Check-in - Tuesday Report 🟢
Goals and Improvements for Today (Wednesday)
✅ Habit Tracking
- Meditation (daily 2+ min) 🟢 (20 min Plum Village guided meditation; love this free app)
- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min)
- M.A. Forms Practice (daily; 1)
- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min)
- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily)
⚙️ Goals
- 10 K steps, at least some outside!
- Bonus workout video (1+) 🟢 (Classical Stretch)
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!)
- 90 minutes of movement, yoga, weights, etc

Sharing video workouts to try:
Essentrics -Stretch: Psoas, IT & Hips with Miranda Esmonde-White (14 1/2 minutes, low impact)
Her Aging Backwards workouts all look great.

I thought I would post this just in case I wasn't the only one who needed a reminder. #20poundchallenge #winningteam

@raleigh_girl You sound pretty chipper in spite of the whole water fiasco. Nice work!

@bethanie0825 - Hurray for finding a place you can walk and maintain that safe social distance! Outside time and sunlight are so important.
And double hurray for losing weight for the #20poundchallenge!

On a related note -- has anyone seen any of the pictures of Australians dressing up to take out the bin (garbage)? It is super silly, but I keep trying to find ways to laugh every day.

@Cornanda - @raleighgirl09 said everything so well. I especially loved "And to go a mile, I had to go one inch - 63,360 times." I certainly had that same experience. You asked for examples, so here are some of my baby steps.
- "I will not eat a candy bar right now. Maybe later. Later for sure. But not right now." Interrupting the daily walk to my corner bodega for a candy bar was a big one.
- When I started having a meal plan, I started with just breakfast. If I ate an on-plan breakfast, the day was a win.
- After brushing my teeth at night, put workout clothes on my dresser.
- When taking my son for his music lesson, I would have 20 minutes to play with. I used to go get a pastry at a shop nearby. One day, I packed headphones and went for a walk instead. I didn't say I'd never do the pastry shop again, just that one day. Eventually it got to where I always went walking in that 20 minutes.
That's some of mine.
Take a look and see -- where is there one baby step, one tiny easy change you can make? If it's not something you want to do, pick a different thing. And if you keep not getting it done, maybe it's too big. It's all an experiment! The big thing is to not quit!

@TeresaW1020 - Thank you for that timely reminder! I am about to head out for a walk to get my daily calories back on track. And my fitness tracker is pinging me to say I have been sitting still too long.
How did your day go today? Did pretracking help? Was your workout fun? And yay to housecleaning -- that's movement, too!

@Katmary71 - Hey, the Bab & Brad videos (the 2 physical therapists) look great, and they are funny. I am constantly stretching to stave off plantar fasciitis and knee issues, and it looks like they have suggestions for both. I just subscribed. Thank you!
I am glad you are taking time to heal. It's important.
At my martial arts school, when we are injured we come in and sit on the bench, or do what we can and then go sit on the bench. It takes discipline, but you are in this for the long haul, so it's great you are giving those legs some rest and TLC.
Did you see the Miranda Esmonde-White/Essentrics/Classical Stretch videos I linked to? Those are super gentle and might possibly have something to offer, now or later in your healing process. Either way, we are thinking of you and wishing you well and healthy!

@leonadixon - We are SO GLAD you had such a great birthday! The Step Challenge is really, truly there just to support you in moving. I don't step as much as the leaders either, but it's a fun nudge to keep moving. So glad you decided to play!

@trooworld - You know what? A clean bathtub on a day when you are battling the blues is a win! Any movement is movement! Awesome that you checked in and mentioned it!
Oh, and a big yes to Abba making me happy. If you like Abba too, you night try that 1 Mile Abba Walk video. It was silly and fun and the woman doing it is super smiley but not super duper tiny, which I appreciated. I need to do that one again!
Related thought -- did you ever see the film The Martian? I would have loved it even without all the Abba songs (it's a great movie about overcoming adversity; great book, too!), but they were definitely a bonus!

@mrmcgrath - Thank you for signing up to help us test out that team vs. team challenge! Since it is based on Activity Points (based on calories burned during activity) and not just steps, maybe your Apple Watch data will be better? Who knows, but fun to try it!

