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Crikey swimmom, that wrapper sounds exhausting! I’d rather get one that said, oh dear, got a nasty tickle? Wear a little scarf, wrap up warm, stay by the fire!
Probably why I’m fat…1 -
personally I like the sayings on the Halo Top pint cartons better... LOL1
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Opened a cough drop early this AM. The wrapper has some inspirational sayings and I think they apply to us.
-Conquer today
-Let's hear your battle cry
-Push on
-Be resilient
-Don't give up on you
-Impress yourself today.
All of these on a little cough drop wrapper!!!!sandramarshall200 wrote: »Crikey swimmom, that wrapper sounds exhausting! I’d rather get one that said, oh dear, got a nasty tickle? Wear a little scarf, wrap up warm, stay by the fire!
Probably why I’m fat…
Funny thing is I never noticed the quotes on it before but I needed the encouragement that day. So I'm glad I did! Maybe God directed me to see it!
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My head seems to be straightened out now. I'm dropping some on the scale and right now having a little snack of unsweetened coconut flakes and a serving of Lily's dark chocolate chips mixed in it.5
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Yummy snack @swimmom_11
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My head seems to be straightened out now. I'm dropping some on the scale and right now having a little snack of unsweetened coconut flakes and a serving of Lily's dark chocolate chips mixed in it.sandramarshall200 wrote: »Yummy snack @swimmom_1
It was only 1 Carb too! Kind of tasted somewhat like a Easter coconut egg.1 -
Elliptical Interval (HIIT) setting first session 124 minutes for 8.14 miles, zone 3. Then had to babysit for about 2 hours, then the second session Interval setting again 56 minutes for 3.75 miles, zone 3= 180 minutes, 11.89 miles.1
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Hello, I am back after a break and a weight gain. I know what I need to do- and I know I need to do it NOW for my health! I have done it before and I will do it again.6
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Welcome back!
Yes, now is the absolutely BEST time to do it. This time I challenge you to develop really good habits you'll take with you into the indefinite future so this is the last time you have to lose from a weight gain. Maintenance is just as much of a challenge, and it's just as simple. Not easy - simple.
You can do it, and you will!3 -
Elliptical Interval (HIIT) setting first session 124 minutes for 8.14 miles, zone 3. Then had to babysit for about 2 hours, then the second session Interval setting again 56 minutes for 3.75 miles, zone 3= 180 minutes, 11.89 miles.
@swimmom_1 it sounds like your getting back into the swing of things! I bet it feels good to get your groove back!1 -
Welcome back @1poundatax. And welcome to all who have recently joined this thread. This is a great place to come for support and advice.3
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I haven't posted in a while, but the day after I posted last, I tested positive again for Covid. The line was very faint so I had it confirmed by a diagnostic lab. Yep, sure enough, I had Covid rebound. Symptoms had come back but not as bad as before. No fever this time, but sore throat and sinus congestion along with headache and fatigue. The main symptoms cleared up in a few days, but the headache and fatigue are hanging on long after I tested negative again. I know these are just some of the long term side effects of covid and I am glad that's the only ones I have. It is gradually getting better. Yesterday was the first day I felt like I was getting back to normal. I wasn't exhausted after my water aerobics class and I did not get a headache yesterday at all. I have not returned to weight lifting yet but if things continue to improve, I plan to slowly start back with that next week. I'm just grateful I didn't have a much worse case of covid. It never went to my lungs and since I have asthma and COPD, I'm very thankful for that.7
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I haven't posted in a while, but the day after I posted last, I tested positive again for Covid. The line was very faint so I had it confirmed by a diagnostic lab. Yep, sure enough, I had Covid rebound. Symptoms had come back but not as bad as before. No fever this time, but sore throat and sinus congestion along with headache and fatigue. The main symptoms cleared up in a few days, but the headache and fatigue are hanging on long after I tested negative again. I know these are just some of the long term side effects of covid and I am glad that's the only ones I have. It is gradually getting better. Yesterday was the first day I felt like I was getting back to normal. I wasn't exhausted after my water aerobics class and I did not get a headache yesterday at all. I have not returned to weight lifting yet but if things continue to improve, I plan to slowly start back with that next week. I'm just grateful I didn't have a much worse case of covid. It never went to my lungs and since I have asthma and COPD, I'm very thankful for that.
