WIR ~ Let's Get Fit 2018

[chen35]

Jun 20, 2018 9:02:14 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Yesterday was decent food wise. I had a bowl of watermelon for breakfast, a Cesar salad for lunch, and spaghetti squash and meat sauce (ground turkey) and a salad with homemade salad dressing for dinner.

Today I'm have a green fruit smoothie for breakfast, I brought lunch of baked chicken, a salad with the dressing from last night, and a small serving of fresh fruit. I also brought a few sticks of cheese for a snack. I have no idea what dinner will be tonight. I may just stop for a rotisserie chicken on the way home and call it a day. We have plenty of salad left from last night.

How do you cook the spaghetti squash?

[andi9899]

Jun 26, 2018 10:34:54 GMT -5 chen35 said:

Jun 20, 2018 9:02:14 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Yesterday was decent food wise. I had a bowl of watermelon for breakfast, a Cesar salad for lunch, and spaghetti squash and meat sauce (ground turkey) and a salad with homemade salad dressing for dinner.

Today I'm have a green fruit smoothie for breakfast, I brought lunch of baked chicken, a salad with the dressing from last night, and a small serving of fresh fruit. I also brought a few sticks of cheese for a snack. I have no idea what dinner will be tonight. I may just stop for a rotisserie chicken on the way home and call it a day. We have plenty of salad left from last night.

How do you cook the spaghetti squash?

Cut the squash in half lengthwise. Brush with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake cut side down at 375 for 40 minutes to an hour or until the skin can be easily pierced with a knife.

[chen35]

thanks! That sounds really good.

[flutterby]

I may have been overly ambitious on my step goal this week. 105 today. I have no motivation to go for a walk.

Looking for fitbit-type device info:

I know there have been other threads on this, but what I'm wondering is if anyone knows of a fitness tracker that allows you to set multiple step goals for the day. I have my current one set at 8500, because that's what I try to get in before I head home for the day. That leaves an easy 2500 more to get in before bed. But in my mind, I aim for 2000 before I get to work, 5000 before lunch, etc. It would be nice to have a tracker that marked those little goals throughout the day for me. Anyone know of any?

[ners]

I have dropped the ball on tracking calories this week.   Even though I am not actively tracking I will try to make healthy choices.

Since next week is a holiday week and then I will be on vacation I will get back to tracking on July 15th.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Jun 28, 2018 19:59:44 GMT -5 flutterby said:

I may have been overly ambitious on my step goal this week. 105 today. I have no motivation to go for a walk.

Looking for fitbit-type device info:

I know there have been other threads on this, but what I'm wondering is if anyone knows of a fitness tracker that allows you to set multiple step goals for the day. I have my current one set at 8500, because that's what I try to get in before I head home for the day. That leaves an easy 2500 more to get in before bed. But in my mind, I aim for 2000 before I get to work, 5000 before lunch, etc. It would be nice to have a tracker that marked those little goals throughout the day for me. Anyone know of any?

On my Fitbit, I have a Goal of 250 steps per hour for each hour from 8am - 8pm.
That’s definite alterable.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

I just did an arm work out off of the SWORKIT app. I only did ten minutes, and I had to modify much of it since I cannot do real push ups much less the variety of pushups they ask for. I’m proud of myself for doing it. I want to keep momentum going and make it a regular part of my morning routine.

[flutterby]

Jun 30, 2018 10:19:36 GMT -5 Knee Deep in Water Chloe said:

Jun 28, 2018 19:59:44 GMT -5 flutterby said:

I may have been overly ambitious on my step goal this week. 105 today. I have no motivation to go for a walk.

Looking for fitbit-type device info:

I know there have been other threads on this, but what I'm wondering is if anyone knows of a fitness tracker that allows you to set multiple step goals for the day. I have my current one set at 8500, because that's what I try to get in before I head home for the day. That leaves an easy 2500 more to get in before bed. But in my mind, I aim for 2000 before I get to work, 5000 before lunch, etc. It would be nice to have a tracker that marked those little goals throughout the day for me. Anyone know of any?

