Active April Challenge 2020
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Cayenne pepper helps circulation, sometimes I take it in pill form. I used to just have a teaspoon of it with water and some yogurt. Also vitamin E can help thin your blood. Hazelnuts have a lot. My carnivore sources are sardines and shrimp.MistressPi wrote: »I'm in for this challenge. I started increasing my activity on a daily basis about 4 days ago. It's a necessity, really: I've got some circulation issues. My doctor told me it's a genetic thing. My grandmother had varicose veins; I have some spider veins... if I don't get enough movement, if I just sit around like a sloth, I get these painful areas in my legs. Even if I'm already wearing compression socks. These flashes of pain/sore areas go away if I get in a 20 or 30 minute walk... or dance or do yoga...1 -
Thanks for the information about vitamin E, I had forgotten that it can thin blood.
Check in April 2
1. >15,000 steps daily (Fitbit data). Wow I smashed my goal and got 20,811 steps. Walked on my lunch hour and then after supper for 3.8 miles while I talked to friends on the phone that I haven't been able to see b/c of COVID
2. > 3,000 calories burned daily (Fitbit data). Also did really good b/c of the extra exercise.
3. Low carb < 35 net and low calorie < 1,500 day. Surprisingly, the extra exercise did not make me any hungrier than usual.
4. Close the active ring on Fitbit. Set at 250 an hour. Had to get up and walk in place a couple times while at work to make this successful.
Keep on keeping on, everyone!2 -
I was going to say that I went to my local grocery store after work last night. Still no toilet paper. Plenty of paper towels and Kleenex.
Fresh produce pretty good about half as stocked as pre-COVID.
Meat department also half as stocked, hamburger and hot dogs more slim.
Canned goods looking quite bare actually.
Milk and dairy like eggs and cheese very good, I do live in a "dairy state".
Frozen area also looks about half as full as pre-COVID.
I heard today that there have been folks from larger communities coming to my town of about 11,000 shopping b/c they can't find groceries where they live, people from as far away as Milwaukee area and Appleton, likely d/t being originally from this area. Wow is all I have to say, who would a thought?!
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1. Mini Break workouts (10 min x 4, 5 times)
2. Eat low carb
3. Limit drinks to weekends
4. Close all 3rings on Apple Watch (stand, move, exercise) daily.
4/2 check in:
1~4 ✔ I love seeing the all rings close on my watch. It's super sunny today. I'm going to get my work done and go to the Metro parks later! Gotta get my steps in
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Nice work, people!
4/2 check in: 30 minutes heavy cleaning; 10 minutes panicked searching my house room to room (all 3 floors) looking for my phone charger! Yes, I did find it. phew!1 -
Yes vitamin E thins the blood and K1 clots it. They are antagonists. I made a huge order from Aldi's yesterday and they had everything but ribeyes. I ordered strip steaks instead. I have enough toilet paper for several months especially being on carnivore. I'm taking antiviral herbs today because my throat feels funny. I was big into herbs about 9 years ago and still have them all. I don't believe dried herbs ever go bad unless they get wet somehow.1
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4/2-4/3 check in:
Over quite a bit on calories the last two days- still trying to get a handle and wrangle those carb cravings. Tomorrow is back on plan.
To counter the poor choices, I’ve taken advantage of the weather and some boredom by upping my activity. 18k steps today and 20k yesterday- smashed those rings on the watch!
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Good morning! I’m a bit delayed in posting. For 4/2 I closed all my rings, 4/3 was more “active” without exercise as I did a lot of yard work. I did have a spell yesterday where I wanted to eat everything! I was able to eventually get distracted and refocus. I just feel hungry so often, like legitimate hungry. I keep waiting for that to subside. I’ve only been low carbing at 20g level for about a week or so. I’ve been focusing strongly on keeping fats high with healthy types. Day by day I’m seeing little improvements. Swelling is deceasing, tender points are less acute and sleep is slightly improved. I have fibromyalgia and after two years of experiments with foods, I know that sugar is my nemesis. Curious if anyone here has used the low carb lifestyle to help with similar diagnosis?
Today will be another nice day so more yard work is on the table! I hope everyone has a wonderful start to the weekend. Stay healthy!5 -
4/3:
Yard hike for about an hour and 15. Got just over 11k steps.
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4/4 check in:
OH had nearly 70 degree temps today so I stayed active for most of the day and did a longer fast than anticipated. This resulted in being under plan for calories and a closure of all rings on my tracker. Nothing like getting back to basics!5 -
4/4: No exercise today, those I did break sedentary on the step and did a lot of cleaning. I took my Fitbit off to clean a bathroom and forgot to put it back on so I'm not sure of real step count.
