2020 WIR Healthy Lifestyle Discussion

[tcu2003]

Ugh, I am soooo sore. I did a circuits class at my work gym on Thursday afternoon, and I knew I was going to be sore, I just didn’t count on how sore. Way to many squats with the weighted balls and kettebells, so it now hurts to go up and down stairs, sit or stand. Blergh. I know it’ll be better and hurt less the next time I go, but I hate this phase.

[chiver78]

I'm 2w out from my cruise, and am about halfway through a 30ct box of this stuff. I've been doing this routine for years now, but just found the immune booster before my last trip. basically, I dissolve the packet in a little water or vodka* and then fill the juice glass with orange juice for good measure. one packet daily adds 1000IU of vitamin C plus zinc and vitamin D. I have the immune system of a lab rat, and this helps me ward off most of the "boat crud" from the trip. 

*it actually dissolves best in about a half shot of room temperature vodka. I don't do this on work days.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Jan 9, 2020 8:25:13 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

A coworker gave us homemade brownie mix today for a belated Christmas gift. Motherforker. 😁

I appreciate both your sentiment and your  The Good Place reference.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Re-stating goals for my own accountability
For January, my Healthy Lifestyle plans are:
~continue with the 5&1 meal plan
~lose another five pounds by January 31
~add cardio back into my schedule at least two days per week
~add 15 minutes of yoga back into my daily schedule


For January - March, my plans are:
~continue with the 5&1 meal plan
~reach 130lbs by the end of March (this is where I was in Spring 2015)
~add cardio back into my schedule at least four days per week
~add light weight training in three days per week

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Mid-January Update
Doing not great. Four times this week, work provided meals. Since it I worked a required 55 hours from Mon - Fri, I do appreciate the intent of trying to acknowledge that fact. However, the meals are carb-loaded. I fully avoided one meal, made good choices with one meal, and poor choices with the other two meals. Then, my son very nicely purchased a "lite" pizza for me for our lunch yesterday. I did eat it; it was good. I need to maintain my 5&1 plan though. I'm determined to do so this week. 


No cardio this week. A bit of yoga, but certainly not enough or daily. I'll weigh-in tomorrow.      

[ners]

Weekly check in

Hit step goal.  That is it.  Too many calories consumed over the weekend. Snacked a couple of evenings.  Did not track calories

This weeks step goal is 85000.   I have meetings 2 nights and am going to a meeting for most of the day on Saturday.  

No snacking after 9:00.
Track calories.
Spend at least 15 minutes working on strength training.

1/1/19 177.2
1/1/20 165.2
1/6/20 165.2
1/13/20 166.6

Have a great week everyone.

[Deleted]

Monday is gym day, so workout accomplished.  However I probably ate any progress.  I have had a ton of energy for the last 2 days, but today I was just famished.  I can't even remember what I ate, because I was eating all day.  Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

[tcu2003]

Went to a circuits class at my work gym yesterday, so yay! My right hip still hurts, which is probably just one more indication I need to get in better shape and keep working out.

[andi9899]

I think I want to lose 10 pounds. I don't need to lose weight necessarily, but I think I would look more sculpted. I'm going to have to figure out a game plan. I'm already spending 2 hours a day 4 days a week at the gym, so activity is not increasing much if at all. I already eat a fairly healthy diet. I think I'm going to keep a food journal for a bit and look for things to eliminate.

[Cookies Galore]

My long national nightmare is over! Bloatgate has passed! Scale was 155.2 this morning after being stuck at 157.8 for weeks.
I twinged my neck and back Tuesday morning, so I haven't worked out since Monday. I'm finally better so I'm back at it today! My plan is three days barre and one at the gym; even with taking three days off I'll still hit that goal this week. I know my hip's limitations and what works, and I am going to respect that limit.

[Cookies Galore]

andi9899 what types of workouts do you do? Barre and pilates helps with achieving a long and lean appearance.

