Weight loss & fitness log

SeaBreeze said:
I'm lucky to have some muscle too Ameriscot, I worked physical jobs all my life and have exercised on and off over the years. There are tricep machines that I use where you sit on the seat and push down on the handles, but I don't use them that often. At home I have 1 lb wrist weights, weighted gloves that came with my old TurboJam cd, 2 lb., 8lb and 15 lb handweights, hubby keeps those downstairs with his weight bench. I never take advantage of having those extra weights and bench at home, I should do that at least once a week...hubby uses them 3 times a week.
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Nice that you have a bench. I don't really have room for one, I use an old chair in my home 'gym' for triceps dips, and the dumbbell routines that I need to bend over with.
 

SeaBreeze said:
Ameriscot, I followed your lead and did some sets at the gym today, for the first time.

4X12 of 'low rows' @ 55lbs.
4X12 of 'tricep pulldowns (rope) @ 20 lbs.
4X12 of 'lat pulldowns' @ 40 lbs

Along with that I did various other machines of either 10 or 20 reps, like biceps, tricep (seated handle), leg press, chest press, leg/thigh abduction in and out setting, glutes. After that I did 45 minutes on the bicycle machine, random hill (#10) setting, 12 miles. So along with my morning (2ish mile) walk with dog and hubby, it was a pretty good day.

Foodwise, I had a banana for 'breakfast', and a bagel with lox (smoked salmon) and reduced fat chive cream cheese and thin sliced onion for dinner. Dessert later will be plain Greek yogurt with organic honey, organic lime juice and hemp hearts.

Today was a good day, Saturday's 2 pound gain was a wake up call for me to give a little more effort here. I was thinking Saturday, that if I just continued to go up on the scale, and wasn't willing to give any extra effort to reach my goal....that I'd just drop out of this thread and not be a negative drain here. Hoping that this coming weigh in will be more positive. Thanks to all of you here for the encouragement and good vibes. :love_heart:
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I wish you'd stay SB. I like talking about the machines and muscle work with you. You're not being a negative drain. The purpose of the thread is support for each other. I also find it motivating to have to 'report in'.
 
I joined an online diet forum about 3 1/2 years ago and found it really helpful with all the support. I quit about a year ago as it got really slow, but rejoined a couple of weeks before we started this thread. I copy and paste the menu and workouts into that forum and here and edit as needed. I find that writing down everything you eat and drink, whether you count calories or not, is very helpful. I keep an excel spreadsheet(s) and plan my menu a day ahead.

I'm finding that doing all of my workouts in one day instead of spreading them out and having 1500 cals on that day, and 1200 on a non-workout day is working well. Scale is down again this morning.

Yesterday I juggled the calories a bit, and exchanged some of my snack calories and put them into walnuts and almond slivers on my salad because I'm not doing that often enough.

Menu:
B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
L: veggie lasagna, pear, yogurt
D: veg and tofu curry & basmati rice, salad
Drinks: tea w/soy milk, herbal teas, flavoured water, water, coffee w/almond milk
Cals: 1202
 

Thank you both for your kind thoughts April and Ameriscot, I'll keep on keepin' on for now, until y'all kick me out, lol. :playful: When I turned 50, I joined a yahoo group for women getting fit over fifty. I did lose some weight during that time, was actually making the effort to count calories, etc. These days I don't want too much structure, in my head I know what's good and bad for me to eat, and what is an excessive amount. Gotta admit at the time all that cardio I did with the home video tapes for step aerobics, etc., really made a difference.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Thank you both for your kind thoughts April and Ameriscot, I'll keep on keepin' on for now, until y'all kick me out, lol. :playful: When I turned 50, I joined a yahoo group for women getting fit over fifty. I did lose some weight during that time, was actually making the effort to count calories, etc. These days I don't want too much structure, in my head I know what's good and bad for me to eat, and what is an excessive amount. Gotta admit at the time all that cardio I did with the home video tapes for step aerobics, etc., really made a difference.
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Great! :) I've lost before without counting calories or doing weight watchers points, but I do much better if I'm structured.
 
