Daily Check-in: Tuesday 08/24

✔️Track my food
✔️Stay on or under my allowed calorie goal
✔️Gym 2/4x each week at least
✔️10k steps daily
✔️2L water daily

Steps:

08/22 - 10,024
08/23 - 14,595
08/24 - 13,246

Good morning & happy hump day team 🐪.

Today is rest day for me. I have an appointment with Sam this morning then we are heading to the zoo for the day. Looking forward to spending this time with the youngest and my hubby. My teens are currently doing a weeks worth of tutoring in preparation of back to school next week so they aren’t joining us. Gonna miss having them with us.

Wishing you all a blessed day Fam

💪🏻♥️👍🏻

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Holy What the @#$% Wednesday... 😐🙂

My legs aren't sore (YET), but at the same time I have a hard time controlling them properly. There like not all there... Sort of disembodied, I issue them a command and they take it as a suggestion. erg. 👻

Given the long walk yesterday morning and the Band Assisted Squats yesterday... The only thing I figured I would be good for this morning was Elliptical. So that's what I did. 👍

I fully admit I didn't have anything in the tank.... And I could not seem to convince my legs to move in tight little circles as fast I would normally. So, I ended up more or less going along at a somewhat leisurely pace. I tacked on an extra 5 minutes, just to suck up a little bit more calorie burn, but all in all not a very impressive run.

But that's okay... I get the next couple mornings for my legs to recharge. Boxing tomorrow, and nothing Friday morning... 😋

Have a Wicked Wednesday Y'all!

🤗🤗🤗

8/24
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 83oz
Steps 13979

Got up early again and went for a walk at the lake with both my parents this time. Dad isn't travelling this week for work, which hasn't happened in months, so we're taking advantage while we can! Our goal is to meet every morning. It's funny you guys have brought up the subject of loose skin. I have really been struggling with mine lately. I don't like the way it feels, I don't like the way it looks. I'm tired of tucking it into my pants so I can button and zip them up. It's hanging off my arms and my whole body just looks deflated. I'd love to have surgery eventually but it's not going to be an option any time soon I don't think. I do believe I still have some fat in there to lose also, that it's not just pure skin. I technically have a few more pounds to lose before hitting the goal I set and even though I don't seem to be losing weight all that easily right now, I can tell my body is still changing.

mari_moulin wrote: »

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

Tuesday check in

✅ Steps
✅ Sleep Score (above 75)
✅ Exercise
✅ Reminders 8/8

Having Fitbit issues this morning. Finally got it to sync but it is not giving me a correct sleep reading. According to my Fitbit I have been awake since just before 1 am. I didn’t get up until 7:30 so I am giving myself a ✅ for sleep. Anyways, yesterday I had an awesome swim and workout. Today is swimming and stretching.

Well this happened this morning. Let’s hope it’s still there for Friday’s official weigh in.

Happy Hump Day!

Yes!!!! Man I need mine to get back into ONEderland too!! It’s gonna happen! Congratulations Linda!! 🙌🏻🎉🍾

Thanks Mari! It took 7 months to get rid of the weight I gained last year and get back to onderland. Hopefully, I will still be there on Friday. You are definitely going to be there soon. You have been doing so well since you got back.

Tazaria87 wrote: »

8/24
Tracked Yes
Under Calorie Yes
Water 83oz
Steps 13979

Got up early again and went for a walk at the lake with both my parents this time. Dad isn't travelling this week for work, which hasn't happened in months, so we're taking advantage while we can! Our goal is to meet every morning. It's funny you guys have brought up the subject of loose skin. I have really been struggling with mine lately. I don't like the way it feels, I don't like the way it looks. I'm tired of tucking it into my pants so I can button and zip them up. It's hanging off my arms and my whole body just looks deflated. I'd love to have surgery eventually but it's not going to be an option any time soon I don't think. I do believe I still have some fat in there to lose also, that it's not just pure skin. I technically have a few more pounds to lose before hitting the goal I set and even though I don't seem to be losing weight all that easily right now, I can tell my body is still changing.

