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Aww Crud…. I KNOW I’ve gained weight over the last week (I’ve been too scared to check though) with all the cake and ice cream and fast food…I’m going to start tomorrow (and cry when I weigh myself), and I’m going to check in EVERY day. And If I am not doing a sufficient job at exercising and eating healthy, I want you guys to really guilt me and scold me lol. I’ll post my goals here, but I’m going to let you all know in advance, that my birthday is going to be a cheat day lol!
GOALS:
Drink minimum of 8 cups water a day, AND NO SODA OR SUGARY DRINKS EVER AGAIN!
More clean eating, planned out meals, no impulse snacking…
Run 3 miles at least a few times a week (The 5k is December 3rd, and the there’s a parade afterwards (that you walk to) so that will be at least 5 miles total) I need to get myself and the dogs ready!!
Do a variety of exercises daily…
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These are great for toning tums (when they become easy, she also has intermediate and advanced versions):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkdc-ce79T8
I’m going to weigh in on Friday since that’s my usual day and check in. My goal is to drop a few and then stay steady – my insane work hours have me constantly yoyoing up a few, down a few.
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Surprisingly I didn’t gain any weight. What’s up with that lol?
Okay, week 1 check in:
Height: 5’4” and 3/4”
Weight 130.0 (my starting weight was 155.5, so I’m pretty happy about losing 25 pounds)I am however trying to build muscle, so I do expect my weight to go up a little bit as I start to gain muscle (muscle weighs more than fat). We’ll see.
I believe in everybody here, we’ve got this guys!
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LBJ – please don’t be disheartened !!
Your lungs will thank you. Your muscles will thank you. Your blood sugar will thank you !!
And you will be releasing those endorphins making the world seem a better place and ready to conquer !!So many things are more important than weight – and if you keep it up for all these other reasons too, then the weight will come off, in time ( if in parallel you stop the sodas in the afternoon / eve / completely…
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At least you have an excuse. I just don’t go to the gym on principle.
I love outdoorsy things like walking/hiking, SUPing, sailing, swimming, scuba diving. I would enjoy biking if the seat didn’t always hurt my bum. lol Yoga’s nice, as is dancing. But get me near a gym or some official form of exercise, and I’m instantly filled with loathing and sloth. -
I love to walk, usually that’s what I do all the time, but since I finished my internship (that was a good 10kms every day to walk) and the weather is horrible I had to sign up to the gym. It’s not bad, there’s a trainer that went through an eating disorder and major depression so she understands my messed up brain
Only downer is that I hate to look at myself in all the gym mirrors. I also don’t like people that stare (damn, I’m not THAT fat!!), but I guess you can’t have it all xD -
Same husband who makes squirrely weight comments or different one?
No, seriously, and that’s fine – go to lunch. But then simply choose something “simple” off the menu. Ask for modifications if you see a “clean” dish that comes drowned in melted cheese or something. I’m certain you’ll feel less like you blew the day – especially if the rest of the day you’ve been mindful about your food, which you SHOULD give yourself credit for. I think we could all benefit from celebrating our small successes more and beating ourselves up for our slip ups less. *hug* -
I did terrible yesterday (we had coconut crunch doughnuts and basil Alfredo sauce pasta… gahhhhh), but I am determined to get back on track.
Even though it’s raining pretty hard, I went out to run. It started out as a run…turned into a walk….turned into a jog….turned into a walk…then turned back into a run.
I got 1 and 3/4 mile. I’m going back out later for the other 1 1/4 mile, to make it 3.
I skipped breakfast (I was still full and slightly nauseous from pasta and doughnuts >.<). It's lunch time, and I'm eating a banana, some grapes, and a slice of cheese. I haven't decided what I'm doing for dinner, something light I'm sure,
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Just on the day, say no to a pizza or burger “just today”, but eat normally again tomorrow…. that will then halve the rubbish stuff per week…
If you think “no I can’t ever have it again”, then of course that makes you want it even more…
but if it’s just no to one day (like you don’t have the time, or the loose change to pay for it)… the rest will follow.I know what you mean re too much water…. but how about flavoured water or a tea infusions, raspberry, forest fruits (personally for me Yuck, though I have found a lemon one which is actually scrummy and drinkable….) – or carbonated water, that’s scrummy.
Don’t beat yourself up – stop pizza/burger one day per week and walk twice as much…. you’ll feel better. “YES YOU CAN” !!
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I’m 138lbs and 5’7-8″.
Goals:
-Leave the extra Halloween candy alone
-Drink more water (I generally do pretty well with this, at work I usually end up drinking atleast 64oz)
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currently have a half eaten bag of Maltesers on my desk)
If it were me, the bag would be EMPTY !!!
Gyms are… well gyms….
I’m much more for the out for a walk, get on a bike, run up the stairs kinda exercise. Don’t get on the escalator. park your car further away in the carpaark. Don’t jump in the car to go and get a paper (or your packet of Maltesers!! ) – walk briskly to the shops. All this WILL help.
And stop eating sugar after 7pm ! 6pm would be better, 8pm is the limit It’s going to be a hard couple of months, it’s dark and cold out and Christmas is approaching. So don’t go overboard but dont be hard on yourself if you don’t get any wieght off. And tell bf you need to hear that he luuurves you as you are….
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Okay, checking in for the week.
I was going through the winter clothes and brought up a bunch of pairs of jeans to try. Surely something will fit. Um… no. Not a single pair. There are 4 pairs I had been wearing recently, 2 fit ok and 2 are marginal. When I brought all of these jeans upstairs, that brought the total to 12 pairs. Yep, 12 pairs of jeans, only 4 fit. Some of the ones that didn’t fit, I couldn’t even get them past my hips! Keep in mind, I wasn’t that long ago since I wore a lot of these. Most of them, it was last winter. Yep, if that doesn’t tell you something, then I guess nothing will.
And so it continues. I desperately want to change my ways and lose some weight. Each day I start out with the best intentions and by lunchtime I’m failing miserably. *sigh* This all seems so hopeless.
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Padlock LBJ ?
Some extra kilos have snuck up on me so I will start a healthy (ier!) eating regime until Christmas. I’m eating far too much rubbish.
(That is, immediately after I’ve finished the chocolate bars in the cupboard…
Dark chocolate is better than milk chocolate, but I guess eating whole bars (and in the evening!! Do I NOT listen to myself saying this is what one should NOT do to you guys??!!! 
) at a time is not included in the equation…..! 
) My extra kilos go directly on my top thighs, at the sides. Nowhere else really, so it makes me look like I’m a female tennis player having left a tennis ball up each side under my knickers.! Not pretty..
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LBJ – I meant your bag or desk… I didn’t know you shared a fridge !
It sounds like an episode of Friends again !!! Ross with his missing sandwich!
Could you take it in a little thermos bag… nice and cool so you don’t have to put it in the fridge…?
or hot soup in a thermos and take some wholemeal bread to dip in…Anything non fridgey ? There are lots of possibilities… (if one wants them…
) No, the tennis balls are the result of eating “family packet” crisps/chips, sour cream and cheese are sooooooo yummy….
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Guys, I had to look all the way back on page 2 to find this thread. *tisk* *tisk*
I haven’t lost anymore weight. I haven’t really gained any back though, so that’s good I guess. I feel like I should have more sense of accomplishment. I’ve lost 30 pounds since my heaviest weight. I still have a ways to go, but I am better off than I was 8 months ago. But I don’t really feel “accomplished” yet if that makes sense. So yeah….
For Christmas I have asked for a gym membership, and a few small at home equipment things for working out.
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Moxie!!! Where have you been? The reason this slipped onto page 2 is because you weren’t motivating us.
I’ve been trying to cut down on what I’m eating. Some days have been OK, but others have not. =\ I did order some long pants for exercising in. I just had a pair of capri leggings before.
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The holiday season is definitely a hard season to get through. All the cookies, cakes, pies, eggnog, hot chocolate, biscuits (a type of delicious bread is the only way I can think to describe it for you brittish people or other people who know biscuits as cookies
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A real motivator though, is that we are measured for our dance costumes back in September/October. That means that we have to get past Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter before we actually need to use the costumes for recital though. So if you gain any weight between measuring time and recital time, it’s a problem ha ha.
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Q8– I’m not in any of the ballet numbers this year (I was just too busy to do all the classes ha ha) but I’m in this cool Tap number (Jailhouse rock by Elvis Presley), we have jail bars and black and white costumes, and the number itself is really cool.
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My new year resolution, besides ‘to make a new year resolution’, was to reduce my carbon footprint. So I’m doing that by no longer buying food with palm oil etc in it or any meat that doesn’t come from a bird or a fish. Should be interesting…
I’m also going to try bulletproof coffee next week, since I’m not a big early morning breakfast in a rush person
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I got a gym membership for Christmas, and a pull up bar. I am looking forward to going as often as I can. Today will be the 3rd time.
I still can’t do a pull up though on the bar! But that’s on my new years resolution, to at least be able to do one
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Posted By AxGizmo on 11/15/2016 7:00 AM
Hello, my names Laura, and i’m a fatty… ha ha
I’m crap at eating good (currently have a half eaten bag of Maltesers on my desk) – The desk which I sit at for 8 hours a day & drink maybe 5 cups of coffee in that time.
Height: 5ft 5inch
Weight: 13st 12lbs (194lbs)I have always been around 11.5 stone until I got poorly in Christmas 2013, I was diagnosed with Gallstones and had my Gallbladder removed, since then I put weight on and I cannot shift in in the way I always have before (drink more water, eat less, go for a walk more often). this 2.5 stone is really getting me down, its changed my whole out look on life, I have no self confidence and feel rubbish about myself.
Because of this, I feel like ill never look good again so what’s the point going to the gym? I really struggle with exercise, I don’t enjoy it in the slightest so motivating myself to go just doesn’t happen. My bf joined a 24 hour gym in town and I can go for the first month for free to see if I like it. The thought of going fills me with dread but I know I need too. Haven’t even got any gym clothes (that’s todays excuse for not going, i’ll think of another tomorrow)Morning all,
I’m back for the first time since writing the above
. New year new attempt at losing weight. Some how I have actually lost weight over Christmas… I now weight 13st 9lbs (191lbs)Today I have brought a salad to work, I’ve added a little mayo (and I mean a little) which I intend to lessen and lessen as I continue to eat salads (going from food I love to food I hate instantly is never going to work for me, I need to do it gradually haha)
Start at the Gym tomorrow – forgot my clothes today with having to bring packed lunch, breakfast milkshake, work laptop and my handbag too (I usually only have to pick up my handbag and run out the door) -
New Year. New opportunites. New outlook on life.
If you feel good inside, you look good from the outside! Whatever you weigh.
Think of all the larger than life happy people on our screens..
And all the unhappy skinny people.So yes, let’s all go for longer walks (Effie! Walker! Snickkkkkers!) and do a few weeks at the gym (LOL) and eat better.. but we need to look ourselves in the mirror each morning and say out loud to the gorgeous person looking back at us (LOL), “I’m alright. You know I’m pretty amazing! I AM the best I can be…. or I’m going to try to be…”
Say that every day out loud to the mirror, believe it yourself (don’t mind partners’ snide remarks) and the rest WILL follow… or your money back !!
