Weight loss & fitness log

No desire to see the scale but once a week, either I'm going to eat right or I'm not, won't make any difference for me except seeing or feeling the results by weeks end. I need not be tormented by the number on the scale no more no less than that one time each week. LOL!

Heading out to a movie, will converse when I get back. I did fit a little bit of exercise in today, not a lot, just some leg lifts and side bends and other stretches. Tomorrow I will get more of a workout on the stationary bike.
 

Earlier this week I went shopping for some new jeans. I went to a store or two and was disappointed because neither carried my size. Based on what's available to me here in Oklahoma I prefer Wranglers. They seem to fit me better than some other brands. I bought a pair and brought them home and pitched them on a table in my office. A couple of days later I got up early and the house seemed cooler than usual. I went in the office thinking this is a good time to try on my pants. I was shocked. A belt would not hold up these pants. They were at least two, maybe three sizes too large. I went to my closet and pulled out the only other pair of jeans I own, a pair of wranglers, exactly the same size I bought. Later in the day I took them back for a refund. I went home and put on my old jeans. I could not wear them without suspenders. I pulled out my sewing kit and wrapped a tape measure around me. I am two sizes smaller, then some. I mentioned this revelation to my wife. She said the kids and I were just talking how you had slimmed down. Well, glory be. I'm glad i joined this group in a weekly weigh-in. I attribute my loss to the group here who inspire me. So a big "Thank you" to my compatriots on the Weight and Fitness Log.
 

drifter said:
Earlier this week I went shopping for some new jeans. I went to a store or two and was disappointed because neither carried my size. Based on what's available to me here in Oklahoma I prefer Wranglers. They seem to fit me better than some other brands. I bought a pair and brought them home and pitched them on a table in my office. A couple of days later I got up early and the house seemed cooler than usual. I went in the office thinking this is a good time to try on my pants. I was shocked. A belt would not hold up these pants. They were at least two, maybe three sizes too large. I went to my closet and pulled out the only other pair of jeans I own, a pair of wranglers, exactly the same size I bought. Later in the day I took them back for a refund. I went home and put on my old jeans. I could not wear them without suspenders. I pulled out my sewing kit and wrapped a tape measure around me. I am two sizes smaller, then some. I mentioned this revelation to my wife. She said the kids and I were just talking how you had slimmed down. Well, glory be. I'm glad i joined this group in a weekly weigh-in. I attribute my loss to the group here who inspire me. So a big "Thank you" to my compatriots on the Weight and Fitness Log.
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Well done, Drifter! That is awesome! Fitting into smaller clothes is so rewarding.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Have a nice time at the show April, what movie are you seeing?
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Thank you Sea, just seeing your message. We saw The Avengers, Ultron movie, Meh, Think it's the last Avengers movie I'll be going to the theater to see, I should have known better, I wasn't bowled over by the first one, but, I do like the movies of the other comic characters from the series. After, we went out for Greek food. It was delicious, I only took a couple of the surprise creek birthday dessert that was served to me after and I didn't even ask to take the rest of it home. :) It was a nice day to end the weekend. I'm prepared to deal with the coming week.
 
Glad you enjoyed your weekend, April, even if you didn't like the movie. :)

This is normally a gym day but due to it being a bank holiday my gym doesn't open until 10. I like to start my workouts at 8:45 and as is normal on bank holidays the gym will be mobbied. So today I'll do my home workouts and tomorrow I'll go the gym and only do cardio (so I won't be doing small muscle work without a break in between).

Menu plan - under 1300 healthy calories.

At home workout: upper and lower body muscle work 3 x 10/12 each.

SB: I tried to do the plank for longer last time and using a stopwatch found that at 30 seconds my lower back started to hurt. So I'm going to stick to counting to 20 x 3.
 
Ameriscot said:
Glad you enjoyed your weekend, April, even if you didn't like the movie. :)

This is normally a gym day but due to it being a bank holiday my gym doesn't open until 10. I like to start my workouts at 8:45 and as is normal on bank holidays the gym will be mobbied. So today I'll do my home workouts and tomorrow I'll go the gym and only do cardio (so I won't be doing small muscle work without a break in between).

Menu plan - under 1300 healthy calories.

At home workout: upper and lower body muscle work 3 x 10/12 each.

SB: I tried to do the plank for longer last time and using a stopwatch found that at 30 seconds my lower back started to hurt. So I'm going to stick to counting to 20 x 3.
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Thank you, I wouldn't go as far to say, I disliked the movie, there was plenty of eye candy, just wasn't all that fun and exciting as I'd hoped. But it was a good weekend, so, I have much to be grateful for regardless.

I put in decent workout today, my glutes and quads are getting most of the exercise though at least that's where I'm feeling it most.
 
Well done on the glutes and quads exercise!

Not a normal gym day but I didn't go yesterday. No muscle work today as I did it all yesterday and will do so again tomorrow.

