SBF2 Reboot Boogaloo! Nov 16

Hi pebbs,

Welcome to a new week. I'm with you, MM, trying to be chipper. My glands are still all puffy, and I can't hear. Other than that, I feel better. If the glands are still like this in a few days, I'm going back to the doctor. I'm concerned about my thyroid (I don't think it got tested last year when I was sick, and my whole throat feels constricted).
Mary, "allowed myself to be tired." is a statement I can completely relate to. It's hard to allow myself to be tired, or sick, or just still.

Goals for the week are:
Move on exercise days (M,T, Th, Sa,Su) no matter what
(yep, that's five instead of four. . .four doesn't seem like enough, especially when I'm not able to do hardcore workouts yet). Today I'm planning on a walk.

Eat one meal a day that is all or mostly fruit/veg.
(a yogurt-based salad dressing is OK, big hunk of cheese isn't) The reason here is twofold: I want to cut some calories, and I need the nutrients.

Only one dessert, and two breads a week.
I've been relying on big, bread-y things (like homemade pizza/soup with biscuits) too much. I think wheat doesn't necessarily give me problems, but it seems to trigger me to want sweets or more bread. Also, this is another way to cut calories without really thinking about it. I had dessert last night, and it was sort of disappointing. It involved "goat cheese caramel" which, although intriguing, is not my new favorite thing.

New week boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

Nice job hanging on last week ladies! :flowerforyou: I didn't do so hot, but came down with severe strep on thursday (got kicked out of work & sent to dr who I successfully disgusted! :bigsmile: ) I love it when I can gross out a doctor; at least then you KNOW you don't just not feel good 'cause you're lazy, it's legit!

The only goal I met last week was the weight loss, and that was more of a side effect of not eating for nearly 2 days. I have my waterbottle and an apple sitting on my desk and need to go for a quick jog... Next week is Thanksgiving, so let's muddle through till then (as we all seem in a slump) :drinker:

brrr, 40 degrees, Texas cold.

I got two walks and yoga in yesterday. I've decided to skip hard yoga for a week and see if everything heals. So today is cardio at gym.

I'm so looking forward to Thanksgiving next week. My whole family is going to Dallas and staying at a hotel. No cooking or cleaning and some bonus pampering (pedicure). I'll have a place to work out - and if I'm lucky, I'll get a yoga class in as well.

Give thanks, boogaloo.

I have to go pull carrots out of the garden while my homemade minestrone is cooking on the woodstove. See you all later. :bigsmile:

OK, so that's my picture of heaven.

Today, I'm aiming for some sort of weight training, either a short JM or the longer one. It's a trade off, as the short ones involve more crazy cardio (mountainclimbers, etc). . .and the longer one is mostly weight stuff, but is longer. Haven't decided yet.

Also, woke up with a killer sinus headache. I took some medicine, which is helping, but made me sleepy. I may be on my way to a nap. My goal is to workout when I get home from my afternoon appointment. A big challenge, as I usually want to just collapse. Wont' do that today. Promise.

Naptime boogaloo.:yawn: :flowerforyou:

Headache didn't relent. Have switched the scheduled day off from tomorrow to today.

I owe myself a weight workout tomorrow.

Three of my friends have migraines today. . .which makes me nervous a weather change (snow? eep!) is coming, I think. . .:grumble:

MM, I absolutely can't keep any sweets in the house. I will always eat the entire batch. If I have to bake something (like for a potluck or a bake sale) I literally have to take it out of the house still warm. The thing to do is not have it in the house at all. Ever. Sad, but true.

Hi pebbs,

I decided today to not check in until after a workout today. So, that's finished. Congratulations, ladies, you're now my incentive to exercise.

I did JM's "no more trouble zones". . .or at least most of it. There were just a few circuits that I only did one set of (it's all five move circuits two times through). I'm sweating like a crazy person during my workouts.

Very pleased with myself (wanted to skip working out again desperately). Will now relax for the rest of the day, or maybe clean the kitchen and then relax.

Rest of the day boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

Oops... forgot to post this message yesterday...

Sorry you were sick, Arianne. Karen, that soup sounds yummy. MM, I feel like self-control is kind of like a switch in my brain - once I figure out how to flip it, it's (relatively) easy. But sometimes I forget. Having a plan always helps me, too. Lately I have been drinking red tea whenever I want something sweet - it has a somewhat sweet flavor itself, and usually by the time I am finished sipping a hot drink, I don't feel the craving anymore.

Good luck not collapsing, V. I am very tired today myself - I got up at 3am to watch the meteor shower, then went back to sleep for a couple hours before getting up for an eye appointment and then work. They dilated my eyes so they have been super tired (as if the lack of sleep weren't enough!). I did my pushup test last night, but then forgot to do the rest of the sets (since I was trying to get to bed early for the meteor shower). So I have to force myself to do those after dance class tonight. :yawn:

Mary, I desperately need you to come to my house and throw stuff away. I have a really hard time doing it.
Karen, congrats on the weight loss!

Well, it is nearly 6:30 and I am still at work. So I may end up bailing on the elliptical today - maybe I can get in some DDR or a DVD when I get home. I just don't want to be here any more, but since I'm on call, I would have to use the gym here instead of going to the Y. At least I did my pushups yesterday!

Sick of work boogaloo.

It's a very important question, MM. I have two main reasons - I want to look the best I can and I don't want my weight to effect my yoga or other exercises. It's much easier to run, when you have less to move. As far as looking my best, I'm not obsessive about my giggly bits, but I would like them to be gone. I don't think I'm someone that would think I was overweight when I wasn't.

