April 23- 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. Make a recommendation. Tell us about your new favorite snack, gear, workout, etc.

[ncjulia12]

1. For the first time in a looong time, I was really, really on top of my diet and workouts this week and actually have progress! I lost 5 lbs and 2 inches around my waist (my pooch has been my biggest issue ever since J was born) and even though I'm sure it's mostly water weight, it still gives me so much motivation to keep on going. I have my dietbet weigh-in tomorrow and it feels so good to actually feel confident that I have met my goal. (Usually with dietbets, I am BARELY squeaking under the line when I win.)

Unfortunately, last week was a very unnatural environment (spring break with daycare) where I actually had time/energy to think/plan/do things for myself and minimal stress. So I'm a little concerned about being able to keep up any semblance of this in the following weeks.

2. Next week is nuts. I'm starting a new job, my commute is increasing by 20 mins each way, have a huge presentation/project due Saturday, commitments multiple nights, and just a lot of urgent work and non-work things to get done.

I'm just going to remove workouts from the table until Sunday because of time constraints. Which means I need to be extra, extra good on my diet. Except for my birthday. : )

3. My recommendation is kinda silly but whatev. I have always read in fitness magazines and whatnot what a great snack a hard-boiled egg is and thought that sounded awful, but I've been doing low-carb this week and gave it a chance and I'm in love with hard-boiled eggs now. I slice them and put salt/pepper and make a little "taco" with a piece of deli meat and it is so delicious and filling. I have such a sweet tooth so it's really unusual for me to get excited about a salty snack but this has really worked for me this week.

[mnj05]

1. This was my week to cheat. I've found that 2-3 weeks of sticking to my diet strictly and 4-5 days of little cheats (about 80% on track, 20% cheats) works best for me. I'll be tightening up the strings tomorrow, but I didn't gain anything!

2. Back to the diet 100% and hopefully some outside time. It rained a lot last week so we didn't get out much.

3. I can't think of anything at the moment.

[rach]

1. Combo - stomach bug put me down quite a few lbs. Fail - not much activity.

2. Stick to meal plan. Be active at least 2-3 days.

3. Avocado toast. So filling and it gives me a lot of energy compared to the effort.

[krissybeck]

1. I was sick last week so I wasn't working out, but my diet was pretty good. I've been doing the keto diet and I'm still getting used to it.

2. Get back to working out and make sure I stick with my diet

3. I love eggs cooked in the oven 300° for 30 minutes. They are like hard boiled eggs, but the yolks are fluffy vs rubbery.

This is a good recipe for low carb bread: www.aspicyperspective.com/best-cloud-bread-recipe/

I substitute pasta for either zoodles or spaghetti squash

[ashiscute]

1. No wins at all. My allergies are still kicking my butt and I ate way too much candy and drank too much soda. But candy is gone!

2. I've really got to get my butt in gear. We're doing family picture in 2 weeks and I don't want to be a blob. My goals are meet my water goals every day, no candy or dessert M-F, and be active at least 20 mins each day.

3. I'm having a hard time thinking of anything. That's what happens when you have such a bad week