Weight loss & fitness log

Scale still creeping downward. Menu will be under 1300 calories again today. Lower body muscle workout at home - dumbbells and ankle weights, etc.

Challenges coming up. Hubby's birthday and we go to Glasgow tomorrow to spend the night. Going to see a movie, out to dinner which will include a couple of pints of beer. Then breakfast out on Monday morning and probably lunch. The restaurant we enjoy has the calories on the menu, so I can choose wisely if I'm tough. Got photos of myself on my phone in my bikinis. Maybe I'll look at those before ordering. :D

Next Saturday we are taking our friends out to dinner since we won't see them for 3 months. And they will be checking on our house. We begin our trip a week from tomorrow - staying in the city Sunday night, then flight on Monday.
 

Had a great workout in the Home Gym this afternoon on the bench press and tricep pulldowns. I've got lifting goals for the first of the year and at this rate, it just may be a doable deal. Also have running goals for distance and time. Hopped on my big tractor and moved some round hay bales around to feed the stock. These cooler temps sure make it nice to work outside. It has been a great transition from summer to fall so far.
 

Today I kicked butt. I measure against my friends list on FitBit. It's around 300 people of every age, gender, and activity level. Last week I wasn't trying too hard and I sunk to almost 200. Between yesterday and today I passed a hundred people whooohooo. The highest I've gotten in recent memory was the mid-thirties. That is a good feeling but it hurts.
 
Well done Agman and Fur!

Gym today.
spin bike - 30 mins
elliptical - 15 mins HIIT (interval training)
treadmill - 10 mins
rowing machine - 5 mins

I will do my lower body muscle work this afternoon. Abs, butt, thighs, core, lunges, squats, ankle weight and dumbbells.
 
Running for time and distance this afternoon. With the temps in the mid 40s, I'll be on the treadmill in the Home Gym rather than out on our dirt county road. We've got some stormy weather headed this way for the end of the week.
 
Go Agman!

Went to the gym this morning. Doing my dumbbells for upper body this afternoon. Planned to do another extra day at the gym tomorrow, but one of my thighs is very tight and achy and was tight last week as well after 5 days in a row of working out. So I think I'd better rest tomorrow. I'll do my final day at the gym on Friday and both upper and lower body muscle work. I really don't want a knotted thigh when I've got to sit on planes for hours and hours.

Food under 1300 calories today.
 
Serious gym and home workouts yesterday. Went over calories last couple of days but not too bad. Dinner out tonight. Hotel tomorrow. Flight Monday.

I have no rules when in transit but will try not to go totally overboard. Long flights require a bit of indulgence food and alcohol-wise.
 
Joined the gym today and I will be there at 7am when they open. Bought a scale today and will weigh myself every morning. I can feel that I gained some from my indulging while in transit. Today I started to behave food-wise. No beer or any alcohol today. Only on gym days and 2 max.

Breakfast: unsweetened pb on Rye, soy yogurt, tea with skimmed milk
Lunch: plain omelette and diet coke
Dinner: will probably have glass noodle soup with bits of pork, iced tea or water
Evening: diet coke or green iced tea

At lunch overlooking sea

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Ameriscot said:
Joined the gym today and I will be there at 7am when they open. Bought a scale today and will weigh myself every morning. I can feel that I gained some from my indulging while in transit. Today I started to behave food-wise. No beer or any alcohol today. Only on gym days and 2 max.

Breakfast: unsweetened pb on Rye, soy yogurt, tea with skimmed milk
Lunch: plain omelette and diet coke
Dinner: will probably have glass noodle soup with bits of pork, iced tea or water
Evening: diet coke or green iced tea

At lunch overlooking sea

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Hope you like the gym. Your diet seems very meager but as long as you are working out, getting good rest, and feeling real good then you've got a great combination. I had one of my best upper body workouts today that I have had in a long time. Will need that 102* temp hot tub out on the porch in the morning. It don't get no better than this.
 
Agman said:
Hope you like the gym. Your diet seems very meager but as long as you are working out, getting good rest, and feeling real good then you've got a great combination. I had one of my best upper body workouts today that I have had in a long time. Will need that 102* temp hot tub out on the porch in the morning. It don't get no better than this.
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Thanks. It's not a proper gym. It's just the fitness centre at one of the resorts. They have the full sets of dumbbells which is my main reason for going as I've worked too hard on my muscles to lose them. For equipment all they have is elliptical, bike, treadmill. I used it for the two months we were here last winter. The problem is it is tooooo HOT. Much hotter and humid than it was last winter. So when I left I mentioned it at reception. I suggested the AC wasn't working properly and a fan would be nice as well. So I'll see if it changes on Monday.

When I get back home I use my yoga mat and ankle weights and do abs, thighs, glutes and core.

I did eat light yesterday because I've been a pig.
 
I have not been getting my steps in. But not like I was a couch potato. Sorted through son's room, demilitarized zone there. I think it just got away from him so I'm trying to help out. But each item of clothing, each piece of paper, shelving the books and begging the clothes under the bed to follow you to the washer. It's time consuming, plus online job applications and two days of heavy rain. Tomorrow I'm gonna get back out there again.
 