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I’m still struggling with January… will wait until February
I’m serious!! In France we eat tons of Frangipane tarts on and around Jan 6th, epiphany. (Either frangipane – yum or Apple – yum)
They are called Galette des Rois (Kings tart) and there is a tiny china treasure in each tart, and the one who gets it in their slice, gets to wear the golden crown (sold with the tart) and choose their King/Queen.
Needless to say – exceedigly calorific indeed !!
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I haven’t been doing that good lately… lol But I’m ready to kick it back into overdrive!
I’m not going to weigh myself for now, I’m just going to eat healthy and exercise until I feel good. I think that we as people (at least I do) put too much stress into the number on the scale…I’ve always though that the lower the number, the better, but if you’re really exercising and stuff, muscle weighs a lot (more than fat), so if you’re 120 and are still kind flabby, you may look better at 140 and be all toned and muscular, if that makes sense. Whenever I see the number go up, I tend to panic, so for now I’m not weighing myself. I just want to feel good.
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Of course we had my weakness for dinner—Chips and dip. I made nachos (potato chips, cheese and dip) and had that for supper…erhg. I had a salad for lunch though
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Posted By MoxieMeadows on 1/13/2017 3:41 PM
Of course we had my weakness for dinner—Chips and dip. I made nachos (potato chips, cheese and dip) and had that for supper…erhg. I had a salad for lunch though I did an hour of cardio at the gym, and then used some of their arm equipment today though… So I guess they cancel each other out
I’ve never heard of potato chips being used for nachos. I have always used tortilla chips
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That’s too bad…
I missed Friday morning because I was in a marking frenzy, so I weighed today… 122
Last batch of essays is done and today I begin Semester 2 with a new set of kids, so I’m hoping that with lowered stress levels I’ll be able to focus a bit more on my eating/moving
This afternoon: ballet again
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Also, the reason I’m doing this:
Does it look bad? We’re going to Hawaii in March and I am SO not ready to wear of swimsuit. I bought this one a few years ago and never wore it. It’s a size 14, which fits like a 12 (US sizes). The brand is Esther Williams, which is sort of retro style swimwear.
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Posted By LBJ10 on 1/21/2017 2:04 PM
No, I can’t eat liquid soups. They make me feel sick.
Try drinking warm (by warm, I mean right after it is done when it is still warm) homemade broth! it is sure to make you not feel sick and make you feel better. It calms you like drinking a fatty, savory tea. And did I mention, the marrow in the bones that you made the broth with is delicious and super good for you. It is kind of like eating a slimy slug. You can also buy roasted marrow bones at any good restaurant. You just scoop it out of the bone and put it on a cracker and eat it.
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So I started off the New year at 194lb’s, I was losing weight and got down to 189lb’s. then I had a heavy weekend (Italian meal out, takeaway with bf etc. – Treating myself because I had done so well…) and went back up to 191lb’s
So I’ve been working hard this week, been to the Gym Mon & Tues, then Zumba on Wed (that was tough) and I went to my friends gym last night which was brill, I worked harder than I do when I go to the free gym at work because i’ve got someone with me & we had a Jacuzzi afterwards – Bliss. I will weigh in again over the weekend, wish me luck
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LBJ– I was gonna say the same thing.
It’s because when you picture somebody you have never seen a picture of, you tend to picture them somehow associated with how you know them (if that makes sense). I tend to picture people look like the bunny in their avatar, you have dark buns, hence I always pictured you with dark hair as well. -
Vienna – I should have taken a picture of the back view. LOL
What LBJ, for your hair or extra bumps…? LOL
I tend to picture people look like the bunny in their avatar
Me too Moxie, that’s why I think Q8 is a platinum blond and you, my god, you Mox, your HAIR !!!!!!! LOL
I won’t even imagine what I think BM looks like with Bruno as her bunny !!!!
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I’m with Vienna on this one. We generally look worst in our own eyes. I lost count of how many beautiful friends I have who can’t stand something about themselves
I’m afraid we will always be our own harshest critics… Plus standards of beauty are so fickle. Think about how the 90s were all about heroin chic, while the Renaissance worshipped the plump… in some countries thin is beautiful while to this day, in others, a soft and curvy woman is the pinnacle of desirability. Kind of like ‘it’s 5 o’clock somewhere’, you and your bum in that suit look great, I’m sure -
Go see “Nocturnal Animals” and see the very naked, curved, obese woman dancing to the camera in the first 10 mins of the film (in slo mo ! ) and see how they look happy and are enjoying life and trust me, you’ll think better about yourself afterwards..
They are fab !! Yes nipple tassels, shimmying & dancing the twist with rabbits…. get that image out of your head now !!!! rotfl
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First weigh-in in weeks… 122.7
Eating erratically, as usual, but trying to get back to three meals at 11 – 3 – 7…
No formal exercise, just SUPing (bad idea – water’s still cold and got the sniffles) and breaking in my new pointe shoes after finally demolishing my last pair
Have been craving Cheetos and chocoate chip cookies all day but am reading a fab book (The Kneebone Boy) and am too lazy to put on trousers and pop down to the convenience store downstairs. And this is why I eat erratically. -
I haven’t weighed myself in months, nor do I want to
Exercising doesn’t do much if you continue to eat junk…I really need to cut out the junk.
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So stop freaking me out!
LOL Reese – don’t worry about Q8 – I’m a no stress person either, although I was never a straight A student, (nor a good student at all really), nor did I have an annoying sister.
Some people can stress over little thngs. Some people who do have reason to stress don’t and some are unaware of everybody else stressing around them ! LOLIf you are an unstressed bunny at your age, then good for you – stay like that and life will be an easier place.
(hey – Stress a little (or pretend!) when you really should be stressing or you’ll make other people over-stress around you !!!! LOL Jo – wooooooooow – now that’s snow !! – not our piddly covering of icing sugar we call winter !
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So in the last month, I’ve joined a gym and got a personal trainer to create a plan for me. The first day I did it I honestly thought I was going to die. Even driving home my muscles were burrrrrrning. But the intervals are slowly getting easier and soon I think we’all have to increase it again. I’ve lost 8 lbs since joining!!! (I’m there 4x a week 2 hours each time) so I’m pretty proud of myself.
Unfortunately I think I over did leg day bc my previously injured knee (ACL repair a year ago) is suuuuper stiff and sore
I’m going to take a few days off of working out to see if it’ll heal itself. On the downside, I’m on my feet an awful lot so we’ll see how it goes… -
I started a five year course of Tamoxifen 3 months ago (as a preventative measure due to family history), and Tamoxifen is notorious for weight gain
Plus, a month ago, I was put on a new medication for migraines, and their most common side effect is that they also work as an appetite stimulant. The Tamoxifen alone has already caused me to gain a stone and I am now also having to deal with being constantly famished, which is no fun. Today my youngest came home for 5 weeks for Easter, so that inevitably means high calorie snack-type stuff in the house, and I only have so much will power.
I am determined to a) not gain any more weight b) lose the stone I’ve put on since starting Tamoxifen c) lose the other two stone that stop me being nice and slim. So this morning I bit the bullet and rang the new local leisure centre. Before, using the leisure centre meant taking over an hour each way by bus, now its a mile and a half walk each way. After ringing, I walked there, completed the paperwork, went swimming for the first time in almost three years, and walked home. This evening, I walked there again, did a 45 minute aquafit class and walked home again. I can do this!
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I qualify for a concession membership, which costs £20 per month regardless of how little or how much its used. I went for my gym induction this morning, then did a half hour in there. sadly the pool is closed for swimming lessons on Saturday mornings, so no swim
Its adult swim 7-9 on Sunday mornings though, so plan to go a swim an hourr, maybe do a half hr in the gym too tomorrow. I’ve booked into 7 classes/activities next week, one a day Mon-Wed, and 2 on Thurs and Fri. Plan is to swim before/between/after if the pool is open for public swimming, if not again a half hour in the gym. Along with the walks each way, I will be gutted if the weight doesn’t start coming off Plan is to really hammer getting fit n slim between now, with my last assignment out the way, until just before my exam in Jun, and then again after the exam through to Oct, when I start my new modules. I recon I’ll save around half the cost showering there instead of having a bath at home lol! Bit of bonus motivation there
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Well, I did go, but only managed to swim for 50 minutes before I was so slow I was slowing everyone down in the slow lane
so I cheated a little and spent 10 minutes in the sauna instead I’ve managed to book onto a class that apparently gets fully booked fast for next Sunday, so when I come out from my swim, it’ll be straight into class, and having booked in there is no way now I can turn over in bed and say stuff it – the classes are included in the monthly cost, but get charged if you don’t turn up.
Saturdays will be my day off, as there are only 3 classes, none of them a beginner stuff, and the pool is taken oven by kids swimming lessons. Only six days to go
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I’m just back from an interclub bad match. Supposed to be playing doubles but got the singles match too !!
Played against a youngster 20yrs younger and 20kilos lighter and 3 classments above me…. but i gave her a run for her money and she only won 21-17, 21-17…. hah ! I’ll get her next time !!!! -
ok since I’m just joining I am five feet tall and I’m not going to say my weight because it just feels weird, sorry. the reason I want to join is I am freaking out I usually gain about ten pounds a year and in the past two months I have gained five pounds
so I am going health crazy the worst thing I have had in the past week is chocolate yogurt covered raisins. support to all that are working on loosing weight. -
Posted By Blue Moon on 3/20/2017 7:11 PM
ok since I’m just joining I am five feet tall and I’m not going to say my weight because it just feels weird, sorry. the reason I want to join is I am freaking out I usually gain about ten pounds a year and in the past two months I have gained five pounds so I am going health crazy the worst thing I have had in the past week is chocolate yogurt covered raisins. support to all that are working on loosing weight.
I didn’t join in at all last year as I felt bad that in spite of trying so hard all year, the weight wouldn’t come off. Then I started Tamoxifen three months ago, and gained another stone
My oestrogen levels were tested to see if the Tamoxifen had triggered a chemical menopause, and the results came back high levels. Being over weight can increase oestrogen, so I am worried the weight gain from the Tamoxifen might be effectively undoing at least some of the benefits of Tamoxifen, making it vital I get the weight back down. I spent the past two weeks working out at home, using resistance bands, but all that did is stop me gaining any more over those two weeks. I’ve joined the local leisure centre and am determined to make the very maximum use out of my membership I can to get the weight back down, I just hope it does, I can relate only too well to only the occasional treat and still getting nowhere
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Posted By Q8bunny on 3/24/2017 3:14 AM
Well done, my friend!
Thanks
Off shortly for a swim, then a class called yogalates, a mix of yoga and pilates? The tablets I’ve been prescribed to stop migraines are a long term solution, not an immediate cure, and the dose has top be increased in small fortnightly increments, so right now I have a kind of semi-migraine, bad enough to make study impossible, but not enough to send me to bed, and hopefully the exercise will help! I hope so, as I’m planning some serious revision tomorrow, i.e. tackling a past exam paper, when there’s nothing good on at the leisure centre. That’s my plan for the next ten weeks, lots of exercise and small blocks of revision Sunday to Friday, and completing a three hour past paper on Saturdays.
