Healthy Living 6/17

[ironbaby]

This is a weekly check-in thread, posted each Wednesday, to hold each other accountable for healthy living, whether that be diet, exercise, emotional health, etc.

Healthy living goal:

What are you doing to achieve your goal?

How has this week been?

Rants/raves/questions:

[ironbaby]

Healthy living goal: Lose 20 pounds. First goal is 5.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Drinking more water, counting calories, and working out 5-6 days per week. My mini-goal this week is the water intake.

How has this week been? Ups and downs. I made the mistake of weighing last Friday (not a full week from my initial weigh date). I was UP, despite being really strict about the diet and exercise. It sent me on a eating bender all weekend, but I am back on track now.

Rants/raves/questions: What do you do to get through the weekend? I am great at staying on track during the week, but weekends are tough.

[mustloveerica]

Good I was just looking for this.

Goal: lost 15-20 pounds, tone up for beach vacation

What I'm doing: tracking my food on MFP, wearing my Fitbit and trying to reach at least 8k steps everyday, strength train 3 times per week and walk/run/bike 2 or 3 times per week

This week: down two pounds!!! And I even had birthday cake on Sunday and went out for dinner Saturday. Feeling pretty good. My SIL is trying to lose weight too so we have been helping each other

RRQ: see above

[doodler]

Healthy living goal: Maintain current weight loss and/or lose a few more pounds. Run a 5k.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Myfitnesspal and running.

How has this week been? Terrible. DH worked nights last week and so far this week and it is so freaking hot here. I can drag myself out in the heat to run, but the thought of doing it while pushing a stroller is just too much. Food wise I have been doing fine, but I'm not consistently logging. Oh and I drank quite a bit of wine. Basically I sucked this week!

Rants/raves/questions: I am off of work next week so I should do much better. Well, except Saturday when we have a party

[doodler]

Jun 17, 2015 7:08:58 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

Healthy living goal: Lose 20 pounds. First goal is 5.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Drinking more water, counting calories, and working out 5-6 days per week. My mini-goal this week is the water intake.

How has this week been? Ups and downs. I made the mistake of weighing last Friday (not a full week from my initial weigh date). I was UP, despite being really strict about the diet and exercise. It sent me on a eating bender all weekend, but I am back on track now.

Rants/raves/questions: What do you do to get through the weekend? I am great at staying on track during the week, but weekends are tough.

I know that they say weigh yourself weekly but I weigh everyday.  My graph when I was actively trying to lose weight was very up and down.  You will have days where you are up a few pounds but should see a downward trend overall.  Stick with it, you can do it!!!

[nepatsgal]

Healthy living goal: Lose 25 pounds and live a more active lifestyle.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? C25K, smaller food portions, and different challenges each month focusing on a new body part, ex. arms, abs, legs ect.

How has this week been? Pretty good we did go out to eat twice, but I did my runs and I've lost about 2lbs. We also had 2 birthday parties to go too so I did well not eating too much cake and ice cream.

Rants/raves/questions: I started a new job yesterday, serving and I went over 10,000 steps no problem. It's already Wednesday and I haven't done 1 run yet this week. I'm planning on going after breakfast before it gets too hot here.

[rooskie]

Healthy living goal: lose about 10lb to get back to my adult low weight

What are you doing to achieve your goal? MFP and upping my Fitbit steps.

How has this week been? I give logging my food a B and workouts a C. I haven't ran but I have walked the treadmill on incline and walked at lunch. We took a 12.5 mile bike ride Saturday. I did weigh myself on Saturday for a new starting weight.

Rants/raves/questions: I ordered bike shorts with the padded crotch and they come in today! So excited!

[titania]

Healthy living goal: Go down a dress size / Gain strength back after injury

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Working out more / focusing on doing my PT every day / watching my portions

How has this week been? I tend to eat a ton in one sitting, but this week I have been really cracking down on my portions. I have already been to the gym twice this week and am going today!

Rants/raves/questions: I am finally finally feeling like I am getting a wee bit stronger. I did 10 modified push-ups yesterday!!

[ironbaby]

mustloveerica, congrats on the weight loss! That is fantastic!

doodler, the heat has hit my workouts hard, too. Keep up the good work with the diet, though. Parties are always an exception.
Also, I weigh pretty much everyday because I like to, but I only log it weekly. Maybe I should start logging daily...

nepatsgal, congrats on the weight loss! I sit far too much at work, so I want a Fitbit to log steps and remind me to move.

rooskie, is it weird that I love my bike shorts? I hope yours feel great!