[andi9899]

Jan 17, 2020 9:41:42 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

andi9899 what types of workouts do you do? Barre and pilates helps with achieving a long and lean appearance.

Lots of cardio! I start out on a cardio machine. Either a treadmill or elliptical. Then I move on to weights or floor exercises depending on the day. I stretch for a few minutes and then an hour of zumba. My zumba class is not traditional. It's intense! It's full body with lots of squats, arm work and core work.

Pilates is offered at my gym, but I haven't done it in a while. It's back to back with my zumba class on Mondays and Wednesdays. Maybe I'll try it a time or two. I can do my weights on Tuesday and Thursday.

[Cookies Galore]

Jan 17, 2020 9:58:54 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Jan 17, 2020 9:41:42 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

andi9899 what types of workouts do you do? Barre and pilates helps with achieving a long and lean appearance.

Lots of cardio! I start out on a cardio machine. Either a treadmill or elliptical. Then I move on to weights or floor exercises depending on the day. I stretch for a few minutes and then an hour of zumba. My zumba class is not traditional. It's intense! It's full body with lots of squats, arm work and core work.

Pilates is offered at my gym, but I haven't done it in a while. It's back to back with my zumba class on Mondays and Wednesdays. Maybe I'll try it a time or two. I can do my weights on Tuesday and Thursday.

You might be surprised at how engaged your entire body is and how rejuvenated you feel after a pilates or barre workout. I do barre3 (streaming subscription) and those workouts almost always leave me feeling amazing. I do a cardio focus, strength conditioning, and mindful workout each week.

[andi9899]

Jan 18, 2020 13:40:35 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

Jan 17, 2020 9:58:54 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Lots of cardio! I start out on a cardio machine. Either a treadmill or elliptical. Then I move on to weights or floor exercises depending on the day. I stretch for a few minutes and then an hour of zumba. My zumba class is not traditional. It's intense! It's full body with lots of squats, arm work and core work.

Pilates is offered at my gym, but I haven't done it in a while. It's back to back with my zumba class on Mondays and Wednesdays. Maybe I'll try it a time or two. I can do my weights on Tuesday and Thursday.

You might be surprised at how engaged your entire body is and how rejuvenated you feel after a pilates or barre workout. I do barre3 (streaming subscription) and those workouts almost always leave me feeling amazing. I do a cardio focus, strength conditioning, and mindful workout each week.

The only thing I worry about is my abs. While I've been cleared to work them, I have to ease into it. Pilates always makes me feel like I've gotten a serious ab workout. Usually I'm down with that, but I'm not quite back to where I was yet.

[Cookies Galore]

Jan 18, 2020 16:13:42 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Jan 18, 2020 13:40:35 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

You might be surprised at how engaged your entire body is and how rejuvenated you feel after a pilates or barre workout. I do barre3 (streaming subscription) and those workouts almost always leave me feeling amazing. I do a cardio focus, strength conditioning, and mindful workout each week.

The only thing I worry about is my abs. While I've been cleared to work them, I have to ease into it. Pilates always makes me feel like I've gotten a serious ab workout. Usually I'm down with that, but I'm not quite back to where I was yet.

Ah, that would be a caveat. Barre might have more modifications for you, but probably a good idea to ease carefully.

[idlechatter]

Okay, well, it's been a bit since I plunged headfirst into all of the WIR groups.  I've been hanging with WIRR (starting in 2007 and again in 2017), and just joined WIRS today too.  

I very recently (January 1) hit my final weight goal of 135lbs after 9 years of steadily loosing/maintaining (95lbs lost).  I took last year off from running marathons due to some big life changes (promotion, move to a new state, etc), but I'm looking to get back into it and to maintain my weight between 130-135lbs.  I'm only scheduled to run the NYC Marathon this year as well as a bunch of smaller races, so I have plenty of time to get in marathon shape. More than anything, I struggle with maintaining my weight. It very slowly tends to creep back up.

