Healthy Habits 1/18

shedev

I'm starting PN today. The food plan is doable for me. It's not super far off how I eat a lot of the time already. The workout plans are pretty ambitious though.

9 years ago

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kellygirl

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Good luck! That sounds like a great plan! Maybe I will do that next year My new year has been off to a slow start. My weight is in the normal for me range but I have slacked off on the weights. Hope to start that back up this week! Hope everyone has a great week!

9 years ago

Alassë

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I got 3 workouts in.

9 years ago

shedev

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Kellygirl, last week was a bad wokout week for me too. Gonna do better this week.

Alasse, great job.

9 years ago

Sal

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Good luck Shedev, great to make the commitment to a healthy eating and exercise plan.

I am back from South America, without too much damage, in fact I think I have lost weight (I don't weigh). I had put on a little in the pre Christmas lead up.

Sadly I have come to the conclusion that my metabolism is slowing and I need to be more careful with my eating. I don't think realistically I can exercise too much more although I plan to walk/bike more when possible rather than using the car. I love food and am not good at showing restraint so it will be a battle. But I don't want 2kg to become 4kg etc...so best to address it now. I am trying to reduce snacking, increase vegetables, and reduce processed carbs. But I am hungry right now!!

9 years ago

MsMaven

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Despite keeping a food diary and careful eating I gained two pounds! Grumble. I ate out twice, both times at seafood restaurants and didn't run amuck, so possibly I just had a lot of salt. DH has cut way down on calories as well, but his weight is still up.

Not a good week for moving around a lot either. I did get outside today to do some pruning and yard clean up.

This week the weather forecast is for the low 70s, so I will be more motivated to walk and garden.

I'm going to charge up my camera and start taking WIW photos again. That always motivates me not to give up.

9 years ago

carter

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70,000 steps this past week! Trounced my 22 year old, New York dwelling daughter by 18,000 steps in the fitbit challenge. So far, so good with my foot. Same goal this week!

9 years ago

Runcarla

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3 runs, 1 swim, 1bike this week, and signed up for a 10k the end of May.

The Y has just opened up 3 new pm spots for lane swims, and there is a 'yoga for runners' on Tuesday. They start at 8pm and my train gets in at 7pm. Will give it a try this week.

Nutrition has been excellent. DH (who has to do dinners now due to my late schedule) got the memo about vegetables!

9 years ago

shedev

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Kiwigal, I'm not sure you can fix diet with exercise. So it has to come down to making better food choices eventually.

Ms.Maven, I'm sure it's only temporary.

Carter, way to show DD how its done.

9 years ago

Style Fan

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My week was unusual. We were on the road a lot. We went to a funeral, doctor's appointments and visited stepson before trip down south. This meant our daily Yoga practice got messed up. I am feeling it now. I am using my phone to try and walk at least 10,000 steps a day.

While I was in Toronto I bought some new Yoga clothes. Looking forward to doing Yoga tomorrow.

9 years ago

cheryle (Dianthus)

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I am in Mexico for another 3.5 weeks. I am at around 150K steps for the last week. Yesterday we walked over 14 miles and most was on the beach.

I had a heck of a time controlling my weight for a few years but seem to be returning to normal after perimenopause. I am still a bit heavier than i would like to be but it is an improvement.

I am going to put together a doable exercise plan for when I get home. I find it hard to be fit when it is freezing and snowy out but that is the time that it is easiest to overeat.

9 years ago

shedev

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Runcarla, sounds like you are getting sorted.

Stylefan, sorry about your loss. I really feel it too when I get knocked off my routine.

Dianthus, I'm glad you are finding some stability. I'm wondering if I'm beginning to go thru perimenipause. I gained eight pounds overnight in the fall pretty much overnight.

9 years ago

citygirldc

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I've had a bad cold this past week so exercise was out for me and I've been way behind. I'm hoping to catch up on a run tomorrow.

9 years ago

Deborah

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Shedev good luck with PN:) I am still struggling to get enough walking in due to the heat, but my eating is on track. Both DH and myself have lost approx 2kg in the past two weeks.

9 years ago

shedev

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Citygirl DC, glad you are feeling better.

Deb, awesome, I love that you guys do things as a family.

9 years ago

MsMary

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I had a good week last week. Two boot camp classes, a walk around the Rose Bowl, a private training session, and a tap class. And I am happy to report my weight is back to pre-Christmas levels.

Up this week: One trainer session, four boot camps, and a tap class. Food is going reasonably well so I'm staying the course.

I don't know if I mentioned it, but New Guy and I were having a bit of a dilemma about food and alcohol. He is a big guy (6' tall and a lot of muscle) and I was trying to keep up with his cocktail before dinner and wine with dinner, and I'm not a big eater at all so I am happy with appetizers and no entree, and he was following suit. Which ended up meaning I was turning into an alcoholic and he was starving to death! LOL We've got it pretty well sorted out finally (I order a cocktail and only drink half; I order an appetizer instead of an entree and he orders a full entree). But it was pretty funny there for a while!

9 years ago

shipskitty

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Wow you ladies are inspiring I'm going to have to lift my game!

I was good with my eating. No snacking after dinner and took a healthy lunch each day to work and went away from my desk to the nearest square to eat it. Dropped a half kilo which is not bad considering I haven't managed to actually get back on the treadmill yet. I have been generally more active since getting back to work though between occasionally running for the train and taking the stairs during the day.

This week the plan is to get back to the treadmill or swim at least three times (although here we are Wed and I haven't done it yet). DH has lost a bit too since we've been paying more attention to what is for dinner...we had slipped into some bad habits over the Xmas break.

9 years ago

milehighstyle (Linda)

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I've been doing 60 minutes of cardio 5 x a week since Christmas - I had been doing only 40 minutes but this extra push is really making a difference. A stack of skirts I thought I had to donate because they were tight are now fitting me again. I signed up for a 1/2 marathon yesterday (I did the same one last October). Also doing weight training 3 times a week. Doing a lot less unhealthy snacking and eating more fruits and veggies.

9 years ago

Anonymous

I have been logging all my exercise, trying to vary what I do everyday and giving myself a total break from formal exercising once or twice a week ( I usually walk 2 to 3 times a day with the dog in addition to exercise walking). Now that DD is back to college there is more normalcy in my life right now. I have been adding blueberries and strawberries (yeah fresh strawberries!!) to breakfast and now with lunch I have been drinking water with a tablespoon of Metamucil (doctor said this was fine to do). I find it fills me up so that I don't have any afternoon cravings and no bloating whatsoever. Late afternoon I have been drinking tea (never was tea lover, but now I am) and I don't know if I am imagining it or not, my belly has shrunk. I am still at the same weight and hopefully will start to see some lower numbers soon.

I want to get the FitBit Charge HR to help me keep better track of my fitness regime as well as my normal daily habits. Hopefully, I will get one in the next few weeks.

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