Extra Hour of Sunlight(!) Health/Wellness Check In

[ncjulia12]

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1. How was your week? Wins/fails?

2. What's the plan for next week?

3. How will that extra hour of daylight help your health/wellness goals?

[ashiscute]

1. Fails mostly. I had a goal to exercise 5x and only did 2x. Once I was thwarted by Sam refusing childcare at the gym (why won't he go?!?!?!?!) and then yesterday I was being silly carrying DS and slipped on a toy and hurt my foot and couldn't exercise all weekend. Food would have been better if exercise was better but was feeling sad for myself. Womp womp. I did get in a few walks before the temp dropped to freezing again.

2. Exercise 4-5x, only one dessert all week, only one night of alcohol. More water, less snacks.

3. If the weather ever gets above 30 it will be easier to do a family walk in the evening.

Seriously though we've been going to the same gym for 10 months and Sam still will not reliably go to childcare. I am going crazy.

[mnj05]

1. I squeaked under my goal for my weigh in! I also held strong and didn't stress eat. See number 2.

2. I went crazy this weekend. Starbucks 3 times, fried chicken, gravy, gallons of sweet tea, chocolate. I held it together for 2 weeks then unleashed for 2 days. It's ok though. Back on it tomorrow although we did make a paleo pizza tonight.

3. Extra light means more time for walks! I don't have to rush home and rush everyone to get snacks/water in order to get out the door for a 20 minute walk. We can take our time and have a longer walk. I love this time change.

[krissybeck]

1. Exercised once, ate like crap, but didn't gain any weight. So I guess neutral.

2. I have been looking into the keto diet. Any diet that lets you have bacon can't be that bad 😆. Also ordered the body boss exercise plan. 3 formal exercise days, 2 days of 20 minutes cardio and 2 days of rest. So to sum up I want to eat all the good stuff, not work that hard and get back to a size 4, is that too much to ask?

3. I don't think the extra hour will make a difference since I work out in the house, but we'll see.

[jacks15]

1. Lots of fails, although we did walk to the park today (2 miles round trip). The Bob tires are flat so I pulled a wagon instead, much harder.

But on weekends I tend to not eat much during the day since my toddler steals anything I try to eat anyways. But then after bedtime I gorge.

2. Eat healthy- already have 2 meals cooked and packed into lunch portions. I also ordered a meal delivery kit thing to cook for myself. H is getting serious about a diet but he just basically eats chicken on salad. I don't eat chicken, so we are officially breaking up for meals.

3. I'm hoping it'll motivate me to leave work right at 5 if I know I can get home and go for a walk or just run around the park with L on the way home.

[Deleted]

1. Wins- increased taking Plexus and prenatal vitamins (alt days), increase drinking Plexus SLIM which has helped me increase my energy in the afternoon.
Fails: water intake

2. We are having a blizzard tomorrow so the plan is Apothic Red wine and dark chocolate brownies. Gotta get those antioxidants!

3. I'm hoping that the extra hour means a walk around the high school track or YMCA yoga

[rach]

1. I averaged walking 8+ miles per day while I was in Vegas so I guess that's a win. Fails- everything else.

2. Goal this week is not to lose points in my last WLC week for exercise- that means I need to be active for 20 minutes 6 days this week. Hoping to make at least 4 of those days something WITH the older kids.

3. Soccer season is starting back up. That, combined with the additional daylight, usually means I get an outside run or walk once or twice a week. Otherwise, no real change here either because of toddler bedtime.

[amch8]

1. How was your week? Wins/fails?

I've been incredibly unhealthy lately, basically. Holidays, big meals, unhealthy food, lack of exercise. I need to get back into a routine.

2. What's the plan for next week?

I'm taking more long walks with the baby and the dog. I'm going to try to find an exercise class to sign up for. H and I also registered for a mixed-doubles tennis league this spring!

3. How will that extra hour of daylight help your health/wellness goals?

Oh man, much easier to take a long walk with the stroller and puppy after work when the sun is out!

[Deleted]

1. How was your week? Wins/fails?
I had a really good week. I worked out 6 days, one day with rest, every other day I did modified so I didn't push myself too hard. Since I have been working out in the early AM, I usually just wake up on my own pretty early and lay there. So I decided to just get the heck up and get moving.

