Monday morning on a week that I work from home - this has been challenging for me - today I'm going to try to beat it - eat only what&when I would eat if I had packed my lunch/snacks for the office. Will try to check in tonight to confirm I did it!

jugar wrote: »

Solution!
My wonderful sister @EvMakesChanges (Evelyn) will help me out with the exercise minutes being converted into steps enterprise. She will collect them and I'll put them in the spreadsheet, so hopefully that will make it painless all around.

Just a reminder for anyone who is on the step/exercise team and wants to supplement their "plain" steps with some other forms of exercise - please report how many minutes, what the exercise was, and the speed/intensity level. If you are running, it is not helpful to tell the distance alone. Please say how many minutes and around what speed. This can be in minutes per mile/km, words like jogging or sprinting, etc. Bicycling also - around how many miles/km per hour, or how out of breath and sweaty you got. Thanks!

Hi! I'm looking forward to working with you all and helping Liselyn recuperate. Since the border is still closed and I can't come across any time I'd like to physically help, this will have to suffice for the month.
More soon.
Have a great Monday.

Happy Monday! Woke up and went out on my screened porch to soak in the sunlight and feel the chill. I have been going on with no coat or shoes to take it all in. Maybe weird, but I am enjoying it. Do a few stretches and rolldowns. Then, put dishes away while I made my coffee. Then did my lovely Pilates. Such a nice wake up routine.

Yay! to Evelyn for helping out with the step translations. I will try to get this week's step report up shortly so if you are missing steps, please get them in asap. Thanks for all the steps already reported.

@sunny9847 I need 3/1 from you
@pearl466 I missing Fri and Sat but I think you are injured and taking a break
@riagalgate 2/28, 3/4, 3/5, 3/6

@kiay131982 all week
@evangsimmons170 all week
@fuschiabolero all week
@CurvyCalorie all week

I will check back later and do the report this evening. Thanks!

@micki48 Oh, walking outside with no coat, socks, or shoes? Wow! That says "warm climate" all over it. Well, I *could* do that but I'd have frostbite within a few minutes! We still have a few feet on the ground and will likely still have some in late April/early May. It's a short, short summer season here in Vermont (and further north).
The numbers I'm working on this week are:
*3 Mason/Ball jars (72 fl oz) water/day
*2 cups of tea sans sugar/day
*1 hour of reading/day

Off to do some reading now then onwards to Winooski to help Emily move a desk. Muscle work - yay!

Weigh in 212.4, not a loss but could definitely be worse

Monday weigh in
PW 69 kg
CW 68.1 kg

jugar wrote: »

@sunny9847
I think your post about a party and some wild eating was the first time you have not simply hit all your goals every day - I hope you had a wonderful time. You are so disciplined!

It was a great time with family and totally yummy! Met all goals today. Steps 13450

Tuesday Weigh-In
PW: 187.1
CW: 186.5

Was hoping for a bit more down but a loss is a loss! Also ending that TOM so perhaps some more bloat to drip off in the coming day or so. Determined to be really on the ball through the next weigh-in! (What a concept.)

@MandiSaysHey It's already over 40 here at 9am and I am so excited. Spring is around the corner!!

I ran another mile yesterday so I'm at 12/23 miles for March. I was chatting with a friend who also runs on the off occasion, and we discussed maybe trying a half marathon (!) in the late summer or early fall. Now I've been searching for races that haven't gone virtual in Aug/Sept near our respective homes. I never thought I would want to do a big race like that but now that I've had the idea, I can't get it out of my head. The 4 mile run this Sunday was surprisingly easy and felt good. Think of the calories burned in 3.3x that.

General question for the group - I am considering buying an elliptical for easy indoor cardio on unfriendly weather days, etc. Was looking at the NordicTrack ones, and the most affordable and reasonable to me won't ship until end of May at the earliest. Does anyone own an elliptical? What brand? Do you like it/use it?

@Kali225 I don't have an elliptical but loved using them when I went to the gym pre-pandemic. I do have a Nordic Track stationary bike at my house. It's a good piece of equipment. I enjoy it, but like the elliptical better. Not really a recommendation, but my 2 cents. How exciting to run a race with a friend! You are doing great with miles per month. Great work. And yay! for your loss.

@eggfreak Sorry to hear that you are having caregiver issues. That is a hard one, to bring a new person into your home. Especially now. Hoping you can find someone with ease. I love that you are both looking to do RBG workouts together.

I have been continuing to do my Pilates each morning. The one I have done Sun, Mon, and today have been the same morning wake up and lasts about 12 minutes. I am really enjoying it.

Yesterday was exciting because the CDC has put out guidance for fully vaccinated people. That will be me in one more week. Most importantly, I will get to gather with my kids very soon. I have not seen my son for 7 months.

While he has been away starting his new job, his girlfriend did test positive for Covid, so glad he was away. She is doing ok. Congested and lost her sense of taste.

But, my husband and I actually went to a store, which we haven't done for months and months. Well, about a year actually. We also got take out from a restaurant we used to go to before C. We have been very careful and not wanting to take chances. It was soooooo tasty. Not exactly on program, but here is what I noticed, I could not eat nearly as much, so my natural portion size has changed. Also, the food item I ate the most of was the Greek salad. Once the excitement of eating something I didn't cook wore off, I realized how salty it was compared to what we have been eating that I cook. This morning, my hands felt like little sausages when I woke up. So, water is on deck for today.

Hope everyone is doing well. I believe the little one will be over later. I think I may go get started painting my fence. I wonder how much I can get done in an hour and a half?

Met all goals today. Steps 12384

Wew! A very productive day. It was gorgeous outside. No jacket required. I painted the whole fence and my gate. I just have one more section to do. I stopped for lunch and never got back to it. Hubby and I then worked in the yard a few hours cutting up branches that recently fell in an ice storm, which seems funny since it was about 70 degrees today. Lots of calories burned. Lots of steps. Food was fine. Working on the water now. I'm sure I should have had more but I was busy.

Went to daughters for dinner and danced and played ball with the little one. I think I will sleep well tonight.

@jugar How wonderfully frustrating to go to all that trouble to start your sewing project and find out the pattern is XXL. You are now a long way from that. That's the wonderful part. Hope you find a new project soon that you can use that new ironing board for. I'm so sorry that you did not get the news you wanted about the drain, but patience and all will be well soon. You'll be on that horse before you know it. Hugs.

Wednesday weigh-in
PW 85
CW 84.2
Very very happy!