Cory 17 – Hi everyone! 57 in southern Calif, kids are grown & gone, my wts been creeping up and up, though have gotten to where feel good a couple times. The last 2 years have had significant health issues (breast ca and hip replacement) and have to make it happen. I want to make it to retirement and actually be able to enjoy it.
During Jan I was working on consistency, went back to work and getting back to the gym and swimming. So Feb goal is exercise 5x wk, at least 1 hr daily. If I leave home too late to get a full hour in, will make it up at lunch or after work walking.
I’m new to this challenge site, your guidance is appreciated!

Exercise has been my thorn. I know what to do as far as eating and logging, but exercise has never become a habit/daily activity for me. I usually enjoy it when I do it, but always have excuses or something for not doing it. Long, long ago in high school, I played sports. I used to hike almost every weekend with my family. I taught elementary school for over 20 years, so I was moving during the day. Lots of squatting down, steps, etc. But I am no longer teaching and now I watch my 9 month old granddaughter every day from 7:30 to after 5. I certainly move and crawl and burn calories caring for her, but with the uncooperative January weather, we only took a few walks. Boy, that was long winded. I’m looking for suggestions to fitting in exercise. Many times my daughter and SIL stay for dinner when picking her up. She is a super light and infrequent sleeper.

So, I’m looking for suggestions on the best time. I am not a morning person, so getting up at 5 and going to the gym probably isn’t for me. I do have a gym a couple miles from my house that I belong to and have an online Pilates membership that I never use.

Is this where I post my starting weight for February?

User = evangsimmons170
Week = starting weight for February challenge
Weigh-in Day = Monday (as of 1/28/19)
Previous Weight = 347.2 (as of 1/28/19)
Current Weight = see note below

Technically, my first weigh-in for February is 2/4/19. But I think I read the directions that said our starting weights had to be posted from our official weigh-in day 1/27 - 2/2. So I hope I did this right.

I enjoy walking, gardening, tennis, Pilates. But figuring out the best time to exercise is the hard part. I can walk with my granddaughter if the weather cooperates, but other than that it’s hard. Hubby doesn’t like to eat late, then I don’t want to exercise right after I eat. I just need to make time and do it Even 10 minutes here. Ten minutes there.

Last year was a very tough year for me and my family. I battled with a spur of the moment brain tumour. I went on a Monday in March down to the hospital and by Thursday I had surgery. The surgeon removed a 5 cm tumour. I had plans to go to California but had to cancel and spent the summer with Radiation Treatments (the tumour was called hemangiopericytoma).
For several months, It affected me that I could not bend down, cough and my taste for foods. The hard part was the steroids. My sleep and eating patterns were very much affected, yet I continued to log my food. At my appointment in November I was told to indulge over the holidays and go for a vacation as there is only a 5 -10% chance the tumour will ever come back.
I have to go every six months for an MRI for 3X and then once a year. I was lucky I was eating healthy, and down to my goal weight prior to this happening.. My goal is to get back to healthy eating and exercise. ( to fit back into my old clothes) I was very fortunate.

Hi everyone, I'm a 59 year old mother of a 30 yr old son and a 26 year old daughter. I'm 5'2" and have struggled with my weight since I had my son. I traveled quite a bit for work and that proves to be a challenge when you are trying to eat healthier and exercise more. I love food and eating out everyday takes it told. To the tune of 50 lbs overweight. Like @evansgsimmons, I'm not sure if I post my weight here or not but since my weigh day is Friday, here goes.

Starting weight - 166.8

My daily fitness commitment for February (and have been consistent with achieving for the past less than two weeks) is to do 10 minutes of HIIT on my exercise bike before work. This gives me an extra ~120 calories I can eat through the day.

Thanks to this .... I met all three Daily Goals in my other reporting challenge. DIdn't have to use one of my 3 Intentional Passes on Day 1!!! (Discipline and Commitment really DOES lead from Goal to Accomplishment!

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Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes. 10 minutes HIIT on my bike before work, plus 17 minutes of jogging on my mini-trampoline / exergame after the theatre outing to make up the rest of the needed minutes.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes - DESPITE dinner (and dessert) after a workday, I managed to stay In the Green thanks to the 120 calories burned before work .... could have answered "yes" even without the extra 58 calories of the exergame if i hadn't needed to put in the time!
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes - including the 330 calorie ice cream cake for dessert.

I have been looking forward to this dinner + theatre night since NOVEMBER. Would have been willing to take an intentional pass on Day 1if I had to, because working around restaurant calories on a workday (when you can't get extra exercise calories "into the bank" ahead of time). But I didn't need to. YAY!!

A busy beginning of the month! I'll put all my answers and comments together in one message instead of creating a pileup.

@cory17 - welcome! It sounds like you know the drill - an hour a day is a good goal, and hopefully along with tracking your food to make sure everything stays within whatever your plan is. The main thing to know for this challenge is to post your weight here on your official weigh-in day (Thursday for you), and try to be an active team member. If you want to track steps, there is room on our stepping team competing against the other F2F teams There are always internal and inter-team challenges that you can do or not as you like, but they're often fun and always useful.

@evangsimmons170 - you are doing it all right! Your previous weigh-in is now your starting one for February, and you just post the next one on Monday as usual. I am impressed with your walking schedule! Those programs for reaching a specific walking/running goal can be great motivators. Keep us posted with your results!

@leni1us - Welcome to you as well! Your starting weight is posted and you just update it here next Friday. I'm also really short (5'1") and it is certainly a struggle getting down to the weight we should be at. But the advantage is that every pound gone really shows!! We look taller when we shrink in circumference as well Stick with it and you'll get there!

@GettingFitTash - well done! I like hearing what everyone is doing for the fitness part of their routine.

@micki48 - this conversation is really interesting. Finding the "right" time is tricky. Fitting in 10 minutes here and there can work, but if mornings aren't your thing, aim for nap time or use the granddaughter as a weight! just kidding... but they do kind of look like unwieldy kettlebells. with extra parts. and they wiggle, which is apparently an important part of core training.

For myself, I had a disappointing first day of February. My planned workout got displaced by having to help out mother-in-law and then daughter at the last minute. I didn't reach my stepping goal either, and then I ate pizza and drank beer with said daughter while we cleaned her house prior to her flying off to Edmonton today. Oh well. TODAY I will do my full strength workout AND go snowshoeing with a friend. And no more beer all week. I will feel much better tomorrow morning than I did this morning!

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I know it’s burning calories, but not sure it’s quite enough. Although, I am tired after 10 hours, especially on days that she is Miss No Nap. Thanks again. I got in a 20 minute Pilates workout this am

Great!!! I suspect that you are doing a lot more than you think!! If you can squeeze in those 20 minutes of intentional exercise, I think you will be off to a wonderful start!

Challenge : 8k steps a day/ 224k for the month of February

I think this will keep me moving and not stuck on the coach.

2/1- 8196 steps. Went great yesterday! I was under 7k at 6pm and I got up and danced around my house until I got to 8k 💃🏾