Workout at gym:
30 mins spin bike
10 mins rowing machine
10 mins elliptical

Under 1400 healthy calories today. And the scale went down again! Adjusting my ticker.
 
Drifter, that's gotta feel great to have dropped a couple of sizes and have your clothes so loose, awesome! :thumbsup: Ameriscot, so good to hear your scale keeps going in the right direction, way to go! April, nice that you got in a decent workout with all you've been going through, good to hear! :)

Haven't been to the gym for the past couple of days, just my morning walk for exercise. Been starting to prepare for camping, buying stuff and going over lists. Won't be leaving till the end of the month, but I don't like a last minute rush. Yesterday had banana for breakfast, northern beans with ham for dinner and yogurt for dessert.

Kudos to all you guys who are doing all the right things and making headway to your goals. :goodjob:
 
SeaBreeze said:
Drifter, that's gotta feel great to have dropped a couple of sizes and have your clothes so loose, awesome! :thumbsup: Ameriscot, so good to hear your scale keeps going in the right direction, way to go! April, nice that you got in a decent workout with all you've been going through, good to hear! :)

Haven't been to the gym for the past couple of days, just my morning walk for exercise. Been starting to prepare for camping, buying stuff and going over lists. Won't be leaving till the end of the month, but I don't like a last minute rush. Yesterday had banana for breakfast, northern beans with ham for dinner and yogurt for dessert.

Kudos to all you guys who are doing all the right things and making headway to your goals. :goodjob:
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Thanks. Will you be able to do some hiking when you go camping? I'm not a last minute person either. I start packing for a trip about 2 weeks ahead of time.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Drifter, that's gotta feel great to have dropped a couple of sizes and have your clothes so loose, awesome! :thumbsup: Ameriscot, so good to hear your scale keeps going in the right direction, way to go! April, nice that you got in a decent workout with all you've been going through, good to hear! :)

Haven't been to the gym for the past couple of days, just my morning walk for exercise. Been starting to prepare for camping, buying stuff and going over lists. Won't be leaving till the end of the month, but I don't like a last minute rush. Yesterday had banana for breakfast, northern beans with ham for dinner and yogurt for dessert.

Kudos to all you guys who are doing all the right things and making headway to your goals. :goodjob:
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Oh so happy for you getting to go camping, that's something I miss. I'm like you an Annie, I start packing my gear and other items way ahead of time, even so, I always feel like I'm not fully prepared till the last minute. So exciting, counting down to the day of the trip. Weeeeee.
 
Ameriscot said:
Thanks. Will you be able to do some hiking when you go camping? I'm not a last minute person either. I start packing for a trip about 2 weeks ahead of time.
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We'll be out for two weeks or so, and yes we'll do some hiking probably daily for me. Even if my husband decides to fish the river, I'll usually take a walk on my own. We'll be going to the same area that's in many of my photo albums here, the walk along that dirt road is around 3 miles round trip, plus you can take some side trails too if you like.

The elevation is higher than where we live, around 10,200 feet in altitude, so the hikes are definitely more of a workout and will get you breathing heavy pretty quickly. Better after a few days when you're used to it. The dog is too old to go with us every time, but he'll stay in the camper with the cat on certain days. We're in the camper the whole time, so all the food and necessities have to be packed or we do without. It's a tiny camper that sits in the back of the pick up truck, so we can't take too much stuff. No computer, TV and very poor radio reception in the area, usually can't even get one station to come in clear enough to listen to. Clears the mind and is very naturally calming, looking forward to it, but will miss you guys. Thanks for the good wishes Drifter!
 
Sounds great SB. I've seen your pics and it's a stunning area.

Went to the gym today, was doing well on menu but then had a bit of stress regarding my new Amazon fire tv stick. Really annoyed me and I started to snack, then made a G & T, and another. So lost count of calories, but I was due for a treat. So will be back on calories tomorrow.
 
I'm at the point of being sick of preparing meals and I haven't really been cooking much, but, I will get in gear and cook up some dinners and just freeze a few meals for the week. I had my usual workout with my PT, I think I did pretty good on the usual glute abs, quads and bike.
 
Ameriscot, don't know what a fire TV stick even is. :confused: April, good to hear you're having productive workout with your PT! Yesterday and today I just did a quick weight exercise at home. 4X12 with 8lb. hand weights, overhead, bicep, tricep, and forearm. Yesterday, leftover beans for dinner, today was oven grilled salmon fillet with boiled gold potatoes, yogurt for dessert on both days. Also had some Dove dark chocolate covered cherries, blueberries and cranberries.
 
Oh, Sea, when I saw my PT on Monday, I had no choice but to just let it go. He had a big boo boo on his head and I told him it served him right and I couldn't stop laughing till after he explained it, then I felt bad for laughing, but still every time after that when I'm home and I visualize his face with the boo boo, I start laughing all over again. Today, I tried not to stare at the scare too much, but still I couldn't help but get the giggles on the inside. Anyway, he and I are on ok terms for the moment.
 
