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OP asked the question "When did you decide to take back control?" - My first thought was I was always in control...I simply picked a different destination. But to answer her question - it was when I put on my fave pants and they were tight. I said something that "rhymed with bucket" and started that very second.

We (4 to 6 of us) do push-ups at the office every M-W-F, about once per hour, just to break up the day and to quit staring at the computer screen for a minute. We track our push-up count on a spreadsheet. Yesterday we surpassed 2,000 total push-ups in the past 6 weeks.

I have only had an Apple watch and I love it as well. There is one annoying feature though - no auto-pause. You have to manually pause/restart if you stop running/cycling, etc. It does count swimming laps wonderfully though...which is awesome.

My wife decided to get back on the weight-loss wagon and told me to that I had to quit drinking on workweek nights while she was "being good." Game on! Night 1 - slept like a baby. Night 2 - last night was awful. Please wish me luck tonight! I have done this before and it seemed that after 5-7 days I was sleeping like a…

@alexmose Heck - I get bored often...but I do it anyway because I know after I get done doing it, I will be glad I did.

210 push-ups (14 sets of 15/ea.) 1 set every 30 minutes (or so) at the office

My favorite line in the article - Eat food, not too much... Thanks for posting OP!

100 push-ups (10/hour) at the office today...great little fitness snacks to break up the on-my-butt desk-job day

10 push-ups every hour on the hour + 1 hour spin class

I could go Incredible Hulk on a big bourbon-rocks tonight...but the Hulk lost.

Day 6 AF - sleeping much better now and feeling much better in the morning as well.

In the winter or in foul weather in the summer, when I miss Spin Class, to keep it simple, I use my own playlist when just hopping on a bike in the gym. Some songs are sprints, some or mountains, some are hills, some are all 3. Let the music decide which way to go. BTW - U2, With or Without You - is a great mountain song…

Decided to quit drinking (again)...3 days AF. Light sleep, so far, with a fair share of tossing and turning, but I was traveling. Back in my own bed tonight!

foam rollers help a ton

I only run 3 or 4 miles every Saturday. A baby amount compared to the above. On an unrelated note - Swim day is Sunday 1.0-1.5 miles. Weekdays (in the winter off-season) are for cycling/Spin Class.

I use an Apple Watch and checked my last swim workout. I swim a lot and for distance, so not a fair comparison, but I averaged about 680 active calories per hour. My guess is you burned more than than your Fitbit measured.

Sporting clays taking a golf cart from station to station, 5 Stand, Trap...I have to go with "I wouldn't log this" I have done some defensive handgun - rifle - and shotgun training where I would log it as maybe like a walk at 2 mph...but dropping to a knee, firing, and rising back up (freaking lunges!) - that counts

Today at the office, for the first time and for some unknown reason, 5 young guys (twenty-somethings) decided to start doing 10 to 20 push-ups an hour (jerks! ha-ha). I can't keep up but I do what I can. I will be sore tomorrow. Spin later this evening too...

I use "shuffled" music...not sure if this is what you were looking for, but it certainly helps me on my repetitive/routine running/cycling routes.

Well - it is "next week" and we do have some new faces and a pretty close to full parking lot (but no parking in the grass needed) at my full-service, premium priced gym; However, PF has so much traffic (at 5:00 PM) the parking lot is gridlock and the traffic spills back 3 or 4 cars onto the road.

Not an Ironman person, but I do participate in Sprint Tri's which is nowhere close to a half Ironman. But, I used You Tube as a coach for that. I bet you can find some guidance there for free.

14 mile cycling in a 17 mph wind - parts of this ride were brutal, parts were glorious and the other half reminded me how much I hate cycling in high winds haha and working on the farm a bit..pitching rocks/stumps that the frost worked up to the surface out of the fields

^^^this^^^ And your goal is to still be doing this at the end of February. Start slow and don't overdo it. It took a while to gain the weight, it will take a while to lose it and get fit. BUT - you are in the right place!

haha - not humble bragging at all. Just loving the easy parking and lack of crowds.

OP - sweet ride. Wear it out! B)

@BrownSugar174 - I sent you a FR and can help with your Apple Watch

1.25+ mile free-style swim...50 minutes = 1 piece of carrot cake (but is so worth it B) )

I just want to see you at the gym - STILL - at the end of February, then I will know that you are going to make it through the year with the rest of us "regulars"

I only track the stuff I do that is not part of the normal 'sedentary' day. Going to the gym, cutting firewood, clearing brush, shoveling snow would all be tracked. "Vigorous House Work" (ha-ha - this always makes me laugh when I see people logging this) would not get tracked.

^^^THIS^^^ I wasn't always a "goggles and swim cap" person. I started out doing side-stroke, breast-stroke, back-stroke, dog-paddle...whatever floated me down the pool and back. Don't worry about what stroke you are doing...just do something and keep moving. You will be surprised...your stroke will improve quickly. Also -…