Plan is to sit the exam well prepared, and a lot slimmer and fitter!
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I’m looking into botox injections in my neck muscles to reduce the frequency and intensity of my migraines
Wow – really? Well if they don’t work, atleast you’ll have a wattle-free Q8 looking back at you from the mirror !! LOL
Even 8 years after I had to quit BB,
Ellie DON’T frighten us like that – I read this sentence before the rest of the paragraph….
(I eat between 11:00 and 19:00)
Me too, pretty much constantly !!
Plan is to sit the exam well prepared, and a lot slimmer and fitter!
And more clevererer than you already are !!!
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The weather lately has greatly caused me to slack in my exercise. It’s just too cold for me to want to get up at 5:30 to get into a car that doesn’t have heat to go to the gym. Evenings don’t work out because of my jobs, so only mornings really work for me. That’s my dilemma.
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MRI over, don’t know when I’ll get results. Went for carvery with my son after (I had the brie and broccoli parcel vege option), justified the calories as I walked to and from both, a total of 9.3 miles, according to google maps. Plus I was down anther 1 lb this morning. Went from 181 lb (ouch
) now 177 lb. Only another 49 lb to reach what used to be a nice weight of 128 lb. But of course, I’ll need to lose more than 49 lb of fat, as I will be gaining muscle weight at the same time.
I started learning to swim a few years back, then life got in the way, so though I can get safely up and down the pool, I’m not really using a proper technique, so put my name down for 1-2-1 swimming lessons. Just had a phone call there’s been a cancellation tomorrow, so hoping that goes ok, I can’t afford many lessons, so I’ll need to learn fast! -
Two weeks since I started going to the leisure centre. This week, I’ve done Aqua, Swimfit and swum 1 km twice (very slowly as I’m still working on learning to swim using the proper strokes). I’ve also done at least one class a day Sun-Fri of either Body Balance, yoga, yogalates or pilates. Plus I’ve walked 39.2 miles, according to Google maps.
Weight lost this week is 2 lbs, making a total of 5 lb in 2 weeks. Plus, I’ve lost 2, yes 2, inches of my waist
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Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 3/31/2017 11:43 AM
Good god GJ !!!! You’re putting us all to shame, but YOU GO GIRL !!!!I’ve always believed it’s not about the weight, its the “feel good” feeling of exercise and also the endorphins flowing around the body that makes everything seem better.
I think it helps the endorphins are off-setting the side effects of the Tamoxifen!
The teacher tonight said I was quite supple
I used the rowing machine too, and according to its read-out, I rowed 6 km in 40 minutes Day off from the leisure centre tomorrow, then a slightly more intense six days of classes booked for next week
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7lbs, or half a stone, down
That’s half of the Tamoxifen gain undone. Still got to lose the other 3 stone that’s crept on over the past 10 years, thanks to feet issues making even walking painful. Its quite limiting, as I can’t do anything that means my feet hit the floor at anything harder than gentle walking equivalent I swam for 2 hours yesterday afternoon, and another 90 minutes swimming this morning. Plus I managed a ‘Legs Bums and Tums’ class for an hour.
I ache
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That’s good though GJ!
Beebun – You are welcome to join in! Not that I’ve been making any progress. I weighed myself today and just about cried.
OK, so I went to that gym where I got the free membership. They got my account set up and gave me a tour. My husband came with, but he wasn’t impressed by the place. They only have cardio equipment and weigh machines, plus so rooms off to the sides for classes. The membership fee for one person there is $58!
I was like, $58 a month for this? I think I’ll take my free 3 month membership and be done. I’ll have to go by myself though since my husband would have to pay if he wanted to come with. They have free classes. I was looking at the schedule because I was interested in the yoga classes. They aren’t at very convenient times. Like, I wouldn’t be able to make it after work because it starts at 5:30. I tend to not get home until after 5:30. So I don’t know, I might just have to go there to use the equipment. I just wish I didn’t have to go by myself.
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Holly smokes Blue Moon! I hope you heal fast.
I’ve had a stressful couple of weeks, coupled with a nasty cold, which left little time or energy to exercise. I’m happy to report that I did a run and weight training this week and feel great about it
and it’s finally above zero outside, so I’m going for an outdoor run this afternoon! Two weeks until thesis defense date, need to exercising until then so I don’t loose my sanity!
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Posted By Q8bunny on 3/24/2017 10:29 PM
Yikes! That’s awful.
My MRI and CT scans came back clean, which ironically left me feeling frustrated because it sucks having this much pain without a tangible cause – so I feel you, my friend, I feel you.
My MRI has not come back ‘clean’. I am being referred to a neurologist, and will need another MRI in six months.
Although I’ve been exercising, no weight loss so far this week
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Yup me too GJ ((hugs)))
Don’t worry about the weight….. it’s all about how you are feeling with all this exercise and feeling toned I’m just recovering from a body bashing around a badminton court last weekend, and still need to de-stiffen myself before a two day event this coming weekend….
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I’m sorry GJ.
I’m supposed to go for MRIs, but I don’t. Cost too much money… I hope everything is alright with you. So… I decided to try the yoga class at the “free” gym. Yeah, I think that was a mistake. There were 5 people there besides me. The instructor was an older Indian woman. I’m embarrassed to say there were times when I couldn’t understand what she was saying half the time. I mean, I probably could have if I wasn’t upside down. Anyway, she was very spacey and couldn’t seem to remember the routine. So we would do different things for one side and then she would forget stuff during the other side. I ended up leaving early since it was going on an hour and I wasn’t expecting it to be that long.
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Five weeks in, still no more weight loss, but I must be toning my legs, as my jeans nearly slipped over my hips a couple of days ago. I’m hoping the weight loss will resume once the boys go back to uni.
Apart from doing lots of classes, I have walked over 200 miles in these past 5 weeks. My eldest has decided he wants to do some of the classes too. Its much more fun having him there, and its also a great motivator to work harder during the session. He’ll carry on again after his exams are over, and plans to go all summer with me
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Six weeks in, still no more weight loss BUT I now fit those leggings I liked that the shop only sold up to UK size 14, and they fit fine, no bulging over the waist band
I got a vest top to match too The leggings were buy one, get one half price, so I also got the size 12 as motivation to keep up the good work
I have walked 244 miles in the last six weeks, as well as all the classes and swimming
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7 weeks in and finally another pound down
I’ve weighed 12’5 for the past three mornings, so I’d say that pound is definitely off!
I’m blaming the Tamoxifen for making it so damn hard! Seriously though, to lose 8lb, in the last 7 weeks,I have now done over 100 classes/swim sessions and walked 283 miles, along side eating sensibly…
I bought some more clothes now I have gone down a full dress size, the new jeans I got are UK size 14, but sold as slim-fit, so they are slightly tight, but hopefully they will be a better fit in the next couple of weeks. I chose these, rather than the standard fit, which fitted nicely, as they were pretty ones, with embroidered flowers, rather than just plain ones…
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Vienna – Yeah, we go for walks when we have time. I need to do more though. I still have 2 months at the gym, but I’ve only been twice. It’s just so hard to find time to go there after work when my husband wants me to help him with this and that as soon as I get home. It’s easier to just not go. And my addiction to fast food isn’t helping either. It’s so easy for me to grab something to eat for lunch when I’m at work. Plus, it helps me decompress. I feel like I’m on sensory overload while I’m at work and physically getting away during lunch seems to help. The temptation is literally overwhelming. I cannot control myself. I admit it, it’s definitely a problem. I just can’t seem to control it.
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(((LBJ10))) I tried hard all last year to get the weight down, no success. It took elevated oestrogen levels after starting Tamoxifen (I am considered high risk for breast cancer) to give me the needed wake up call.
Yesterday, I weighed 12’4, same today, so again, I think I can say that pound is off too
That means I have lost 9 lbs, which is 5% of my starting body weight, in 52 days. I think I’ve probably lost more than 9 lbs in fat, but gained a few in muscle though?My exam is starting to loom, so I will be doing slightly less classes over the next few weeks, then the plan is to find a weekly mix of classes that I can keep up longer term, with the aim of dropping weight slowly but steadily over the rest of the year…
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Well, they say slow weight loss is healthier than rapid, so I’m getting that part right
I’d prefer it to be coming off at least a little bit quicker, given the effort I’m putting into it. Its nine weeks today since I joined the leisure centre, in those nine weeks, I have done 124 classes, walked 347.5 miles and dropped 10 lbs. My fitness levels are definitely increasing though, my son says its quite noticeable when we are out walking together, so that’s a big positive
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Thanks GJ!
I’m glad to hear you’ve been having some success. I know it can be frustrating when you’re doing all the right things and nothing seems to be happening. Hopefully you can break past the plateau.I went to the metabolic place today. Boy, did that take forever! LOL They weighed me and calculated my BMI. It isn’t HORRIBLE, but I was definitely outside the healthy range. I don’t want to continue down this road. Anyway, they said I could get the program (counseling, menus, cook book, etc.) for free (that’s what my certificate was for). But they recommended buying their supplements. They have one that is a drink mix that they highly recommended. I was given a preliminary menu to give me an idea of what I will and will not be able to eat. I’m supposed to go back for an orientation class to get the cookbook, etc. Any supplements or additional tests (hormone, DNA) cost extra. I’m not sure if I will be able to stick to the diet for 6 weeks. I looked at the preliminary menu they suggested and it is very specific about even the kinds of fruits/veggies you can have.
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Can I get in on this? I’m fairly happy with my weight, but have been a total couch potato for the past few months. I used to exercise almost every day in University and I felt great. Lately it seems like there are just too many distractions to use as an excuse not to go out.
So to say it out loud here: I hereby promise to exercise at least 4 days a week! I will buy a swimsuit and go back to doing laps 2 days a week and run 2 mornings a week. I’ll check back next week to see how I did
LBJ, that sounds awful! It is terrible how many people act like they are trying to help you and offer you something real when in fact all they want is money. I’m sure there are other honest programs out there that would be happy to have you!
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That’s great GJ! Keep it up!
ThorBunny – That sounds like a reasonable goal.
Yeah, that place was shady. But I only went there because I had won a FREE program through the door prize drawing they had at my work’s wellness fair. It came from work! So I didn’t think it would be like that. The manager really hurt my feelings and made me feel like she was thinking “why is she here?”. Oh well, I suppose I should regroup and try to figure something else out. Don’t worry, I never gave them any money so I’m not out anything. Just my pride.
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I’m afraid I may have to join you for the weight-loss group, I’m dealing with rapid weight gain here since my back problem really started to act up in march. Last week I found out my summer shorts don’t close around my waist anymore
Bas subtly tried to hint that I’ve grown a bit of a tum over the last couple of months, but that was the real eye-opener. My weight is 65,5 kg at the moment, this is 2,5 kg more than the last I time I weighed myself in february. My height is 1,63 m, so my BMI is 24,6. This is technically still within healthy limits, but it shouldn’t be more, I’m really at the max of my acceptable weight. Annoyingly I gain weight at the waist and under my chin. Not charming and not healthy either. The problem is that I’ve been unable to be active because of my severe back problem. The only exercise I can do at the moment is some gentle moving around in warm water. Walking, cycling and any standing exercises are out the question: I can’t stand or walk for more than a couple of minutes without fierce back/leg pain. I’ve discussed it with my physical therapist, and she recommended starting with some gentle muscle training for my upper body. I have experience with weightlifting and a selection of weights at home, so I’m going to make an upper body exercise schedule which I can perform at home while sitting down. I’m going to aim for hot water therapy once a week and 2 full upper body workout sets throughout the week. These may be spread over several days, I don’t know yet how my body will respond. Hopefully the revalidation therapy will start soon as well, I’ll request an exercise programme.
