Women 200lb+, Let's Have A Notable November!!!
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Friday I took a long walk but not longer than the ones earlier in the week. Saturday is my rest day. Sunday we couldn't go to Aquafit since we had to give my sister-in-law to the airport but since my husband had today off we went this morning. I did get some walking in later on Sunday. I plan to have a long walk tomorrow.2
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@CupcakeCrusoe @nebslp the weighted hoop is definetly a good workout. I am really good going only one direction though. It's fun too.3
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I met my goal today of walking to the nearest cafe (1.1 miles) and having breakfast and walking back. I have walked there with N last week. but only walked a few blocks back before getting a ride home the rest of the way. So I am up to 2.2 mile walk but with a rest in between. Greenlake is 2.8 miles. There are places I can rest there too.
@jenbroussard71 Nice progress and so close to Onderland! Hope Riley is doing better. I have had biopsies done in this situation and it was nothing. So don’t worry until you have more information. Years later I did get diagnosed with breast cancer but it was slow growing and not too big. I am in survivorship and so far so good. Exercise is the best for your health so you are good there.
@nebslp All those happy faces! I was sad last week too. Glad you got some good outdoor time.
@CupcakeCrusoe Hope your muscle is better.3 -
@KeriA Thank you for sharing your experience. Riley is getting better. We have worked with the cardiologist and vet to get a plan regarding her treatment going forward. She will be on blood pressure medication for the rest of her life. She does have some damage to the right side of her heart and narrowing of the vessels in her lungs. This all seems to be a result of having heart worms and the treatment for them. Riley is a rescue. I adopted her when she was just under two years old. She had already had at least one litter. I want to say some pretty ugly things to the backyard breeders that had her first. They were so irresponsible in not providing her with testing and preventative medicine. She is such a sweetheart and does not deserve what she is going through. But she is with the family she deserves now and is treated like a spoiled little princess. Thank you again for sharing and the well wishes for my baby girl.3
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Good morning everyone!
176.8 this morning, bringing the average down. I've been weighing in at almost exactly my average for a couple days, which was a bummer, but it's fine!
yesterday:
❌3rd / 4 workouts per week (I had a long walk, but I'm not counting walks) but I hadn't planned to do it yesterday anyway
✅> 8k steps
✅<= 1600 cal
✅32 minute self care
✅> 64oz water
❌>= 128g protein (125, so close!)
I do this every couple years, y'all. In the mid summer, I think to myself, oh, wouldn't it be great to make a themed advent treat calendar for my sister and sisters in law and best friend and mom? Yeah, absolutely! Then I buy the materials. Then me-in-November is like, why did I do this.
I'm more than halfway through now putting together french tea cookie/cake/candy advent calendars! It's a pain! It's going to be cool when it's done! Lol.
My right adductor is feeling much better, I babied it Monday night at the gym, and it looks like I babied it enough. Now I just have to baby it a little more tomorrow at the gym, haha. Or, cancel on the gym, because splits class is hard on those adductors, and just do cardio at home. One of those.
Today! Hopefully I get to drive a car with some of the features I want and order my car! That would be great! Tonight is pirate night with the boys, dinner is once more a hodgepodge of leftovers from the party Sunday, but hopefully the last day of that.
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@nebslp upping that protein really does help!
@jenbroussard71 I'm glad your visit to WDW was good! I'm crossing all my fingers and toes for good results both for your mammogram and Riley's issues. I'm sorry to hear about her early life, that's really tough.
decorating for christmas is so fun!
@KeriA I love the dedication to the workouts!
Have a great day, everyone!
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Well, Wednesdays are my weigh-in days, I stepped on the scale and it showed 181.5! A 2.5 lb drop from last week! You think I should be dancing around, but my measurements have not changed at all. Am I losing water, or worse, muscle? On the plus side, I feel good, with good energy.2
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1. posture exercises
2. sweep the deck
3. 8 hr 31 min of sleep
4. Photo organization
5. Create I plan to work on assembling one row tonight.
6. French Will be changing goal to ?/12 hours of activity (250+ steps every hour)
I've been working hard on increasing my movement throughout the day because of an article I read about the negative effects inactivity has on the brain. I'm also tracking my active (250 steps per hour) on my fitbit. This definitely call for a chart (LOL). Seriously, I have my old records and will just start adding my new numbers in that notebook. And since my French habit is firm (927 days straight), I'm changing the French goal to active hours after today but need to look at my past averages to come up with a number.
I finished going through the 8,350 photos on my photostick and putting the "people pictures" in individual family folders on another flashdrive. If I wouldn't have had this as a daily goal, I doubt I'd be this far along.