I think another question we have to ask is: what am I willing to do to lose weight? I'm not willing to be hungry all the time - so I struggle with that and weight loss.

Anyway - today is gym day. I forgot to ask my teacher about my semi-sore hamstring - I'm not sure she would offer any pearls or wisdom, but just in case there's a pose I should avoid. Tomorrow's class is heavy on the hamstrings - we'll see how it goes. I've heard horror stories about yoga people needing 6 months to recover.

Life questions, boogaloo!

Oh man, that's a good question. Really, really hard, actually.

I know that my motivation is completely selfish. My husband loves me just as I am, I don't feel like my health is in danger by my current weight (which is in the high range of healthy).

Mostly, I want to feel and look strong. I want my body to function as well as it can. I know that when I was heavier, every thing was harder. But, as to why I still want to drop ten-fifteen (depending on the day) more pounds. . .or at least lose some fat. . .I feel like right now I have this extra layer of cushion that's disguising me as a person who doesn't work out. Right now, I feel strong, and know that if the bus is coming, I can sprint to catch it. I know that even during a flare-up of fibro/athri., my body will not completely fail me. Still, I would, in short, like to look a little more badass.

As far as the work to be done. . .I know that for me I have to learn to live around the fact that very early on, I learned to use food as a coping skill. I think I am actually a food addict on a lot of levels (grain carbs and sweets especially) , food acts on me exactly like a drug would to numb bad emotions like fear/stress/anger. I feel like if I'm able to let go of some things (deep things, roots of fear, etc. . .) then I won't need it anymore. I have my days where I can see this happening, but if I get piled on too much. . .it can slip away easily.

As for today, I just finished a killer weights workout. It's a simple circuit of "heavy lifting" I found: of "5x5s or failure".

I did:
5 sets of 5 squats with 30 pounds (the heaviest dumbells I have are 15s)
5 sets of ten push-ups (these were really hard in set 4 and 5)
5 sets of 5 overhead presses (with the heavies)
5 sets of holding plank for 30 seconds (or whenever I collapsed)
In between sets, I moved things out of my living/dining area that didn't belong. (there were lots!)

This looks like nothing on paper, but was really hard.

I've been seriously pondering canceling my gym membership lately. It's a big expense (due to my big-city-rich-neighborhood location it's about 80 bucks a month), especially coupled with yoga passes. I'm trying a workout schedule that concentrates on less cardio, and I own quite a few sets of dumbells. The only thing that worries me is when winter really hits, walking outside will be much harder (I do, however, own a large collection of cardio DVDs). The class schedule at my gym doesn't line up with my current schedule, and I've been researching the effect of a lot of cardio on the immune system/cortisol levels. (it actually doesn't look very encouraging to me. . .especially since I notice that I'm getting sick every time I have a "good" workout week) At my gym, I can actually put my membership on hold if I want, so I'm considering trying it. Thoughts?

I win at novels boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

V- I would look for a gym that you could "pay as you go". So if you go to a class, or the gym, or whatever, it's about $10-$13 per visit. If you used it once a week, you would pay less than your membership now.

Congrats on the scale movement, MM. And the phrase "my best . . .which is never good enough" sort of breaks my heart. Think of all you do that is amazing! Seriously, there is so much. Your best is very, very, very good.

My jeans are looser today fresh out of the washer, so that's feeling pretty good.

It's a scheduled day off, but I'm already pondering ways to sneak movement in. I feel better! As in, not sick anymore! I feel like doing cartwheels (but I can't do cartwheels). I hate to say it, but I think laying off the wheat seriously contributed to this. I haven't had any in a week, and I am currently almost not congested at all. Dang. And also, hooray. I'm trying this new workout protocol that involves either body weight resistance or lifting pretty heavy two-three times a week, long, but slowish cardio on other days and hard, fast cardio once a week. Other than long, slow cardio. . .the other workouts are 20-30 minutes long. We'll see how long I can do this for, already I feel like "that's all?" when I'm done working out. Help! I'm addicted to torture! That being said, if I can keep from getting sick, see muscles and lose stubborn weight, I'll be sold.

Sneaky activity day boogaloo!:flowerforyou:

Ditto here, too, MM - you are way more than good enough. Remember - you are not your diet! And congrats on the scale movement. Mine looked down again today, too, but we'll see if it survives next week.
V, let us know how your new workout plan goes. I like the idea of body-weight type resistance training (like pushups, pull-ups, or yoga when you guys do it ). Limiting the torture is good, though.
Wow, Mary - impressive self-control! That is amazing. I'm thinking of getting another cupcake for my dessert, probably tomorrow after I put in a very solid day of cleaning. I can't believe I have houseguests coming on Monday - ack! I seriously need to hire a cleaning service (not sure how I feel about the word "maid" ).

I was pretty proud of myself yesterday - I ran for 4.25 miles, at varying speeds from 5.2mph to 7.0mph (which I managed for one mile). It seemed harder, though - I wonder that maybe I'm not getting quite enough other cardio in to keep up the pace. I think I'm going to need new running shoes, though - the ones I have are only a couple of months old, but I have been getting lots of bruising on/under my toenails when I run. :frown: My other big accomplishment was getting through day 2 of week 5 pushups - that's the week where it switches from 5 to 9 sets. :noway:

I am always verbose, boogaloo!