Can I say that it's reassuring to me that you're coming through Covid OK, albeit understandably slowly? While I don't have asthma, I do have early-stage COPD, and I've wondered what that could mean if/when I do get Covid - as I so far haven't 🤞 - even now that I'm vaxed to the recommended extent, and now that we do have better treatment options. I'm pretty healthy - I think? - for this age and stage, but I haven't previously heard from anyone else with a pulmonary challenge of any type who'd had Covid.
Also, since I can't remember whether I've shared this here before:
I don't know whether this is helpful or discouraging, I hope more the former, but I'd run across this document (written for all-levels coaches and athletes) with medical guidance about return to workout routine post-Covid.
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/covid-19-return-to-sport-or-strenuous-activity-following-infection
The TL;DR is pretty much "take it gradually, slower than you'd think" for best long-term results.
Wishing you a speedy path back to full functioning, regardless!2 -
Welcome from me to the new participants, too! Please let us know how you're doing, and don't be afraid to ask for ideas if there are any challenges or obstacles you're trying to work through. There are folks on the thread with a wealth of experience. Not everyone's experience applies to every other single person, but IME asking questions (on this thread or in the Community at large) can be a great way to collect ideas to try, see if they suit you.
General status update: It's still Winter here, so I'm still in a bit of a slog.
Today we're having an ice storm - sleet - snow - rain - wind kind of Winter storm experience, not rare here (mid-Michigan), but this one enough to have provoked Winter storm warnings and concerns about possible ice/wind power outages. So far, as of mid-afternoon, things are OK in my neck of the woods, but this is slated to continue until late afternoon tomorrow.
On the personal front, most recently I'm having some minor issues with rotator cuff irritation (not believe to be a tear), so am doing physical therapy. (I love physical therapy. I always learn useful things.) Today's appointment got moved earlier in the day because of the worrisome weather.
This would usually be the time of year I'd be incorporating more weight training (which I usually shirk), but right now I'm limited in what I can do (and likely to use any excuse to skip doing it, gotta admit, since I don't find it fun). I'm also not machine rowing for the moment, though I'm trying to reincorporate some of that slowly. Mostly, I'm just doing an hour of stationary bike most days, plus my PT home exercises, and the occasional cautious experiment with lifting or rowing.
Weight is maybe starting to drop slightly post-holidays, but ever so slowly. Not too concerned, as long as the general trend is down, since I'm at the stage of managing maintenance fluctuations after the major loss a few years back. Up a few pounds over the holidays and in Winter generally is normal, just need to manage it gradually down instead of letting it creeping steadily upward.
Slowly chipping away at my year-long art journaling virtual class (I'm behind, and BTW it's visual journaling in my case, not very artful! 😆). A more musically competent friend helped me restring and tune my banjo, so I'm starting to practice again after a long hiatus (so painful to hear myself! but I'm having fun). Doing a little Winter socializing now and then with some rowing buddies and friends from an elder orphans group I belong to. Couple of recent events I've been helping woman the rowing club booth for general community relations, and to recruit people for our learn-to-row program. (Events were Women's Expo, and upcoming expo/symposium.) Nothing new and exciting blooming outdoors or in right now except the snowdrops shared previously, but rock garden iris should emerge semi-soon outdoors, I hope.
I hope everyone else is doing well - let us know, maybe, if you feel up to it? 😊5 -
@AnnPT77 Yes, I understand what you mean by wondering how you'd do if you get Covid. I was in the same boat. Respiratory infections always hit me hard. They tend to be worse and last longer than most people because of my lung issues. So I was pleasantly surprised the covid did not drop to my lungs. Like you, I was fully vaccinated and boosted. Thank God for the vaccine. I absolutely feel the vaccine was the reason why I did not have a worse case. Or possibly the combination of vaccine and Paxlovid. I took a 5 day treatment. Paxlovid keeps the virus from replicating but only works if you start taking soon after testing positive or start of symptoms. But you are more likely to have a case of covid rebound after Paxlovid. They think that's possibly because 5 days may not be long enough for omicron. It was tested on Delta and stopped the testing early because they found that it was working so well. Only 10% of the general population get covid rebound while 25% of those taking Paxlovid do. I'd still take it again. It is proven to be very effective at keeping people out of the hospital.
You did send that article in a previous post. Thank you. I found it very helpful. It convinced me to start back with exercise very slowly. So I'm going to my aqua aerobics class every other day instead of 5 days a week and decided to wait even longer to resume weight lifting. I'm taking it slow.
