Weight loss & fitness log

Thanks Seabreeze, welcome back. It's rather pleasing to fit where before you couldn't. Congratulations.
 

I discovered a cup sitting in front of me today with ice cream and homemade hot fudge topping on it. I started to protest but a little voice in my head said, 'shut up and eat it.' I was sure it was one of those hallucinations dieters and diabetes patients get from time to time so I just ignored the small voice and ate it. It was no hallucination. It was some of that good.
 

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Well, I've waddled back home today. :playful: Had a helluva good time putting the weight on - great food, good beers! Clothes are much snugger than when I left 5 weeks ago. Time to behave. 2 months to next trip and I don't intend for any of my clothes to be tight.
 
Bet it's great to be back home Ameriscot, so happy you had such a good time, good food and good beer, life doesn't get much better than that! :cool: I think with some discipline and bike rides, you'll be back to your old self in no time. :love_heart:
 
Thanks SB. I'll be back at the gym 5 days a week when possible, and when weather cooperates I'll be riding my beloved bike. It's the calories that will make the big difference though. No alcohol at home. Counting calories.

Today will be 1200 calories. Although we woke up at 10:30 this morning even though we went to bed at a normal time. I'll start back with my home muscle workout today or tomorrow. Need to go grocery shopping today.
 
Weigh-In Day:
Gained one (1) lb.
Total weight lost - 10.5 lb.
To Goal - 4 lb.
Average Daily Calories - 1329
Comment: I've been up and down all week; today I'm up.
 
Ameriscot, I haven't been to the gym for a looong time, since I left for my camping trip. Now the new puppy is keeping me busy, up early and training him to be a good boy. Told my hubby that my leg muscles are sore (good sore), just as if I was working out at the gym, with the non-stop stooping, squatting, kneeling, etc. I've been doing with the dog. Getting down on the floor is so easy, getting up...not so much. :p

Drifter, you're doing so well, we all go up and down, glad you're taking it in stride. I'm holding steady, still 2 pounds to my goal.

Have a great week ahead everyone! :eek:nthego:
 
Having trouble recovering from jet lag this time. So, didn't make it to the gym this morning. Had dinner at our friends' house last night. Food wasn't high cal but the 3 or 4 small glasses of wine were.

Calories today: just under 1200

Finally did a muscle workout for both upper and lower body but did 2 sets of each instead of 3. Gym tomorrow definitely!
 
Hiya. Hope you all are doing well and getting fitter.

I'm feeling sore from my muscle work yesterday, but it's a good sore.

Finally made it to the gym today.
30 mins spin bike
5 mins rowing machine
5 mins elliptical
5 mins treadmill (finally able to do it without my heel complaining. Rarely have any heel pain from plantar fasciitis now.)
2 x 12 on 4 resistance machines (taking it easy so I don't get too sore from overdoing too fast)

Calories today will be just over 1200.

Tomorrow our Ugandan daughter and her friend will be coming to visit until Saturday. I'm going to be a bad hostess and not bake any cookies that I will be tempted by. I'll get the usual white chocolate magnums (ice cream bars) for daughter though, but won't eat any.

I am avoiding the scale until at least November. There's no point as I know I lost some muscle while I was on our trip, so it won't reflect the true gain/loss.
 
The last week or so I have been pushing and pushing just to see what I can do. It is amazing, at 53 I've got more in me than at 25. I use a FitBit Flex to track my steps. I've had it for about two years. One thing interesting is the friends chart. You can ask others to compete with you. I have maybe three hundred folks on that list, last night I was around fourteen. That is a bat crazy push but I feel proud. You also get virtual badges for certain accomplishments. One of them is 30,000 steps in one day. Only got it once before. Last night I got 30,000 and then some...really you hear the Rocky music playing!!!
 
Congrats on excelling! Sounds like you're turning into a dynamo of energy!

If only we'd known when we were younger how good it feels to be fit, when we were younger! I'm like you, fitter at 60 then I was when young. Wrong priorities (but it was fun, gotta admit that ;)).

Ameriscot, do you mind if I ask if you use free weights or do you have a home gym set up? Just curious.
 
Debby and Fur, I am also more fit than when I was younger. Wish I'd known!

I do resistance machines at the gym but at home I have sets of dumbbells and ankle weights.
 