[ironbaby]

Jun 17, 2015 8:20:23 GMT -5 titania said:

Healthy living goal: Go down a dress size / Gain strength back after injury

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Working out more / focusing on doing my PT every day / watching my portions

How has this week been? I tend to eat a ton in one sitting, but this week I have been really cracking down on my portions. I have already been to the gym twice this week and am going today!

Rants/raves/questions: I am finally finally feeling like I am getting a wee bit stronger. I did 10 modified push-ups yesterday!!

Sounds like you are really sticking to the plan! Great work. I, too, have portion problems, but I have been weighing my food to log it. It helps.

[titania]

Jun 17, 2015 8:23:07 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

Jun 17, 2015 8:20:23 GMT -5 titania said:

Healthy living goal: Go down a dress size / Gain strength back after injury

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Working out more / focusing on doing my PT every day / watching my portions

How has this week been? I tend to eat a ton in one sitting, but this week I have been really cracking down on my portions. I have already been to the gym twice this week and am going today!

Rants/raves/questions: I am finally finally feeling like I am getting a wee bit stronger. I did 10 modified push-ups yesterday!!

Sounds like you are really sticking to the plan! Great work. I, too, have portion problems, but I have been weighing my food to log it. It helps.

Thanks!  Where did you get your scale?  

[ironbaby]

Jun 17, 2015 8:26:08 GMT -5 titania said:

Jun 17, 2015 8:23:07 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

Sounds like you are really sticking to the plan! Great work. I, too, have portion problems, but I have been weighing my food to log it. It helps.

Thanks!  Where did you get your scale?  

It's a weight watchers scale, which I bought at a meeting when I was going last year. It does everything a normal one does, but calculates points values too. Really, though, it was on sale, so I got it.

[rooskie]

Jun 17, 2015 8:21:31 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

mustloveerica, congrats on the weight loss! That is fantastic!

doodler, the heat has hit my workouts hard, too. Keep up the good work with the diet, though. Parties are always an exception.
Also, I weigh pretty much everyday because I like to, but I only log it weekly. Maybe I should start logging daily...

nepatsgal, congrats on the weight loss! I sit far too much at work, so I want a Fitbit to log steps and remind me to move.

rooskie, is it weird that I love my bike shorts? I hope yours feel great!

I hope so too. We ordered them on Amazon so I just hope they fit. I normally wear mediums but my legs are really muscular so I went with a large. I have a really boney butt so I hope it makes riding easier. Memory foam cushion seat is a lie.

[kayladawn91]

Healthy Living Goal: Lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle. I'm starting with a goal of 30 lbs.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Paleo diet, exercising more, started the LBD challenge with the group yesterday. I'm also planning on joining MFP.

How has this week been? Really good! I had a couple of missteps with the diet, but I've lost 3 lbs since last Wednesday. I went on a 2 mile walk yesterday (trying to work up to running) so that felt great. With all the rain we've had its been hard to get out and exercise.

Rants/Raves/Questions: I also need to increase my water intake and stop cheating on my diet. WHY is it so hard to stay away from chocolate in the check out line?? I hit almost 10,000 steps on my Fitbit Saturday as well. Yay!

[rooskie]

birdie - we were out for 2 hours on our bikes but there was a lot of stopping. My city has a trail on the river so we rode it and stopped to watch barges. My tailbone had all the feels when we made it back to the car.

[lgraceh]

Healthy living goal: Short term goal is to lose 8 lbs by the last weekend of July.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Eating a varied, healthy diet. Incline cardio and weight training.

How has this week been? This week has been getting back on track. H and I have decided to cut out fake sugar. We drink so much diet soda.

Rants/raves/questions: I lost 90 lbs before a met H, and have gained it all back in the 2 years we've been together. I definitely use his eating habits as a crutch, and need to get away from that.

[rooskie]

Jun 17, 2015 9:06:50 GMT -5 birdie said:

Jun 17, 2015 9:02:00 GMT -5 rooskie said:

birdie - we were out for 2 hours on our bikes but there was a lot of stopping. My city has a trail on the river so we rode it and stopped to watch barges. My tailbone had all the feels when we made it back to the car.

Oh nice! 2 hours is impressive. MH and I just got bikes, and we want to start riding them together, but our work schedules and extra projects don't quite allow for it. 

Good luck! We are lucky to get ours out on week nights after work but we try to do one long ride on the weekend.

[butlerfan]

Healthy living goal: Lose 15-20 pounds/tone up the muscles.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? doing the 30 day challenges, continuing to drink water, be outside more/more activity, eat out less.

