Weight loss & fitness log

OK but when I lose down to skin and bones, It's all your fault. I'm surviving on chicken broth and day old bread crumbs now.:D
 
Hope you were able to fit in your bike ride Ameriscot! The oatmeal raisin cookies and fairy cakes sound like healthy treats. Happy Birthday to your grandson, they are so cute at that age. April, sweet potatoes are so good for you, I don't eat nearly enough of them, hardly at all really. Have you ever made sweet potato fries?

Today I made it to the gym, did 4X12 sets on the low row, tricep pulldown and lat pulldown bar, and 10 miles on the exercise bike. Breakfast was an Aussie Bite, dinner was skinless and boneless sardines in olive oil with Finn Crisp crackers and artichoke hearts. Dessert will be nonfat greek yogurt with organic lime juice, raw honey and flaxseeds. Hope everybody has a good week with their nutrition and exercise goals.
 
The movie Birdman is still running in the background. I really wanted to like this movie, I'm a Michael Keaton fan. But watching a film about the anxieties of a self-indulgent actor for over two hours just isn't cutting it. Ironic, I know.

Sea, that sounds really good, I don't have the talent to put together such a yummy sounding menu of foods, at least not for myself, it just never comes together when I think about the prep. I do love sweet potatoes though and may give the oven fried ones a try in the near future. I eat a lot of kale, broccoli, but mostly the bagged kinds, so, very little prep involved other than rinsing the kale and pouring a bit of olive oil over them once they cook down. I think I just rather eat what someone else prepared.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Hope you were able to fit in your bike ride Ameriscot! The oatmeal raisin cookies and fairy cakes sound like healthy treats. Happy Birthday to your grandson, they are so cute at that age. April, sweet potatoes are so good for you, I don't eat nearly enough of them, hardly at all really. Have you ever made sweet potato fries?

Today I made it to the gym, did 4X12 sets on the low row, tricep pulldown and lat pulldown bar, and 10 miles on the exercise bike. Breakfast was an Aussie Bite, dinner was skinless and boneless sardines in olive oil with Finn Crisp crackers and artichoke hearts. Dessert will be nonfat greek yogurt with organic lime juice, raw honey and flaxseeds. Hope everybody has a good week with their nutrition and exercise goals.
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Didn't manage the bike ride. I had more to do that I thought and by late afternoon it had gotten cloudy so was too chilly.

Thanks for birthday wishes, he's 3 tomorrow but they won't be here until Friday. He is sooooo adorable!

I've had sweet potato fries but never made them. Yum! I love sweet potatoes just boiled with butter.
 
Scale is down a bit. Now to keep it there for an entire week! Did some shopping after the gym and picked up some fresh bakery rolls and bacon (British - meaty) for tomorrow morning. A bacon roll is between 400-500 calories. Picked up chicken leg quarters for BBQ tonight and will make mashed potatoes for daughter as she loves mine. I'll try to have a small amount of potatoes, lots of salad and I'll take the skin off my piece of chicken. I'll get some frozen leftover curry out for a few of my meals this week as I know the calories in it. DH is the chef in this house so not sure what he'll be making the rest of the week. He likes to make her favourites as the free meals where she works aren't that great.

Don't know what I've done but my shoulder is sore - think it's just the deltoid muscle. So I skipped the resistance machines because all of them use that muscle somewhat even when they don't target it. So I did all cardio. I'll skip my dumbbells at home today as well.

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

Lower at home:
ankle weights, step, mat, dumbbells - for abs, core, thighs, calves, glutes
 
No calorie counting today. Really nice lunch out. Followed by ice cream. Went on a lovely 15 mile bike ride. Visited botanic gardens and did a lot of walking.
 
Hope your shoulder's okay Ameriscot. That 15 mile bike ride sounds great, equals out the ice cream treat for sure. :) Bet you saw lots of beautiful flowers, great mood booster right there! Didn't do anything yesterday except for morning walk, too many other chores to take care of. Had Mexican food and a beer for dinner, but portions were small. Breakfast was Aussie bite, and yogurt for dessert again. Will get back to the gym today after our walk in the park.
 
Thanks, SB. Yesterday's exercise:

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

Shoulder just has a slight twinge now and then but I won't do any workouts with it until Monday. Yesterday we went on another bike ride, this time to the beach. 8 miles round trip.

Food not bad - probably about 1500 calories.

Today we're doing another BBQ. Another gorgeous day but I have too much to do in the house and some baking and making pasta salad. But I might go for a walk later.
 
Well, I got quite the workout yesterday as I missed my bus, so I walked, big, big mistake. By the time I got to my physical therapy appt, he decided it was best just to let me call it a day and did all the work for me. I paid dearly and am still paying dearly for that walk, but, oh well, at least I know not to do that again. Well, we'll see. I'm switching pain doctors, as my pt guy says, I'm too young to be in this much pain time to go at another plan of action again.

Anyway, I'm not sure about going out this weekend, maybe just the beach and dinner, but, for sure, will be going off plan and not even going to be weighing in this Sat, my friends are coming in on Friday and I'll probably blow my diet that one night alone consuming too much of everything. :D

Well, hobbling out the door in a minute, hope you all have a great day.
 
