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A 5 mile bike ride at first light (27 min.); 5 miles on the exercise bike at the gym this afternoon (22 min); 4 min. Helix; 15 or so min. stretching on the mat; 25 min. outdoor walking at various points throughout the day. Beautiful weather — it felt so great to be out on my bike again after last week's cold and rain.

I weighed 156.8 lbs on the scale this morning, and I don't feel that great. I was awake an hour in the middle of the night, so that's partly it. Worked out this afternoon and then didn't eat for another hour — also a contributing factor. I'm going to take the sound advice from @AnnPT77 and up my daily calories by 100, see…

The weather was gorgeous, so I ran 5K outside in just under 34 min, very close to race pace. However, my 17yo nephew ran a 5K for his school in 17 min, 20sec. this weekend. I'm so proud! Went to the gym tonight with my daughter and her friend for 28 min strength and conditioning -- all arms focused.

Lifters at the gym make eye contact with me now.

I think it's great that you are running AND lifting.

Weekly check in: 157.6 lbs on the scale this morning. That's a 1.5 lb loss for the past week, or a deficit of 750 cal / day which is probable given how much I exercise. The thing is, I told myself to slow down the weight loss after last week but part of me just doesn't want to do that if I can handle life on 1600-1700 cal…

22 min exercise bike, 13 min rowing machine, 12 min stretching including 10 pushups.

Yesterday -- 30 minutes strength, 18 min exercise bike. Today -- 23 min treadmill run, 22 min elliptical with 3 min Helix to warm up. 10 minutes stretching after.

Yesterday: 25 min (2.24 miles) treadmill run in the afternoon; 25 min. outdoor walking; 33 min strength / conditioning at the gym in the evening, including 10 real push-ups (on hands and toes); 5 pull-ups with a strap; the usual 2 sets of bicep curls, lat raises, skull crushers, standing shoulder machine, etc. Today: 40…

Whaaat??? But I thought bananas were the reason for all the obesity in the US (citing the ubiquitous "one secret doctors don't want you to know" ads from a few years back).

"My steadily spreading butt" . . . Lolol. I also think menopause/ perimenopause is grossly overrated in terms of blocking weight loss. Ask me how I know!

SAME

Yesterday: a 2 mile treadmill run (5.5-6.3 mph pace), 13 min rowing machine. 10 push-ups (7 with my braid touching the mat, the last 3 not quite that far down). Stretches on the mat, then a guy came in and stared in an obvious way. That's always a signal to bring the workout to an end. Today: rain, so 10 miles /40 minutes…

That was an impressive feat. Thanks for the video!

Went back to the gym with my teen tonight for 24 min elliptical and 15 min of squats, incline sit-ups, stretches, and the rowing machine.

A fried egg with some grated parmesan on top; 113 g. cottage cheese with 140 g. no sugar added mandarin oranges; my usual mug of black tea with milk.

Yesterday's 500 m. swim was hard (18 min). I couldn't go as far or as fast as usual. (See previous post about a hard hike on Monday. This was more of the same.) Today: 5 miles (20 min) on the stationary bike, then 12 min. strength / conditioning. I had an appt. for a flu shot so had to cut my session short. Given my…

So what's the difference? I'm always intrigued with your climbing posts, @drmwc: so different from any of the activities I do.

That's good. I could switch to Body Armor's sugary version rather than the "lyte" one I usually get.

Excellent and impressive!!!

A 45 min bike ride with stops at the gym for strength and conditioning (26 min) and stretches (10 min), and my fav coffee shop. 8.3 miles total on the bike. *** Yesterday I ran a mile and walked for 20 minutes early on, then hiked with hubs for 1.5 hours midday. Maybe I under-fueled, maybe I'm still not recovered fully…

Black tea with milk and a 90 calorie chocolate biscotti. An hour later, 130 g. Greek yogurt with 30 g. protein granola, 5 g. dried coconut, 11 g. Redi whip, one clementine. And a square of Ghirardelli intense orange dark chocolate.

That's one of my favorite treats! Baklava, not coffee. 😃

Thanks @nossmf. I'm really proud of my progress on paper but becoming comfortable in my own body may take another few months or a year.

Thank you, thank you @AnnPT77! My face looks bony too right now, but I've heard from other people on MFP who have lost a lot of weight that it eventually redistributes, filling out one's face again. On the distribution of body fat: I've always lost from my waist first. When I'm leaner, I carry my fat around my hips and…

General update: My sis came to visit and brought me lots of her "old" clothes (in colors that aren't as flattering for her but work well for me). It was great because she spends more than I do on fashion, and even though I still outweigh her by 20 pounds (I'm 1" taller) we now wear the same sizes. I really loved wearing…

Haven't looked at your latest progress pic but 1) I'm sure it is impressive as heck; and 2) maybe time to get someone to take a pic for / of you in good lighting? The one time I posted pictures on MFP I felt that my bathroom lighting was just not getting the job done, so you have my sympathies.

That's so great —and also, if I'm honest — makes me want to lose even more weight. Geez, I'm 161 lbs now (down from 217 lbs last Sept) and 5'7" and definitely not loaded with muscles. Although . . . I am increasing on my free weights and consistently lift / condition 30 min. 2X / week, and have since Jan. So . . .…

I just looked up my 5K time from this past April: 34 minutes. So I got 2 minutes faster in the last six months. :)

Ran the 5K this morning in the pouring rain (half the time): 32 min, so not a PR. My best was 27 min and change 10 years ago. But I got it done today, so yay me.