The thing I have more control over is food: such a rapid weight gain means that I’m eating too much for my current activity level. I’ve also noticed that I can be an emotional eater, and the last couple of months haven’t exactly been stress-free.
Normally my weight is pretty even without having to watch what I eat, so I can conclude that my previous eating habits fit my previous activity level. A decreased activity level means that I’ll need less carbohydrates. To prevent hunger pangs and problems with fibre intake I’m eating more lean protein and more vegetables and fruits. The main goal will be to match my activity level, but still eat enough so I won’t trigger the body’s starvation mode (which will lead to loss of muscle mass). My calorie goal is 1600-1800 cal a day, where 2000-2300 cal was my previous daily intake. This can be achieved by cutting out most of the carbs during the daytime, and having a smaller portion of carbs during dinner.Things I’ve already started to change:
– No more seconds during dinner, except for vegetables
– Smaller portions of carbs during dinner
– Replace bread for breakfast with a bowl of 0% fat quark and a serving of fruit
– Replace bread for lunch with a salad or low-carb hot meal (soup etc)
– Replace afternoon snack with fruit and a small serving of unprocessed unsalted nuts (extra fibre, healthy fats and protein)
– Smart snacking: fruit, olives, nuts, small serving of feta cheese or occasionally a small serving of comfort food
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That sounds like a very sensible approach to things, Ellie. If I may make one suggestion to your otherwise scientific-like analysis and plan
– include the carbs you’re allowing yourself in your lunchtime meal rather than dinner… shown to be used more efficiently at that time of day, since noon is when the body starts exiting waste-processing mode (circadian hormonal cycle) and uses fuel most efficiently -
Health issues stink
hope you can manage something Ellie x I’ve almost forgotten what chocolate tastes like, but I’ve lost a fourth inch of my waist, meaning I can now squeeze into the UK size 12 leggings I picked up in the sale a few weeks ago, so its worth it
I’m now 11 lb overweight instead of almost two stone. 11 lbs is losable, right?
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Yay, nearly 1,5 week into my diet and Bas is already starting to compliment me on my belly. It looks a lot flatter. The first days I experienced some dizzyness, but this is past now. I’ve been experimenting a bit with the time of carb consumption, and I found out that I benefit most from carbs in the late afternoon/early evening. Otherwise I don’t have enough energy to exercise in the evening. I’m not very active in the daytime and start to peak only after 16:00. After I lost my job 2,5 years ago I slowly started to switch back again to my natural night-owlish rhythm:
10:00 wake up & breakfast
14:00 lunch
16:30 afternoon snack
The time when I eat dinner differs a bit: when Bas is here we eat at 18:30, when I’m alone I eat at 20:00.
21:30-22:00 exercise
22:30 optional evening snack when I’ve had an early dinner
02:00 sleepBreakfast needs to be heavy for me, something that’s extremely filling to curb snacking and blood sugar fluctuations. Also, carbs early in the day lead to hunger pangs for me. Breakfast with bread: hungry again after 2 hours. Breakfast with a bowl of quark and 2 hard-boiled eggs or a low-carb cracker with sugar-free peanut butter: huh? lunch time already? Protein and fat, that’s my kind of breakfast. Never thought that eggs&bacon could help me lose weight, but it does help me a great deal to curb hunger throughout the day.
I remember the first weekend I was at my in-laws, who all eat like mice: 1 slice of bread for breakfast. I didn’t want to look like a gorging Godzilla, so I also took one slice. Bas and I went on a long shopping trip afterwards and I nearly fainted in the middle of town. But where to find a gluten-free meal in a strange town? Bas ran into a store instead and quickly bought me a large bar of chocolate. Problem solved.
Planning to weigh myself in 2 weeks, hoping to see some results. One thing’s for sure: I’m less bloated already, and Bas is a big fan
So, now this means that the 3 of us are all on a diet: Breintje and I need to eat fewer calories and Bas needs to cram as much as he can. Looking at his parents, no wonder he never learned to eat a hearty portion. He’s from a family for whom a 2-seater couch seats 3. I eat twice as much as him during a regular day. I’m trying to sneak calories into him wherever I can. Especially banana milkshakes with a big chunk of extra fatty ice cream seems to work: boatloads of calories which can be swallowed easily. Food which smells good also helps to work up his appetite: he loves spicy food, stews and soups. Luckily we both dislike fatty dinners with cheese or cream sauces.
I found a good biceps/chest and calves routine which I can partially do in bed. Calves are difficult because I get pain very quickly while standing, but I managed to squeeze a few in today. It’s the easiest exercise ever: get on the tips of your toes, and repeat.
For the biceps I did twisting dumbbell curls: you start out with the weight pointing up, and halfway during the movement you turn your hand so the weight is lying flat. For the chest I did an alternating lying fly: lay down on the bed with your arms extended and a dumbbell in each hand. Lift your arm into the air until it’s straight up, and slowly put it down again. Repeat with other arm.
As an extra I did a variation on the dumbbell press, it seems you can also do that while laying in bed. It goes like this: lay flat on your back with your elbows on the bed and your hands (with dumbbells) up in the air. Lift both arms up until they’re above your chest, now turn both hands and bring the weights together above your chest. This gives a nice extra press.Now to find some good triceps, back and shoulder exercises. Abs, legs and glutes may be unwise to train by myself because the core of the problem is in my lower back/upper part of the buttocks. I think I’ll wait with that until I get some expert advice at the rehabilitation centre.
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Weight loss this week is a negative quantity
I do have valid excuses though!!! My youngest came home from uni last Friday, so on Sun I took him out for a belated 18th at a local Indian restaurant. Tuesday, we went for pizza hut buffet to celebrate the boys completing their first year of uni. Plus with both boys home, the fridge and cupboards are well stocked with snacks, and as mum, I feel it is important to carry out quality control, as taught by every bunny
In fact Podge insisted he needed to do quality control of the nectarines, as it apparently needs a bun to do it right
On a positive note, I am still more of a size 12 than 14 still, and I did manage to carry home two packed shopping bags this morning without really struggling, which I certainly couldn’t have done 16 weeks ago, so I’ve really improved my core strength…
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@Ellie surely you already know, but if you do weight lifting with your arms, do not push the weights over your shoulder line cause it stresses the back a lot! I’ve been in rehab for scholiosis for a lot, sigh
I’ve recently cooked up a nazi home fitness routine to burn some fat and up my muscles. I am one of the real big boned girls and I tend to put up a lot of weight in muscles if I do too much exercise, so this is very tedious =.= Anyways, I made a 30 days plan and each day I step up the number of exercises a bit until I’ll get to the “top” number and then keep going from there. If anyone’s interested I can write my program
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Back to where I was two weeks ago, weight-wise, so at least I’ve undone last weeks damage
I’ve averaged just over 10 hrs of classes a week over the 17 weeks (177 hrs in total) since I joined the leisure centre, and walked 575 miles
Plan is to keep this up til the new uni term starts the first week in Oct, when I’ll need to return to serious studying again.
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Whoop, whoop
in spite of having a celebratory tray of chippie chips yesterday lunchtime, with mushy peas of course , I’m still down another lb this morning down 16 lb in total now, in 17.5 weeks At this rate, I will be back at a nice healthy weight in time for the start of the new uni year in Oct, and then all I’ll need to do is not put the lost weight back on!
Treated myself to some new leggings and gym shoes
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That’s amazing GJ! Very well done and hats off to you ^_^
There’s nothing wrong with an occasional celebration treat, even while on a diet. Make sure you enjoy it My results are in as well: the weight gain has stopped. I do have problems with getting enough fibre, so I asked Bas to pick up some fibre supplements when he’s going to the city centre again. My stomach is definitely a lot flatter, and I seem to have one less chin. Friends are starting to notice, and Bas is all over me with compliments and cheers. I also start to feel a change in my clothing, especially in my swimsuit. I tried on those damn honest summer shorts, and they close around my waist again. Still don’t dare to move or sit down with them on, but at least it shows that I managed to reduce my waist a bit.
Exercise is still painful and difficult, but I went to yesterday’s hot water therapy session anyway. Under water it all goes well, and I only get occasional pain flashes. But as soon as I walk up the steps and slowly emerge from the water, the pressure goes back on my lower back/hip area and everything is screaming at me. Today is not so good either, although I did manage to get rid of my stiff neck yesterday. Bas remobilised my shoulder today, popping a nasty knot in a muscle which prevented me from using my arm properly. He’s used to it now, and we laugh it off while I’m sitting there dizzily drooling afterwards.
Hoping to enter rehabilitation therapy ASAP, they rehabilitation centre in our town is experiencing a flood of applications, so they’re making a strict selection to cut out all the people who are unmotivated or have been referred to the wrong kind of therapy. It starts by putting the initiative on the clients’ side: you have to apply yourself for a mandatory information meeting. The first opportunity was tomorrow, the next was in september. Luckily I managed to apply for tomorrow. Only after attending the meeting you can fill out all your application forms, they’ll redirect you to a doctor and the doctor will put you on the waiting list.
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I’m now approaching the 24 week mark, and am down 20 lb. I am now only 3 lb overweight, by bmi
My uni course officially starts back 7th Oct, but they are trialling a 3 week ‘boot camp’ to brush up core maths skills starting on the 12th Sept. So target is to drop those 3 lb before the 12th…
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Well done GJ! That’s a great achievement
@Vienna: haha, you can’t direct love indeed. Who knows: maybe he’ll recover quickly and you’ll be out and about in no time.
Things are going steady here, I’m very happy with my reducing waistline. Managed to fit the widest of my summer shorts again, and I can walk around and sit in them quite comfortably now. People are starting to notice that things are changing, I’ve heard people say that my face is also slimmer and my horrible double chin is starting to go away.
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My partner and I recently moved in together and he cooks amazingly! Like home made pasta amazing. I’m sure that’s going to spell trouble for me in the long run
He’s starting curling next month, but I’m wavering on what I want to do. I have a gym membership, but the classes are later than I stay at work. So I’m considering doing some weight training coupled with running. They also have yoga classes, so that would also be a possibility. There’s also aerial hoops classes in town, and I loved doing them a couple years ago… hmm decisions, decisions!
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Holy cow, you have to sprint 3-5 whole miles with obstacles? I can only sprint one mile! ha ha… That is a really good goal, I wish I was as fast and could run as long as you.
A really good way to get exercise, and my favourite, is hiking. I don’t really like running because you don’t really get to see anything and you are mainly focusing on running. When you are hiking, you can do it longer and you gradually get tired after a long time and you don’t even notice it because you are paying more attention to your surroundings and looking at everything around you. It’s also fun if you plan a whole day to go hiking in the woods or somewhere and you bring a backpack with a picnic. It is more fun and you don’t notice how tired and sore you are until after you are done, and it is also good exercise with all the uphill and downhill. But it’s probably not good if you have bad joints. Just giving my opinion out to the people who like nature and don’t really like running but want to get the same amount of exercise!