Ameriscot said:
Sounds great SB. I've seen your pics and it's a stunning area.

Went to the gym today, was doing well on menu but then had a bit of stress regarding my new Amazon fire tv stick. Really annoyed me and I started to snack, then made a G & T, and another. So lost count of calories, but I was due for a treat. So will be back on calories tomorrow.
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I thought about getting one of those sticks, but, didn't see it as any different than what I already have in my Roku and smart dvd player of which I haven't used either in past year for viewing extra content lately. But, I'm still curious about it. I hope you will soon be getting every bit of enjoyment out of it to far outweigh the annoyance it has caused in setting it up.
 
AprilT said:
I thought about getting one of those sticks, but, didn't see it as any different than what I already have in my Roku and smart dvd player of which I haven't used either in past year for viewing extra content lately. But, I'm still curious about it. I hope you will soon be getting every bit of enjoyment out of it to far outweigh the annoyance it has caused in setting it up.
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The reason I got the stick is because of a series I want to see which is only shown on Amazon Prime UK - Outlander, which was filmed in Scotland and had been shown in about 70 other countries, but NOT the UK. Producers are Starz in the US. Finally got a deal and it is only shown on Amazon Prime UK. So I got prime and have been watching it on my PC as we couldn't get it to show up on the TV.

So we bought the stick. Besides this show we get all kinds of stuff - some a repeat of what we get through Roku already. Anyway, we could only get Amazon US on this stick which is not what we want and couldn't watch this programme. Chatted on line to an idiot at Amazon for about half an hour. No help. Then someone from Amazon phoned and cleared it up. I have Amazon in both US and UK. Our kindles are linked to my US account (cheaper books). I can't have a 'digital' account on both Amazon accounts (didn't know they were linked). So can't have kindle on one and stick on the other. So they cancelled my prime in the UK and are giving me a partial refund. Husband signed up for prime on his account as he only has a UK one. All fixed. But I was getting seriously p*ssed off.

The stick plugs into your tv and use the remote that came with it to get movies etc through Amazon TV.

Clear as mud?
 
Anyway, didn't get my full workouts in yesterday but did go to the gym. After we got the amazon sorted I had to rewatch a couple of episodes of my beloved series.

So doing what I was planning on not doing again - upper body two days in a row. Also lower. Calories will be good today. The gin is gone. :p
 
SeaBreeze said:
Ameriscot, don't know what a fire TV stick even is. :confused: April, good to hear you're having productive workout with your PT! Yesterday and today I just did a quick weight exercise at home. 4X12 with 8lb. hand weights, overhead, bicep, tricep, and forearm. Yesterday, leftover beans for dinner, today was oven grilled salmon fillet with boiled gold potatoes, yogurt for dessert on both days. Also had some Dove dark chocolate covered cherries, blueberries and cranberries.
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Your menu sounds good. :)

Do you find 8lb a good weight for all those routines? My muscle strength is in different areas, some much weaker/stronger than others. I use 3, 4, 5, and 6 kg dumbells at home, but need to get some 7 and 8s. When I do the one for shoulders, forearms, and rotator cuff by lifting dumbbells in front of me I can only do 3kg (6.6 lb). But my biceps curls are 6 kg. Shoulder rolls I like to use 8kg but don't have it at home. Overhead I use 4 kg. etc.
 
Thanks for explaining the stick Ameriscot. My hand weights are just 2lb and 8lb at home, so I make due with the 8 lb...probably would be happier with a 5lb, but don't use them often enough to go out and buy more, since my husband would never use such light weights.

Today, I made it to the gym and did...

4X12 Tricep pushdowns @ 30 lbs.
4X12 Low Rows @ 40 lbs
4X12 Lat Pulldowns @ 40 lbs

Also did 1/2 hour on the treadmill at 3 mph. Breakfast was an Aussie Bite, dinner was a spinach frozen pizza and some organic corn tortilla chips with salsa, dessert will be yogurt.
 
Not having a great week even though the scale made me very happy a few days ago. Sinus headache yesterday and no muscle work. Stayed up all night watching the election and had a variety of snacks and drinks. Little sleep. If can get a workout in I will, if not there's tomorrow.

You're doing very well, SB.
 
Sorry you're getting little too little sleep Annie, it's been like that all week for me as well especially the earlier part of the week, last night was tad bit better. As far as eating, though, my appetite has increased, for reasons, I won't get into, for the most part,I've managed to stay on board, yesterday mostly just eating veggies and a few slices of turkey breast from the deli. I had a baked sweet potato with a hefty serving of zucchini for lunch and dinner, might have the same for lunch today. As I've no desire to do much cooking. Next week I will pick up some shrimp and other quick fix proteins like steak I can throw on my George Forman grill.

The good thing though, I can feel my body agreeing with me and my abs laying flatter.
 

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