Healthy Living 06/24

[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?

Mini-goal for the coming week:

Rants/raves/questions:

[nuggetrn]

I totally missed this last week!! Bummed. But here I am now.

Healthy living goal: Lose the first 20 lbs. Increase activity level.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Eating less, eating healthier, adding in exercise.

How has this week been? OK. Just ok. Better than last week. Exercise has been iffy but I have been pretty active with moving and packing and what not.

Mini-goal for the coming week: Healthy lunches for the rest of the week! Keep up with the challenge.

Rants/raves/questions: I am so frustrated!! Grr. I lost about 4 lbs in a week and a half and then had a span of four days where I ate like crap. We were busy and I took my grandma out to run some errand two days so I took her out to eat both days. To make up for eating out I just didn't eat much at all those days. Which I know was dumb. I feel like I make progress and then shoot myself in the foot. I have not weighed myself in like 5 or 6 days and I don't really want to either, lol. So, being better again starting today.

[shadesofgold]

Healthy living goal: I guess the concrete goal is to lose the 5 pounds I've gained this year. Feel great.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Eating clean (cutting sugar, booze, processed foods and carbs), exercising 5x a week or more

How has this week been? Started the 30 Days of Yoga challenge this weekend - today is Day 5. Only did cardio once during that time if I don't count the walking I did. Doing okay with my eating goals and cooking for myself. Drank a bit too much wine this weekend. Struggling with sugar cravings.

Mini-goal for the coming week: Get in 2 more cardio sessions plus the daily yoga videos. Eat 6+ servings of fruit and veggies every day.

Rants/raves/questions: I made this last night and will be eating it for lunch the rest of the week. I added ground turkey and top with avocado. YUM. pinchofyum.com/healthy-mexican-casserole-roasted-corn-peppers

[housecarder]

Healthy living goal: Lose the 50lbs I gained over the past 2 years. Short term goal, lose 15 by my brothers wedding in August.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Gave up diet coke, drinking almost exclusively water, eating better portion sizes.

How has this week been? My new job is helping. According to my steps counter I walked 7.4 miles Monday and 5 yesterday.

Mini-goal for the coming week: No fast food!

Rants/raves/questions: Lost 5 lbs!

[ironbaby]

Healthy living goal: Lose 15-20 pounds

What are you doing to achieve your goal? tracking sporadically on MFP, increasing exercise

How has this week been? not good. A rough weekend put me in a bad place for staying strong, and I am trying to get it back

Mini-goal for the coming week: Drink all the water!

Rants/raves/questions: The scale just stays the same, but I am not committed, so I can't complain.

[rooskie]

Healthy living goal: lose 10lbs and tone up

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Work out + MFP

How has this week been? I've been hitting at least 7k steps on my Fitbit or riding my bike every day. I give myself a B on logging food.

Mini-goal for the coming week: ride bike tonight and a bunch this weekend. Walk on the dreadmill Thursday. Keep logging food

Rants/raves/questions: ok ironbaby - we usually do 2 hour bike rides with a break. Usually I take some kind of bar to snack on in the middle. Last weekend everything was melted! What do you normally eat on long workouts?

[teraiin]

Healthy living goal: Lose ~25 pounds

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Cutting back on snacking, eating healthier, more water, re-started Zumba

How has this week been? Not bad. I was weighing myself daily and got upset because the scale has been very up and down. Now I'm just going to weigh myself every few days.

Mini-goal for the coming week: Don't eat any evening snacks and drink more water.

Rants/raves/questions: I'm trying really hard this time. We are going on a mini-vacation in 3 weeks and I noticed their size limits for the rides. Now the park in general is known as being pretty restrictive as far as weight and size limits... but still. I am not at the size limits (I'm ~1-2 sizes below depending on name brand), but I'm really not comfortable with how close I am to them. I'd really like to drop some weight before our trip to ensure I'll be able to fit on everything. Not doing any crazy crash dieting of course, but I figure every little bit will help.

[shadesofgold]

Jun 24, 2015 11:12:36 GMT -5 jennykat said:

Has the 30 Days of Yoga been helpful shadesofgold? I've thought about it before.

SNIP

This is my second time attempting it, but I only made it to Day 22 the first time. (And, admittedly, I skipped a few days between videos, so it was more like 22 videos over 30 days. Not great, but in my defense, I was traveling and super busy during that time.) I picked this time frame, because my calendar is pretty clear. I really intend to do one a day in 30 days - no excuses! It definitely helps me to have structure and (I recruited some friends on Facebook to help feel accountable. The videos vary in length - some are as short as 12 minutes, many are around 30 minutes - so the short days feel like little periods of rest. I remember that I felt amazing about halfway through last time - noticeably stronger and stretchier and lighter. I definitely recommend!