Gym:
dumbbells for upper body, lunges, squats, calf lifts. 3 sets x 10 each.
Home:
ankle weights for thighs. glutes. Abs, core, pushups, triceps dips. 3 sets x 10 each.

Menu:
Brk: 1 toast w/pbj (unsweetened), soy yogurt, grapes, tea w/skimmed milk
Lunch & dinner: Thai dishes but I've been skipping ordering rice and not ordering any fried rice dishes.

Might have one beer since it's a workout day, but since I got on the scale this morning might skip beer for a while. I'll skip any treats until I make progress on the scale. Weighed myself this morning and I need to lose 8 to 10 lbs.
 
Ameriscot said:
Gym:
dumbbells for upper body, lunges, squats, calf lifts. 3 sets x 10 each.
Home:
ankle weights for thighs. glutes. Abs, core, pushups, triceps dips. 3 sets x 10 each.

Menu:
Brk: 1 toast w/pbj (unsweetened), soy yogurt, grapes, tea w/skimmed milk
Lunch & dinner: Thai dishes but I've been skipping ordering rice and not ordering any fried rice dishes.

Might have one beer since it's a workout day, but since I got on the scale this morning might skip beer for a while. I'll skip any treats until I make progress on the scale. Weighed myself this morning and I need to lose 8 to 10 lbs.
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Are you going to ride your bicycle as part of your physical conditioning program? Seems like heavy traffic would present major problems, but was hoping you could find refuge in a bike park, trails, or rural areas.
 
Agman said:
Are you going to ride your bicycle as part of your physical conditioning program? Seems like heavy traffic would present major problems, but was hoping you could find refuge in a bike park, trails, or rural areas.
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Calorie burning and conditioning would just be a bonus, just like when we ride at home. No bike trails or bike parks here. The island is almost all 2 lane road and almost always has a hard shoulder. Problem is motor scooters use the shoulder so cyclists have to share. We would avoid riding in the busiest areas and would mainly stick to going south instead of north which has much quieter roads.

We rent a car from the housing complex where we stay, but are considering just renting it this month and February, and using the bikes for transport for January. We do quite a lot of walking here, but not in the middle of the day.
 
Not a workout day. Too much rain to do any walking.

Saturday

Menu:
B: toast w/pbj, soy yogurt, grapes, tea w/skimmed
L: spinach/salmon/cheese quiche, salad, green tea
D: yellow curry w/potatoes & chicken, 1/2 portion rice
S: apple
 
Same here, Annie. I got caught up with some college ballgames and the afternoon got away from me. Tomorrow is different, though. I plan to do sit ups until I puke or go blind...after working upper body, of course. Got some big goals for the end of the year. Have you been surf fishing yet?
 
Agman, I don't fish. But hubby might from our kayak. Don't know what he'll do with them. We are not doing any cooking since it is so cheap to eat out, although we have a full kitchen in our house.
 
Bought a digital scale when we came and I'm down a bit more than 2 lbs since Friday. I'm sure a wee bit of it is fluid loss, but I can feel that I'm shrinking.

Gym day: it is still far too hot as the AC is turned up too high. So today I bought a fan small enough to fit in my backpack and I can plug it in right in front of where the dumbbell rack is. At least the air will be moving. Hate cutting workouts short because I'm too hot.
3 x 12 of 11 routines for upper body using dumbbells
3 x 10 lunges, side lunges, squats, calf lifts using dumbbells
15 mins intervals on elliptical
Back at the house: (with the AC on a fan blowing right on me!)
3 x 10 abs, bridge, planks, push ups, triceps dips
3 x 10 ankle weights - glutes, thighs

Menu:
B: toast w/pbj, soy yogurt, tea
S: Americano with the wee biscuits they give you at the coffee shop, finishing with a small glass of hot green tea they give you to 'cleanse the palate'
L: scrambled eggs, toast, grapes, iced green tea
D: some kind of curry I guess, with 2 beers since it's a workout day :cheers:
 
I share your sentiments about it being too hot to work out, Annie. It is very counter-productive. Had a great workout yesterday and looking forward to a good run today.
 
Agman said:
I share your sentiments about it being too hot to work out, Annie. It is very counter-productive. Had a great workout yesterday and looking forward to a good run today.
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Well done!

At home I have a room where I do my dumbbells, and muscle work and used to do Tae Bo and jump rope routines. I leave the heat off in that room or have it on very low, and about 10 minutes into a workout I turn on the fan. I used to jog but I'm too picky about the temp.
 
Not a workout day today. Just a walk to the beach and around the shops. I'm trying to stick to MWF as workout days like I normally do at home.

Menu:
Brk: pbj on toast, soy yogurt, grapes, very small banana, tea, small cup of soy milk
Lunch: scrambled eggs and toast
S: Americano and small biscuits
Dinner: fried pork with veggies, shared some of hubby's veg fried rice, water
Snack: watermelon
 
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Had yet another great lifting workout in the Home Gym this afternoon and some quality time out on the dirt county road for some road work yesterday. Concentrating on the end of year objectives. Taking fewer days for rest. The hot tub helps. Also the heavy supps make a big difference. These conditioning programs really make me feel more energetic and this is good for the ranch work never stops.
 

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