weight, and was down to 67.6 lbs of body fat. This means that I picked up almost 1 lb of muscle instead of losing some.
3. I hadn't bought any new clothes since starting out. I was still wearing the size 42 jeans and 3X shirts. I'm heading out on a family vacation in a couple weeks and figured I wanted to look some what presentable. I tried on size 38 jeans, and they were actually baggy. The 36's I ended up buying are a little snug, but as long as I don't put a lot of stuff in my pockets they actually look great. I had decided to try on an XL shirt and it fit perfect, or so I thought. After trying it on I grabbed 2 more XL shirts and went and checked out. After getting home I realized that the original shirt I had tried on was not an XL, but an L, it was on the wrong hanger.
This all came at a time that the scale started moving a lot slower than expected.47 -
I put my own diet and exercise needs first today!
Occasionally we have step challenges at work, I'm usually well up for this kind of thing. Its all good right?
However last year, just as i was starting to really do well with food logging and 30 day shred, I joined one of the step challenges. It totally threw me off course. The other team members are super fit, super sporty people. I mean two were consistently logging 20k+ steps daily, and one getting in 40k steps very often! Great right, the best people to be in the team with? But i have some substantial weight to lose, and on workdays i have to really push to get to just 10k! I couldn't keep up with them, I ended up ditching 30 day shred to fit the steps in, which in hindsight was much better for me than just walking for hours. My appetite was just immense some days i imagine from all the exercise.
It was too many changes at once for me, and it all left me feeling constantly disappointed with myself. It just kicked me right off of the proverbial wagon.
I was asked last week to join. I thought it over, and this time I've said NO! I will join the next one if i'm ready, but I realize now that i need to follow my own journey. No more trying to do it with others, no more comparing myself with others. Its more important to me this year to to make changes that I enjoy and can sustain.
So i think thats a NSV? Feel kind of weirdly relieved.
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I woke up in a really bad mood and felt achy everywhere, but still hit the gym before work and even made a PR ^_^22
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I put my own diet and exercise needs first today!
Occasionally we have step challenges at work, I'm usually well up for this kind of thing. Its all good right?
However last year, just as i was starting to really do well with food logging and 30 day shred, I joined one of the step challenges. It totally threw me off course. The other team members are super fit, super sporty people. I mean two were consistently logging 20k+ steps daily, and one getting in 40k steps very often! Great right, the best people to be in the team with? But i have some substantial weight to lose, and on workdays i have to really push to get to just 10k! I couldn't keep up with them, I ended up ditching 30 day shred to fit the steps in, which in hindsight was much better for me than just walking for hours. My appetite was just immense some days i imagine from all the exercise.
It was too many changes at once for me, and it all left me feeling constantly disappointed with myself. It just kicked me right off of the proverbial wagon.
I was asked last week to join. I thought it over, and this time I've said NO! I will join the next one if i'm ready, but I realize now that i need to follow my own journey. No more trying to do it with others, no more comparing myself with others. Its more important to me this year to to make changes that I enjoy and can sustain.
So i think thats a NSV? Feel kind of weirdly relieved.
I think this is super awesome. Exercise in a way that is right for you. Walking isn't for everyone, although it is important to keep moving about. I don't like working out at the gym or doing boot camp type stuff. But we know that there are people out there who do! Embrace what works for you and don't give in to fit in with the crowd.13 -
All of my shorts are way too big now, so I got out the suitcase filled with my old "skinny clothes" that I packed away as I outgrew them. I pulled out the first pair of shorts and they were still too big! I've overshot the larger of my old clothes and had to dig down near the bottom to find a pair that fit.32
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my size 38 shorts literally just fall off without a belt, and im down to the last belt notch and they are still loose!! WOO HOO!!24
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I was chatting with a girl in the changing room after my PT session today, and she told me she had been watching us, "your so strong, I was really impressed". I can't believe someone described me like that27
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I walked 5 miles Saturday evening. I started walking regularly about 2.5 months ago and when I started I was struggling to get 1 mile in. I remember after a couple weeks saying "I don't know about this, it's not getting easier" and I was ready to give up. I know that some of you walk 5 or more miles every single day, but for me that was a huge deal.32
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This weekend I finally got the guts to do to my hair what I've always wanted to do to my hair.