And here is the link for the curious: 30 Days of Yoga with Adrienne 

[nepatsgal]

Healthy living goal: Lose 22lbs, eat healthier, move more.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? C25K, cut out most fast food, drinking lots of water.

How has this week been? Pretty good, lost about 3lbs this week.

Mini-goal for the coming week: Lose at least a pound. Get in my runs, and think before I eat.

Rants/raves/questions: I'm so sick, I feel like crap and I feel like I get no rest. It's only 12:47 and I've already gotten over 8,000 steps today. And I still need to waitress tonight.

[requiressnacks]

Healthy living goal: Lose 10 lbs, to start.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Tracking my food on MFP, cutting out alcohol during the week.

How has this week been? So far, so good. But it's only Wednesday!

Mini-goal for the coming week: Charge my fitbit and wear it a little. It's been lying dormant since January.

Rants/raves/questions: Not drinking during the week is hard. I have to go out to dinner tonight with the IL's and they will automatically assume that I'm KU if I don't have any drinks. I just hope they don't say anything.

[rooskie]

Jun 24, 2015 11:12:36 GMT -5 jennykat said:

Has the 30 Days of Yoga been helpful shadesofgold? I've thought about it before.

Healthy living goal: lose 20 pounds

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Get in more exercise, eat better, drink more water!

How has this week been? I've been doing the LBD workout. It's been killing my triceps and thighs.

Mini-goal for the coming week: Take a short walk at least 5 times a week in addition to other workouts. It will be additional cardio plus a chance to clear my head.

Rants/raves/questions: I've been thinking about getting a bike, but I don't want to spend tons of money. Can anybody recommend a good cheap bike? I'm not planning on racing or mountain biking. Just neighborhood rides.

Late here but I have a hybrid bike and I love it. It is Giant brand and I got it at a bike store for around $300. You can probably look around online for something used or check with local bike stores. I know I'm already looking to upgrade mine in the next year or two and it's still in really good shape (even after 2 big wrecks).

[mill23]

Can I join in? I'm trying hard to get back on the wagon and could use the support here

Healthy living goal: Lose the newlywed 15 I've put on since our wedding last August.

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Tracking my food via MFP. Trying to walk more, and working out three times a week. Even if it's a 20 min run or bike, at least getting out there.

How has this week been? Pretty good. I've tracked my food everyday and worked out twice. I think I can get one more in over the weekend and hit my goal

Mini-goal for the coming week: Get to the gym and on a scale so I know where I'm starting. One hot yoga class, plus more biking.

Rants/raves/questions: Not much. Just happy to have you ladies here, all your progress is inspiring!

[wannabmama]

Healthy living goal: lose 30 lbs

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Workout at least *some* every day, eat healthy

How has this week been? Ok, my workouts aren't hard enough but I've been pretty good with food. Even if I have something "bad" it is small...one slice of pizza, a half of a cookie, etc.

Mini-goal for the coming week: up the intensity of the workouts!

Rants/raves/questions: my job can be boring and sometimes I pass time with snacks, I usually am healthy with cherries or apples, but I need more salty choices, anyone got good go-to salty snacks?

[rooskie]

Jun 25, 2015 19:52:40 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

Healthy living goal: lose 30 lbs

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Workout at least *some* every day, eat healthy

How has this week been? Ok, my workouts aren't hard enough but I've been pretty good with food. Even if I have something "bad" it is small...one slice of pizza, a half of a cookie, etc.

Mini-goal for the coming week: up the intensity of the workouts!

Rants/raves/questions: my job can be boring and sometimes I pass time with snacks, I usually am healthy with cherries or apples, but I need more salty choices, anyone got good go-to salty snacks?

My "healthy" salty snacks are pretzels, nuts, and pepperoni...

[PepperPottsJ]

Sorry I missed last week, thank you for starting ironbaby!!

Healthy living goal: loose ~15 lbs

What are you doing to achieve your goal? Clean eating, less booze, consistent yoga and need to bring back spin. Also want to try acroyoga with MH

How has this week been? eh... between Kidney infection last week, impending CD1 and too many blood tests just drained.

Mini-goal for the coming week: Get my ass back in consistent gear with yoga, 5 classes minimum next week

Rants/raves/questions: I did manage to be less emotional about my eating this week which given my chocolate cravings, is a miracle