I need to get out for a walk today probably, but I didn't sleep well so I'm tired. We'll see how the day goes. Hubby is out trying a grocery run at 9am. We need milk and bread, but if we can't find anything else then we should be alright until next week.2 -
Check in 4/3 and 4/4.
1. Did good and over steps for 4/3 but as it turns out general house work doesn't yield very many on 4/4.
2. Good with calories burned both days.
3. Right at goal for carbs both days and under calories both days.
4. Wasn't able to hit goal of steps each hour,will see if I'm able to figure out how to incorporate a"walk break" per hour.
Hope everyone has a good rest of their weekend.
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1. Mini Break workouts (10 min x 4, 5 times)
2. Eat low carb
3. Limit drinks to weekends
4. Close all 3rings on Apple Watch (stand, move, exercise) daily.
4/3.4 check in:
1~4 ✔ I did a major cleaning yesterday. Vacuumed, mopped and dusted all the rooms, Laundry, changed linens all the rooms. Looks and feels great! I did take advil afterwards cuz my back was achy.
Today it's cloudy and about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. It's not motivating me to do any workouts... Maybe this afternoon. Maybe I just over did it yesterday. Need to do everything in moderation!
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4/5
Made a grocery run early this morning. Was able to finally buy a few paper products in Walmart at 7:15am. Didn't hoard, just a package of paper towels and one of tp. Have to think ahead until June 10th state shut down. Was amazed at Walmart employees not wearing any PPE!
Am able to keep at or under calories but a little lax on exercise, as I have been busy wiping everything down in the house. My cravings have subsided a bit.2 -
3 Apr, Friday:
18 minutes of yoga in the morning, and about an hour‘s walk in the afternoon.
I’m using a sticky mat for my yoga, but my hands and feet are sweating and slipping a bit. I have Vibram 10 toes ¿shoes? that I can use, if I want. I don’t know what to do about my hands. I’m not slipping that much.
During my walk I did stop and chat for a few minutes here and there with neighbors, in particular people like me who live by themselves. One went through the master gardener program at OSU; I will likely be having chats with her in the future. I was still moving, though, when I paused my walk to speak with people. This is also what I do while waiting for a flight or standing at a bus stop Coleman doing calf bounces and kickbacks. I feel like I just need to keep moving so my muscles don’t cool off. So I counted all of this time as exercise.
4 Apr, Saturday: A good bit of DOMS; took this as a day off.
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4/5
Made a grocery run early this morning. Was able to finally buy a few paper products in Walmart at 7:15am. Didn't hoard, just a package of paper towels and one of tp. Have to think ahead until June 10th state shut down. Was amazed at Walmart employees not wearing any PPE!
Am able to keep at or under calories but a little lax on exercise, as I have been busy wiping everything down in the house. My cravings have subsided a bit.
Cleaning counts as exercise! It can burn quite a few calories. Practical exercise that uses a lot of different muscles.
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4/5: Spent most of the day outside since the weather was nice. Did little odd and end things but my energy is near non-existent so that was the extent of my efforts. I did close my move ring but the overall total will be nothing like yesterday. I know it's part of the cycle when going back low carb so I tomorrow I am going to focus on my electrolytes and push on. Hope everyone's Sunday has been pleasant and healthy.4
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4/5 update:
Like many of you I did some crazy cleaning over the last two days. Still have plenty of things I can do so next weekend should be busy as well. Having mad cravings for sweets but overcame them yesterday and today, kept calories under control and closed my rings. Hopefully I can make this a trend and drop some lbs along the way.3 -
4/5
Beast Build Shoulders done
Food was within goal
Spent the bulk of the day playing D&D over discord...a bit frustrating with my slow internet, but not horrible, and it was nice to have some social time with my friends, many of which are in the high risk group so they have been under self-quarantine for about a month now.4 -
1. Mini Break workouts (10 min x 4, 5 times)
2. Eat low carb
3. Limit drinks to weekends
4. Close all 3rings on Apple Watch (stand, move, exercise) daily.
4/5 check in:
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2~4 ✔ I didn't do the mini workouts. It's easier to stick to it when I am in the basement working. (cuz I want to take a break=work out)
And since I had drinks on Saturday, I didn't want any yesterday. I was good
I live on a street called Windy Hill. And it's ALWAYS windy. I don't know why but it is. So rather than fighting the wind to run, I took a different road. It was so much easier and pleasant! Now I'm looking forward to my lunch run!4 -
4/6
House cleaning has been my exercise the last few days. I really think it is becoming more mentally tiring than physically. What did I touch after grocery run, totally wipe down car, door knobs, counters, faucets, etc. Wish my house just had an internal sprayer that would cover everything in one shot!!
Today is starting out sunny and much less windy so I will get outside and do more walking. Worried about nephew in another state starting to run a low grade fever. Ugh...4 -
Not at all active yesterday. Oh well. I deserve a rest at least once a week.