No exercise today except for the walk in the park, had some shopping to do, will get to the gym tomorrow for sure. For breakfast, I had a left-over half bagel with lox and cream cheese, dinner was homemade shrimp salad sandwich on roll, dessert was plain yogurt, honey, lime juice and hemp hearts. Feelin' those sets I did yesterday in my shoulders and arms.
 
Good job on the workouts, SeaBreeze.

Nothing to report here but calories. (Somehow I think I missed some on Mon so I'm adding a couple hundred for good measure)

Sat (3/28/15): 1560
Sun (3/29/15): 1470
Mon (3/30/15): 1480
Tue (3/31/15): 1560
 
Thanks Nancy, good job on the calories, I haven't been tracking mine at all. In my old Turbo Jam booklet, they give this calculator to lose one pound a week.

Add a zero to your body weight (example) 150+0=1500

Add 20% for extra daily activity + 300

Daily caloric rate =1800

Subtract 500 calories a day - 500
(by eating 500 calories less or by burning
500 calories through exercise)

Total =1300
 
I'm feeling hugely FAT again. And I haven't gained weight. I take this as a sign my body is ready to start shedding the last 20 pound that have dogged me since last November. Up until this point, I've felt thin after my 35 pound weight loss. NOW I'm feeling fat.. Good sign I hope.
 
Full workout day.

Menu:
B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
L: egg sandwich, yogurt, plum, strawberries
D: veg curry & basmati rice, salad
S: 2 oatcakes w/low fat cheddar, hot chocolate
Drinks: tea w/soy milk, herbal teas, flavoured water, water, coffee w/almond milk
Cals: 1502

Workout at gym:
30 mins spin bike
10 mins rowing machine
4 x 12 on 4 resistance machines
4 x 12 rope/pulley for triceps

Workout at home (upper):
dumbbells - 4 sets of 12 - 11 routines
push ups - 4 x 12
triceps dips - 4 x 12
Lower:
ankle weights, step, mat, dumbbells - for abs, core, thighs, calves, glutes
 
QuickSilver said:
I'm feeling hugely FAT again. And I haven't gained weight. I take this as a sign my body is ready to start shedding the last 20 pound that have dogged me since last November. Up until this point, I've felt thin after my 35 pound weight loss. NOW I'm feeling fat.. Good sign I hope.
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I know the feeling. I find it motivating as well.
 
Nancy, good job on the calories.

SB, isn't it great to feel that wee bit of soreness which means you've worked your muscles!
 
Nothing new here, maybe a little craving for more crunch, but, sticking to plan. I don't feel as if I'm losing anymore, not getting on the scale till Sat, but, normally by now, my belly would be much flatter, I guess I better leave the lettuce alone, my body always has an adverse reaction to it, though I love my salads. Sigh. I guess it's time to try and do some tummy crunches, the ones the PT person has me do for my back, not the ones most normal folks do. LOL. Why oh why can't I just win the lottery so I can get the fat in my belly sucked out, maybe a butt lift while I'm at it, so I can stop doing these clinches while seated. :D
 
I'd miss my salad if I didn't have it daily. I use spinach in mine instead of lettuce.

I use ankle weights to lift my butt. I was born with a flat butt, but now at least it's round.
 
The soreness is a good feel Ameriscot! We've been using baby spinach for a long time now in place of lettuce, we both like the flavor more, and I think it's much higher in nutrients.
 
Ameriscot said:
I'd miss my salad if I didn't have it daily. I use spinach in mine instead of lettuce.

I use ankle weights to lift my butt. I was born with a flat butt, but now at least it's round.
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I eat a lot of greens, but, mostly I eat cooked ones, including spinach or I bloat up like a balloon, still bloat with some cooked ones, but I have to have my greens every day, including broccoli and spinach I love them both.

Good for you and your round butt. :giggle: Mines is still roundish, just now it has a grove underneath where it dropped a bit.
 
SeaBreeze said:
The soreness is a good feel Ameriscot! We've been using baby spinach for a long time now in place of lettuce, we both like the flavor more, and I think it's much higher in nutrients.
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Some lettuces are okay, but the lighter the colour, the less the nutrition. Sometimes I get mixed dark greens, but usually have spinach.
 