The posture exercises are getting easier and if I forget them in the morning (because I'm so excited about sweeping (LOL) I always do them later in the day.
Success really does depend on consistent behaviors over a long period of time. WoW! I'm finally figuring that out !?!?!?
@lisakatz2 2.5 lbs down is great! You are on a roll:) It would be nice if weight loss was linear but it's pretty up and down. I think reduction in measurements is kinda like the whoosh. It happens when it happens and just gotta keep going even when you don't see the changes.
@KeriA You are almost ready for the lake walk!! You're making great "strides"...see what I did there?!
@kristinwoods919 Your post got me to thinking. If water swirls clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, would swirling a hulu hoop follow the same principle and be easier in the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere? Probably not
@CupcakeCrusoe Your advent calendar project sounds so cool! Dreaming is always so much easier than getting things done. I wish I had a nickel for every project I wanted to do but didn't...yet. I'm sure you'll finish on time. And did you like the car you drove and get one ordered??
I love that your weight average just keeps slipping down! One tenth of a pound+ at a time. Consistent, persistent, and determined!!
@jenbroussard71 You are SO close to Onederland! That is inspiring to me and makes me feel hopeful. Good luck with your upcoming tests. Waiting is so hard but you're keeping busy and that helps keep your mind from worrying. It's good the vet was able to help Riley feel better. Hoping she continues improving. She deserves only good things to come.
Time to move again. I have some sewing to do so I can check off that create goal for a change!2 -
Good morning everyone!
Weighed in in the 176's today, so my average is now officially 178, which means I've lost two pounds in two weeks, exactly on schedule.
yesterday:
❌3rd / 4 workouts per week (I had a long walk, but I'm not counting walks, I didn't have a workout planned anyway)
✅> 8k steps
❌<= 1600 cal (1610)
✅32 minute self care
✅> 64oz water
❌>= 128g protein (~118, I'll explain)
I did go to the dealership yesterday, drove a car with super cruise, liked it, and so I ordered my car! It's this one. The color is a lovely gray with iridescent purple sheen
. I was there later than I thought (as usually happens at dealerships), so by the time I got home, my planned leftovers dinner had been eaten, so, starving, I popped a spicy beef patty into the microwave. Delicious, but not as high protein as my planned dinner, so I went slightly over cal for less protein, haha. Planning makes a difference!
My new car gets here in about a week, I'm so excited. And then we're getting the bidirectional charger with batteries for the house, so our solar panels can store energy in the batteries, we can charge the car, and the car could charge the house. It's going to be very cool (and very expensive, lol).
Tonight! The girls have gymnastics, so I'm taking them there, Whatsisface is meeting me, then I'm going on to the gym. Dinner will be Harris Teeter, so that will be good, I can make a healthy dinner there easily.
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@lisakatz2 I'm pretty sure you've said in the past that you monitor your weight average as well. The more I disregarded my daily weigh ins and looked just at my average, the better I felt about my progress. The average is going to move slower, but I don't feel as out of control about it as I used to.
@nebslp I love that you're changing your goal based on what you need to focus on, that's good personal feedback.Success really does depend on consistent behaviors over a long period of time. WoW! I'm finally figuring that out !?!?!?
I'm right there with you
I think that's everything! I've got so much going on, haha, I have barely started getting ready for my bestie coming for cookie weekend on Saturday and it's already Thursday! Have a good day, everyone!
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Today I made another step toward my goal of being able to walk around Greenlake and more importantly improving my stamina. I walked just under a mile and then back with no rests and I did it in close to half the time I did on Tuesday. Tuesday I walked just over a mile and rested for an hour then walked back. I think I was faster because I forgot my walking sticks. However my Fitbit says I have walked over 3 miles today. So I feel I am ready to try Greenlake (just under 3 miles) with a rest along the way if N (youngest) or A (husband) will go with me.
I seem to be maintaining my weight but not losing any now. I am eating more calories than when I lose so I will have to work on that but as I have said I need to up my ability to exercise and be more active more than I need to lose weight as long as I don’t gain.
@jenbroussard71 I am glad Riley has such a caring home.
@CupcakeCrusoe glad to hear your muscle is doing better. Yay you ordered your car. We have one of our cars in the shop. It is the one we bought to replace the one that someone totalled when he neglected to clear a left turn. Whoever owned it before us didn’t take as good of care of it than we did our totalled car. It is younger with less miles than ours had and we are already having to do work on it. However we do have another newer better car. We have 3 drivers in the family.
@lisakatz2 glad you are making good progress. Energy is good. That is what I am working on having more energy and stamina.
