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So I'm home from my 2 weeks in the UK and my weight this morning is back down to what it was the morning I left. I'm gonna miss eating Cadbury chocolate every day! And fruity bread or scones with butter. Amazing how healthy habits can get replaced with not-so-healthy ones so quickly. But I'm glad to be back where I'm in…

I hear you. This summer we've replaced our fridge (massive inside leak) and stovetop (gas leak!). Got a second opinion on our bathtub yesterday and this honest repairman told us it didn't really need to be replaced. That would have been $4K.

I saw an interview with a woman in the UK who lost 100 lbs in a year and a few months. The only thing she changed was dropping her soda habit. So maybe look at your diet and figure out what you can let go of or find a substitute for. I stopped drinking Dr. Pepper back in Jan. and replaced it with Doc Pop, for ex. Or if you…

22 min swim this morning, race pace.

I've been a runner while obese. Definitely get great shoes-- it will be worth the money to go to a running store where they have a treadmill and can observe and record your running form, then suggest shoes that work for *you*. My first pair were Sauconys. I went from running 2 min, walking 2 min on a treadmill for 4 sets…

I made venison back strap medallions wrapped in bacon and broiled in the oven along with roasted new potatoes and carrots.

My first workout since returning from Europe yesterday. I'm still jet lagged but managed 5.2 miles (24 min) on my bike this morning and thought that would be it. But no! My 14 yo and her friend wanted to go to the gym, so once there, I did 4 min Helix, 14 minutes (3 miles) on the stationary bike, 21 min of strength (biceps…

@drmwc I thought of you on the plane home from Dublin yesterday. I watched three movies, and the middle one was called Last Breath: based on a true story of a diving accident off the Scottish coast. Have you seen it?

Last day in the UK. My retreat with work colleagues has been great, and I've made headway on a writing project. Eating here has included lots more bread and butter and jam and generally bigger meals overall. Also chocolate! Today I ate at maintenance (2500 cal) only because I also got in a half hour run, some strength…

Last full day here in the UK. Today's exercise: 20 min morning walk, 30 min afternoon run bookended by 5 min of walking, then 10 min calisthenics (shoulder taps, 2 sets air squats, tricep pulls from a push-up position, walking and jumping lunges, stretches). Tomorrow's workout will be limited to long walks in three…

A 2 mile outdoor run (25 min), 15 minutes of calisthenics, and 80+ minutes of walking, in three installments (morning 20, afternoon 10 as warm up and cool down on the run, nearly an hour downtown this evening).

I've been eating at a surplus since Saturday so yesterday I reined myself in by 1. splitting a meal with a colleague in a restaurant and 2. skipping dessert. Lots more bread options at every meal here in the UK but I don't intend to return home having gained 5 lbs. Back to protein bars as a daily snack.

31 min running outside and 85 min walking outside, broken up into three segments. One set shoulder taps, two planks, several sets walking lunges.

Yesterday I ran 4 miles in a U.K. city, 46 minutes. I also walked for an hour. This was twice as far as I'd planned, but I got lost inside a city park.

Two cups English breakfast tea with milk, a Pure Protein bar, an apple, and 2 ginger chocolate dipped cookies (I'm on vacation). Still under 450 calories.

Yesterday on the Isle of Iona I walked at least an hour and also rented a bike (no gears, heavy) but that allowed me to get to beaches at each end of the island. It was so great to ride a bike, even a clunky one, since I didn't expect to get in any riding time while in the U.K. Today -- 10 minute walk before leaving Iona…

22-24 min pool swim, 750 m. About that same amount of time walking my dog, am and pm. And a 12 min. bike ride to the local drug store with one of my kids. A good day.

Cardio: 21 min run on the treadmill, 5,3 mph average pace, 20 min walk across campus to the gym and then back to my car. Also 10 min on treadmill at 5% incline, 3 mph pace. Strength: 2 sets farmer's carry with 25# weights, skullcrushers, incline bench sit-ups, battle ropes, lat raises, walking lunges, and one set jumping…

So that shot of the butter-eating woman brought to mind the time I took my daughter, then maybe 7-8 years, to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The title character is so annoying, I don't recommend it at all. On top of that his family stops at a county fair during a road trip and his older brother eats a bunch of fried sticks of…

The bike shop guys found a small piece of glass that had ruined the rear tire completely. I still think the flooding and debris on the road was the main cause. Yes! I don't want to be like a (pro) woman I saw on an Ironman triathlon vid who got a flat and then just waited for a kind soul to stop and fix it for her. The guy…

Turns out a flash flood warning was still in place for my county this morning while I was out riding. No emergency notification except last night's, which expired at 2:45 am. But all's well that ends well. The bike shop changed out the tire and I got in a 13 mile ride of sorts (11 mph pace rather than 12). Had to walk my…

Good to know! We have a pump at home but it wouldn't fit on my bike or in a small bag either. Must investigate a small pump option.

See my temporary profile pic for the road conditions.

I've enjoyed your travel reports, Niner. Blessings on your transition to the Philippines in the next few months. ****** This morning I weighed 168.8 pounds. That's 70 pounds down from my all time highest weight of 238.8 (in 2018). I can't really wap my mind around losing that much: 51 of the 70 lbs since this past Oct. I'm…

My bike ride this morning was interrupted by a flat tire. Lots of rock and gravel in the roads after last night's storm and flash flooding. I was able to walk it to my coffee shop and am currently waiting for the nearby bike shop to open. "Learning to fix a bike flat" is now on my to do list. I would have had to carry all…

A rest day, but . . . I walked across campus from my car to the gym (and back), & got in a 20 min strength workout: 2 sets 30 sec dead hangs, 12 reps bicep curls, 15 incline bench sit-ups, 15 heel lifted squats with a 10 lb kettlebell, lat raises (5 with 15# and 10 with 10# weights), 8-10 tricep pulls w/ a resistance band…

If you eat meat, eggs and bacon are a classic combo and only take a few minutes to make. Lettuce with cottage cheese, pickled beets, rotisserie chicken, tomatoes, baby carrots, and raspberry vinaigrette are a high protein lunch option. It could be hard to gain weight with meals like this unless you up size your portions.…

I mean, Quest and Pure Protein bars have fiber added and you can't beat their portability. Not exactly a meal but they work in a pinch, while traveling away from home, or when going straight from the gym to work. I love how having a protein bar in my car / gym bag at all times has freed me from fast food stops on days when…

A brick workout this morning: 20 min pool swim, 600 meters, then a 30 min outdoor run, including a flight of 100 stairs. Not sure how far I went because my watch didn't start when I meant for it to.

Welcome back! Last year MFP let go of the individual pages where friends could read each others' updates. Since then, many of us who are regulars post to the same threads over and over. You get to know people pretty well that way. So instead of becoming "friends," come on down to the "What was your workout today?" thread…