Awesome steps! You are getting a lot more steps these days. Weight loss tends to slow down as you get close to goal. It’s the changes that are important.

We have another new member heading our way ......Please welcome @Fab464

Hello Team! Thank you for allowing me to tag along as we trek through our fitness journey! Best of luck to everyone!

Fab464 wrote: »

Hello Team! Thank you for allowing me to tag along as we trek through our fitness journey! Best of luck to everyone!

Welcome to our amazing team ... Wishing you the very best on your journey

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

Well this happened this morning. Let’s hope it’s still there for Friday’s official weigh in.

Lol I wasn't hiding that in a spoiler.... Congratulations Linda, that's such a huge event. You making me even more happy then I already am at this moment, and I'm already stupidly happy. lol 🥳🥳🥳🥳😅👌🤗😎

HELLO EVERYBODY!!! 😋

So, I'll be honest, I was tired and moody all day long. I honestly don't know if I just did too much yesterday and didn't eat enough to adequately cover the work. Or if it's just the Oppressively over the Top Cauldron of stank on the skin Humidity we've been dealing with. Probably the latter though cause my sleep has been suffering.

Update on the legs.. They are still tired, but they don't actually hurt but I can tell I worked them. So meh? Maybe tomorrow? Or maybe I need to work harder? 🤔😗

WORK? WORK SUCKED!!! BANG BANG BANG... SCRAP SCRAP... CRASH... Repeat ad infinitum... 😲😬😵🥴😠😡🤬

Heck I must have looked rough coming into work this morning, cause my Boss. (ALEX) actually went to Tim Hortons, and got me not 1... But 2 X-Large Black Dark Roast Coffee's. 😳😅 That was nice, but I can't help but think I eventually crashed off of that late afternoon.

So, at the end of the day, I was totally dragging my *kitten*.. Thinking how the hell am I going to get through this workout?

But then you see! WORKOUTS MAKE YOU FEEL GREAT!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳😃😆😁😀😎😋😊

So once again, there is no need to fear the workout...😎 The workout speeds your heart, it pumps oxygen through veins, and your brain excretes Endorphins and no matter how much CRAP you feel like going in... Your practically guaranteed to feel a whole lot better in practically minutes. 👍👌🤗

I could have said screw it... Ate supper miserable... Went to bed miserable... Then regretted the fact that I just skipped a workout and likely making me more miserable... I could of did that?

But instead, here I am. I just enjoyed the best tasting supper (because they always taste better immediately after a workout. FACT)... I'm happy. And I had such an amazing workout, I'm looking forward to next Wednesday. 😊😊😊

So, I'll spare you all the details.. But I nailed absolutely every exercise. Moving up in EVERYTHING next week. And more importantly, the weak feeling I had in my shoulders that made form difficult to keep has seemingly disappeared. The exercises effected by that have all shot up more so than normal, reps went way up. I can't help but think that the addition of the Plate Pull overs and Plate raise superset helped strengthen all the secondary and tertiary muscles that support the shoulder?

Life is good 💗, and everything is coming up Roses! 🌹🌹🌹 (And a big thank you for Lynn for putting up with my starting mood, and doing her best to bring a smile to my grouchy Lips.)

P.s. Lynn also kicked *kitten* today. She's has come a long way very quickly. 😉

Sending out big warm thoughts to you all... LOVE and all the good stuff. Good night everyone! 🤗💗🤗😊😎😋

Fab464 wrote: »

Hello Team! Thank you for allowing me to tag along as we trek through our fitness journey! Best of luck to everyone!

Welcome to the team!

Poobah1972 wrote: »

HELLO EVERYBODY!!! 😋

So, I'll be honest, I was tired and moody all day long. I honestly don't know if I just did too much yesterday and didn't eat enough to adequately cover the work. Or if it's just the Oppressively over the Top Cauldron of stank on the skin Humidity we've been dealing with. Probably the latter though cause my sleep has been suffering.

