Week 4 Daily Discussion, Weekly Exercise, Chat, and Discussion
burly_man308
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Weekly 4's weekly discussion chat. Keep up the great work guys. I've got some great news to tell ya'll that's been keeping me preoccupied the past couple of weeks, and I'll let you all know soon.
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So I'll start off the week by sharing some news that has been keeping me a little pre-occupied the past two weeks. I am happy to announce that my wife is pregnant with our first child! Talk about more motivation... I now have a renewed vigor to change my life. I know that my responding and conversation here has been lacking the past two weeks, but now you know why. We are so excited and had to plan a couple of doctor's appointments to ensure the news was true and everything was good, but ya'll are some of the first people to know. She is right at 8 weeks along now, so pretty early along, so I was concerned about telling anyone in case something was to happen. But even though I have never met any of you personally, I feel that you all would appreciate the renewed sense of urgency to change my lifestyle and get healthy to set a good example to my future child. So I am recommitting myself to you, to this challenge, to myself, and my family. Good luck everyone. Look for the points chart by Tuesday. Keep pushing onwards!7
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Whoo hoo! Awesome news Burly! :-) !! You got this man.
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That's great! Babies are so wonderful! And yes, you must get busy being a role model for little Burly or Burleyette!
Take good care of your wife! And prepare yourself for those mood swings and midnight runs to 7-11 for ice cream and pickles!0 -
Congrats to you and your wife0
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Wonderful news Burly. Grats to you both.0
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Congratulations, Burly! Being the best dad you can be is definitely great motivation - you can do it!0
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Congrats @burly_man308 !! I'm excited for you and wish you and your wife a healthy and happy pregnancy and delivery.0
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Exercise and diary finished..1
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Mischief managed, exercised today, finally getting back to it. Been feeling heaps better. Doing a 'Scary Fun Run' 5K on Sunday the 29th. Should be a lot of fun. Going to dress up as Runner 5 from 'Zombies, Run!' game.
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Diary complete: 2/7 days
Days under calorie goal: 2/7
30 minute walk complete: 2/7 days
Exercise miles: 6.49/15
Calories burned 737
Steps taken: 17,717
40 pushups complete
Active minutes according to Fitbit: 1472 -
@OregonRunner5 - Now that I associate you with that game I'll never forget the number on your username again. High five for great taste and have fun - and I'd love to see this costume!
The race I have coming up on the same weekend (Saturday) is actually a zombie escape run - I have to say, I'm glad I decided to finally get into this stuff around Halloween. I need to get a good running-friendly generic survival horror game protagonist outfit going.
In general news, today's update: no deliberate workouts because it's Monday. That pattern is changing next week, but today was...well, today. My head feels all hollow and fuzzy at the end of most Mondays, and today is no exception. Logged all my food though, and tomorrow I have gym time between classes, so all is good and on track.
For right now, though, I'm right about to crash. Holy hell, my Mondays are exhausting.1 -
@explodingmango Looks like you take Mondays to a whole new level!
@OregonRunner5 The horror themed runs sound fun! Unfortunately I would be one of the first taken during the zombie apocalypse. This girl don't run. Send pics!1 -
@burley congrats! That is such exciting news!!!!0
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@burly_man308 That's is great news! Babies really are amazing and they grow into wonderful little versions of you both. I love my son. he's 5 and everyday is something new.
so anywho - i finally stole some time to get on here. Welcome @plainanjelik It's good to have you aboard. Sounds like everyone is doing great. Every bit counts because it's one more commitment to a change in your overall health. don't worry about setbacks. sometimes you have to take a step back to make that next jump forward.
I have to remind myself of that, too. Especially when i face the stall that I am in right now. no, change, no change. it's happened before, but I kept going and the pounds started coming off again.
i realized at the end of last week that the reason i have not been able to workout as much as before was due to the weighted gloves i started wearing. I worked out twice already without them and I was able to go 45-55 mins without stopping.
So question for you all - Should I continue working out with or without the gloves? If I keep them, I'll only be able to commit to about 30 mins a workout. Without them, I can go 45-55 mins. Your input would be much appreciated.1 -
Hello to all!! Exercise and diary finished0
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@MmamabearR Thanks for the welcome! Concerning the gloves, I think the added weight is good because your muscles are working a bit harder even if your workout may be shorter. However if you think your form is suffering or you aren't able to go all out even during the shorter timeframe then might be good to go without.0
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Diary complete: 3/7 days
Days under calorie goal: 3/7
30 minute walk complete: 3/7 days
Exercise miles: 9.46/15
Calories burned 610
Steps taken: 15,030
40 pushups complete
Active minutes according to Fitbit: 1190 -
Diary complete: 3/7 days
Days under calorie goal: 3/7
30 minute walk complete: 3/7 days
Exercise miles: 9.63/15
Calories burned 604
Steps taken: 15,140
40 pushups complete
Active minutes according to Fitbit: 1190 -
@plainanjelik - Eh, whether you "survive" a run like this or not, from what I've seen, you always leave with a story to tell - and the bar has already been set for impressive failure, I'm pretty sure:
Behold, the story that first made me want to do a zombie run.
