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Post by fiercelier on Apr 23, 2014 20:20:47 GMT -5
Just a quick check-in before company comes. Down .4 lbs from my last weigh in 3 weeks ago, so that tells me I'm at least on the right downward track again, as I know I gained weight during those 3 weeks. Trying really hard, so that's encouraging at least. Not perfect every day, but easier when I don't have stuff in the house. Seems to be the way to do it right now at least. Keeping up with the walking and did some exercises on Monday, but muscles pretty sore from that, so have to recover first before doing it again. Busy work days coming up, so going to be harder to get the walks in too. Sending everyone positive thoughts!
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Post by Jablea on Apr 23, 2014 22:31:59 GMT -5
oops, Wednesday - Check in Day
I'm going to do my Thursday water goal again tomorrow. You know how they say that your first weight loss is "water weight"? You'd think then that if you drink a lot of water that you wouldn't lose any but I did rapidly. Now I have forgotten to weigh myself for several days and I've had bad suppers the last two days so who knows if the quick drop stayed or not. (I was above normal and dropped to below my average)
I haven't been able to keep up with the 2 water bottles every day. I did really good Thursday and Friday and then pretty much dropped back to just one water bottle a day which was still better than what I had lapsed into.
When I first started subbing at school this spring I was losing weight, a lot because I just wasn't eating lunch. Well now I'm eating school lunch and I really need to get back to bringing my yogurt or something simple instead.
So two goals this week:
1) Minimum 1 water bottle, goal 2 per day, plus other beverages
2) Pack cold lunch instead of relying on school lunch on work days
fiecelier, I feel for ya in the sore muscles dept. I did leaning pushups the other day and felt it for dayssssszzzz.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2014 10:56:12 GMT -5
Hi, everyone, I walked every day but one and went to aerobics twice. The best news was that the farm baskets started up again, yay! I really recommend this way of buying vegetables as it is fun, a better deal than just shopping at the farmer's market individually (at least around here), and a creative challenge where you try many veggies you wouldn't have the guts to buy on your own. I thought maybe to encourage myself and others, I would do a featured veggie each time I get a basket, tell you a little about the veggie and share a successful recipe. This week's featured veggie is BEETS!  Here are some of the health benefits of beets: - High in potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, beta-carotene, folic acid, and vitamins A, B, and C - High in boron, which is good for the human sex hormones. Get ready for Queenbert - eat more beets. - High in betaine and trytophan, which fight depression, relax the mind, create a sense of well being, and lower the blood pressure - High in fiber - Act as a tonic for the liver and blood - Lower the stomach acid (you may have pink pee!) - Low in calories but high in natural sugar (energy booster) Recipe - Citrus-Ginger Beets and Carrots 4 beets, sliced (I didn't peel mine, just scrubbed them hard) 3 large carrots, chopped (I didn't peel these either, just scrubbed) 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon sea salt 1/3 cup orange juice (you can also use grapefruit juice) 1/4 cup lemon juice 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon olive oil Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Set aside 1/2 cup each of the beets and carrots. Place the rest of them in a baking dish, sprinkle with sea salt and olive oil, and stir. Cover and bake for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, place the reserved beets and carrots and all the remaining ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth. When the vegetables have baked for 20 minutes, pour the citrus dressing over them, recover, and return to the oven. Bake for 45 minutes more. (If the beets were especially large, I would increase this to 1 hour.) Serve and enjoy! BONUS VEGGIE TIP: You can substitute turnips for potatoes in any soup/stew recipe and not even be able to tell the difference. They have the same amount of fiber but only 25% the carbs! |
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Post by fiercelier on Apr 30, 2014 12:05:17 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing that recipe Juniemoon! In my case, I really just do not like the flavor of beets and DH is the one who eats them, cooks them, and grows them in the garden.
Not a good week for losing weight, in fact I'm up .6 lbs. Too many outings and company for dinner etc. Should be better next week when I don't have so much going on. Keeping up the walking every other day, about an hour and 15-20 minutes, and had an extra shorter walk yesterday. Had a lot of fruit and yoghurt the last few days as a big bowl of fruit salad left over from weekend guests. Yum!
Wishing everyone a great week!
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Post by rihannsu on Apr 30, 2014 15:27:40 GMT -5
I hit a new low today. For the first time I dipped under 130 lbs!
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Post by nica575 on Apr 30, 2014 16:51:25 GMT -5
I hit a new low today. For the first time I dipped under 130 lbs! Congratulations! You are my weight mate now! But in my case I am stuck at 128 -130 lbs for several years now, and nothing moves it (as I've complained).... I am starting to think it might be my body's "happy spot" and perhaps all I need to do is to make it my mind's "happy spot" as well... I can't really decide if another 5 lbs would make any difference.... Anyway, hope you don;t get into my predicament and keep going! |
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Post by rihannsu on May 1, 2014 5:36:37 GMT -5
I hit a new low today. For the first time I dipped under 130 lbs! Congratulations! You are my weight mate now! But in my case I am stuck at 128 -130 lbs for several years now, and nothing moves it (as I've complained).... I am starting to think it might be my body's "happy spot" and perhaps all I need to do is to make it my mind's "happy spot" as well... I can't really decide if another 5 lbs would make any difference.... Anyway, hope you don;t get into my predicament and keep going! Maybe switch your focus to shaping, toning or strength training and don't worry about the actual weight. If you are maintaining well that probably is your sweet spot for weight but doesn't mean you can't still make progress as far as overall fitness and strength. |
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Post by Jablea on May 1, 2014 12:33:22 GMT -5
ooops, I'm here. Congrats rihannsu, great job of keeping it going. nica, what are you using to decide that your goal weight should be 5 lbs less than what you are now? Height vs weight charts, certain body areas, what you weighed when you were younger? What is telling you that those 5 pounds are neccessary?
On my part, yay. When I had to initiate a restart 2 weeks ago I was going up up and away. Just doing the water and dropping school lunches pushed me down 4 lbs from where I was that day. So just adding another small goal for this week.
Water - including my vitamin water that I add a scoop of MSM to
Less lunches on my subbing days
More consistent daily supplements - There are several that I need for a variety of reasons.
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Post by rihannsu on May 1, 2014 17:26:30 GMT -5
Amazing how much difference a few little changes can make. Congrats Jablea!
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Post by nica575 on May 2, 2014 22:50:53 GMT -5
Jablea - congrats on the 4 lbs in just 2 weeks! sounds awesome! keep it up! re my "5 lbs" - IDK why 5...perhaps its just a "habit" of chasing the weight loss and it seems like it should be an achievable goal... I am definitely not going after my "youth weight" - I used to be about 15-20 lbs lighter in my 20s - early 30s, and I realize I'll never get there, nor do I think it is necessary... I am very happy with the fact that maintaining my current weight is not difficult at this point but it would be nice to see some results of my increased exercise efforts... I just looked up some weight calculators and got all kinds of results - anywhere from 101 lbs (well, that's just crazy, even if I were 16) to 136... I like this one: www.self.com/calculatorsprograms/calculators/happyweight as at least it asked my age, type of frame, kids, smoking and exercise level - it gave me a "happy weight" of 129.2 lbs, which is pretty much where I am "stuck" at... |
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