Note to self- STEP AWAY FROM THE OTHER THREAD! (shaking head)
Yesterday was super busy for me at work - and included an unplanned lunch at an Indian buffet. I love Indian food! Mr. Sabaray worked from home yesterday, so I came home and fixed dinner - we had filet, sweet potatoes and spinach. And red wine with dinner. I also had a bourbon and ginger while I fixed dinner - and nothing was burned!
If anyone from the other thread reads this, I was going to say I weigh myself daily because to date I have lost 110 pounds and have kept it off. There have absolutely been fluctuations in my weight - but the accountability to myself has empowered me to own my health. I want to lose 15 pounds to improve my speed. I might not be able to, but I am going to try. That weight is a lot harder to lose than the first 50 of a 100 pound loss! I salute anyone working on those last few pounds, because they are tough!
CD- continued wished for a good recovery.
Early AM yoga class. I was supposed to work today (qtr end close) but ended up just having to be on standby with my laptop for questions. So this is like a “bonus day”. Not nice outside, so I’ll be heading downstairs to the treadmill soon. I am able to do that at home although I also enjoy the structure of classes. I say - whatever works for you! Its all good.
Seen on Facebook - “When life gives you lemons, pray that they’re Lulu.” Thought of y’all!
BTW, I weigh myself daily as well. It allows me to identify patterns & feel like I understand a little more why my weight may fluctuate so much. For instance, after eating pasta or pizza (high carb) for dinner, I will go up at least a pound & sometimes 2 the next day, but it will go back down over the next few days.
I lost 10 pounds relatively easily in the first 6 months of 2015, but have plateau’d since then, despite running significantly more miles in the second half of the year. I’m not sure what that’s about, but I’m close to my goal weight so I’m not too concerned. Would love to drop those last 5 though!
I cannot do mountain climbers! Modified version for me. 
Sounds like a delicious dining day Sabaray - I need to revisit Indian food!
Well 43 damp and dull degrees out there this morning so I got my feet outside for an abasket 5K+ this morning. Not my best run ever - I was not fully awake and I dressed too warm. But 43 January 9th with a big drop in temps and conditions being called for - I was not going to lose the chance! Will probably be visiting the gym next week due to frigid temps and MAYBE a little snow.
CD- I’m glad the surgery is over and you are on the way with the recovery. Keep plugging away.
Very gloomy, but I ran from the house for a fairly hilly (no monstrous climbs, but steady roll) 8.2 miles. It was 49 degrees but damp feeling. I wore the new Oiselle tights and a Lulu pullover windbreaker over a light Fellow Flowers t-shirt. I can run in the FF shirts even though they have a lot of cotton because they are so thin.
Many of the people who aren’t successful at Weight Watchers, which I think is a good program, avoid going to meetings or weighing in if they “had a bad week”. To me, what makes it work is the accountability and understanding the slips (and deliberate allowances for special meals, vacations etc) happen, but knowing that “it works if you work it” and it’s not all about blowing sunshine up your (donkey) which seems to be what some people want. I just don’t see that working long term. It just doesn’t.
The running forums I’m in (and even this one) seem to be more grounded in reality and there is no fear of calling it like you see it. We DO talk about “fails”- both in exercising and eating- without worrying about offending someone (or ourselves, for that matter). I would never say “Boy, that run sucked. I’m not going to enter it in my log because I don’t want to see it or have someone else see it” or “I’m not going to cross the finish line with my chip because my time is bad and I don’t want it to be in the results.” We even tease each other about failures sometimes. My daughter still teases me about the Moon Pie 10 miler a few years ago when she turned around to watch me finish and I didn’t come and I didn’t come…Eventually I came jogging around the corner (after some strolling) for a horrific result. The next week I kicked her butt in a hot half marathon.
I think what I like so much about our group here is that we know there is no easy way, and we understand that sometimes it’s too hard to do all the things we want to do as far as health and fitness, but we don’t pretend we are doing what needs to be done when we aren’t. And - we pat ourselves (and each other) on the backs when we are!