Anyway, today was pretty good. Got to the gym between classes, all that. Ran two miles, then biked for 7 more. The day overall wasn't that interesting, but I had a lot of fun with that.
The next few days will be pretty similar, I think. The school week is pretty draining, and although there's a lot of stuff coming up, there's nothing really going on at the moment. Hopefully I'll have more to say tomorrow!1 -
@explodingmango That video is exactly how I picture it going down! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks @plainanjelik I can do very well for about 20 mins and I have to push the last 10, but it's worth it. I think I will keep the gloves. I was thinking back to when I very first started working out months ago, I could only go about 15 to 20 and that was without extra weights. So if I keep going, even for just 30 mins at a time, eventually I'll work my way up again.1
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I haven't checked in for a couple of days... work has been all-consuming this week...
Did not complete my diary Monday, but did complete it yesterday. Have done minimal exercise, so far this week, but will do more now that I have laid the uber-problem to rest (finally killed that issue!).
My foods were pretty crappy over the weekend, but I have gotten a hold on that as well. Oh well, what's past is past, so I will move forward from here.
Keep on with the good work peeps!0 -
Just been doing Yoga & smoothies. I’m kinda in a holding pattern without much going on. 0
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Hi everyone! Had to take a day off today. My whole body hurts. Unfortunately I gave into temptation after a stressful day so went over my calorie goal. Was also stuck at my desk today so not many steps. I got my pushups in though.
Diary complete: 4/7 days
Days under calorie goal: 3/7
30 minute walk complete: 3/7 days
Exercise miles: 9.63/15
Calories burned 0
Steps taken: 4234
40 pushups complete
Active minutes according to Fitbit: 01 -
Checking in. The last couple of days have been busy, but good. Started mixing up my routine at the gym, trying to include cardio and weights in a one hour period is frustrating and challenging, but it seems to be working. Instead of running for length in the mornings, I've been trying to up the speed with which I get a mile in. Thats been more challenging, and also give me time to lift for a bit before I have to shower and go to work. Foods been off a bit this week, haven't had lunches for a couple of days, and thats hurting me in the long run. But I feel better with my new routine. Hope things are going well for everyone. Keep getting better every day.1
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Also, @explodingmango, where about in the country are you, if you don't mind me asking? I'm starting to try and plan my spartan races for next year, and if you want to try to do one somewhere mutual, let me know. Me and my wife are trying to do some together towards the end of next year, just a heads up.1
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Hi folks, Sorry I haven't checked in for a while. Safe to say I've been struggling. I've kept up the calorie control, but my routines are a mess. Hope everyone is going well, and welcome to the group @plainanjelik
Something happened today to snap me out of my funk. Something in the form of a big hailstorm. Marble to golfball sized hail in 55mph winds. The neighbors arcross the road have golf green quality lawns, and here is what it looked like after the storm.
I'm led to believe some places just don't get hail, or it's very rare. So if you've never seen golfball hail, here is a vid.
Warning, some wildlife is injured towards the end of the vid.
https://youtu.be/4hRbt5Wqy2w
Oh and @MmamabearR Do you have a device that measures your heart rate? If so, with a bit of maths we can work out whether you are better served by the 45min or 1/2hour workout options. But failing that, based on my research, you are probably burning slightly more calories at 45min no gloves. However, that muscle tone might just come in handy. And once your muscles catch up to the new load, you will be back to doing 45mins and will burn more cals than before. So no gloves for pure weight loss, and gloves for overall fitness.1 -
@Fyreside -- wow, I bet the sound of that coming down was incredible and a little unnerving!
I get migraines once a month, and it's tough - I usually pack in Cokes, something salty like a whole pack of crackers and the requisite pint of coffee ice cream. Settled for decaf coffee and some creamer this time and a little extra soup.
I haven't yet gotten into the Halloween candy, huzzah. I love those little chocolate snack size bars and most people can get away with a couple but I can pretty much demolish a bag of them. Somehow in my brain because they're small I can eat more of them. If it was full sized candy bars and I ate three massive bars in a row I would be horrified, but with the tiny ones I seem to safely lie to myself. They vanish mysteriously around me. I have a GI disease so they are really incredibly bad for me, it's not even a weight issue (they're not good for that either though and generally I put on 10lbs every fall...)
So what kind of plans does everyone have for the weekend? Anything interesting and cool going on?
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OregonRunner5 wrote: »@Fyreside -- wow, I bet the sound of that coming down was incredible and a little unnerving!
The sound of it approaching was indescribable. I've heard similar before, but never anywhere near as loud and ominous. Quite often it's raining as the hail starts, so your only warning is the tik tak of the first few pellets hitting the roof. But it was quiet and dry.. memorable.
In Aus, we have a pharmaceutical called Mersyndol. Pretty sure I've discussed this with a friend in the states already and discovered it's not sold over there. But perhaps your pharmacist can reccomend something similar, it has 3 active ingredients. Paracetamol; Codeine phosphate; Doxylamine succinate. The last one being a muscle relaxant. It's the only thing I've ever found to tame my occasional monster headaches.
This weekend I'm doing everything from an oil change on a generator to hopefully releasing a parrot back into the wild lol.
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