Good job Ameriscot. As the weather cools down and I take to wearing sweaters and jackets more it's a bit more difficult for me to motivate myself. I worked out with weights for 90 min yesterday focusing on my guns ( biceps ). I don't feel like myself unless my upper arm are really firm. I need to firm up my abs as well but that's another story. Still I will keep on keeping on. My diet's been very good, baked chicken and sweet potato, broccoli, stuffed mushroom, spinach and salad. :love_heart:
 
We have a BowFlex and I also ride a single-speed bike around these hills. This was a joke I wrote about fitness:

Day one: Bowflex for fifteen minutes; fell off it. Dragged myself to the refrigerator and ate a pint of ice cream to cool off.

Day two: Tried Bowflex again. Too sore to move. Gave up and sat down with cookies and milk and a movie.

Day three: Tried jogging with dog. Passed out in intersection. Cops and EMS came. Helped me back home. Sat down on couch with pizza and posted on a neo-Nazi forum.

Day four: Tried brisk walking. Dog outran me. Couldn't keep up; took nap in neighbor's mulch bed before going home.

Day five: Nap in mulch bed made my back hurt. Stayed in bed until forced to feed husband. Passed out face-first onto hot burner on stove.

Day six: In burn unit of hospital. Might be months before I get home, but it's all good; I'm bedridden. Allowed naps.


LOL!!

The truth is, I ride my bike, work out on the Bowflex and still get grumpy because stuff hurts.

Know why stuff hurts? Because I don't let pain get too much in the way to being fit. I'm 5'11 and I weigh 150 pounds. I have had very serious injuries but the pain tells me I'm still alive.

I can move pretty well. But I'll admit, when that breakthrough pain hits from injuries...I head to the bathtub and Epsom salts! Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...so nice!

And the VA are generous with anti-inflammatory and pain meds.

I hate pills. But I'll tell y'all, the bathtub is great for pain!

I do jog (when I can) and I love riding my bike because my dog is there with me and it's fun! I also walk quickly, and I'm so happy just to maintain my weight and not gain.

I seem to have a little problem with stuff on me sagging. I must have missed paying the gravity bill.
 
Pookie do you do your stretches before workouts? It helps. If you have persistent pain try yoga as a form of exercise instead of Bowflex. ( I know you were kidding in your previous post). As long as your blood is flowing and your muscles are stretching it will do you some good. And perhaps you could throw in a little cardio. :eek:nthego:
 
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Pookie do you do your stretches before workouts? It helps. If you have persistent pain try yoga as a form of exercise instead of Bowflex. ( I know you were kidding in your previous post). As long as your blood is flowing and your muscles are stretching it will do you some good. And perhaps you could throw in a little cardio. :eek:nthego:
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Just need to be sure to do very gentle stretching and a warm up. And definitely do a good stretch afterwards.
 
Guests came yesterday and I was good! I watched them all eat the chicken with bacon, mashed potatoes and gravy etc while I had my carefully weighed veggie curry. Daughter's friend brought a gift of yummy looking chocolates, and poor lady apologized for it! Maybe I'll share with everyone and just have one.

Going on a bike ride with everyone today so didn't go to the gym. If we stop in the cafe for lunch I'll just get a bowl of soup.
 
chic said:
Pookie do you do your stretches before workouts? It helps. If you have persistent pain try yoga as a form of exercise instead of Bowflex. ( I know you were kidding in your previous post). As long as your blood is flowing and your muscles are stretching it will do you some good. And perhaps you could throw in a little cardio. :eek:nthego:
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I do loads of stretching, honey I have to. My favorite one is to sit cross-legged on the floor and lean down until my upper body and head are completely flat on the floor. Then I put my hands behind my back and go up and down like that.

My hubby saw me put my foot behind my head and yelled to the dog, "Call 911! She's possessed!"

I have bad pain every day. I have rods and pins in my back and right hip but I keep on.

Um....time for a bath! YAY!

All joking aside, I ride my bike, get moving on the Bowflex, but holy crap I'm only maintaining!
 
I couldn't resist hubby's lasagna last night so did have one serving plus lots of garlic bread. Tonight will be leftover lasagna and leftover curry. I'll skip the lasagna. So calories should be under 1300 today.

Good workout at the gym this morning. Tomorrow when our guests are gone I'll go back into my 'gym' and do the dumbbells, etc.

Not getting on the scale. Maybe in November.
 
Weigh-in Day:
Lost this week - 1 lb
Total Lost- - 13lb
Lb. To Goal - - 3 lb
Avg. Daily Calories- 1255
Comment: Onward To the goal, marching as to war.
 

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