Update on the legs.. They are still tired, but they don't actually hurt but I can tell I worked them. So meh? Maybe tomorrow? Or maybe I need to work harder? 🤔😗

WORK? WORK SUCKED!!! BANG BANG BANG... SCRAP SCRAP... CRASH... Repeat ad infinitum... 😲😬😵🥴😠😡🤬

Heck I must have looked rough coming into work this morning, cause my Boss. (ALEX) actually went to Tim Hortons, and got me not 1... But 2 X-Large Black Dark Roast Coffee's. 😳😅 That was nice, but I can't help but think I eventually crashed off of that late afternoon.

So, at the end of the day, I was totally dragging my *kitten*.. Thinking how the hell am I going to get through this workout?

But then you see! WORKOUTS MAKE YOU FEEL GREAT!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳😃😆😁😀😎😋😊

So once again, there is no need to fear the workout...😎 The workout speeds your heart, it pumps oxygen through veins, and your brain excretes Endorphins and no matter how much CRAP you feel like going in... Your practically guaranteed to feel a whole lot better in practically minutes. 👍👌🤗

I could have said screw it... Ate supper miserable... Went to bed miserable... Then regretted the fact that I just skipped a workout and likely making me more miserable... I could of did that?

But instead, here I am. I just enjoyed the best tasting supper (because they always taste better immediately after a workout. FACT)... I'm happy. And I had such an amazing workout, I'm looking forward to next Wednesday. 😊😊😊

So, I'll spare you all the details.. But I nailed absolutely every exercise. Moving up in EVERYTHING next week. And more importantly, the weak feeling I had in my shoulders that made form difficult to keep has seemingly disappeared. The exercises effected by that have all shot up more so than normal, reps went way up. I can't help but think that the addition of the Plate Pull overs and Plate raise superset helped strengthen all the secondary and tertiary muscles that support the shoulder?

Life is good 💗, and everything is coming up Roses! 🌹🌹🌹 (And a big thank you for Lynn for putting up with my starting mood, and doing her best to bring a smile to my grouchy Lips.)

P.s. Lynn also kicked *kitten* today. She's has come a long way very quickly. 😉

Sending out big warm thoughts to you all... LOVE and all the good stuff. Good night everyone! 🤗💗🤗😊😎😋

You are right! Workouts are the best mood enhancers. I stood at the side of the pool this morning and it took a while to get myself moving. I sure felt good after. I was tired but energized at the same time. Great job on the weights.

Good evening everyone. Half way to the weekend.

Check in for 8/25:
Steps - 5640 plus 25 minutes biking moderate effort.
Calories - 1640 light eating so could afford a serving of magnum ice cream.
Exercise - gym. 4 machines since I did 10 yesterday. 25 minutes recumbent bike. 6.1 miles in 22 minutes and 3 minutes cooldown.

What is considered moderate? I was sweating/breathing very hard and pulse hit 160.
Got five guys for lunch. Little burger no cheese in a lettuce wrap and 2 oz fries.

Welcome, @Fab464.

Very hot tomorrow. Either a walk very very early or lazy day. Don't think I will do the gym 3 days in a row.

So I had planned a gym yesterday, my car went in for its MOT ..I didn't even get up till midday!!!! I was so tired and it was nice to just lay in. However that put me behind and I had to get the car cleaned before MOT so I took my gym gear with me to the testing station then got a call from my son he was coming over so didn't get to the gym.

At about 6.30 pm I thought sod it I am off to the gym, my son went home and I drove to the gym and did my 10 miles plus some weights....feel so good that I went, even though in my head I was thinking I would not fit it in and would try and go soon....so yup another 10 miles under the belt and I knocked 5 mins off the total time too instead of 50 I did it in 45....also noticed that I am breezing through it more now, before by 5 miles I would be sweating and puffing now it hits me about 8 miles but by then its almost the end so I plough on through and just speed it up and BAM. My challenge starts September 1st I plan on just knocking it out at least 3 times a week at 10 miles and I will probably up the mileage I do as well, right now I am going to reduce my time on 10 miles, so give it a week or two then Ill crank it up some more!

Have a great day all and good luck on any weigh ins!.