WAISTAWAYS Team Chat - MAY 2020
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So yesterday was pretty good, I accomplished everything I set to accomplish, the only hiccup was when I got into bed to read, I was towards the end of the book, so I finished it, so normally I am asleep my 10pm, I didn't finish reading until 11.30- so I am a bit sleepy this morning... This always happens at the end of a book...
Did my 2 miles this morning, and will do pilates when I get home today, then I will take the dogs on a walk, then finish on the treadmill if I still need more steps...
My steps for yesterday were - 10,915
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Happy Tuesday!
This is our quiet day of the week with no weigh-ins - good chance to take a breath, catch up, and plan. It is another beautiful sunny day here, so on with the bug spray, and out to install the garden water pump and hand till the final 2 rows before gradually planting the rest over the next week or so. The pump is such a help - we throw it into a well that we have in the stream (this used to be the surface well for our old cabin where we used to live before building our "real" house), and then run a hose to the garden where there is a 55-gallon drum to hold the water so we can keep the plants happy when it doesn't rain. It sure beats hauling water from the pond...
@unevano - it is a pleasure to read your clear and detailed posts - please feel free to post more often! The openness to flexibility and change is important. And did you just have a birthday? Welcome to 66
I got here in January. It is great that you are taking good care of yourself. Enjoy sweating outside and getting all that work done!
Um, Stacy - you LOST 1.2 pounds this past week, and 1.8 the week before. No ughs or blame needed!SW- 192.4 (5/4)
CW- 189.4 (5/18)
GW- 180 (end of month)
Ugh. I’m blaming it on my covid punch (wine). Have been amping up the exercise. I will do better.
@Alexsandramorff hang in there! With a busy schedule it is hard to keep on track, but you did not gain, and you can make those small changes to adjust the calories in - calories out balance, or whatever method you are using. Keep well and take a good walk whenever you can!
@Gidgitgoescrazy we will find you... bwahahaha!5 -
@matthewsfive Vera, I keep forgetting to mention this, but I LOVE your new profile photo. So beautiful.
@micki48 thanks that's really sweet of you. 3 -
Happy Tuesday everyone! I wanted to write last night but the day got away from me! I love hearing about everyone's gardens. We do a garden too but I am not the main care taker. My mother in law plans it out and starts a lot of the seeds. I usually am on weeding and harvesting duty. We have deer and have a 7 foot fence around it and the orchard.
Oh my, moving the chocolate to another part of the house and storing it in a ziploc so I can't smell it has been life changing. I don't even think about it! 😂
I have been reading "no sweat" and the section I am reading right now focuses on everything counts. If you get 10 minutes of movement it counts. If you get 3 minutes to walk to the mailbox it counts. When you start viewing every little amount of time as actual exercise your more likely to be willing to take advantage of every scrap of time. As a working mom I get interpreted a lot. Instead of not doing some pilates because I know the kids will interrupt me, I just do what I can. Instead of not starting my workout video because the oven timer will go off before I'm done, I get what I can done. I am amazed at how many exercise minutes I am getting! Just a new way to think about exercise.4 -
Whoa sorry to be away so long. Weighed myself at 155.6 today so I am holding firm. I'm on the support side lines this month, but just trying to maintain.
My cousin who is ill has started her treatments, I am taking her back and forth to the hospital. She is wearing a fabric mask and a face shield that we got her on Amazon.
I will check in as time allows over the next month.
Hang in everyone and stay healthy!
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It was really dreary here today, but I went out for a walk with my umbrella. I fully expected to get rained on but it was only a little misty. Walked for 34 minutes then came back and did a 25 minute Pilates workout.
Dinner is done. Everything logged so far. Good with my water. Step goal met. 👍🏻👍🏻 I also made a snack I thought I’d try. Can’t remember where I saw it, but easy. Roasted chickpeas. They taste good. I have a great Smoked Paprika from Penzey’s spices that I used on them. Not sure if I’ll snack on them plain or put them in my salad. Well, I have no lettuce left until I head back out to the store.
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What a day! I will sleep well tonight - first sunburn of the year (mostly weird little triangles on my feet caused by my sandals, and on my back from bending over in the garden wearing a sleeveless top), plenty of hours of heavy hoeing, cultivating, and preparing the rest of the garden. The shower was earned, the black fly bites plentiful!
I love your exercise (and chocolate) revelations, @conleywoods ! It is amazing how getting our thoughts into a new groove can help us without too much effort or worry. The tiny habits or the No Sweat approach are both great for that - you do what works, and it feels so good you don't mess it up. I have been doing more push-ups in the past week than in ages, just by doing 2 every time I come out of the bathroom. Even if I go in to wash my hands, gotta do those 2 push-ups. I really see a difference already! Better form, and some nice triceps development! And good for you for getting the chocolate into the oubliette
@micki48 - you are doing great this week! Roasted chickpeas are delish. Well, to me, chickpeas are always fantastic no matter what you do to them. I think I'll soak some overnight. You gave me the craving!
Just a few reminders before relaxing for the rest of the evening ---
The Tuesday Weigh-in Report (insert dramatic music here)
overdue:
@justinb_83
due today:
@ells_runs
due Wednesday:
@offitgoes
@evelynladams527
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@micki48 Step update:
5/17 - 7,999
5/18 - 3,610
I worked in the office today training new staff which meant a lot of sitting around. I was exhausted when I got home, and my muscles hurt from yesterday's video, so couldn't force myself to do a workout, but I did walk around the house to get an extra 1,000 steps so that's something.