I don't have any hard goals being here but ideally I'd like to incorporate exercise back into my schedule 5 times a week, get my step count up, and just overall make healthy choices (like not eating chocolate chips for dinner, which I am known to do). I need to hold myself accountable to all of that. So hey everybody!

[ners]

Weekly check in

Hit step goal.  Not much else.

This week step goal 85,000.  Get back in habit of logging calories.  15 minutes of strength training.  


1/1/19 177.2
1/1/20 165.2
1/6/20 165.2
1/13/20 166.6
1/20/20 165.2

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Unhealthy eating this last week. Weight loss stagnated. Went on a 3.25 walk yesterday, and it exhausted me. My right arm and shoulder still hurt from last year's surgeries. I can walk for about 25 - 30 minutes, but then I really need a break. DH and I were on a loop though, so there was no break. 

I lost my FitBit charger in November. We've spent a ton of money on traveling and fun in December, so I don't want to buy a new one right now. DH stopped using his FitBit in August, so I've taken his. It's an old one--no screen. But, it will be good to hold myself accountable again. Is this group still having a step challenge? ners@flamingo ?

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Jan 19, 2020 18:16:17 GMT -5 idlechatter said:

Okay, well, it's been a bit since I plunged headfirst into all of the WIR groups.  I've been hanging with WIRR (starting in 2007 and again in 2017), and just joined WIRS today too.  

I very recently (January 1) hit my final weight goal of 135lbs after 9 years of steadily loosing/maintaining (95lbs lost).  I took last year off from running marathons due to some big life changes (promotion, move to a new state, etc), but I'm looking to get back into it and to maintain my weight between 130-135lbs.  I'm only scheduled to run the NYC Marathon this year as well as a bunch of smaller races, so I have plenty of time to get in marathon shape. More than anything, I struggle with maintaining my weight. It very slowly tends to creep back up.

I don't have any hard goals being here but ideally I'd like to incorporate exercise back into my schedule 5 times a week, get my step count up, and just overall make healthy choices (like not eating chocolate chips for dinner, which I am known to do). I need to hold myself accountable to all of that. So hey everybody!

Oh, I love chocolate chips. 

Welcome!!!

[idlechatter]

Jan 20, 2020 12:07:33 GMT -5 Knee Deep in Water Chloe said:

Jan 19, 2020 18:16:17 GMT -5 idlechatter said:

Okay, well, it's been a bit since I plunged headfirst into all of the WIR groups.  I've been hanging with WIRR (starting in 2007 and again in 2017), and just joined WIRS today too.  

I very recently (January 1) hit my final weight goal of 135lbs after 9 years of steadily loosing/maintaining (95lbs lost).  I took last year off from running marathons due to some big life changes (promotion, move to a new state, etc), but I'm looking to get back into it and to maintain my weight between 130-135lbs.  I'm only scheduled to run the NYC Marathon this year as well as a bunch of smaller races, so I have plenty of time to get in marathon shape. More than anything, I struggle with maintaining my weight. It very slowly tends to creep back up.

I don't have any hard goals being here but ideally I'd like to incorporate exercise back into my schedule 5 times a week, get my step count up, and just overall make healthy choices (like not eating chocolate chips for dinner, which I am known to do). I need to hold myself accountable to all of that. So hey everybody!

Oh, I love chocolate chips. 

Welcome!!!

Definitely had to stop at the supermarket to buy things to make a pound cake for work tomorrow. Definitely bought chocolate chips in case I decide to make cookies.  But I put them away immediately and will likely forget about them until I run out of real food and am foraging. 

[andi9899]

So I went to the doctor today and I'm 170 pounds on the dot. I'm giving myself the first quarter to drop 10 pounds. I think it's a pretty doable goal.

[steph08]

Jan 19, 2020 18:16:17 GMT -5 idlechatter said:

Okay, well, it's been a bit since I plunged headfirst into all of the WIR groups.  I've been hanging with WIRR (starting in 2007 and again in 2017), and just joined WIRS today too.  

