WaistAways Team Chat - AUGUST 2023

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  • YinxFed
    YinxFed Posts: 1,094 Member
    Happy Sunday, Friends!

    PW - 183.6
    CW - 183.7

    Not great news, but could have been worse.

    Steps and Exercise stats for the last 7 days:

    Sunday (07/08/2023) - 2939 / 38m Caroline Girvan Fuel Day 21 - Leg Day Circuits
    Monday - 2784 / 38m CG Fuel D22 - Upper Body Cluster Sets
    Tuesday - 3577
    Wednesday - 5345
    Thursday - 4441 / 74m Yoga
    Friday - 1501
    Saturday - 2103 / 42m CG Fuel D23 - Glutes & Hamstrings Tempo

  • healthygirlintransit
    healthygirlintransit Posts: 220 Member
    healthygirlintransit

    Sunday Weigh-In
    CW: 237
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,234 Member
    healthygirlintransit

    Sunday Weigh-In
    CW: 237

    Gotta congratulate you on a great week! Down 3 pounds after a brief stall. Well done!
  • minstrelofsarcasm
    minstrelofsarcasm Posts: 2,627 Member
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  • YinxFed
    YinxFed Posts: 1,094 Member
    Greetings Friends!

    I've been good so far today. I've drunk my water, done my workout, and eaten sensibly. But other than that I've mostly been just working. I still have a ton of work to do on my website, but I feel confident that I'll be able to get it all done if I just stay consistent. Still another couple of hours in the can before I call it a day.

    @ashleycarole86 The Grand Fondo next year? I think you're awesome. Always inspiring.

    TTFN
  • MaddawgMadsen
    MaddawgMadsen Posts: 332 Member
    @lauren_989 I plan my workouts around whatever my lifestyle needs at the time. Right now, I've been adding in runs to my normal spin and CrossFit workouts because I am running a relay race in 10 days. After the race, I will go back to my normal routine - M, W, F, Sa = spin, T, Th, F = CrossFit. My goal is four days of exercise/week. I think if you can find a type of workout and a routine that works for you, than you should keep to it and not worry about cardio vs weightlifting.

    This weekend was not my finest work. My husband and I went to a local festival and then after it, the instigator won by proposing a day out at my favorite cidery. Basically, the husband and I spent the whole weekend drinking. I am getting ready to start 75 hard with a friend and with that is no drinking. So, naturally we had to get rid of all the temptations in the house by drinking them. Saturday was all ciders, Sunday was wines. Amazingly, despite all of this, I found the energy and time for a couple runs.

    I will be curious to see what the scale says tomorrow at my weigh-in. I bet it will be up, but this should be the last week with an increase for a while since I'm back on the wagon as I have to be for 75 hard.
  • MaddawgMadsen
    MaddawgMadsen Posts: 332 Member
    Here is my step & exercise count for the last week:

    Sunday, August 6th - 6,729 steps
    Monday, August 7th - 5,064 steps (9 hours of driving)
    Tuesday, August 8th - 3,643 steps (5.5 hours of driving)
    Wednesday, August 9th - 0 steps - did not wear my fitbit and I had a migraine all day
    Thursday, August 10th - 5,493 steps - 15 minute walk, 15 minutes of shooting hoops - still recovering from the migraine
    Friday, August 11th - 5,317 steps - 15 minutes of shooting hoops, one hour of CrossFit
    Saturday, August 12th - 6,002 steps - 2.29 mile run - the steps should have been more, 7,000 or 8,000 because I walked around a festival for more than an hour, but my fitbit battery suddenly died. It was at 90% before the run and can usually last at least a week. I've had to charge it at least once/day since then. :#
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,234 Member
    @MaddawgMadsen I just looked up 75 hard. Yikes! It sounds hard! A gallon of water is the part that makes me a bit worried - that might be reasonable for some big guy, but for a smaller person, it can cause some bad problems to have too much water. Adjust if needed and still enjoy the challenge!

    That said, the alcohol drinking parties ending or slowing down for some of you sounds good to me for sure! I know I have had a much easier time of just about everything since almost eliminating alcohol. I still have one every now and again, but getting rid of the repeats has helped a great deal.

    @CarolAnnM2 and @littlemzkitty - you are both doing great! Another beautiful weigh-in. WTG!

    I had a lovely ride with Jasper this morning - not too vigorous, just super pleasant and enough trotting that we didn't feel lazy :smiley: I'm enjoying the cooler days while they last - it is supposed to get hotter again... Ugh. Thursday is my son's and mom's birthday - my sister @EvMakesChanges will be down with mom and my son will party up here with us, my brother-in-law, and my daughter and her guy. I miss the days when it was easier for mom to travel so we could celebrate both birthdays together. We had some really fun ones.