2. What's the plan for next week?
Samesies. But I really need to the lay the eff off of the Cadbury Cream Eggs.


3. How will that extra hour of daylight help your health/wellness goals?
It will help I am sure. Once the weather gets warm and stays warm we spend a lot of time outside. We take Nick to the park a lot and we always walk. I am looking forward to being more active outside again instead of in the elliptical in our spare bedroom.

[krissybeck]

@ceci8876 are you just drinking the slim or are you also taking the triplex?

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Mar 13, 2017 8:45:56 GMT -5 krissybeck said:

@ceci8876 are you just drinking the slim or are you also taking the triplex?

I'm ramping up to do the triplex with the xfactor vitamins and the omega 3 thing. I struggle with consistency

[krissybeck]

@ceci8876 I'm pretty consistent with the triplex, but I sometimes forget the block, edge and accelerator. The P96 is good with coconut milk and slim it's like a tropical smoothie. MH takes the x-factor and he thinks his hair might be growing back again so he's pretty excited. I haven't tried the omega 3 one, but I heard it can be great for your sleep. I love the plexus cream because I've been putting it on my stretch marks and they are almost gone and if you have a zit you can dab some on and go to sleep with it and by morning it's gone or almost gone (depending on how big it was to start). I really love Plexus, if you can't tell. I get a little excited when I hear other people love it too.

[mrsbeachcat]

How was your week? Wins/fails?

I worked out three times which has been my goal so I guess that's a win. Food is always terrible. I had a huge fight with my SO so I'm doing all I can not to eat because I'm sad.

2. What's the plan for next week?
Work out three times. Keep to one Diet Coke a day. Ease up on the cookies.

3. How will that extra hour of daylight help your health/wellness goals?
It's good for my mental health! I also like being able to go to the park after Bill's afternoon nap.

[ncjulia12]

ashiscute, that is super frustrating about Sam and the gym daycare. Is it something about the gym or does he not do well for other people in general?

@wafflesfriendswork, yeah, I'm a "yes"to all those questions daily too, so I wouldn't be very good for accountability.

Yay, mnj05!

[ncjulia12]

Excuse the novel, but....

1. Diet and exercise were a joke last week, BUT I pretty much have J weaned (big win!) and I'm really excited because I think Dr. Google and I may have figured out what's going on with my knee!

I know Dr. Google is sketchy, but I've seen a real doctor and he couldn't find anything wrong with it. My flare-ups have been very regular- pretty much 10 days symptom free and 4 days limping- and I thought it was just coincidence but after looking around online, apparently it's a thing, and it's called intermittent hydrarthrosis! Which is still a mystery within itself because there is no known cause or cure, but sounds like it may be related to hormone and/or autoimmune issues and can come or go....so hopefully I'll get lucky and it will go soon? Or maybe an anti-inflammatory diet will help? Or maybe once my hormones even out from weaning it will just go away? At least if this is truly my issue, I don't need to stress about causing permanent damage to my knee or surgery...because that has been worrying me a LOT over the past month or so.

2. Going to try and get in a few workouts/runs before my next knee flare up and attempt to make some changes to my diet that might help with the knee. Also, I'm embarrassed to say that I bought some weight loss supplements off Amazon so I'm going to start those tomorrow. (Never tried anything like this before and I know if they work at all it will probably just be placebo effect, but my friend who is a doctor admitted to me that diet pills are what finally helped her start losing weight again, so I'm obsessed with the idea that they might kickstart me along.)

3. Hope that we'll be able to have more family time outside which should help my mental health even if it's not much more exercise.

Bless you if you made it through my #novel.

[ashiscute]

Mar 13, 2017 18:54:07 GMT -5 ncjulia12 said:

ashiscute, that is super frustrating about Sam and the gym daycare. Is it something about the gym or does he not do well for other people in general?

@wafflesfriendswork, yeah, I'm a "yes"to all those questions daily too, so I wouldn't be very good for accountability.

Yay, mnj05!