Sabaray, thanks for your post. I have been too focused on losing weight lately vs. being focused on getting healthy. There’s a difference in perspectives and I need to redirect.
Count me as one who weighs daily. Need the accountability.
My cardiologist has recommended going on WW to get back on track for the last 25. Not sure if I am better off doing that vs. my own efforts, or if I should sign up for Fitness First where there are other kinds of equipment than at cardiac rehab.
You know, even if you don’t track what you eat / exercise (via WW, My Fitness Pal, Fitbit, or whatever your own method is of tracking) - your body essentially tracks it for you. I’m not kidding anybody when I eat, say, two big bowls of cereal for breakfast instead of something with more protein and fewer carbs, and don’t record it.
I weigh daily if I’m at the club. Although I know if I’ve eaten a half a bag of Oreos the night or two before I wont go near the scale. I’ve always been curious on how/when the extra calories impacts weight gain? The extra calories seems like it doesn’t translate into weight gain (fat?) until two days later?
Don’t understand why anyone would want to be inaccurate on tracking calories or exercise IF weight loss or time is your primary goal. And it has to be everything. It’s the small little food items that put you over the top. A healthy panera oatmeal cookie is 390 calories, a Small McDonald’s fries is 230 calories, a handful of mms at the office 100 calories, a healthy chicken burrito with sour cream, guacamole, cheese etc vs. a chicken bowl w/o the extras is over 500 more calories. That’s 1200 extra calories for a day. It would take over 2 1/2 hours of running at 12 minute pace to erase those extra calories on a daily basis. If weight loss is the goal, than diet is the key. Exercise can’t erase those extra calories.
Still doing my 20/20 push-up streak.
I agree that “failure is not an option” is a wrong approach to training and/or weight loss. This is not a freakin’ mission to Mars where one error dooms everything! If you set perfectionist goals, you might be paving the road to disappointment and doom. So if the scale tells you your weight is not where you wanted it to be, it is not the reason to give up or beat yourself up over it. It simply tells you to think more strategically for the next few days and keep on weighing yourself! As MOfWC said, one sucky race is not the sign of doomsday. We are human, and humans have setbacks. Setbacks are not automatic failures.
No soda since 1:30 am on 1/1/16. That was my goal for the first week. Fairly clean eating but definitely need to track input. Also need to increase the walking intensity and not smell as many roses. Plan to buy a Landice when my power ball tix is picked today :).
These were very helpful posts to read after my terrible run (11.5 miles) this morning. I remember when having a bad run would make me really worried but now I can recognize it for what it is, just a bad day. Anyway, all I can say for it is that I got it done and I’m glad to have it out of the way.
I think BunsenBurner’s post is spot-on and I especially like the mission to Mars analogy. I think many people have an “all or nothing” approach to health, diet, and fitness but the reality is that we’re in this for the rest of our lives.
Today, Mr. Sabaray and I headed out to our local health campus - they have a nice path that’s one mile around the campus. He walked 2 miles while I had a 5 mile run - I did not stick to the loop but ventured out to the area around the campus which presented some hilly challenges. I had forgotten how enjoyable a solo run could be.
I think setbacks are really important. Sometimes they are just a bad day, but sometimes you can take a look and see what might have happened and really learn from it. Like- hmmm, maybe I went out too fast or “did I have enough fluids since dinner last night?” Or- maybe those 4 5 miles days in a row weren’t the best idea leading up to a long run!
Glad you had a good run, sabaray. That is a hilly area, for sure!
One of my favorite yoga teachers likes to remind us that you have your better and worse days and it s certainly true. You just have to keep coming back to the mat (or run, or bike or whatever).
I think that “design thinking” is very helpful when setting goals for dieting and exercise. I found this article to be most interesting and thought provoking especially in light of New Years goals.
That is an excellent article, peacefulmom - thank you for sharing it!
Thanks, @peacefulmom !