<p>Pulled something in my back again so I am going around gingerly. I can do careful swings with the lower weight ball, squats and pushups seemed okay, but I’ll have to see. Normally this would be a gym day. May just take a long walk instead.</p>
<p>Up and ready for the day. Will be at a workshop so sitting around for hrs. Will have to workout around 5 and then have dinner. </p>
<p>kmc…I usually try to hit 1100 calories when I am trying to lose weight. For me it matters what those calories are. If I have a high carb day my face and stomach are very puffy. Give me protein and and I am not hungry and have no bloat. Wonder if I have intolerance for wheat/gluten???</p>
<p>Forgot to say…celebrating a new 5 lb party! :)</p>
<p>Congratulations, NMinn!</p>
<p>Congrats, NMinn. </p>
<p>2nd morning in a row to get out and run before work. 40 degrees and clear. 4 miles in the bag. Someone just walked by my office and said, “Everytime I look in you are eating something!” Oh well.</p>
<p>NorthMinn, I am joining your party! As of this morning, I, too, can celebrate a hard-won 5 lb. party!
So, for me it’s taken 4 weeks of consistent low carbing to reach this point. In addition, I have put on considerable muscle in my legs, I will say, so I am taking that into account as well.</p>
<p>Off to do intervals on the treadmill as my form of celebration. I will be wearing an imaginary light up mohawk ;)</p>
<p>Good job on your 5 lb. weight loss, NM!</p>
<p>I’m meeting a friend for a walk later in the afternoon. It’s one of those days when I don’t feel like tracking my food. I’ll walk because I’m meeting a friend, but I’m feeling out of sorts and tired of thinking about what to eat and whether it’s got carbs or fat or fiber or if it’s just junk. I just don’t care today.</p>
<p>Congrats to the 5 pound party people! Even better, to replace that fat with muscle! :)</p>
<p>Bromfield–hope you feel better after your walk. Don’t give up!</p>
<p>Did my leg lift/knee exercises and now it’s time for my walk. It’s actually above freezing today…woo-hoo! :)</p>
<p>I also have to vacuum the house. Can that count as exercise? How about scales on the piano? Got to keep the fingers in shape too! :D</p>
<p>Yay CJane & NMinn! Happy 5 lb party. </p>
<p>Here’s a gift for you :)</p>
<p>[Fiber</a> Optic Lightup Mohawk - YouTube](<a href=“Fiber Optic Lightup Mohawk - YouTube”>Fiber Optic Lightup Mohawk - YouTube)</p>
<p>(shaved head is optional)</p>
<p>Thanks, blankmind. Love it! Actually kind of want one now.</p>
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<p>Amen to that. Different body types. Different starting weight. Different fitness levels. Different everything. So, beyond the most basic tips, each of us has to find the diet that works for us (weight-wise) and that we can sustain. I believe that CJane has been doing intense exercise for a long time, so her body is certainly going to respond differently than someone like me who gets up off the sofa for the first time in decades!</p>
<p>I do think that people often try to cut their calories too low when dieting, but without daily food tracking, it’s really hard to know!</p>
<p>At the end of the day, it’s not too hard (at least in theory!) to try something for a month or two and see how you respond.</p>
<p>Yay! Party time for NMinn!</p>
<p>Mathmom, hope your back limbers up quickly. I wrestle with that a couple times a year. It’s really annoying to be in constant fear of “moving wrong”.</p>
<p>27 minutes treadmill intervals-- that’s including brief warm up and cool down.
Running with the Devil-- 80s hair bands for the duration. Not ashamed of embracing my trashy inner teenager 
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<p>Woot woot for CJane and NMinn!<br>
Hope the back feels better soon, mathmom.</p>
<p>I had a great lunch today. A two egg omelet, filled with a bit of soft herbed cheese, and topped with a generous dollop of guacamole. Somebody mentioned guac on eggs a few pages ago, and I thank you! Very good combo!</p>
<p>Off to a very small fitness room with the fit kid to see what I can do.</p>
<p>Back would get better if you just swim. Somehow everything is healed much faster in a water and my most recent cold was the shortest that I ever had.</p>
<p>^^Miami- Everyone is different and you are only speaking from your OWN experience. Swimming can actually aggravate some people’s backs, especially if they don’t keep their heads level in the water. Swimming is wonderful, but it is NOT the cure for everything for every person.</p>
<p>Looks like the workout for those in NH and MA this weekend will be shoveling snow.</p>
<p>Don’t even know if I’ll be able to make it out for a run on Saturday.</p>
<p>Home from travels and able to join neighbors for 90 min walk/run. </p>
<p>Hungry for pumpkin and baking a pumpkin custard.</p>
<p>3.32 miles today, including the big hill at the end that I usually have to walk up. My heart rate monitor is acting up. It says my hr max today was 230, and that was during the first 1/2 mile. It took almost 2 miles before it settled down. It did the same thing on Sunday, but only for about a minute or so. Does this mean it needs a new battery or something?</p>
<p>Blankmind </p>
<p>Sometimes if there isn’t enough moisture between the sensor and the body it can act a little screwy.</p>
<p>Non-running day for me. Hour of strength/core/stretch. 20 minutes of spinning intervals and 20 minutes of swimming</p>