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Posted By Gina.Jenny on 4/13/2017 3:34 AM
Posted By Q8bunny on 3/24/2017 10:29 PM
Yikes! That’s awful.
My MRI and CT scans came back clean, which ironically left me feeling frustrated because it sucks having this much pain without a tangible cause – so I feel you, my friend, I feel you.
My MRI has not come back ‘clean’. I am being referred to a neurologist, and will need another MRI in six months.
Some of you may have noticed I’ve been a bit quiet on BB lately, so here’s an update on why
The migraines that I had an MRI for back in march have gone from frequent to constant, and the blackouts are now almost weekly. I got my six month MRI appointment letter today. When I saw the GP a couple of weeks ago, she told me the radiologist thought I have demyelination of the white matter in the brain, based on march’s MRI. The other two options that are going to be investigated are the possibility that the problem could be either stroke damage, or a brain tumour. Not really keen on any of the three options, demyelination is the most likely, but the GP thinks the other two need to be looked into too, if only to eliminate them.
So far, I’ve kept up my sessions at the gym, and eating healthily. Tonight, feeling a bit fed up with it all, I bough a packet of biscuits on the way home and am pigging out, accompanied by a hot chocolate…
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Nah. This morning i went into work all pooped as he had poorly back right leg and i was on a downer.
I’ve got a work colleague interested in him if he remains mobility limited as she has a poorly husband who needs a dog too get him out and about and who said she’d speak to him…
I’ve made it clear i will keep him until he’s ready to be rehomed, which, imho, he was not, even to me…
Yet another change of home is NOT what he needs right now….This lunch I’ve come back to a happy dog who walked 10mins and then wolfed down his lunch just perfectly.
He’s sending me on a rollercoaster this young man is!!!
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Its been a long time since I’ve been on here since my sweet pups passing, but Im on the train! I am 5’2 (rather short gal) and I am currently 160 pounds(was 167 in august) August 17th, i made a huge change in my life. I downloaded the c25k app(amazing) and run 30 mins or more everyday. I have been aiming for a mainly plant based diet. Some days its not possible 5 out of 7 days I can do it. Since august 17th I have lost 7 pounds. Here’s my story about 4 years ago I weighed 120 pounds which is rather perfect for my short height. I mentally thought for some reason I was to skinny. So….(time to cringe everyone) I purposly ate everything all the time and gained 40 pounds in about 2 years . I know I know…what was i THINKING!!!! A huge regret and mistake and i still cant believe I did that to myself. I am mentally strong right now, and I have learned to love myself for who I am. Which naturally is my 120 pound self.lol
So, I am on this journey with all of you. It is extremely hard to evolve from eating regular foods to plant based. butt i have never felt better. I bought myself a spiralizer and i make zoodles and cucumber noodles and all sorts of thing. Its actually rather fun now. Before I could never ever find motivation to work out or run..im assuming cause of the foods I ate that delivered NO nutritional value. But now I get what I I need from my diet and the motivation comes with it!
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Crashley– I really want to get a treadmill! But we currently don’t have a spot for one right now.
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I’m 5’6″ and up to 130
I think Chewie’s weight might have crept up a bit too now that he’s not a young whippersnapper anymore. Closing in on 2.25kg… Whoa!
Sick with the plague, breathing in construction dust and industrial strength insecticide at work in a steamroom-like environment, sadly the last thing on my mind is what I’m eating or whether I’ve been active that day.
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Two days to go til my MRI, got more than a few butterflies about that
On the plus side, in spite of being back at study, the weight has continued to slowly drop. Not having snack foods in for the boys helps! I’m now down 25 lb and back at a healthy weight, by BMI, rather than overweight. I’m hoping to keep the weight coming down gradually as I want to end up in the middle of the healthy weight zone, rather than only just inside it, but it is still good to be in it again!
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Many gyms offer free trials, so maybe you can take a look around at different hours (daytime, evening, weekends) and see how busy it is. I really recommend such a visit to get a feel for the place, see if the atmosphere fits your needs. That can vary a lot from gym to gym.
I picked up bodybuilding when I was at uni, and I went to many gyms around town to see if both the atmosphere and the equipment were to my liking. I like to exercise with free weights instead of machines because machines isolate single muscles. When you train with free weights it also exercises the muscles around your intended muscle group, because you need them for stability. That requires a gym with floor space and specialised trainers. Many gyms here focus on women and offer a lot of classes like zumba, but only have machines in their weight room. That makes it easier for beginners and requires little in the way of coaching, but it didn’t fit my needs then. It took a while before I found the right gym, but it soon felt like a second home. Many dedicated bodybuilders exercised there, and it was great to train with all the meatheads around me. They loved seeing a small and slightly chubby girl hauling iron, and often gave me tips on form and exercise
About kids: gyms are filled with open machines with moving parts and heavy equipment, and both kids and adult guests can become seriously injured if a tot goes “exploring”. For this reason all the gyms I know either have a no-kids policy or a daycare centre. Ask for the gym rules if you have any doubt.
There are other things to consider too: are there extras like a pool, a sauna or nutritionist/physiotherapist services? Will you be using any of those, or will you only be paying for them?
If you find it difficult to choose I’d go for a shorter but more expensive subscription, and try it out for a month or so. Two years is quite a big step if you’re taking up a new sport.
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I’m fortunate in that we have subsidised leisure centres, there is a children’s gym, but it is thankfully in a different centre to the one nearest me (there are 4, members can use any of the 4), but the classes do fill fast, I have to set an alarm to book in on the dot of 7 am, by 7:01 some classes are already full. I also have to walk there and back, having no car, which helps. Since Oct, I haven’t lost any more weight, but have slimmed down a bit more, so I guess I’ve lost a little more fat and gained the same weight in muscle. At least that is what my 19 yo keeps telling me, I’m sure he is right
Plan for now is to try and eat healthily for the first 3 months of the year, then relax a bit about what I eat Apr-Jun when all 3 of us will be getting ready for and sitting second year of uni exams. Then aim for another 3 months of healthy eating from Jul-Sep, followed by another 3 months more relaxed eating again from beginning of Oct, when all three of us start our third year studies. If I keep on alternating 3 months healthier/relaxed eating it should mean I don’t go into starvation mode and hopefully be sustainable longer term. It also means never trying to be sensible for any of our birthdays
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Im allergic to this thread….
But LBJ, 2 years sounds an awfuuul long contract unless you are willing to spend 2400 on membership, even if you are injured, move areas, on hol or just are fed up of it. And then you will just feel even more crraapp about not going AND losing money !!!!!
Unless of course theres a bunch of you joining together in which case easy to motivate and go play tennis, jacuzzi and such like together,
Up to you of course, but id invest less money in simple home equip and promise to go for more and regular walks. If i kept that promise up to myself THEN i would join, knowing that i was motivated…. (which I’m not… hahahahaha).
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Great psychological break through on the scales today
I’m 10 stone 13 this morning, first time below 11 stone since I had foot surgery in 2011. The scales had just started to twitch over 13 stone when I joined the leisure centre last year, so that all important 10 on the left hand side is what I’ve been aiming at so hard, putting my total weight loss at 30 lb. After 10 months averaging 10-12 classes a week, that leaves me a fairly toned 5′ 6, with a bmi of 24.6
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Bumped into someone in town I’ve not seen for a couple of years, for them to exclaim how much weight I’ve lost and how much younger I look.
Loads of ppl at the leisure centre are telling me not to lose any more weight or else risk looking gaunt in the face
No where near my target weight yet. What to do??
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Posted By Gina.Jenny on 1/19/2018 6:45 AM
Bumped into someone in town I’ve not seen for a couple of years, for them to exclaim how much weight I’ve lost and how much younger I look.Loads of ppl at the leisure centre are telling me not to lose any more weight or else risk looking gaunt in the face
No where near my target weight yet. What to do??
Congrats on the first thing
About the second part: evaluate your feelings about your looks, and those of the people who are closest to you. Do you all think you look healthy, and is your target weight healthy and normal? Nevermind the others then. They’ve probably only seen you when your weight was higher, and may not even know what your face looks like when you’re more fit.
Also, everyone likes different facial features. Some people may call a face gaunt, while others call those features well-pronounced. Bas likes it that my cheeks are slightly chubby, because it makes my face look softer. An ex of mine thinks I’d look a lot better with the weight I had when I just left high school, but I was very skinny then and I had sharp cheekbones.
(Oh, and my favourite quote about opinions: “Opinions are just like @$$holes, everybody’s got one…” )
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GJ, I think you should do whatever makes you feel comfortable.
So… They were running a special at that gym. Get the 2 year agreement pricing without the contract. I decided to do that since we can drop out any time without penalty. Still 100 friggin dollars a month though. I signed up and paid on Tuesday. We haven’t even made it in there yet. I’m hoping tomorrow. We’re expecting snow on Sunday.
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Good luck with the gym LBJ10
I’m finding it hard to judge for myself, I was underweight for years, then went straight through to overweight when I needed foot surgery, so I’ve never been a stable weight in the normal weight zone, so I still feel ‘big’. My eldest is coming home this weekend so I’ll see what he says. One thing for sure is he will give an honest opinion without being in anyway hurtful (yes really
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Yes, the stress thing is very true.
I hope we can get this thread going a bit again. I ended up getting really fit and toned and stuff, but since October (the loss of Moxie, Snickers ended up getting extremely sick due to that right after, one of my friends having a hard time etc.) I have really let myself go. I practically stopped going to the gym entirely, and it is starting to show (unfortunately). I am still relatively active with dance and what not, but my eating habits are really suffering too right now. I have just been eating tonnnns of carbs. Pasta, bread, chips, you name it. Comfort foods.
So I want to start completely fresh. So here are my ‘stats’.
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 135
Goals:
Eat healthier. Keep an eye on my calorie intake. Exercise daily, even if it is just a quick workout. Get down to 120 again.What are you guys’ experiences with going on a detox/reset? have you found it helpful? I may have to do that for a few days; drink a lot of smoothies and water
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LB, I totally understand. But! Don’t give up!
I’ll share what I do, that worked up until my life went to complete heck. So: *thinking woman picture* I’m 172/ 5″7′ and weight 100kg (220lbs?). I have a decent amount of muscle and am one of the real big boned people, so I don’t have a horrible shape, but still I have to go back to my ideal weight of 85kg (187-ish lbs?).
My ideal first step is to shed 10kg and then go from there.I don’t go to the gym because I actually get a strong anxiety there and also I get bored, even if I go with people. My training is all cardio, so there isn’t much talking you can do.
My basic food-related rules are the following, and I’m sticking to them, except that depression = comfort food:
– keep water in my work area, every day I have to finish at LEAST one 1,5lt bottle + water drunk during the day’s meals (topping up to just over 2lt)
– I don’t do alcoholics or carbonated drinks. I’m lucky enough not to like them, except for the occasional social beer or coke. No juices unless I make orange juice myself to avoid the tons of added sugars;
– Max 2 coffees a day. Italian coffee is really strong, so probably that’s 4 american coffees?