How has this week been? Good. We are eating in more which means less calories in general (last Friday we went out to Red Lobster to celebrate our anniversary-that meal does not count as healthy but it was needed). We also are eating more fruits and vegetables (I usually do in the summer anyway).

Rants/raves/questions: Next week we are out of town so may eat out more but we are planning on hiking so hope to maintain.

[ironbaby]

rooskie and birdie, as an avid cyclist, I will say that the more time you put in on the saddle, the better it starts to feel. Your body adapts. And those super uncomfortable-looking saddles are actually the best for you. The padded ones have more surface area to create saddle sores. Enjoy wearing in your butt!

[pismoduo]

Goal: Lose 10 lbs by end of September.
What I'm doing: more exercise, eating healthier

Last Week: Giving myself a C for exercise - I had to break up with my walking partner, so the walking isn't going super well. Going to try to keep up with the current 30 day challenge. And add in nightly yoga.

But I'm giving myself an A for eating better. H and I have been doing a lot of salads, and I've significantly cut out useless sugars. Only had soda twice.

Rants/Raves: Super proud of myself yesterday. I was super stressed but managed to resist the urge to get crappy fast food for lunch and got a salad instead.

[sleepymonkey]

Healthy living goal: Ultimately I would like to lose 35 lbs from where I currently am. My BP is also a little elevated so I would like to try to get that down naturally.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Started back on WW last Friday. I have had success with WW before so I hope to repeat that.

How has this week been? I have done semi-ok with my diet. I have had a few minor slip-ups but nothing that has completely derailed me yet. We have been without a microwave for almost 3 weeks and it has made dinner very challenging for me. I have to plan our meals out 2 days in advance to make sure meat is defrosted. And 9 times out of 10, I forget to plan. We also usually eat steam-in-bag veggies so that's currently out as well.

Rants/raves/questions: I still find it nearly impossible to find time to work out on a regular basis. I get up at 5:45am, leave for work at 6:45am and don't usually get home until 6pm. Then it's time to make dinner and try spend a little time with DD before she goes to bed at 7:30. It leaves little time for going to the gym. Working out doesn't do much for weight loss for me but it make me feel so much better and also makes me look better so I would love to figure out a way to work it in more than the occasional weekend.

[shadesofgold]

Healthy living goal: Lose 5 pounds, tone, help regulate my period, get back to my best habits!

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Clean eating (cutting down processed foods, sugar, wheat and alcohol) and exercising 5x a week. Also trying the Headspace mindfulness app, but haven't been keeping up with it daily.

How has this week been? The weekend was an extremely indulgent vacation in wine country, but have been doing well since Monday! Hitting my goals for fruits and veggies and avoiding processed foods. Did yoga yesterday and going to the gym for cardio tonight. Unfortunately it is starting to get too hot for long walks.

Rants/raves/questions: I love reading that everyone found something they could be proud of themselves for today. That's important!

[emilie]

Healthy living goal: Take better care of myself in general - less drinking, more working out. Oh, and start to get rid of my little belly

What are you doing to achieve your goal? I am going to start working out again and am going to try to drink only when out (and not at home). I am also trying to cut back on coffee.

How has this week been ?Honestly, not great There have been a lot of celebrations/social things lately and I have been eating and drinking a ton of bad-for-you stuff. We also threw a party recently so there are leftover beers and snacks around, which doesn't help. I also haven't worked out in like a month. Maybe I will join the LBD challenge?

Rants/raves/questions: I have been guilt-tripping myself a lot lately because every cycle I say to myself, "well, I'm not pregnant, might as well get in shape" and then I don't do it. So it's CD3, and I'm going to try again to make this cycle the one where I actually keep my promises to myself.

[wannabmama]

Healthy living goal: lose 30lbs

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Working out, eating healthy, cutting down on alcohol, logging on MFP and doing the LBD challenge.

How has this week been? Ugh it seems like no matter what I do, the scale doesn't budge. I need to ramp up the workouts and thin the snacking even more. I try not to be too obsessive about food and have little cheats here and there to avoid total meltdowns but clearly that's not working. I'm down 3lbs from where I started but that was weeks ago, I've been at this weight steady for a week. I might try cutting alcohol completely, I just love my glass of wine while I cook dinner and I feel like I've cut out so much else (and am hoping I'm forced to cut it for 9mo here soon...) but maybe that's the next step.

Rants/raves/questions: see above, ha. I ranted away