On my Fitbit, I have a Goal of 250 steps per hour for each hour from 8am - 8pm.
That’s definite alterable.

Thanks, I'll look into this. I was hoping to avoid the cost of an actual Fitbit, since my generic ones have seemed to do all the same things for a fraction of the price, but I really do want some kind of multiple daily goal feature. So maybe I need the name brand after all.

[flutterby]

This week was a mixed bag. It was around 100⁰  most of the week, which really sapped my motivation, not that I was all that motivated to begin with lol!

The good:

I beat my step goal by 7000 steps. Weight held steady, even with increasing the carbs quite a bit.

The bad:

I only did three days of weights.

This week won't be quite as warm so I'm aiming for:

78,000 steps

Weights at least four days

Attempt my first hike since my foot surgery. It'll still have to be a pretty tame one, but I'm really anxious to at least try something a bit more athletic than walking on flat pavement

Happy Fourth of July week everyone. Stay safe!

[ners]

Hit my step goal for the week by almost 5000 steps.

Had a very low step yesterday so July has not started well.

Hit my June step goal by almost 6000 thanks to a very high step day Saturday.

Going to keep my step goal for week at 75000.  

Have a great week everyone.

[MJ2.0]

I've been really bad lately. Eating too much sugary crap and not exercising enough. I'm not "fat" yet, but I am noticing a change in my body, so time to get better.

Okay, so I haven't gone back to MFP yet (although I really really need to), but I've been working on getting back to regular exercise again. Went to the Y yesterday and went too hard on Leg Day... my quads are NOT happy, but that means progress. Today was 30 mins of vinyasa yoga. I haven't been doing it regularly, and I can tell because my balance is pretty much nonexistent now. I need to go back to 2-3x a week.

[andi9899]

Gym day #1! I'm only doing 2 days this week since we have the holiday. I may go Friday if I'm feeling froggy, but I doubt it.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Ugh. I ate too many cookies. My tummy hurts. 

Other than lapse in food choices, 
I've made it three straight days with doing a morning mini-workout.
My current three-day rotation is
10 minutes Yoga/10 minutes Arms
20 minutes Yoga
10 minutes Yoga/10 minutes Abs

So, back to yoga/arms tomorrow. 

Then, I've done cardio in the afternoons. 
 

[andi9899]

Gym day #2 today!

[andi9899]

Today is going to be full body. I'm doing weights and floor exercises. Then boxing! I'm going hard since I'm not going the rest of the week. I'm not watching my diet for the rest of the week either. In fact, I'm standing in line at work waiting for my pancakes.

[raeoflyte]

I have to stop buying cereal.  It's my downfall.  

I also need to look at our spending for June, but I really feel like eating out has to have decreased with me working from home.  No more morning breakfast burritos or excuses that I forgot/didn't have time to pack a lunch.  I can just run upstairs and cook real food.  Hasn't helped me drop weight though--which is where the cereal problem comes in.  

Classes haven't necessarily been big workouts lately although my knees are feeling them.  We set up a room in our basement with mats to practice and I've done very little so I need to make good use of that this coming week.  

[ilovedolphins]

I have almost a whole gym in my house.  There is no excuse for me not working out....but I always find one.  I hope to start walking on my treadmill 45 minutes a day and every other day do weights.  I have been "getting serious" about this for like 7 years.

[andi9899]

So I decided not to go to the gym today. I said eff it. It's Fourth of July enough. I'm eating pizza and drinking vodka instead.

[raeoflyte]

My legs are super sore today after the last couple days workouts.  Hoping to get to the pool tonight and try to stretch them out.  

I know I keep saying this, but I have to get my eating in line.  Like right now.  

[MJ2.0]

I broke down today and got back on MFP. Ugh, the struggle is real. My portion control is sooooo bad.

swasat, I cooked the baked ziti with spinach on the Skinny Taste website.  It was delish, but I made a few tweaks (lowfat instead of nonfat ricotta, and I added more garlic). DS was NOT amused, so I had to make him something else. Good thing is that I froze the rest so now I have TONS of lunch/dinner leftovers! I'm going to make the banana peanut butter muffins tomorrow. I found a peanut butter powder that (according to the label that I read a jillion times) only has peanuts, so I'm excited to use it! I'm gonna be upset if I get a reaction in a few days because I LOOOOVE peanut butter but do NOT love the fat.