@nebslp I am working on NEAT too. That is activity that isn’t exercise related. It is really important
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Nov. 14
1. posture exercises
2. sweep the deck
3. 6 hr 20 min of sleep
4. Photo organization
5. Create ? The night isn't over yet but have other things to do yet (college basketball game)
6. Hourly activity 10/12 hours (250+ steps every hour)
The deck was icy this morning so I had to wait until the sun warmed it up a little. That has become my favorite part of the day. I sweep and then I sit and watch the birds and soak up the sunshine for awhile. I'm not sure I'll like the shovel quite as well!
Got my little walk in to the blind. I knew it was at the bottom of a steep hill because I could only make it back up half way before sucking air, so I did some calculations. Turns out it has an 8% incline. I wondered what that actually meant and this is what google told me: "An 8% incline is considered an extreme hill and is good for building strength and mobility. However, you should avoid running fast or hard on very steep inclines". OK, I promise I won't run fast or hard up the hill LOL I've been having to stop half way up to breathe. My goal is to get to the top without stopping someday.
@CupcakeCrusoe Yay! for a new vehicle! And you don't have to wait too long either:)
@KeriA It's amazing how fast our bodies respond to us when we do what they want us to. It feels good in so many ways. I don't use my walking sticks when I walk on the road because it's flat and I don't feel like I need them for balance like when I walk in the fields and hills. Then I don't go without them.
Time to watch some basketball now on ESPN+ now. Hope you all have a good night and happy Friday!1 -
Good morning everyone!
Still weighing in the 176's, which means my average is officially in the 177's! Wheeeee!
yesterday:
✅3rd / 4 workouts per week
✅> 8k steps
✅<= 1600 cal
✅32 minute self care
✅> 64oz water
✅>= 128g protein
Finally, return of the all green checkmarks!
I'll be honest, communists in the funhouse has made me want chocolate way more than usual, but I'm working it! I'm dealing with it!
I need to figure out a game plan for tomorrow, when my bestie and I will be baking cookies and drinking wine all day, lol. I'm thinking my secret weapon (shrimp) will be involved.
Tonight! I've got chair acrobatics class, I'm going to eat a couple of slices of Costco's amazing cauliflower supreme pizza with my high protein hack: greek yogurt with spices in it to dip. I was never a pizza and ranch person, but to up the protein level of my pizza these days, I am becoming one. And it's not so bad!
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@KeriA exercise is so important, I think you have that priority right. If not eating as much makes you less likely to exercise right now, I know that's a high priority for you.
@nebslp I love hearing about your walks, that hill sounds wicked hard, haha!
Happy Friday everyone, have a great day!
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I went to weigh in this morning, and couldnt find my scale. I think my husband moved it. I will have to find it before next week.0
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Good morning everyone!
Saturday weigh in days
Christina
36 years old
5'4"
SW: 220ish
Re-SW (Feb 2022): 200.4
UGW: 150
2024 goal weight: 172
SW 2024: 182.7
🍁 November Goals!🍁
🍂 November GW Average: 176
🤎November SW 11/1: 180.0 (average)
🤎11/2: 180.0 average
🤎 11/9: 178.5 average (-1.5 !)
🤎 11/16: 177.7 average (-.8 !)
yesterday:
✅4th / 4 workouts per week
✅> 8k steps
❌<= 1600 cal (there was wine at gym, lmao)
✅32 minute self care
✅> 64oz water
✅>= 128g protein
Still following the plan. Not as impressive a week this week, but I did have over 2000 calories yesterday and a crap night's sleep last night, lol. And the communists are in the funhouse. Alright, excuses over.
I did well yesterday, got home, made my planned pizza, was still super hungry, so decided to go over calories for one more piece. That was not so bad. Then I went to the gym and everyone was like, "wine? wine." I get stretchier and can do things more easily when plied with a little alcohol, so I decided to partake. So many calories in wine, lol. But chair acro was good, I managed to do a side sit front split by the end of class.
Like this, but the top hand isn't holding the chair back, it's holding that top leg and pulling it in front of the face:
When I got home, I decided to finish the advent calendars before going to sleep, so I wouldn't have to rush to get them done this morning before my bestie comes, which was a good decision, but also means I was up until 10 and then the combo of the cat and N got me up at 4:30. Booo.
Today! Eye appointment for new glasses! Costco with my bestie! Cookies with my bestie! Christmas movies! More wine! A shark coochie board (I'm just going to have shrimp and rotisserie chicken, to conserve calories for wine and a cookie, lol)!
It's going to be great. I am so sore from the gym, lol.
Have a great day, everyone!
ETA: whoaaaa I'm halfway theeere (just about) with 45 days out of 80 to go, exactly on target.0
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