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rheddmobile wrote: »
My husband, knowing carbs weren't a good idea, got me olives from the olive bar for Valentine's Day! What a sweet husband!
What a terrific - and thoughtful - idea. I loooove me some olives. I think I’ll put that one out there for next special occasion!11 -
Lots of NSVs lately. My trainer has been asking me for “before” photos. I had to go back through several hundred vacation photos from last year and found exactly seven. Didn’t realize I had been so camera shy. You guys are right about keeping up with before and after pics. I haven’t done that. I have had the same mind block that others talk about, not seeing any difference in the mirror, but seeing those six month old pics, I was just flabbergasted. (Hahaha!!!! fat me would have been flubbergasted maybe?!) I was so embarrassed to send them to her, but she’s such a positive person I expect a complete lecture next session about those pictures lol. Wow, talk about seeing a difference!19
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The scale went up 45grams this morning, but I'm not stressing. I haven't been perfect with my eating and with a bigger loss last week, I expected it to be harder to lose this week. Normally seeing the scales go up would worry me, this time I'm just seeing it as a reality check that no, I didn't deserve to lose weight this week, I didn't *earn* it. So my goal this week is to kick those little habits that have been sneaking back in, mindful eating for the win.
While my food intake has been pretty poor, my exercise has been pretty darn amazing. Along with my c25k and working horses, each day on the weekend I done an additional workout, Saturday was a 45 minute Billy Blanks Tae Bo, and yesterday was a 30 minute hip hop tabata workout that had me sweating and panting like there was no tomorrow, thanks YouTube 😁
We went to the next town over Saturday night for dinner (about 70km each way) and we didn't get back until late. So I slept in yesterday morning. I still went for my walk/jog after working horses yesterday afternoon. I tried to test myself on the last 5 minute jog to stay above 8km/h to start getting myself ready to make week 4 the week I work on speed, yeah I'm so not ready to step up to that yet, maybe in a few weeks. I'm in no great rush though.
Oh forgot about this 1, my neighbour told me that I'm looking fit the other week when I was heading out to bootcamp. I'm far from having a fit physique, but I'm sure it was his polite way of saying I'm losing weight without coming out and saying that 😂 no doubt I'm lookibg fitter than I was
Also- my Cowgirl Tuffs are starting to get loose on me! They were pretty snug when I first got them. Saturday night was the first time I'd put them on in about 4 weeks so was good to be able to see there is a difference (I thought they weren't as snug when I wore them for the barrel race, just wasn't sure if that was my mind playing tricks on me because I knew I'd lost weight.)14 -
Today's bike ride took my total mileage on this bike to 11,111 miles.
Well, I thought it was a cool number Shame I have to do another 11,111 miles to get to 22,222 miles. At this rate, it will take me 22 years to get to 99,999 miles Hmmm. I'll be seriously old by that point. Will have to ramp up the mileage!
DH thinks that my bike may be a little worse for wear. He couldn't believe that I've gone that distance.
Anyway . . .
My bike ride today took me into a neighbouring county. I didn't realise that it had so many hills . . . up and down, up and down, up and down until I went down one hill and started going up the next one, only to see a warning sign that it had an 8% incline.
I will admit, I saw that sign and silently (or maybe not so silently) cursed my decision to go that way, especially as the wind was at 15mph . . .
Only one way to go.
UP.
So up I went. It was a massive struggle, I was down to my lowest gear, my HR was up the hill way ahead of me and I was bordering on hyperventilation. Every time I looked up, I just saw more road. The end took a long, long time to be in sight. Or so it seemed. Stopping and walking up the hill was NOT an option, even though I suspect that for a lot of the time I was cycling at a slower pace than my walking speed.
But I made it. Then went down the other side and up yet another hill (not so steep though).
Reached my destination, after yet more hills, turned around and started back for home. Then I realised that, just when I thought that things couldn't get any worse, they did. Because I was heading back directly in to a 15mph head wind. Great. But at least the hills on the return journey were slightly kinder as they were up a longer slope. Still had to use bottom gear a few times due to the headwind. And going down that 8% incline was fun. Briefly.
Got home completely exhausted. I think that's the first time I've been that tired after a bike ride and I've been on some twice as long (this was a mere 26 miles).
Maybe I've become complacent with doing the same routes over and over again. Time to explore further, me thinks, and take in some more varied terrain.