I very recently (January 1) hit my final weight goal of 135lbs after 9 years of steadily loosing/maintaining (95lbs lost).  I took last year off from running marathons due to some big life changes (promotion, move to a new state, etc), but I'm looking to get back into it and to maintain my weight between 130-135lbs.  I'm only scheduled to run the NYC Marathon this year as well as a bunch of smaller races, so I have plenty of time to get in marathon shape. More than anything, I struggle with maintaining my weight. It very slowly tends to creep back up.

I don't have any hard goals being here but ideally I'd like to incorporate exercise back into my schedule 5 times a week, get my step count up, and just overall make healthy choices (like not eating chocolate chips for dinner, which I am known to do). I need to hold myself accountable to all of that. So hey everybody!

Heyyyy fellow marathon runner! Have fun at NYC! Here's hoping I get picked for the lottery 

I just finished my fifth marathon last Sunday at Disney World and am ready to get back to running (if not marathon training just yet), but I promised myself I would take two weeks off. 


I like to lurk on this thread. I really need to get my eating under control, since even with all my running, I have put on about 6-8 pounds in the last year. So my goal is to drop those pounds and incorporate more strength training and other exercising into my routine than just running.

[flamingo]

Knee Deep in Water Chloe, so far as I can tell, ners and I are the only ones in the new Stridekick. But you can join and we can start a challenge. My username there is the same as it is here (I'm so original)!

[bobosensei]

My activity efforts are going pretty well.  I'm managing to walk most days now up to 30-40 minutes at a time.  Once I get around 175 I think I can start trying to run again.  I'm thinking about starting to go to the gym again and doing the recumbent bike for a half hour and some basic weights to get myself back into lifting mode, and to help me lose weight a little faster.

I'm cleaning up my diet some by cutting the mindless snacking a bit (need to cut more) and by having fruit with me at work for late afternoon instead of going for candy or the free junk snacks from the pantry.  The snack helps me not come home and immediately start to eat.  I'm also cutting way back on alcohol.  This is taking some mind management.  But when I am less anxious and stressed it is easier to say no.  I'm working to cut back more.  Last time I got to 160 I did it by almost completely eliminating alcohol and just eating 3 regular meals a day with no snacks and plenty of vegetables.

Weigh Ins
1/1/20 199.9
1/3/20 199.0
1/22/20 196.4

[Deleted]

Monday's gym day got moved to Tuesday this week. Still it was a good workout.  DD had a rough day Tuesday and wanted to workout with someone, so I also did the eliptical for a bit while I watched Buffy with her.  

Weight isn't moving, but I didn't really expect it to.  

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

No exercise on my part this last week. I also ate an entire box of brownies all by myself. So yeah...I started over yesterday. 

[ners]

Weekly check in

Hit step goal,  Did okay with eating.  Need to work on cutting down adult beverages.

This weeks step goal is 84000.  I have meetings 2 evenings this week and 4 hour meeting on Saturday.   No stress eating.   Try to fit in some planks and other strength training.

Have a great week everyone.


1/1/19 177.2
1/1/20 165.2
1/6/20 165.2
1/13/20 166.6
1/20/20 165.2
1/27/20  163

[ners]

Knee Deep in Water Chloe and any others interested in a step challenge.

I have the same user name in the new stridekick app: stridekick.com/ .

If you pm me I will give you my email if you would rather find using this method.

To those of you struggling  

[flutterby]

I guess I'm coming back to this thread again. I was hoping not to, but my weight has slowly crept up, and I need to reign it in before it gets out of hand. I've been doing my own little challenges but would love to join if there's a group. I have the stridekick app - same user name as here.

This week's goals:

15,000 steps a day

30 flights of stairs daily

1900 calories burned daily from exercise (not counting whatever calories are burned just from basic breathing and being alive and whatnot)

[tcu2003]

Didn’t make it to workout last week, but worked out yesterday afternoon. And now I’m sore, but I guess it’s a good kind of sore. Depending on how I feel tomorrow, I’m going to try to work out again tomorrow, otherwise will aim for Thursday.