Sorry about your rotator cuff issue. I know how much you love to row. It must be very frustrating for you. Hoping your PT can help you get it resolved before your outdoor rowing season starts. In the meantime have fun with your Journaling and bango!2 -
@ HaHa! Sorry Ann. That was meant to say have fun with your banjo, not bango. Lol
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@ HaHa! Sorry Ann. That was meant to say have fun with your banjo, not bango. Lol
I translated. 😆🤣
There's certain poetic appropriateness to that alternate name, though. I really just started trying to learn to play in these last few years. Trying to figure out a musical instrument - first one I've seriously-ish tried playing since junior high - and a difficult style at that (bluegrass, 3-finger picking) . . . well, I'm honestly kind of banging away at my bango/banjo. I'd better be having fun, because I'm not actually making music (yet). 🤣5 -
Good Morning. Well, Ann, I was in a way, glad to read that you are just now dropping the holiday excess. I have spent January and February trying to kickstart the weight loss, glad to know it’s not just me.. Finally it is beginning again. I am swimming most days now. I know weight loss is about calories, but my body does better when I move more, Problem is that I get out of the pool ravenous. I have to breakfast 1st thing as I take medication with the food, and it’s often hours until the next meal is due. I try to go straight into housework or gardening, but my muscles are already tired. I’m wary of snacks, I dont have an off button for them. Also, I observe that my dogs are always most crazy for food immediately after being fed. Think I’m the same.
How do others manage this? It may be that just distracting myself is best.
Second issue I have is that a lot of you seem very precise people, and I’m just not, I never can accurately count my lengths at the pool and I cook in dollops and handfuls, not pounds and ounces , or cups. I am trying to weigh my food more, but when someone else cooks and that would be rude, I wonder if there is some rule of thumb for a reasonable portion. I try to fill half my plate with salad or non starch veg, and I’ve probably halved the amount of carbs I would put on my plate, but still not sure if I always get it right, and how do I know I’m not fooling myself?
Sorry this is long. Hope it makes sense.
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@sandramarshall200
Part 1: Weighing and measuring food is about forming a new habit. That's all. It's hard to remember at first, but eventually it just becomes a natural part of your life. You measure your dog's food, why wouldn't you measure your own? And then once you've been at it long enough, you'll know how to "eyeball" portions so when someone else had made your food, you'll have a pretty good idea of the calories involved. No rudeness required!
I've been doing it long enough that there are certain things I don't measure anymore because I just know. However, every so often I do a quick check to make sure. One day I realized that I'd been logging my daily breakfast yoghurt as 1 cup when actually my "dollops" were only 3/4 cup haha. But it's particularly important to measure calorie dense foods, like nuts. A handful of nuts can have big consequences if not recorded accurately. Oils and cheese too.
So bottom line....I'm sure you have developed other habits in your life. You always put on your seatbelt. You turn lights off when you leave a room. You brush your teeth. Weighing and measuring food is no different.
Part 2: Would sitting down for a cup of coffee or tea after swimming "take the edge off" your hunger? I find that it often does for me. For example, when I still worked I would stop at the gym on my home every day. I'd get in the house, be ravenous, and eat half a meal while preparing dinner. But then I changed things up. I'd put the kettle on as soon as I came in the door and sit down with a cup of tea. Once that was done, I felt more in control and could start making dinner.
This whole weightloss journey is an opportunity to learn what works, and what doesn't. You take some people's suggestions, and some you toss. Or what works for a time no longer works and you have to change it up. There's some healthy middle ground between being cavalier about weighing and measuring your food, and being overly obsessive. You just need to find that and you'll be golden 🙂5 -
@sandramarshall200 I second everything that @ridiculous59 just said. The best advice I have received through this forum was to buy a kitchen scale and weigh your food instead of trying to estimate your portions. Even using measuring cups, etc does not give you the accuracy of weighing your food in grams. It does become second nature after a while.
As far as hunger after exercise, perhaps a small low calorie high volume snack would help. Carrots, celery, cut up raw vegetables come to mind. I sometimes buy prepackaged baby carrots ready to eat. They come in 3 oz packages and are just 35 calories. I also agree with the statement to watch out for nuts. It's really easy to consume too many calories with nuts. I love them but I absolutely must weigh them out then put the jar away. I usually don't have them too often now. I need a higher volume lower calorie snack to be satisfied.2
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