I am considering doing the ride again, but on a slightly less windy day.26 -
My favorite XL grey sweatpants are now washed, dried, and folded and in the Goodwill bag. They just wouldn't stay up anymore! My new favorites are the lavender size L I haven't been able to wear in years, but they are really roomy and probably headed to the Goodwill bag soon, too! I love having a NSV almost as much as seeing the scale numbers drop, sometimes, even more!29
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Joined a gym and have actually been going! The last time I had a gym membership was over 10 years ago, and I went once in the course of a year probably. I'm shocked, frankly.21
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< < < 500 days of logging made me look like this!26
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Finished C25K a week ago and yesterday ran a new distance PR of 3.63 miles (plus another 0.6 miles walking)20
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Had a very stressful Monday morning relating to work. Did not eat to cope.27
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This morning my husband came out with.......you can see you've lost 9lbs21
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My 4:15am and 4:20am alarms both failed to wake me this morning. So when my partner's alarm went off at quarter past 5 I felt disappointed that I would have to skip either my walk/jog or riding. I have bootcamp this afternoon so I could have skipped the walk/jog. But I decided that I wanted to do it. I don't think I will get time to actually ride today, but will go out and spend some time with my ponies before bootcamp since we're not starting until 5 today instead of the usual 4:30pm start. Choosing a walk over horses is *HUGE* for me. I think it would have been a different story if one of my main horses were in though 😉11
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Actually did a cute “Pinterest mom” school craft with my kids (generally not my style, I’m too lazy)—we talked about hibernation and they made a graham cracker “den” glued together with frosting for their teddy graham bears. I did not eat a single bear, graham cracker, even the leftovers!—nor did I lick the knife. This from the lady who volunteers to cut the cake just so I can scoop up the leftover frosting 😆23
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I was in a room full of 30-somethings and they all thought I was younger than them! When they found out I’m 42 one said “you don’t smoke or party and you work out all of the time” lol I stupidly smoked for 25 years, drank to excess far too often and only started working out October 2018!
One of the ladies said “you are my inspiration”
My life has changed dramatically in the last 2 years!34 -
Without even thinking about it, I walked across the room, in broad daylight, naked, in front of my boyfriend and did not feel self conscious at all. If anything, I felt that he was a lucky man. (P.S. I'm 51)45
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36 mile bike ride today . . . . it was supposed to be 31 miles but I got slightly lost due to a lack of signs on the road and had to do a bit of back tracking.
It was fun though.
I keep thinking though, that I should have just carried on and done another 14 miles to make it a round 50.19 -
I went to buy a new belt on Saturday. While I was out I decided to try on some pants just to see where I'm at now. I started with size 46 when my diet began last April. I grabbed two pairs of 38s that I assumed would fit fine, and a wishful pair of 36's just to see if I could get them buttoned. I tried the 36 first and not only did they fit, they were comfortable. I didn't even take the 38's off the hanger!33
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Madwife2009 wrote: »Today's bike ride took my total mileage on this bike to 11,111 miles.
Well, I thought it was a cool number Shame I have to do another 11,111 miles to get to 22,222 miles. At this rate, it will take me 22 years to get to 99,999 miles Hmmm. I'll be seriously old by that point. Will have to ramp up the mileage!
DH thinks that my bike may be a little worse for wear. He couldn't believe that I've gone that distance.
Anyway . . .
My bike ride today took me into a neighbouring county. I didn't realise that it had so many hills . . . up and down, up and down, up and down until I went down one hill and started going up the next one, only to see a warning sign that it had an 8% incline.
I will admit, I saw that sign and silently (or maybe not so silently) cursed my decision to go that way, especially as the wind was at 15mph . . .
Only one way to go.
UP.
So up I went. It was a massive struggle, I was down to my lowest gear, my HR was up the hill way ahead of me and I was bordering on hyperventilation. Every time I looked up, I just saw more road. The end took a long, long time to be in sight. Or so it seemed. Stopping and walking up the hill was NOT an option, even though I suspect that for a lot of the time I was cycling at a slower pace than my walking speed.
But I made it. Then went down the other side and up yet another hill (not so steep though).
Reached my destination, after yet more hills, turned around and started back for home. Then I realised that, just when I thought that things couldn't get any worse, they did. Because I was heading back directly in to a 15mph head wind. Great. But at least the hills on the return journey were slightly kinder as they were up a longer slope. Still had to use bottom gear a few times due to the headwind. And going down that 8% incline was fun. Briefly.
Got home completely exhausted. I think that's the first time I've been that tired after a bike ride and I've been on some twice as long (this was a mere 26 miles).
Maybe I've become complacent with doing the same routes over and over again. Time to explore further, me thinks, and take in some more varied terrain.
I am considering doing the ride again, but on a slightly less windy day.
Way to "earn your turns." Those brutal rides make you stronger. I have a few hills that I still dread and fear...5 -
I ordered a pair of jeans from Amazon in a size 7 and THEY FIT!!!! *gettin jiggy wit it*22
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bought some cheap jeans from Matalan just for housework, decorating etc.
Matalan are a bit notorious for vanity sizing, so I picked up the UK8 instead of the UK10 I would choose at a more expensive shop.
I know it's not a genuine 8, but I enjoy the size on the label18 -
Willpower NSV again—I know I need to be consistent in my mobility program to keep my hips happy, but it’s not my favorite thing to do. So this morning I didn’t have time to do a full session, so I did an “active recovery” short one. Better than skipping it.
Then I get to the gym and all the rooms are in use for the two hour window I have available. Okay, I’ll go out to the outdoor strip of sidewalk and do a session out there. On the concrete. In 36 degree weather. Goal accomplished, hands only minorly angry (probably bc they were so cold I couldn’t feel the roughness 😆). And noted, need to align my schedule with room availability.14
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