– I get the junk cravings at night. I’m an owl and I study/work especially after dinner. Plan B is either rice cakes or herbal infusions/deteinated tea. Occasionally I grab myself some junk, but I only buy it at the start of the week and that has to do until next week, so I get some but don’t binge on it.
– I don’t season my foods. No salt or sauces. I happen to like spicy pepper, so I use that to spice everything lol + olive oil and a few herbs (basil, parsel, oregano, the basic stuff)Otherwise my diet is not bad, I probably am just not calibrating well my nutrients, so I hope this nutritionist can fix me a diet to teach me how to properly compose my meals.
As for fitness, basic rules are: no elevators, no car as much as possible. When can’t exercise, do at least 30-40 mins of fast paced walking around the neighborhood with some music.
When I’m not dead tired or just floored because of period (sigh), my fitness schedule includes a 1 hour circuit that I do at home, with some television in the background. I won’t go into details because obviously it is a circuit calibrated to my physical needs and capabilities, but it goes about like this:
20 mins cyclette – stretching – total body exercises (abs, crunches, leg raises, squats, planks) – stretching – 20 mins cycletteBefore all the crap happened I was on a good track of doing my circuit 2-3 times a week and walking at least 2 other days a week.
I want to say that I do am a lazy couch potato, but I could manage well the exercise at home because I had this silly thing that I could only watch X serie during exercise. Rabbit joined me sometimes, he was very weirded out ahahah
All of this long thing to say: make changes to the habits you know are wrong and keep going through the mental battle. It takes about a month for the brain to recalibrate. Eliminate one bad element at a time and go on from there. We’re human and we all mess up sometimes, but we also have a strong will
I hope I can soon go back to my routine
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Instead of artificial sweeteners (I can’t have them) you can switch to brown sugar
not the powdery kind, the granulated one. If for example you would use one tablespoon of white sugar, you only need half a tablespoon or less of the brown one. As for walking, if you have a cyclette or something to step on, you can just idle in front of the TV doing some cycling or stepping for a while! I used to have one of those things they use in gyms for stepping lessons (don’t know the name in english, sorry.. we just call it “step”) and just stepped up and down, up and down. Then I upgraded to the cyclette
If you’re not comfortable talking about it, please don’t respond to this question: how is your working situation? Just stressful or are there some **bad** dynamics? Because if you can’t be serene at work it will take a big toll on your mental and physical condition.
A quick way to put a behavioural stop to the binging is the goal-oriented cognitive therapy, which spans over about 5 to 8 meetings with the therapist (so very quick and on the cheap side. On a plus, american/UK therapists ace in this kind of thing, over here it’s fairly new).
It’s one of the methods I’m studying at this new school and I guarantee you it’s awesome. Of course it won’t consider the deeper reasons behind the undesiderable behaviour you want to get rid of, but it’s a good first step to take a breather.
I have the appointment in a few hours and I’m a bit less panicked… For sure after it I will feel like crap… <_<
EDIT: Just back from doc appointment! I don’t actually feel like crap!
I weight less than I thought and indeed my diet is okay but not enough variation, so he’ll fix me a menu for one month to kinda teach me how to mix and match things, then after that he’ll just give me lists of things to compose my own menu and… it was finally officially acknowledged that I have a LOT of bone weight!! He did this measuring with a special scale that takes bone, fat, water and muscle percentages, it was cool -
Sorry was having the server problems again ^_^””
Today I received by mail my new diet and… damn, it’s a LOT to eat. I’m gonna die D:@LB I admit complete ignorance regarding insurance and work abroad… so I’ll say what I’d normally say
(noisy italian person, yep)
As for the goal oriented therapy, any standard cognitive behavioural therapist should be able to do it. Here it costs about 30€ per sitting if done with a private professional. Through government therapists it adds up to 50€ for an 8 encounters set. I’m actually a bit curious to know how much private therapists cost abroad… maybe I find the inspiration to leave Europe About the job, my mom was in the same situation a few years ago. She’d come home completely zero-ed by the amount of stuff they had to do to cover up for another office + she had mobbing problems. It got to a really bad point until she realized that she didn’t want to live to work but rather she wanted to work to live. So she kept working her ass off as the stakanovist she is, but when 6pm strikes, she’s outta there, even if something is not finished. Bosses had to deal with it, since they couldn’t legally oblige the workers to do overtime all the time or to do the worth of double the needed people on time.
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It compares in a way that it’s making me want to pack up and come offer my services in the US
@moxie: omg that’s so bad
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You can top it with brown sugar (half the amount of white sugar you’d use) + skimmed milk or normal milk! Better than cream anyways
I thought I was going to be fine, but I’m actually starving. This thing of snacking every few hours keep me DAMN hungry even if I’m eating waaay more than I would normally do. This…. is going to be hard.
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Fizzy mineral water is a good replacement for soda.
It gives you that fizzy feeling in your mouth. Adding a bit of cordial to it makes a great SODA SUBSTITUTION.There are sooooo many sugars in soda that ANYTHING is a good replacement, but sparkling water gives a similar feeling…. (and you can still have a good burp afterwards!!!!!)
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It’s been a hell of a weekend but I resisted pretty good. Both saturday and today had 8+ hours of school, yey =_= Tomorrow another complicate day, buuuut tuesday it’s sushi day!
Also one of my colleagues from school told me he has a bunny, so I told him to join us. Maybe there will be two noisy italian neuropsychologists on the forum? -
I had been going outside to check the chickens, and Zero ended up tripping me. I was carrying stuff that I couldn’t drop, and I fell at such speed that my boot flew off and I landed on the (blunt) corner of a log. I hit it with such force that it ended up cutting me and bruising me pretty bad. I’ll be okay, I just need it 100% fixed for my dance recital next month
Muchelle- Hopefully he takes you up on the invite haha!
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I’m considering taking up swimming a couple of times a week to help my fitness. I’m strong and can walk/hike all day, but I don’t have good cardiovascular fitness. I am concerned about it because I have had stress related heart issues in the past (vey mild) and I want to make sure I keep it healthy. Plus it should help me lose a little weight. I’m not sure how it will go because I’m often completely physically drained from work, but I did just discover today that there is an indoor swimming centre very close by that i didn’t know existed so I might try it.
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Yes I’m hoping so. The trouble with most exercise is that it’s already so tough on the body and joints and I am so physically tired after work that I can’t manage most of them or would only cause injury to do so. Swimming is fortunately much easier on the joints and back. I intended to try the place this morning but accidentally slept past the time.
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GJ: Congrats! That’s amazing!
I’m the same height as you, and weigh 181 lbs right now, so close to your starting weight. Hopefully I can follow in your foot steps. 
LBJ, Azerane: I have the same problem. My job is physically demanding as well, when I get home I just wanna take a shower and pass out.
BunNoob: Glad to hear that your feeling so much better!
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Posted By Hazel on 5/01/2018 3:03 PM
LBJ, Azerane: I have the same problem. My job is physically demanding as well, when I get home I just wanna take a shower and pass out.
Lol, that’s exactly what I do sometimes , lol. Well actually, I get home and say “darn, why do I have so many pets?!”. Feed said pets and clean trays and cages, and then I shower and pass out.
I try not to nap because otherwise I don’t always sleep well at night , but some days I hit the couch and can’t even keep my eyes open if I tried. Blue moon, any achievement is still an achievement and worth noting, I had a salad the other day too, felt sick afterwards, lol.
Bun Noob I think it’s amazing that you feel so much better, it must be such a relief for you. Congrats.
I really intended to start swimming twice a week this week but best laid plans. I had some slight knee pain about 2 months ago which went away when I had 4 weeks off of work. When I went back to work it came back a little, on and off but nothing that stopped me from doing anything. However since Monday morning I have had so much trouble with it. It’s not in pain when it’s straight but lifting my leg/ bending the knee brings terrible sharp pain. I bought a knee brace today that hopefully may help out a bit at work tomorrow. I know I really need to see a doctor and I probably shouldn’t even be going to work but I hate letting my team down like that. We’re already a 2 person team down from 4 at the moment so I’d feel awful not going in. It’s disappointing because I really was excited about swimming. Also the pain kinda sucks
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Posted By Azerane on 5/02/2018 6:57 AM
Posted By Hazel on 5/01/2018 3:03 PM
LBJ, Azerane: I have the same problem. My job is physically demanding as well, when I get home I just wanna take a shower and pass out.
Lol, that’s exactly what I do sometimes , lol. Well actually, I get home and say “darn, why do I have so many pets?!”. Feed said pets and clean trays and cages, and then I shower and pass out.
I try not to nap because otherwise I don’t always sleep well at night , but some days I hit the couch and can’t even keep my eyes open if I tried. Blue moon, any achievement is still an achievement and worth noting, I had a salad the other day too, felt sick afterwards, lol.
Bun Noob I think it’s amazing that you feel so much better, it must be such a relief for you. Congrats.
I really intended to start swimming twice a week this week but best laid plans. I had some slight knee pain about 2 months ago which went away when I had 4 weeks off of work. When I went back to work it came back a little, on and off but nothing that stopped me from doing anything. However since Monday morning I have had so much trouble with it. It’s not in pain when it’s straight but lifting my leg/ bending the knee brings terrible sharp pain. I bought a knee brace today that hopefully may help out a bit at work tomorrow. I know I really need to see a doctor and I probably shouldn’t even be going to work but I hate letting my team down like that. We’re already a 2 person team down from 4 at the moment so I’d feel awful not going in. It’s disappointing because I really was excited about swimming. Also the pain kinda sucks
i love salad i just haven’t been good about eating healthy so, yeah
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Posting again just to add a too long story… if you ever feel you are developing a knee injury, for goodness sake get yourself a good knee brace to help support it. On Wednesday after work I was in such agony with my knee I could barely lift my foot for fear of the pain when bending my knee. On the way home from work Wednesday I bought the knee brace, I wore it all Wednesday evening, took it off for bed and then put it back on before I even got out of bed this morning. I’ve been wearing it all day since then except resting on the couch with my leg up. I’ve just taken it off for bed again and “tested” my knee to see how it’s going. I lifted my thigh almost to the horizontal without any pain (stopped before I caused any pain). I honestly can’t believe the difference from yesterday. Hopefully a few weeks of wearing the brace and I’ll be good as new
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Me again, lol. Just updating one my knee status. I (finally) went to a doctor yesterday. My Google diagnosis was correct
I’ve sprained my medial collateral ligament. He didn’t put any work restrictions on me but recommend extra rest and suggest I try to get some days off. I also got some amazing anti-inflammatories which are working wonders. Here’s hoping I can take up that swimming soon.
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I think so, yes
I suppose the good news is that I haven’t torn the ligament so extended rest should heal it. The anti-inflammatories are doing an amazing job. I accidentally walked normally halfway up a flight of stairs at work today before I realised what I was doing, I haven’t been able to do that for two weeks. I have negotiated Wednesday’s off work for the coming few weeks so that should help as well.