Hot pink & purple highlights!
Next time I think I'm gonna go even bolder with the colour .39 -
I went to a baby shower this weekend and saw friends that I see every few months or so. They know I've been working out but when I got there one friend was like "Hello, you look GOOD!" And then when I told them I've lost about 35lbs they all started asking for advice. From me! About losing weight! Crazy.26
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After years of the struggle I decided to buckle down and become my own personal trainer. My NSV I recently became an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer36
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BillMcKay1 wrote: »Wearing pants from start in may until this weekend, all at once! Even with 3 pairs of jeans underneath my original pants were still loose!
This is is so cool !! congrats.44 -
Today I dragged myself out of bed even though I was very sore from fighting the current during yesterday's kayak trip and ended up jogging 1/2 a mile and walking an additional .98. I shaved another minute and 6 seconds off my total mile time! I'm getting faster and stronger.24
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Just ran 7 laps around my 1 acre garden non stop where as last year I could barely manage 322
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Two new NSV for me. 1st, I bought some new panties a month or so ago, size 5, thinking maybe one day they will fit (already down from a 9 to a 6), tried them today and they do! 2nd, I got some Lucchese cowboy boots in 2011, size 7 and they were rather tight, dug them out yesterday abd they fit nicely now.19
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1) The darn weather is determined to stop me getting out to exercise . . . . or so it thinks. I have other plans though.
Today. My son and I went out for our run. It was threatening rain. Very overcast, cold, pretty miserable. We went anyway, knowing that we were probably going to get wet. And returned an hour later in blistering sunshine and soaked through with sweat.
Then, this afternoon I hit the roads on the bike. Straight into killer winds. The type when you pedal like crazy and don't get very far? Like that. I got back from a very short ride completely exhausted. Decided to have dinner, check the tyre pressures (sometimes its harder work when the tyres need inflating) and head out again.
Went out and the winds had gotten stronger, even in my sheltered little bit of the world. Decided that it was pretty well pointless to try to cycle in those conditions (plus I had limited time and would not have been able to complete the ride against those winds). So, as I was not going to let the weather win, I dragged the family out for a 2-mile walk instead. Only one of the children complained but I gave him a look and he soon got busy putting his shoes on . . . wise decision. I also had time to dig out my daughter's scooter so she had a few minutes trying that out and is keen to try again tomorrow (she needs a bit of practice as she's not used it before).
Looks like tomorrow will be an enforced rest day as the forecast is rain, and plenty of it. Or maybe not. Cycling in the rain can be fun sometimes . . . . I think it's called "character building".
2) My teenage daughter paid me a compliment (I think anyway, sometimes it's hard to tell with teenagers). She was asking me about the distances I cycle. My average distance is 25-30 miles a day. She then said that she couldn't believe that I'm so casual about it (apparently I pulled a disparaging face when talking about this) when she finds it impossible to imagine cycling so far, let alone actually doing it.
She then went on to say that she considers me to be "super-fit". I laughed at this, as I'm not "super-fit", I'm just a lot fitter than I used to be.
Her comments then definitely turned into a teenage-moan-and-groan-session as she started muttering about my walking much faster than the rest of the family and that it wasn't fair of me to keep walking on ahead. What she doesn't understand though, is that I can't help it. I walk at the speed I walk at and struggle to slow down. I have to keep stopping to let them catch up. She also told me that she won't cycle with me any more as she can't keep up with me. My son won't go with me as although he can keep up with me, I go up ferocious hills that he struggles with and my DH won't go with me as he doesn't want to slow me down. My toddler is the only one who wants to go with me but her bike isn't made for distances longer than a few metres
I've always been unpopular . . .29
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