The cat conversation is making me so happy, @vegan4lyfe2012 , @jugar and @raleighgirl09 . I learned so much from Diana, my Maine Coon. Who'd have predicted I'd meet other people that particularly appreciated Maine Coons?

raleighgirl09
Wednesday check in

Well, well, here we are at mid-week! Saturday here, then Sunday going to the coast where we'll stay for the week. Gotta see my Ma on Saturday (driveway visit, at least 8 feet apart, I bring my own chair) and really - working from home now and can't have regular visits with my mother - there isn't a reason to not just stay. Taking all food and supplies, not shopping there. Not stopping along the way. => All good measures to not contribute to community spread.

Hey! I was reporting a lot here before I got serious on my plan with PnP and going all in at the end of Feb. Just to let you all know - I still do a habit tracker, I still food prep and plan ahead all meals, recording them at least a day in advance. All that good stuff is now on old fashioned paper so I can't copy and paste. But - it's all still happening. I'm doing well with it and happy about the results but really just happy to evolve. I found even way back at the beginning of this journey 20 years ago, that evolving - partaking in evolution - was the way for me to truly progress. It gives me a sense of comfort to realize that moving on or moving up - or even moving laterally because the other stopped working - can be a part of my journey and plan. Turns out, it's actually a big part of it. =>

Some things I've done that have helped are, 1- avoiding alcohol on Mon, Tue and Wed nights; I make a mocktail and am super happy with it and have not missed having a drink those nights. 2- go for a midday walk which gives me a very compelling reason to dress. 3- go for an after work walk so that I actually walk away and have an 'end' to the workday. 4- food prep and planning...so huge because then the food is made and/or planned and I just follow the plan. No drama, no bargaining. No surprises. 5- I am now in day 3 of my No Licks Life. Now, this is kinda dumb but - licking my finger while cooking leads to licking the spoon and maybe I left extra on it (???) and then a bite and then four bites (and was that just a freaking half a portion???). Seriously - a lick of a drip while cooking is the biggest slippery slope for me. So now I am saying no to licks, be gone licks, do not tempt me you stupid drip - for I will NOT. LICK. YOU. (insert the most serious of Shakespearean tone and timbre you can muster in your head - with a thunderous end!!!)!!!!!

Hehe - it's the little things that make me smile. =>

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@raleighgirl09, I’m glad you are recommitting to a daily check in. You need it and we NEED to hear from you! Being super focused on our eating and exercise is going to be the key our success. Unless we need to rest our poor hurting body, @KatMary71. Bummer about your AC and water heater! What an ordeal for you to have to deal with. But yayyy that you feel like the situation with your boss will continue to improve. Wow, starting to jog is awesome! I have tried to jog a few times on my treadmill, but I worry that I will hurt my knees. I think I need to get more weight off before I start thinking I’m a super athlete. [/quote]

@TeresaW1020 haha....I think tomorrow is a light day - I was worried about my knees but it's my hip that's complaining so I'll just ease up for a few days and then do some more interval type jogging. I'm only in it for the extra burn so I don't feel I'll be losing ground when I need to ease up a bit.

Wednesday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- two arm weight videos, abs, ab and plank challenges, yoga, foam roller. I followed a link to a dance video and tried a little and stopped, then did the warm up one and called it a day.
Water- over, it's later than I thought and I have a huge mug of peppermint tea to drink now

Habits
Weights 3xs a week- upper 2, lower 0
Cardio 30 minutes- did a little but not 30 minutes
Yoga/core- done
Decluttering- haven't done any the last few days
Recipe- making roasted cauliflower and lentil tacos with creamy chipotle sauce tomorrow night.
10,000 steps- nope

Feeling a little better which makes it harder to be careful but I'm being cautious, icing, using Tiger Balm still, massaging my legs, and keeping my legs elevated. Anything that used the legs too much like doing jumping jack planks in the plank challenge were modified. Internet is running good since the technician came out, yay, haven't been dumped since 10 this morning! One thing that's going to make staying off my feet harder is the booty bands I ordered came! I'm really getting excited at small things like this right now, I'd probably go insane if I could get my hands on heavier weights without spending a ton. Anyhow, picked out two butt and ab workouts for tomorrow, I'll do the harder one first in case the second is impossible but stop if they use the lower legs too much. I'm trying not to be sad about Easter. I'm on various cooking groups on Facebook and everyone's talking about what they're going to make. Since I'm alone my only plan is streaming church, working out, and making dinner which will likely be leftovers. I don't plan on going to the grocery store just to make a special meal for myself. My family's going to get together once we can, I'm so grateful we were able to go out for my Mom's birthday the weekend before all of this. We used Zoom to get together last weekend but my internet kept dumping me so I didn't get to hang out long.