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Posted By Ellie from The Netherlands on 5/18/2018 3:12 PM
Many people with chronic pain tend to over-exert themselves on the good days, and this can trigger bad days. “Yay! Woke up not feeling like a zombie hit by a truck! Right, so there’s the vacuuming to do, and the shopping, and the laundry basket has a small mountain on top of it and….” When those good days are all taken up by chores and work there’s hardly any energy left for things that make you happy. Hobbies, pampering time, seeing friends, all that is so important for keeping up your spirits and for gaining new energy. Keeping a diary and delegating some tasks to others can help you to find balance. Don’t be ashamed to get help for some household chores if that leaves you with more energy to do fun things. I don’t know if your budget allows it, but many people with an illness get a cleaning service to help out once in a while. Taking good care of yourself and your happiness is more important than a clean floor Stuff I said ^
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Lol, Ellie, you’ve just described me to a T. Not the chronic pain aspect but the endless physical exhaustion from my work. If I have a good moment or feel inspired I try to get everything done, because it has to be done and why wouldn’t I be the only one that cares about the housework. So I just do it. Then I’m exhausted and don’t get the downtime I need. We can’t afford help with household stuff, but we shouldn’t need it. Rant over
Also congrats on the new mobility scooter, that’s awesome
LBJ, are there any close friends who would hold you accountable to your goals? Could we do that? How can we help?
Huh, this is super weird. My post has been altered? Maybe it’s one of those crazy forum hiccups we’ve been getting so much lately? That the messages were fused together? Or someone with mod abilities who accidentally edited my post instead of quoting it?
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It was probably a glitch.
To answer your earlier question Ellie, I don’t really have any close friends anymore. There are people I know, of course. But not anyone who I feel I could count on for something like this.
My husband and I did go to the gym on Saturday. We haven’t made it back yet though…
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Yikes, scale-scare this morning! I’m 1,5 kg heavier than I was 4 months ago O_O
I fretted until I talked with Bas about it. Bas insists that I have slimmed down in some areas and that I look better than before. He asserted me that muscle mass is a lot heavier than fat, and that I’m looking better. It’s true that I have visibly gained muscle mass in my back, left leg and arms, but I never suspected that I could gain that amount on this schedule… In the past I had results like these when I started bodybuilding at uni, but that was a really intensive schedule combined with a special diet regimen.
It depends on your body type and the state of your body I guess. I have the short&stout body type of my paternal grandmother: gain fat easily, but gain lots of muscle even quicker. It’s rather funny, I’m starting to get to a point where I can have a flex-off with Bas
He’s so slender that he could change clothes behind a signpost and still retain modesty. Hopefully this new muscle mass will help me to manage my weight and body proportions better. I’ll talk about it with the physio tomorrow and hear what she has to say. -
Posted By Ellie from The Netherlands on 5/21/2018 12:31 PM
Posted By Ellie from The Netherlands on 5/18/2018 3:12 PM
Many people with chronic pain tend to over-exert themselves on the good days, and this can trigger bad days. “Yay! Woke up not feeling like a zombie hit by a truck! Right, so there’s the vacuuming to do, and the shopping, and the laundry basket has a small mountain on top of it and….” When those good days are all taken up by chores and work there’s hardly any energy left for things that make you happy. Hobbies, pampering time, seeing friends, all that is so important for keeping up your spirits and for gaining new energy. Keeping a diary and delegating some tasks to others can help you to find balance. Don’t be ashamed to get help for some household chores if that leaves you with more energy to do fun things. I don’t know if your budget allows it, but many people with an illness get a cleaning service to help out once in a while. Taking good care of yourself and your happiness is more important than a clean floor Stuff I said ^
Stuff some mystery stranger said V
Lol, Ellie, you’ve just described me to a T. Not the chronic pain aspect but the endless physical exhaustion from my work. If I have a good moment or feel inspired I try to get everything done, because it has to be done and why wouldn’t I be the only one that cares about the housework. So I just do it. Then I’m exhausted and don’t get the downtime I need. We can’t afford help with household stuff, but we shouldn’t need it. Rant over
Also congrats on the new mobility scooter, that’s awesome
LBJ, are there any close friends who would hold you accountable to your goals? Could we do that? How can we help?
Huh, this is super weird. My post has been altered? Maybe it’s one of those crazy forum hiccups we’ve been getting so much lately? That the messages were fused together? Or someone with mod abilities who accidentally edited my post instead of quoting it?
Lol, oh my gosh. Ellie that was me! I’m so sorry. The crazy thing is that I was so certain that I had replied in the thread and then after I submitted my response just disappeared, and I was frustrated so I didn’t bother posting again at that point in time. But now I know where it went, lol. I’m very sorry. You are right, I did mean to hit the quote button instead of the edit button.
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Just peeking in. I don’t face the same issues as some of you, as I’ve always been a little on the light side. The past year I focused on gaining a more healthy weight. I went from 54 kilograms and 1.81m back when I was working 70 hours a week and cycling up to 1.5 hours a day to a more healthy 60kg as of now. Even though I’m still underweight according to my BMI, I don’t want to gain any more fat. Rather, I wish to build some muscle.
I’ve always done skeelering and horseback riding (and cycling, but that’s not worth mentioning when you’re Dutch
), but I want to pick up skeelering more seriously. It’s mostly a weekend hobby at moment. My ultimate goal would be to do it an hour every day next to the 1 hour walking and half hour cycling I already do every day. We’ll see if I ever come close to that, honestly I’ll be proud if I make it every other day for the next months at least, hah! Work still likes eating up my evenings and weekend sometimes and I refuse skeelering in the rain so I can’t be too hard on myself. Anyhow, I’ve read through this topic and it inspired me greatly! Let’s all become fit (in our own way, as much as possible concerning circumstances) together. C:
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Ellie- Cycling is definitely exercise here haha. I live in the North Eastern region of the United States, so a lot of mountains/hills etc. Not very bike friendly unless you are super fit. Also, more distance to travel. I live about 30 miles from town. I guess that’s how I could shed excess weight. Start bicycling when I need to go to town to buy hay for the rabbits!
I have done something to my left ankle since dance season finished (thank goodness it happened after!). It constantly feels like I have rolled it, if I sprint into the other room or something. It hurts and gives out on me, but there is no swelling or anything. I am also not extremely overweight, (I am 5’5” [165.1 cm] and hanging around 132 lbs [60 kg]) and a decent amount of that is from muscle from dancing/exercise. So I don’t know why it is being like it is. I might need to get it checked out.
I just can’t afford to have an ankle injury, My dance studio is doing an intensive ballet training camp next month, so I need to be able to perform the moves. But I really don’t want to be off of it, because I need to continue to stretch and practice up until then, but I don’t want to do more harm to it. ahhhhhgggg
I think I am going to buy some vet wrap (it’s what you wrap around horses ankles. it works really well for sprained human limbs, and is wayyyy cheaper here than athletic wraps, and it comes in tons of fun colors! ) and wrap it up, and just be careful. If it doesn’t heal within a week or so, I will have to go to the doctors. *sigh* -
Daisy- It has been since the end of April, so like a month and a half.
BunNoob- Me + Bikes + Hills = No
Last summer I went on a hike on one of our mountains near my house, and I wasn’t familiar with the trails’ actual names. They were all called things like “Brook trail” “Moose trail” that sort of thing. So I wasn’t entirely sure which one was the one that I wanted to go on. I ended up accidentally going on the trail that was nicknamed “Fat man’s misery” by us locals, which involved a lot of shimmying up rock faces and through a slippery waterfall tunnel thing that had metal rods drilled into the rock so you can have something to grip on. It was terrifying, and too steep to turn around! I literally thought I was going to die haha. *BUT* I felt so accomplished afterwards! I may have to go again this summer, with a friend and proper supplies. -
I’m going to crash this thread too
Not trying to lose much weight (maybe a couple of kilos, since I seem to have put on a couple of kilos), but trying to get in the habit of exercising and want to be held to account! I do yoga once a week, and at the beginning of summer, I was very enthusiastic about running, and worked up to 5km a few times week. But, then it got super hot and I lost all interest in running.
I think I need to set a target of 3 runs a week? (is that a reasonable amount? I really don’t know). It’s just so hard when other stuff gets in the way, and once I’ve put it off once, it kind of gives me the excuse to keep putting it off.
Eating wise, I tend to eat lots of veg, being veggie, but I do definitely overeat carbs (I can eat SO much rice) and am bad at snacking on cakes and biscuits in the office :/ why do people bring so much unhealthy food in?!
LBj – 22 miles of hiking sounds pretty serious to me! almost a marathon
Tony’s mum – do you have any quick go to recipes? Last night i made a 3-bean veggie chilli – I got home late, and couldn’t really be bothered, but a veggie chili actually basically involves opening tins and is still pretty healthy. I chopped onions and bell peppers (2 minute’s work) and fried them for 5 minutes, then added spices, tinned tomatoes and tinned beans and left it to cook for 20 minutes. That’s 3 types of veg already (since beans count), and you can serve with some avocado or guac if you can be bothered for an extra veg portion
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LBJ- I’m so jealous! I used to love hiking, but we haven’t been since we got the boys. We live a bit far from the mountains so we have to camp when we go, and finding a sitter for 1-2 days is so difficult sometimes. Most accomplished hike to date has been Mt. Washington.
S&L- I love chili! It’s so quick and easy! John makes fun of me, but most nights I make myself a veggie stirfry with peanut sauce and buckwheat noodles, maybe if I’m crazy I’ll throw in some tofu haha. Top it all off with avocado, sweet chili sauce, siracha, and sesame seeds and you have a winner
I’ve struggled with disordered eating a lot of my life, thanks to my parents. When I turned 18 I went from 220 down to 110 (I’m only 5’1, so honestly I look like a dough ball over 120) over the course of a few years and a bit of back and forth. But by the time I was 21 my weight was pretty stable. Two years ago I went on some medicine that made me blow back up to 145, and it’s been nearly impossible to lose it. I’ve been a consistent weight lifter since I was 20 and even dabbled in powerlifting. I’ve added cardio. I’ve done the keto thing and gone vegan. And my weight just goes up and down 5 pounds depending on the time of the month, Quite frustrating!
Recently I’ve had to take time off the gym due to a back injury, and I’m trying to reassess my goals and life. I’m thinking about getting back into yoga. I did it rather regularly before getting into weights. I think my body is beat up from the past 6 years of intense training and needs to just chill out and recover a ton. Maybe I’ll get lucky and this will shed the weight. ha!
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S&L I defintely need to get a few go-to dishes like that! It’s just a matter of being prepared, I have a chest freezer and a slow cooker etc so I don’t really have much excuse not to get myself organised! That chili sounds good, I might try it (with Guac because I love guac)
have had more than my fair share of mornings where I’ve missed buses bcz I cldnt get dresssed ….
Muj, I absolutely know how you feel. I have been wearing the same few outfits on rotation for weeks, because everything else makes me feel gross
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I think I need to set a target of 3 runs a week? (is that a reasonable amount? I really don’t know). It’s just so hard when other stuff gets in the way
They are now saying that short sharp bursts of energy are better (or the same) than a long draggy jog.
