Health/Wellness Check-In Feb. 19

[ncjulia12]

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1. How was your week? Wins/fails?

2. What's the plan for next week?

3. What's your relationship with your weight and your clothes? Do you keep clothes from different sizes if your weight fluctuates or do you only keep what fits?

[ashiscute]

1. Last week was a fail. I didn't exercise beyond a few walks and ate way too much cereal out of a box while standing at my kitchen counter.

2. Actually exercise 3-4x, no cereal outside of breakfast, and more water.

3. It's hard because most of my weight change has been related to pregnancy. After the first two were born I lost enough of the weight quickly enough to get back in my clothes with only a flabby tummy. After Sam I needed a whole new wardrobe for the first year. But I kept everything hoping I'd lose the weight and I did. I immediately donated all the larger clothes because I do not want to need them again.

[ncjulia12]

1. Knee was swollen/hurting at the beginning of the week so couldn't do much but fine by end of week and was able to get in a couple workouts/runs.

2. The problem with my knee seems to flare up if I squat all the way down- like to pick up something- or am down on my knees. Running doesn't seem to bother it. So I'm just trying to keep my knee happy and hopefully keep training for the race next month. You don't realize how much you bend your knee until you stop trying to! Makes a lot of normal things very difficult to do.

I HAVE to do something about my diet. @wafflesfriendswork, I've been thinking about doing a Whole 30 too, but since I've had two fails at that before, I'm nervous about declaring that. : p

3. Am I the only one with lots of clothes I can't fit into? I KonMari-ed my clothes a couple months ago and did get rid of a lot of things (too big, too small and maternity), but I pretty much have a whole wardrobe I can't fit into. I've finally broken down and bought enough things in my current size to get by, but I have too many nice things that I love that are just 10-15 lbs out of reach and it would feel like a couple failure to just give up and donate them.

[ncjulia12]

Feb 19, 2017 13:01:13 GMT -5 lawandorder said:

*snip*

I have a bonus tip for anyone trying to workout during the week at work: I've been packing my gym bag with 3 sets of clean clothes on Monday. I bring home the dirties but I avoid having to re-pack and lug my bag back and forth for several days. It's working out well and helps me be more consistent.

This is such a good idea! Will try this week.

[mnj05]

Last week was not the best. AF showed up, I craved everything in the book, and gave in to ease my stress. Still, I didn't gain but I didn't lose. I'm only 3 weeks away from two dietbets ending so I need to step it up.

Today we cleaned our refrigerator and pantry out. I actually meal planned this morning and bought groceries accordingly, so this week should be ok. I have two days of professional development and two late nights to power through and make healthy choices, but I'm determined now. Better late than never.

I don't typically keep larger sizes once I've dropped down. It's worked in that when I start gaining, I get to the point where my clothes are tight and put the brakes on.

[ncjulia12]

Feb 19, 2017 21:01:10 GMT -5 @wafflesfriendswork said:

Feb 19, 2017 20:32:22 GMT -5 ncjulia12 said:

This is such a good idea! Will try this week.

This is genius lawandorder, I'll have to give a try.  Three sets of gym clothes and three sets of work clothes would make my life so easy.  

ncjulia12, I hate Whole30 because it ruins social eating which is basically the only fun thing to do around here in the winter.  I think I just need to stick to the basic idea during the week and then not worry about it on saturday.  

I need to make some kind of plan like that too. My mind is all "all or nothing" which is part of my problem.

[rach]

1. Win - did at least some activity 6 days. Fail - food. Too much of it.

2. DD2's bday is this week. I planned the rest of the week to be pretty good, but I'm going to enjoy her special day (and cake!)

3. I KonMari'd my clothes so it all now fits. My problem is directly related to working at home. I live in leggings in the winter and then dresses in the summer. I sometimes get...surprised...when it's time to wear real clothes again. Pre KM, I had LOTS of sizes though. I really like what I have now, even if I don't love the size, and that makes getting ready so nice!

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1. How was your week? Wins/fails?
Win: Worked out 5 days, with 2 days of rest. Fails: I still feel like I am not drinking enough water, but if I drink even more I feel so gross with bloat and I pee all the damn time.

2. What's the plan for next week?
I would like to mix it up as far as workouts go. I usually just do cardio, I have never been into strength training. I don't know, maybe I will just add in some push ups or sit ups or something? I still plan to work out 5 days with 2 days rest.

3. What's your relationship with your weight and your clothes? Do you keep clothes from different sizes if your weight fluctuates or do you only keep what fits? Since I had Nick, I hold onto different sizes. I never did that before. We want to have another in a few years so I think I am going to hold onto the bigger sizes for a while.

[gamergirl360]

1. Worked out 3 times. I went out of town for a few days, so diet and exercise were put on hold for a bit.

2. Get caught up on BBM workouts, and continue exercising at least 6 times a week.

3. I usually go through my closet a few times a year and just donate what doesn't fit or I haven't worn in a while.

[yl]

1. How was your week? Wins/fails?
I went out to a delicious dinner Sat night and drank a bunch, and kinda DGAF-ed yesterday, but aside from that, eating was pretty good. Oh wait, I also had 7-11 pizza one day. Eating was ok. Trainer was great. Need to do more cardio, but not sure when to fit it in.

2. What's the plan for next week?
My 6-week challenge ends tomorrow. It looks like I'll end at 11 lbs lost, which is great, especially since I went to NYC in the middle of it and also ate a bunch of crap this weekend. I'm going to keep it going because it's easy and it's working. I have 12 lbs to get to my pre-pregnancy weight and I really, really want to get there.

3. What's your relationship with your weight and your clothes? Do you keep clothes from different sizes if your weight fluctuates or do you only keep what fits?
UGH such a mess. At least half my closet doesn't fit right now, but I refuse to give up on those clothes. They'll probably be so out of style by the time I can fit in them again.

[wineandcake]

1. Win is I now weigh 163, lowest weight in 4 years! Fail is I ate like crap and only lost because I was sick, I ate about a million butter tarts today.

2. I'm going to meal plan and walk at least twice.

3. I just got rid of everything since so much didn't fit and I don't even like the stuff at this point. When I get to a lower stable weight I'll buy more, but right now I'm keeping minimal clothes.

[ncjulia12]

Broke up with my trainer this am.

It was the thing to do because I can't justify the time/expense if I'm not going to follow up on diet and exercise the rest of the week and I need to focus on just getting ready for this race, but it still feels like one more thing I flunked out of in the past year.