I'm just now answering this because we're at the gym now for DD's swim lessons and Sam went straight into the childcare without any hesitation. What a shit! I know I'm jinxing myself but he's been so inconsistent with it I don't even care. He's had weeks at a time where he's gone no problem and then all of a sudden he's hysterical fighting it for weeks. I have no idea what gives. He's a clingy kid in general but he does okay with other purple.

I think the real difference is tonight I'm not exercising since the swim lesson isn't long enough so he knows he isn't thwarting anything.

[cgiles120812]

1. Overall a win, I hit my 40 lb loss. Fail would be drinking lol

2. What's the plan for next week?
Eat healthy and workout at least 3 days

3. How will that extra hour of daylight help your health/wellness goals?

I'm not sure. I hate it right now, the girls and I are off track :/

[ncjulia12]

Hugs, lawandorder, I'm feeling defeated a lot of the time about my weight too....and a bunch of other stuff too.

Five pounds is not a lot so I'm don't beat yourself up...you have a thing or two else going on!

[ashiscute]

Mar 15, 2017 14:58:43 GMT -5 @wafflesfriendswork said:

Would anyone be interested in a diet bet?

How much do you have to lose for those? Is it 4%?

[ncjulia12]

cornpop311, I feel ya. 110%. I'm struggling with this too and have lots of theories why but no solutions. Heading out the door now but will come back to this later.

[ncjulia12]

cornpop311- follow up to last post:

I am really, really struggling with my eating too. And like you, I think it's more of a mental/emotional thing than a physical thing. I have been thinking about this a lot this past week because I got some weight loss supplements that are supposed to suppress appetite, but what I realized almost immediately after starting them is that physical appetite isn't my issue.

I apologize because I feel like I'm high-jacking your question and using it as a platform for my whole deal, but I'm going to type out my whole thing since you or someone else might have some common issues and maybe we can help each other with solutions.

Right now, my life is so stressful and busy that is hard for me to give enough fucks to care about my diet. My mental health is a rollercoaster lately- I'm either feeling completely overwhelmed/anxious/defeated or, when I overcome whatever current obstacle is in my way, feeling confident/hopeful/energetic. Sometimes this within the same day and sometimes either state can last for days.

When I'm down, I think, "I'm failing at everything else in my life, my diet isn't any different. Everything is so awful, I might as well deserve this milkshake." And when I'm up, I think, "I'm a strong, busy, amazing woman who shouldn't beat myself up about something as insignificant as weight. I deserve whatever I want! Screw the patriarchy and their idea of what's beautiful!"

Soooooo...neither of those mindsets are very helpful to counting calories or losing weight.

I think my best hope right now is planning out meals and snacks ahead of time as much as possible to eliminate choices...because I just cannot trust myself to make good choices constantly. I used to be able to rein myself back in, but that particular skill takes more mental energy than I currently have available.

[ncjulia12]

Mar 18, 2017 12:56:57 GMT -5 cornpop311 said:

ncjulia12 that's very similar to how I feel! With me I also use food as a relaxing mechanism once Em is asleep. I can't enjoy eating while she's up so once she goes to sleep I overeat.

Yes- exactly. That is an excellent point because it is almost impossible to enjoy food while eating with a toddler.

I never was a night snacker until having kids, but having a glass (or two) of wine and something sweet after putting the kids in bed seems like such an awful thing to deprive myself of now. It just feels like the *least* I can do for myself.

[ncjulia12]

I never got around to starting a new thread for this week and it will be Sunday again in a minute so I will just wait until then, but I have to AW....

I ran (with some walking) 8 miles yesterday! I have been sooooo nervous about my knee and taking it easy so it could fully recover from whatever what was ailing it, but now that I'm pretty sure it's autoimmune-related and not injury-related, I'm just going to not worry about it on my good days. I'm supposed to run a half marathon on Saturday with my mom and I had just counted myself out because I have barely been running.

But yesterday was my hail-mary pass to see if I *might* have enough endurance to do the race...and 8 is good enough for me! Unfortunately if my 10 days good, 4 days swelling pattern holds, my knee will swell up Thursday or so. Trying to cut out gluten to see if that helps and will go back to sports medicine dr on Thursday or Friday to see if they can do anything short term if its swelling.