So if you don’t have time for a 45 min run or walk, SPRINT up those train stairs or your own homestairs or if you are in London then WALK up the underground steps, we are talking about 200 steps!!! Or walk up a hill just a little bit faster than you would do. It all adds up and it DOES make a difference. -
Vienna – that’s good to know! I don’t actually mind doing a half hour jog once I’m out there, it’s just the motivating myself to get out that’s tricky. I do always walk up the stairs on the underground – maybe I need to start annoying everyone by trying to sprint up them
LBJ10, I do one yoga class a week, but lots of people including my yoga teacher have recommended YouTube Yoga with Adrienne to me. I’m going to check her out and see if she has any 15 minute videos that could be done before work.
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Muj- as someone who has also suffered with herniated disc issues, I’m worrying about you just reading this. I completely understand the frustration of wanting results and feeling like it is just going all too slow…. but take it from me, if you don’t pace yourself it will only get MUCH worse.
I got sudden onset of severe back pain when I was about 16. I spent most days laying in bed all day and could hardly walk myself to the shower. It was like this for about two months, my mom finally took me to a doctor who ordered an x-ray and said I was fine and referred me to PT. I did PT, which didn’t help. Over the years the pain got worse, the stiffness got worse, and the sciatica became more of a constant pulsation than a shooting pain. Of course, being so limited physically the weight just piled on. 10lbs one year, another 10 the next…before I knew it, 7 years had passed and I had gained about 60lbs….talk about feeling like a whale. And not to mention, all of that excess weight was only exacerbating the stress on my already weak back. I saw SO many doctors who just pointed to my weight being the issue, even when I would tell them that this started when I wasn’t overweight. I would get so sick of my physical state that I would force myself to exercise, which almost ALWAYS ended with me needing weeks of recovery to get over a few sessions of exercise. So I was never able to lose the weight.
UNTIL…this February I was on another exercise kick forcing myself to bike back and forth to work, and I was hit by a car while riding my bike one day. This accident was minor, I had some scrapes and bruises from hitting the ground and my bike was bent up. But this accident led to me FINALLY getting an MRI (none of the doctors I saw would order me one). I had a severe herniation at L4/L5 that was compressing my nerve root. As well as a bulging disc at L3/L4 and at L5/S1. The spine specialist told me that conservative therapy would not help and that surgery was really my best option. I am 23, so surgery was quite a scary term to hear. But I sat back and I thought about it. I was completely miserable. Fat, in pain, no will to live. Every day I contemplated how I was going to manage living like this for the rest of my life. So I opted for the surgery, and it is the BEST decision that I have ever made. Discectomies these days are done minimally invasive, so it’s not like open back surgery or anything. I have a scar that is about 1 INCH, it was done outpatient and I went home the same day without being admitted, and I was back to work within a week.
My surgery was in mid-April and I gave myself two weeks of rest (I probably should have taken longer, but I didn’t). I signed up for a gym membership on May 1st, and I was determined to turn over a new leaf regarding my health. At first, it was extremely difficult. My back was SO weak from years of carrying around excess weight, and I have a lot of early degeneration and disc space narrowing because I’ve been pushing myself through this injury for the last 7 years. I did a round of PT and it helped tremendously. I still have pain, and I don’t think that I’ll ever be able to live a “pain free” life due to the irreversible damage that I’ve got from early degenerative changes.
This all ended up being MUCH longer than I anticipated… but I just wanted to caution you to take it easy. You truly don’t want to make this problem worse, or kick start degeneration. I would suggest light core strengthening and low-impact exercise, like bicycling or water aerobics! These things will allow you to still get a good workout and not risk exacerbating this issue.
On a lighter note, I am doing a million times better, and I’ve managed to lose 45lbs (about 20kg) since May
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Glad to see so much activity in this thread! (get it, activity, cause… we’re trying to lose weight…
)I’m sorry to hear some of you guys have health/chronic pain problems. It’s hard enough to get in shape as it is.
Glad that you’re trying to power through it! The Duchess: Wow, that’s some crazy weight loss, nice job!
I finally got below 170 lbs as of yesterday, down to 169 lbs. Boy that took forever.
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Going to check in here too
Well done to all those setting themselves goals and really doing what they can. It seemed daunting to me at first, but it’s not so bad now that I’ve gotten into it. I put on some weight since this time last year. I’m 175pounds (79.5kg) but keep in mind I’m also 5’10”. In the last week and a half I’ve managed to lose 1.5kg. Which is a bit dramatic, but I went a bit overboard on cutting down meal sizes in addition to healthier options. It worked, but I was hungry a lot, haha. 81kg was the heaviest I’ve ever been, and for me it’s not really big because I’m tall and broad shouldered, but it was still a bit of a shock to the system when I stepped on the scale that day. I’m super active at work, I do so much physical activity at work that by the time I get home I’m too physically exhausted to exercise. (Some days I do 20,000 steps at work alone, in addition to pulling things, lifting things etc). I love my job, but there are some days when I cannot get up after resting because my body is exhausted and simply refuses to cooperate. So I get home and all I want to do is sit down, which is understandable. So in knowledge of the fact that I already have good muscle tone and do so much physical activity, the only way I can cut down is with diet. Which has been hard. I like sugar, and chocolate, and take away is so much easier than cooking etc etc. Using the app on my phone as a guideline for counting calories is helping to at least be a guide and to help keep me motivated. I think it’s been easier to reduce portion sizes, than to cut out bad things completely. Otherwise if I cut them completely, I just end up binge eating whatever it is at the end of the week.
Here’s to fitting into my favourite pair of shorts again in time for Summer
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I do always walk up the stairs on the underground – maybe I need to start annoying everyone by trying to sprint up them
If you’re annoying other people, I’m guessing you’re walking up the escalator… no, no, no.
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Tony’s Mum I agree, this week should not count
After my first week where I did awesome (and I really probably overdid it), I think I’ve compensated in the opposite direction in regard to what I’ve been eating. So I haven’t lost any weight since originally losing a bunch in the first week. It’s my own fault really.
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I’m down about 50lbs total since May. When I started, I knew I wanted to lose at least 70..so I’m getting close! Honestly I think I could do a lot better if I could cut out the alcohol XD I’ve been pretty great with food and I workout 5x a week (MOST weeks, some weeks I have to give myself a day off to rest). But those darn post-work, pre-bed beers….
A&B I will hold you personally accountable for any weight gain between Oct 3rd and 7th
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I know… but the bright side is, you get to buy some new stuff! Don’t get discouraged though, you guys can push through!
LBJ, do you know what kind of exercise they’ll have you do? Or are you just supposed to do your own thing? Please keep us updated when you get started, would love to hear how it turns out!
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Taloan7 that’s so true! When my hubs first taught me to lift 7 years ago I could barely do modified pushups. And now I can crush him at doing clap pushups and one handed pushups
I’m trying to get back into a normal routine, which is helping the depression a ton. I’ve also revamped my lifting routine. The one thing to nail down is diet. I feel like it’s so tricky when you lift really heavy 5 days a week because those 5 days I’m really ravenous and I’m trying to keep up with my protein intake. Then on the weekends I’m usually busy with grad school work or just busy being out and about that it’s hard to stick to a solid food plan. I haven’t gained weight so that’s good xD but I am thinking about competing again, in which case weight gain is a necessary evil.
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Tony’s Mum, living with any kind of depression is so rough. I think one of the best things for mine, personally, is being active. It helps me to take something back and to feel empowered. I could be having a terrible day depression wise or even work wise, and then go in the gym and crush it.
Taloan: yessss! All the holiday treats are my worst enemy! I just want all the cookies and pies and stuffing (stuffing is the real thanksgiving hero
). I ordered from this place called Doughees as a fun treat for our anniversary. They’re like these cookie cups stuffed with different things and with the consistency of cookie dough. Took everything I had to only order the one box and not order a second one xD -
LBJ: Don’t beat yourself up. I feel like a weakling just going up a flight of stairs.
I’m sure it will get better. I forgot, how long are you gonna be doing this for?I hope all of you who are struggling with depression and/or motivation can power through!
I don’t have much motivation to exercise either. I get plenty of exercise while I’m at work, but other than that I don’t do anything except walking the dog.
I’m happy that I lost a good bit of weight just by changing my diet, but I probably could have lost a lot more if I had put in the work… -
That’s actually a great idea. I was telling the hubs I feel like I need a planner to be my old self again. the rare intervals without depression when I’m super ambitious and focused and need to plan for everything. So I bought a planner. I think it would be great to start logging that. thanks for the suggestion
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Ah Hazel, that time of year between Halloween and New Years is so hard to resist all the treats
Hoping you can get back on track with your progress!
Az: Awesome job on losing that! Maybe you need to tweak exercise a little? It’s so frustrating when you plateau!Sat down last night and organized my new planner with all my work tasks, grad school tasks, and mental health points for the week. Looking at my planner I’m kinda wishing I color coded… but that’s just my over achiever kicking back in
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It’s always good when you expect to have increased weight but have dropped. My dad has been visiting and I haven’t done a whole lot of cooking so we’ve had pizza, chicken and chips etc. quite a bit. But jumped on the scale today and have dropped some more. 76.7kg down from 81kg. Slow but steady progress in almost 3 months
I’m very pleased because we’re going to a wedding this weekend and I bought the dress when I weighed about 71kg, it still fits me now, it’s just a little snug, lol. -
A little snug just means you won’t get cold
Honestly I wished I could eat like that and lose weight hahaha! I can’t say too much. I went to the doctor and weighed in at 140 and John and I were so confused as to how I was not bigger. I’ve honestly been stress eating like crazy for the past month. I’d like to think I’ve maintained my weight only because I lift heavy. Ayeee I could be one of those powerlifters on the Olympics that eat my weight in junk and just lift hard haha. In all seriousness, we’re back on an actual regimen. I’m planning on training for a powerlifting competition again. The only time I can seem to keep my butt in shape is when I train for a competition. Something about it holds me extra accountable. So I’m trying for a few in the next 6 months. It gives me some time to build strength and cut down on my weight class a bit. The smaller you are and more you lift the more in your favor the meet will be. So the goal is to be around 115 by April and be benching 135-150 and deadlifting about 225. Before I injured my back a year ago I was easily able to kill those, but it’s been a bit since I trained for competition so I guess we’ll see!
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This thread has been going on since the dawn of time. So yes, everyone just posts in here whenever
Competition training has been going alright. I’ve been making steady gains and sticking to my training schedule and my nutritional plan to lift my heaviest. Sometimes when powerlifting I have to remind myself that increasing weight at all is a good thing and to not be disappointed with not being able to hit it 5/5 and that 3/5 is still progress. Competition is officially April 7th, The New England Powerlifting Championships. I’m hoping to do well enough to move on to regionals. I’ve been hyping myself up so much I’m like “JOHN I WANT TO GO TO THE ARNOLD AND LIFT AT THE ARNOLD” and he’s just like “yeah… okay… how much preworkout have you had today?” xD
In general it has been nice to be back to training for something and having some goals to hit in the immediate future, in the sort of distant future, and in the really distant future. I almost forgot how much this was my happy place. So I’m making a career change and I’ve been accepted into an MS in Exercise Science and I’ve withdrawn from my MSA, and I’m in the process of geting CPR/FirstAid/AED certified and I take my personal training exam in March. Big run-on sentence there xD but I’m honestly just excited to remember the passion I had for fitness and weight lifting.
Some people are just like that, don’t let it bother you. The important thing is that you voted! 
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