@raleighgirl09 glad things are a little better with your boss. I do think things easily get magnified right now….focus on health and fitness sounds great! One thing I keep trying to think is the healthier and fitter I am, the more likely I am to recover from any kind of illness. ……yay jogging! I LOVE jogging so much but it is hard on my body and that has always limited me (Achilles has been an issue off and on for years). When I started I would try to increase and then eventually get injured and I would get so frustrated, and then I would start all over. Rinse and repeat for several years.

Finally a couple years ago I was like- I like running and so I’m going to do it, and I don’t care if I can’t go far or fast, I will just do what I can. So that has worked much better, and my Achilles was actually much better- I went 2 yrs injury free until this month. Right now I do run/walk intervals for about 30 minutes total. I was jogging some hills as well and doing 30 second intervals jog/walk up the hill for several reps, but that is on hold too bc of Achilles.

Go slow with jogging, there are also a ton of videos on youtube about form.

@katmary71 yeah take care and rest! It is the absolute hardest thing to do isn’t it? Sometimes I feel like I would rather run up 100 stairs or lift 100 lbs or do almost anything but be forced to rest lol…..I’m not doing much for Easter either.

@TeresaW1020 I’m sure it’s hard to be in a patient mood all the time and not take it out on the people around you….living alone I can be as grouchy as I want but sometimes I will start posting on twitter or something lol. Like a crazy old woman. That’s when I know I need to take a breather.

@trooworld yeah the bands- I heard there were all kinds of great workouts that could be done with bands. I will maybe look into it this weekend.

Username: leonadixon
Weigh in day: Wednesday
PW (3/25): 199.0
Check in weight (4/1): 197.4
Check in wieght (4/8): 199.0

Check-in - Wednesday Report 🟢
🔴 Missed my gardening goal. I got interrupted on my way out, and then thought "it's too late." Silly me -- I could have found ONE weed in the dark! #TodaysANewDay
🟢 On the plus side, I was cooking a family dinner that had two 10-minute "wait while things cook" periods, and fit in two 10 minute Sansone walking videos right there in the kitchen
Goals and Improvements for Today (Thursday)
✅ Habit Tracking
- Meditation (daily 2+ min) 🟢 (10 min Plum Village guided meditation; love this free app)
- Breathing Exercises (daily 2+ min) 🟢
- M.A. Forms Practice (daily; 1)
- Exercise (6 x week/45+ min)
- Food weighed/measured/on plan (daily)
⚙️ Goals
- 10 K steps, at least some outside!
- Bonus workout video (1+) 🟢 (disco thing with Dancing Queen, Essentrics)
- Tiny Habit - Gardening (pull at least one weed!)
- 90 minutes of movement, yoga, weights, etc

Sharing video workouts to try:
- 1 Mile Easy Disco Walking Workout | Gina B Low impact and fun. And, hey @trooworld , this includes Dancing Queen!

raleighgirl09
Thursday weigh in week 2 (09Apr2020)
Previous weight: 180.7
Current weight: 178.5

Glad to be alive and well! Hope everyone is staying safe and staying sane!

Username:TeresaW1020
Weigh in week:  Week 2
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 211.7
Todays Weight: 210.5

OMGoodness! @raleighgirl09 No Licks!!!! I am dying! This is so accurate! Hahaha!

Check In
Username: Shoop69
Weigh in week: Week 2
Weigh in day: Friday
Weight last week Friday: 234.8
Todays Weight 234.0

@TeresaW1020- Whoooooohoooooo on your loss!
@AustinRuadhain @Katmary71- thanks for all the work out ideas
@raleigh_girl -- I too am LMAO over your licks post!

Tiny habits I have started this week due to the inspiration provided by ya'll-

track my food EVERY SINGLE DAY
increase calorie burn daily goal to 270+
brush teeth immediately after eating- for some reason this makes me less likely to continue to eat

Stay healthy everyone!