  • CarolAnnM2
    CarolAnnM2 Posts: 1,073 Member
    Thanks @jugar 🙏🏻
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,234 Member
    Weigh-ins due through Tuesday:
    @strong_fit_ells
    @cleaneater80
    @lauren_989
    @MaddawgMadsen

    Tally ho!
  • Gidgitgoescrzy
    Gidgitgoescrzy Posts: 297 Member
    Yesterday was not so good... Today will be a perfect day.

  • MaddawgMadsen
    MaddawgMadsen Posts: 332 Member
    Yesterday was not so good... Today will be a perfect day.

    @Gidgitgoescrzy Personally, I would go for better instead of perfect. Perfect seems like a set-up for failure and an excuse for justifications and compromise. Nothing is perfect, except it seems like better could be. :smile:

    @jugar thanks for the concern about the water intake for 75 hard. To be honest, I should call it 75 medium or 75 easy. My friend and I both plan to tweak it a little to fit our life. We work together and both have a trip to visit a customer in the middle of September. It will be too hard to get both workouts in and avoid alcohol on that trip. So, instead of starting over, we are just allowing ourselves a break over that weekend. Also, with my work schedule, the outdoor workout of 45 minutes will be three 15 minute workouts during my breaks. So, 75 hard-ish. Also, I've done the 75 hard before for about a month before I caught the flu and had to stop. The water intake was actually not that hard or that bad. With all the working out, I wanted to drink all that water.
  • MaddawgMadsen
    MaddawgMadsen Posts: 332 Member
    Weigh-in Tuesday

    Jolene aka MaddawgMadsen
    PW: 181.6
    CW: 183.2 ... I knew this was coming after this last weekend :# This next week will be better.
  • jugar
    jugar Posts: 10,234 Member
    @micki48 you have to find out how many calories you burn in a water balloon fight on a hot day! It must be plenty. I'm so glad your friend is going to visit you - I bet you'll have a fantastic time. And yes! Try that weight + Pilates stuff. It is fun.

    Tuesday has been pretty good. It was not too terribly hot here, so it was possible to get a lot done without melting. I went from mad errand running to a horse workout session to mowing and garden work. Food has been good - I have a batch of my favourite late summer dish. It is sort of a cross between ratatouille and succotash. Lots of summer vegetables with fresh herbs and chickpeas. Great hot or cold. I'm making more tomorrow!

    Weigh-in update:
    @strong_fit_ells (and we want to hear how it went at the gym!)
    @cleaneater80
    @Gidgitgoescrzy
    @asmallerlea

    Thanks!
  • ashleycarole86
    ashleycarole86 Posts: 6,316 Member
    @Gidgitgoescrzy

    I get the feeling. I keep having really good days and then a really bad day or two to offset it all. Have fun with your kids in ND!

    Got a great sleep score last night which I love. Today is extremely busy- a full day of meetings and then a retirement party for one of my closest work friends and mentors. It's a cocktail hour and then dinner so it'll be late. The dinner is at a very fancy steakhouse. My plan is to keep my alcohol down as I know the meal will be more indulgent. We'll see how I fare!
  • micki48
    micki48 Posts: 2,322 Member
    @Gidgitgoescrzy I could have said this myself.
    I've done this before, I know how to do it, I just don't understand why I am not doing it.

    I think, for me, as I get older I don’t really care what other people think about me and I want to do what I want. But in the end, we know if we don’t feel great in our bodies for more healthy reasons, we really need to do something.

    I often wonder if I’ll ever get the weight down and kept off. While I have been better at exercise than I currently am, I don’t see myself exercising like many of you. It’s not how I define myself. I’d say I’m a person who is kind of active not I’m a person who pushes the limits of my body. I don’t think I’m lazy, but I don’t mind being a little lazy. I guess it’s better to call it relaxing. 😂

    Oh well. Breakfast is logged. Hopefully I can consume fewer than 2400 calories today because that’s not going to get me where I want to be.

    Cloudy and warm here today with a long day ahead entertaining a 5 year old. I’m tired. Maybe she’ll take a nap. 😂 I got up early and did 25 minutes of Pilates. Mostly for my hip. It helped for sure. Not much deep sleep last night. I keep getting up four or five times a night. Ugh.

    Have fun on your trip Vikki. Post a photo if you can. My son was just is SD for work and it was gorgeous.
  • lauren_989
    lauren_989 Posts: 1,543 Member
    I read an interesting post today about "strategic underachievement." It basically says we can't do everything and be perfect, so if you really want to focus on something, choose something else that you can suck at for a while. If you want to focus on your exercise routine, your house may not be as clean or you may not be able to watch all the shows on netlfix. You decide on what can give way a little to help focus on your priority. It helps you not burn out.

    I found this topic very interesting. I know I was talking about my exercise recently and how to plan my various workouts. I am now trying to think if there is something I can cut back on to fit in joggin a few days a week until my 5k. Too bad I can't cut back on work 😂

    What are your thoughts on strategic underachievement?
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