IF going okay, my stomach sounds like an angry bear by the 15th or 16th hour though lol.
I'm a little worried as my garden flooded after I put my transplants in. That being said I have friends in the next town over being evacuated from their homes due to flooding, so if all I have to deal with are some dead plants, then I will consider myself blessed. Michigan is being hit hard right now between COVID19 and now the flooding. But we will survive!4 -
I just had to share some pictures from a Robbins nest that is just off the trail we walk on. Really fun to see them grow!
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This really makes sense to me. I tend to wait until I can carve out a full session but when I think about it I am most successful when I am doing functional exercise - a little bit with this chore and some more with that task, etc. - instead of a big chunk of time to do something more formal. Thanks for this!conleywoods wrote: »If you get 10 minutes of movement it counts. If you get 3 minutes to walk to the mailbox it counts. When you start viewing every little amount of time as actual exercise your more likely to be willing to take advantage of every scrap of time.
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It was a busy day. We had to go in to town to run some errands and we were able to attend a communion service at church, our first since the self-isolate mandate in early March, a very small group practicing the whole social distancing thing but very glad we could participate. When we got home I had a long list of things to accomplish outside because the forecast tomorrow is for a two day rain which we will welcome with open arms. Plus it means I might get a couple days in the house to tend to all the things I neglect when it is nice outside. Although truth be told, I would much rather be outside than in!5
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@conleywoods how precious! They are adorable. Thank you for sharing.2
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Okay so apparently there is a competitive side of me I had no idea about !!! Although I guess not that competitive, because when I woke up at 5.45 I thought If I get out of bed right now, I have time to do an extra mile, but I didn't do it.. lol...
Anyway, Yesterday steps were 12,194 and 30 minutes of Pilates...
Today, is dog jog and yoga... I got my 2 miles done already... I wish I could find a way to take my work week energy/motivation ( not sure what the right word for that would be) into my weekend, I just seem to kick butt during the week, and on the weekends, I'm lucky if I can kick an ankle...
Anywho, I started a new book last night, it's starting so sad and depressing I really hope it gets better... I can't wait till the book stores open again, I miss browsing, it's just not the same online...
Anyway, off to do some work, it should be a busy day, so hopefully it will go by quickly !
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Happy Wednesday!
It is another bright and sunny morning here - so more bug bites are in my immediate future
Still, it is great to be out there, and not experiencing the floods like @jguldi11 - I hope you stay high and dry
@conleywoods thanks for posting the baby robins! The progression is beautiful - how many days has it been since they hatched?
@Gidgitgoescrazy no kidding you're competitive! I have to get in some serious walking today!!! What book are you reading? What kind do you like? Maybe we can all start recommending books to one another. I read a ton too, and listen to audiobooks even more.
Have a good one, all!3 -
Happy Wednesday!
@Gidgitgoescrazy no kidding you're competitive! I have to get in some serious walking today!!! What book are you reading? What kind do you like? Maybe we can all start recommending books to one another. I read a ton too, and listen to audiobooks even more.
Have a good one, all!
It's called " If the creek don't rise" By Leah Weiss - it's her 1st novel... My genre is usually light, fun reads, I wouldn't call them romance, but there is usually that in them, there is always a strong female character who overcomes something... Or dogs, there are alot of books about dogs on my shelves... I'm not big into mystery, or murder types such as Dean Koontz.. One of my favorite series was the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, although that took me years to get through because I prefer a quicker read, I tend to have a short attention span, so something I can get done in a week with just a few hours a night, is usually all I go for. I read solely for pleasure, not to learn anything, lol...
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CanadianGiraffe wrote: »
This really makes sense to me. I tend to wait until I can carve out a full session but when I think about it I am most successful when I am doing functional exercise - a little bit with this chore and some more with that task, etc. - instead of a big chunk of time to do something more formal. Thanks for this!conleywoods wrote: »If you get 10 minutes of movement it counts. If you get 3 minutes to walk to the mailbox it counts. When you start viewing every little amount of time as actual exercise your more likely to be willing to take advantage of every scrap of time.
I totally agree. In addition all those NEAT things you can do to burn extra calories. I think my favorite suggestion was to be purposefully inefficient when you are moving around your house.2 -
@conleywoods Thanks for the sweet birds post. I love it!
It has been raining here nonstop. I was having dreams about water pouring in through the ceiling. Thank God, that was only a dream. We are pretty much puddling everywhere. Clay soil does not have great drainage. I don't mind the rain, it's when there is wind as well, then I worry about the great big Oak trees all around my house. A few years back, a hurricane came through and our neighborhood was a disaster zone. Luckily for us, trees around us went in the opposite direction of our house onto neighbors. It was bad, but now that is always in the back of my mind. If our oldest Oak in front every comes down and we are home. Bye bye.
My granddaughter will be here soon for a day with us while mommy gets some work done. I got up early, compared to lately, had coffee and listened to the rain. Completed 17 minutes of Pilates and here I sit. I need to get some steps quick as there are some women on this team who appear to never sit down.
Make the best of this day! Talk to you later.
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How my brain works:
I need to walk more.
Actually, I need to drink more water.
Oh, I need to water my plant.
*pours water bottle on plant, does not drink any*
Why am I so dehydrated?
Sigh. I didn't sleep until late last night again because I was thinking about a comic/show that I got husband hooked on with me and then started writing a story in my head again.
People who are bored in quarantine confuse me, since between books/games and the hours I can spend lost in my own head I don't remember ever feeling bored.5 -
PW: 178
CW: 178.25
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