[ners]

Not my best week.  I am going to be away until July 15.

[flamingo]

I'm back from vacation. My step count says I did ok. We walked everywhere. It was amazing. I'm refusing to get on the scale. We ate at a buffet twice. TWICE. Both times we had window seats with gorgeous views, and it was so worth it not to have to think about where to eat and have the inevitable fight over where to eat, but damn, the amount of carbs and sodium. It was so worth it though. It was an amazing vacation, and Dh and I didn't fight even once. Amazing! 

[andi9899]

So I'm back to the gym today. I hope it doesn't hurt too bad since I took last week off. We'll see. My zumba instructor is back today from having a month off, so at least I won't suffer alone.

[andi9899]

Well, I made it. I even threw in 10 minutes on the treadmill against my will. I hate running, but it makes you skinny.

Dinner tonight is a turkey burger and a side of zucchini and yellow squash. No cheese on the burger. Mustard instead of mayonnaise.

[Cookies Galore]

I was on vacation last week and was worried that I was going to eat and drink my way through it. "Luckily," I caught some sort of stomach bug or something and was sick the last day and a half (good thing it was a rainy day so it wasn't totally a waste!) and I managed to lose weight. Yay?
Since we got back on Saturday I've been getting back to my routine. Went for a four mile walk/run Sunday morning and hubs and I are going to ride our bikes to his open water swim tonight. Thursday is run club night. Friday we are going to the pool after work; hubs will swim laps and I will do water jogging and other water exercises.

[andi9899]

Gym day #2! Heavier on weights today. Going to do 15 minutes on the dreadmill tonight. The rest of the hour before zumba is going to be weights.

[Pants]

OK, I'm here. I'm ready. Be gentle. 

As of this morning, weigh 181 lbs. Currently work out zero days per week. 

Goals for the week of 7/10: 
-Track food 
-Weigh self daily
-Work out 2x 
-Plan healthier food for next week 
-Under-desk bike for 1 hr each day am at work

[Chocolate Lover]

Jul 10, 2018 11:45:51 GMT -5 Pants said:

OK, I'm here. I'm ready. Be gentle. 

As of this morning, weigh 181 lbs. Currently work out zero days per week. 

Goals for the week of 7/10: 
-Track food 
-Weigh self daily
-Work out 2x 
-Plan healthier food for next week 
-Under-desk bike for 1 hr each day am at work

They haven't pointed and laughed at me yet.


I depressed myself the other day. I was on my doctor's patient portal for something else and went to see how much I weighed 5 years ago at my 1st appointment with them and then at the most recent one. I'm 10 pounds heavier than I was then. Not horrible for a 5 year span but 

[Pants]

Jul 10, 2018 11:45:51 GMT -5 Pants said:

OK, I'm here. I'm ready. Be gentle. 

As of this morning, weigh 181 lbs. Currently work out zero days per week. 

Goals for the week of 7/10: 
-Track food 
-Weigh self daily
-Work out 2x 
-Plan healthier food for next week 
-Under-desk bike for 1 hr each day am at work

Welp already failed. Forgot to weigh myself again this morning. 

[andi9899]

Jul 11, 2018 9:40:09 GMT -5 Pants said:

Jul 10, 2018 11:45:51 GMT -5 Pants said:

OK, I'm here. I'm ready. Be gentle. 

As of this morning, weigh 181 lbs. Currently work out zero days per week. 

Goals for the week of 7/10: 
-Track food 
-Weigh self daily
-Work out 2x 
-Plan healthier food for next week 
-Under-desk bike for 1 hr each day am at work

Welp already failed. Forgot to weigh myself again this morning. 

Weighing yourself daily isn't going to do anything but make you discouraged. Don't worry about the number on the scale! That bitch lies! If you start working out and building muscle mass, your weight may not even change, but your dress size can be getting way smaller. Screw the scale! Just focus on the other stuff.