AprilT said:
I eat a lot of greens, but, mostly I eat cooked ones, including spinach or I bloat up like a balloon, still bloat with some cooked ones, but I have to have my greens every day, including broccoli and spinach I love them both.

Good for you and your round butt. :giggle: Mines is still roundish, just now it has a grove underneath where it dropped a bit.
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Round-ish, not totally award-winning round! :D
 
Thursday

Menu:
B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
L: egg sandwich, yogurt, strawberries
D: veg curry & basmati rice, salad
Drinks: tea w/soy milk, herbal teas, flavoured water, water, coffee w/almond milk
Cals: 1225

Got some serious challenges coming up and I'm psyching myself up to BEHAVE myself and not blow what I've lost already. Ugandan daughter is coming to visit in about 3 weeks and staying for a week. Her visit will overlap by one day with my stepdaughter and her family (someone will be on the sofa for a night). Skinny daughter likes sweets but she is getting better about not eating so much as she is being told at her job how bad sugar is for you. So I'll make some fairly healthy oatmeal raisin cookies at 100 calories each.

Stepdaughter likes junk as well but she's been getting serious about going to a gym and also running. Her husband likes a beer that I like, so I'll have to seriously limit that.

And just before they all come it's our anniversary so that's means a meal out.
 
Friday

Tried to go the gym this morning but forgot it didn't open till later, so went back home as there was no place open to hang out.

Menu:
B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
L: pbj on toast, pear, banana, yogurt
D: veg/bean/Quorn curry & basmati rice, salad
S: hot chocolate, 2 oatcakes w/pb
Drinks: tea w/soy milk, herbal teas, flavoured water, water, coffee w/almond milk
Cals: 1386

Workout at home (upper):
dumbbells - 4 sets of 12 - 11 routines
push ups - 4 x 12
triceps dips - 4 x 12
Lower:
ankle weights, step, mat, dumbbells - for abs, core, thighs, calves, glutes

Since I didn't get to do my spin bike and other gym routines, I'll get on my exercise bike for a while this afternoon.
 
As I suspected would happen, I'm here alone talking to myself. Anyway, Saturday weigh in - lost one pound since last Saturday although I feel I've lost more (must be a gain in muscle weight).

I guess I will stick to my other Diet Forum but keep the ticker in my signature here.
 
I have weighed every morning this week. Not sure why. Maybe it helps with motivation. Weight this a.m. Is 204.0. So have dropped 2.5 pounds this week. That is better than expected.
 
Ameriscot, you aren't alone, I've had a really bad week, not weight loss wise, I'm still losing, I've just been in a lot of pain and uh, from the looks of it, your most recent posting was at near 3am my time. :sleeping: The day before, you posted around 5am and again, I was :sleeping: and this was the last thing on my mind, actually, later that day, I was thinking what could I eat besides meat, to take my mind off this frakin pain, unfortunately, or fortunately, I didn't have any sweet treats around. Sigh, I'm going to make up for it today. I'm going to go get me something yummy, but, I still stay mindful and not over do it. ;) I haven't any intention of undoing all the work I've done thus far.

So as of this day, I lost another 1-lb.

My friend, you'll never walk alone. :bighug:Not if I can help it. :)
 
Calories:
Wed (4/01/15): 1500
Thu (4/02/15): 1630
Fri (4/03/15): 1540

 Down 0.2 lbs. Not giving up. Just painfully slow.
I don't post what I eat because it's embarrassing most of the time. I have no
restrictions, just try to keep calories under control. Got to write down what I eat
when I eat it and not wait 'til the end of the day. I keep forgetting things.

It has gotten very warm here. High predicted of 85 this week. I always carry a
couple extra pounds in hot weather. Something to do with your body not being as
efficient at eliminating water when it's hot. Do any of you experience this?


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drifter said:
I have weighed every morning this week. Not sure why. Maybe it helps with motivation. Weight this a.m. Is 204.0. So have dropped 2.5 pounds this week. That is better than expected.
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Well done!
 

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