April, do you use a cane or walking stick at all? Would something like that help? Hope you can get some relief in the near future.
 
April, so sorry for all your pain! Take it easy and I really hope it eases soon. I'd send hugs but might hurt you.
 
Hi Sea, Yes, I do have a cane and use it on and off, vanity just won't allow me to carry it as often as I should, I just won't, plus it's somewhat painful toward my shoulder when leaning on it too much, though very helpful when getting up and down at times. I need to get over myself in vain thing, plus, people stop to give me more rides if I'm hobbling along on my cane down the road. LOL. No kidding, :) some nice folks who keep my faith in humanity, just when, I start to have doubts, but once and a while, I've had some men try that when I wasn't hobbling down the road. :( OK back to good thoughts, yesterday, I guess one one of the other clients must of overheard my conversation with my physical therapist because she, came up to me and said offered to give me a ride home when over PT sessions were over that day. That was a big positive, I ended up not having to worry about rushing out in the heat to catch the bus thanks to this person's kindness. :)

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Ameriscot, thank you, I'll take that hug, I can't ever get enough of those, no matter that they do hurt a little, their worth it though, especially from the likes of people like you. So back at ya. :bighug:

I'm going to read a little more around here and then run a bath of hot water with some lavender oil and then retire for the rest of the afternoon and hope for bit of relief gotta at least try to ready myself for the weekend. Now I'm wishing I hadn't disposed of those drugs those doctors gave me a year or so ago I refused to take. I'm at a point I'm reconsidering. Sigh.

Thank you both for thinking of me.
 
Ameriscot said:
Thanks, SB. Yesterday's exercise:

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

Shoulder just has a slight twinge now and then but I won't do any workouts with it until Monday. Yesterday we went on another bike ride, this time to the beach. 8 miles round trip.

Food not bad - probably about 1500 calories.

Today we're doing another BBQ. Another gorgeous day but I have too much to do in the house and some baking and making pasta salad. But I might go for a walk later.
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Sounds good Annie! Glad it's just a twinge with your shoulder, hope it stops there. An 8 mile bike ride is very good, healthy mileage for sure! Yesterday we just ate leftovers from the Mexican food, a couple of pork carnitas in whole wheat tortilla wraps, usual breakfast and dessert.

At the gym yesterday, I did 4X12 on low row @55lbs, 4X12 on tricep pulldowns @ 20lbs. and 4X12 on lat pulldown bar @ 40 lbs. Also, 45 mins. on elliptical. Today, no exercise beside my morning 2 mileish walk with dog and hubby. Usual breakfast and dessert, and red sauce on whole wheat spagetti for dinner. Hoping to get to the gym again tomorrow for more cardio at least.
 
Workout at gym:
30 mins spin bike
10 mins rowing machine
10 mins elliptical

Skipped using the resistance machines and not doing any dumbbells at home. Should be doing my lower body muscle workout this afternoon, but doubt I will. Shoulder feels fine but I'm just letting it rest until Monday.

Really enjoyed the bike rides - 15 miles on Tuesday and 8 miles on Wednesday.

SB, not sure what the low row is? I think we have different machines and sometimes different names on them. I see you switched to 4 x 12 on the resistance machines. Can you feel the difference?

My plantar fasciitis is really improving with the stretches I do and with these awesome PF slippers and gel support in my shoes. Only slight pain in my heel. I love doing power walking along our road as it goes along the coast so it's very pleasant. I will wait until I can do the treadmill without pain before trying it again.
 
You're smart for resting your shoulder Ameriscot. That's what it says on the label, but it's not a rowing machine. It's just a weight bench, with rests on the side (near front) to place your feet. There's a choice of handles you can connect to it, I usually use the one that's already there. You put the pin in the weight you want (55 is okay for me), and pull back on the handle. Your elbows remain low at your waist during the exercise. I definitely feel a difference when I do the sets, much better for sure.

Good to hear your Plantar is improving, I couldn't believe how quickly that came up on me years ago when I was working, lots of pain in one foot when I got out of bed in the morning. Massage for a couple of minutes with magnesium oil really helped a lot, being on my feet all day on cement floors got the best of me.
 
I've been up and down this week. It's discouraging. I've felt bloated all week and just know I'm heavy. Tomorrow is weigh in day. I wish I had fasted today. Tomorrow is the tale of the scale. Fingers crossed.
 
Good luck Drifter, please don't fast, not the smart thing to do. :love_heart: Today I had a banana for breakfast, strawberry smoothie at the gym, will have shrimp salad on french bread for dinner and yogurt for dessert.

Today's exercise was 16+ miles (55 min.) on the exercise bike and...

3X12 on low row machine (55 lbs.)
3X12 on tricep pulldown ropes (20 lbs.)
3X12 on lat pulldown bar (40 lbs.)
 
Judgement Day: weight, 202.0 pounds, down 3.0 pounds from last weigh in. Hoping I can hold this weight or be down another pound next week.
 

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