May Fitness & Healthy Eating Check-in

[kartish]

Welcome to May!

Post your healthy eating and fitness goals here and what you are striving to accomplish today!

[kartish]

So my goal for this month is to not buy any lunches and pack my own healthy lunches.

Fitness wise, my gym still on medical break till tne end of the month, so I'm going to do the squat 30 day challenge every day.

ETA and my goal for today is to meal plan for the week, because I know it will make my lunches easier.

[dreemkin]

This month I'd love to lose 10lbs so I'm making that my overall goal.

Fitness goal this week: do my work out 5 days. And maybe get a few walks in if weather is nice and I'm feeling better.

Healthy eating goals this week: I will keep trying to incorporate lots of lean/low carb protien into my diet and keep my carbs as low as possible overall.

Today: bake some chicken breast and boil eggs for lunches and breakfasts. I hope to work out tonight since I haven't been, due to my cold. I feel a bit better today. Hopefully by tonight I'll be good to go.

kartish is this going to be a weekly check- in?!

[kartish]

dreemkin I think so!

[seamonster]

I feel like weekends are sometimes a bigger struggle eating wise. We end up eating out despite having more time.

I've planned lunches and dinners this week. And I'm going to yoga and Zumba with a friend at work. H bought a treadmill so I may put on a video on the tablet and walk in the evening.

[lilyelayne]

DH went to the grocery and came home with two types of cookies. Not a good start. Or maybe a good start to test my self control.

[kartish]

Menu planned and last night, even though we ended up shopping late, we came home and cooked.

I didn't start the squat challenge though. We moved furniture last night so that totally counts.

I'll start today instead. 30 squats!

[agm04]

My goals are small:

- do daily squats, kegels, pelvic rocks
- walk in neighborhood at least twice this week after DD is in bed
- try a cup of tea if I'm feeling snacky after dinner (before moving on to food)

[dreemkin]

I'm trying to set mini goals and doing non food rewards when I reach them. I finally got around to doing one tonight. Dying the underside of my hair purple (with semi permanent dye). It doesn't seem very strong but I'll have to see tomorrow when I do my hair the way I usually do.

[kartish]

So apparently I'm way out of shape. I was doing 80+ squats a day pregnant, I could barely do 15 last night. But that's what this is all about anyway, working on getting better.

[dreemkin]

How do you guys get past a plateau? I've been stuck at the same weight for a while now. Should I just stick with it or change something up?

[seamonster]

May 3, 2017 9:08:18 GMT -5 kartish said:

So apparently I'm way out of shape. I was doing 80+ squats a day pregnant, I could barely do 15 last night. But that's what this is all about anyway, working on getting better.

Yeah, I was in way better shape when I was pregnant. I looked at a 30 day squat challenge and I'm not sure I'd be able to do Day 1.

[seamonster]

May 3, 2017 13:19:02 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

How do you guys get past a plateau? I've been stuck at the same weight for a while now. Should I just stick with it or change something up?

I've always heard that you should change things up, at least a little, as your body adapts to what you're doing and gets more efficient.

[dreemkin]

May 3, 2017 16:11:18 GMT -5 seamonster said:

May 3, 2017 13:19:02 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

How do you guys get past a plateau? I've been stuck at the same weight for a while now. Should I just stick with it or change something up?

I've always heard that you should change things up, at least a little, as your body adapts to what you're doing and gets more efficient.

Food, exercise, or both?

[seamonster]

May 3, 2017 19:28:33 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

May 3, 2017 16:11:18 GMT -5 seamonster said:

I've always heard that you should change things up, at least a little, as your body adapts to what you're doing and gets more efficient.

Food, exercise, or both?

Exercise mostly. But if you're using a food tracker, you might want to update the calorie goals on it.

[dreemkin]

Thanks, I'll try that today seamonster!

[aggiebug]

Now that C is 6 months he can go to childcare at the local rec center. I am in the process of trying to do a one month membership (the dang site is causing me trouble) so I hope to make a commitment to get my butt there 3 times a week this month.

[seamonster]

aggiebug I can't believe C is already 6 months. I swear he was just born a couple months ago.

[aggiebug]

May 5, 2017 11:17:52 GMT -5 seamonster said:

aggiebug I can't believe C is already 6 months. I swear he was just born a couple months ago.

Me too!

[kartish]

I'm all by myself in the office again so I'm doing lunges when I walk in the hallway and squats in the break room while my lunch cooks. Trying to keep on track.

[aggiebug]

May 6, 2017 13:19:35 GMT -5 kartish said:

I'm all by myself in the office again so I'm doing lunges when I walk in the hallway and squats in the break room while my lunch cooks. Trying to keep on track.

Go you!

[dreemkin]

Omg I had a horrible OOT weekend of eating. It was maybe a nice break though since I was getting frustrated by my (non)progress.

[kartish]

My eating has slacked this weekend also. We didn't eat meals I planned and ate lousy instead. But I've been doing squats and lunges though and trying to move more.