Monday again so back to the usual schedule. Warm walking weather for me today!
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tcunbeliever wrote: »4/5
Beast Build Shoulders done
Food was within goal
Spent the bulk of the day playing D&D over discord...a bit frustrating with my slow internet, but not horrible, and it was nice to have some social time with my friends, many of which are in the high risk group so they have been under self-quarantine for about a month now.
My teen son and daughter spend a lot of time on Discord these days.1 -
4/3-4/6 update
Fri- 20 min cardio (jogging back and forth in family room, calling it JIF)
8# biceps curls 12 reps x 3 sets
10# shoulder press 12x3
8# bent rows 12x3
Sat - tackled cleaning the bathroom top to bottom
- leisurely 1.5 mile walk just to get outside
Sun - rest
Mon - 20 min JIF
8x12x3 bicep curls
3x12x3 tricep kickbacks
3x12x3 side shoulder raises
Need to build back up to heavier weights and add in some core work.
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4/5
1. >15,000 steps daily (Fitbit data). Made it over goal, turns out yard work adds more steps than housework, LOL.
2. > 3,000 calories burned daily (Fitbit data). Also over goal.
3. Low carb < 35 net and low calorie < 1,500 day. Carbs right at goal and calories under.
4. Close the active ring on Fitbit. Set at 250 an hour. Missed a ring, IDK why, don't remember feeling the buzz on my wrist to get going. Maybe I was sleeping
Keep up the good work everyone!4 -
Accountability for 5 April:
Exercise: 55 minute walk, moderate pace. Went to, around and through the park. Weather was really nice, so there were a decent amount of folks doing the same thing. A trio of friends was watching a 4th try to walk a tightrope (about 3’ off the ground). A couple of people were attempting to play guitars. Everyone was practicing responsible social distancing. Ducks were leisurely gliding about the pond. Some idiot was feeding them Cheetos. I picked up a FREE walking stick on the way home! All in all, a lovely way to spend an hour of my time.
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Check if for 4/6:
Soaked up every bit of sunshine I could. I took two walks outside to close my Move ring.
Food was within parameters.
Today will be a rain wash out. I have a pseudo gym downstairs with equipment to use - just need to muster some motivation.
Hoping everyone has a great day!2 -
Monday was good...stretching, and even though I ate totally different than what I planned to eat, I still was within goal...went to walMart and Lowes for easter, some groceries, and yard stuff...also visited my 2 sisters to drop off birthday gifts...it was nice to catch up with everyone and watch the kids open presents even though we stayed distant through the visit...my kids are getting a bit old for stuffed or chocolate bunnies, so we opted for a bit of the easter favorite candy plus some movies and only a few eggs to hide and they will get money inside...we won't be visiting family for easter this year, but at least we can inject a bit of excitement into the holiday...I'm going to try to hide the eggs in such a way that it's a challenge to find them...should be fun!
Now I have to try to find a dozen eggs because once I hard boil the dozen we have we are out.
I normally buy them 5 dozen at a time at costco, but that hasn't been available for weeks now, so buying a dozen or two when food lion has them, and trying to eat fewer of them...we can totally go through 5 dozen a week...teenagers eat...<sigh>...walMart had zero yesterday, they had an enormous empty case, it was sad...1 -
@tcunbeliever I feel your pain - I have 3 teenage boys at home myself. Conserving food with them around is just impossible. I hope you are able to find your eggs soon!0
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tcunbeliever wrote: »Monday was good...stretching, and even though I ate totally different than what I planned to eat, I still was within goal...went to walMart and Lowes for easter, some groceries, and yard stuff...also visited my 2 sisters to drop off birthday gifts...it was nice to catch up with everyone and watch the kids open presents even though we stayed distant through the visit...my kids are getting a bit old for stuffed or chocolate bunnies, so we opted for a bit of the easter favorite candy plus some movies and only a few eggs to hide and they will get money inside...we won't be visiting family for easter this year, but at least we can inject a bit of excitement into the holiday...I'm going to try to hide the eggs in such a way that it's a challenge to find them...should be fun!
Now I have to try to find a dozen eggs because once I hard boil the dozen we have we are out.
I normally buy them 5 dozen at a time at costco, but that hasn't been available for weeks now, so buying a dozen or two when food lion has them, and trying to eat fewer of them...we can totally go through 5 dozen a week...teenagers eat...<sigh>...walMart had zero yesterday, they had an enormous empty case, it was sad...
We'll just be having to do plastic eggs this year as every time hubyy has gone there were little to no eggs either.
Teenagers eat indeed! I have to hide food from my 15-year-old son. He's 6'2" almost already and he's always on the prowl in the kitchen. So I have to hide snacks so the others get some. There are other healthier things available to eat, but that's not what he wants.
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