GKU Gets Healthy: Monday Check-In

[jubilantsquirrel]

1. How did last week go? Did you accomplish your goals?
Last week went ok. I wanted to run 4 days but only did 3. I also missed my step goal twice I believe.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week?
I need to commit to bringing my lunch everyday. Otherwise I end up at the vending machine or the store, and I never make good choices at either of those places.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week?
Run 4 days this week with a 9 mile run on Saturday.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal?
Weight loss and running a half marathon in March.

5. How did January go for you? What can you do better in February?
January wasn't all the bad. I didn't go great this weekend diet wise, but I'll blame that on having no self control on my birthday. In February I need to focus on packing healthy lunches.

[daisy818]

1. How did last week go? Did you accomplish your goals? Last week I was on the road for work and made desserts to celebrate DH's bday. It was not so good for the diet. I did somehow manage to maintain my weight, which I'll take.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? I will do better at not pigging out on tasty desserts and will try to do more cooking and less eating out at restaurants.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Get back to losing weight - I'd love to lose 1.5-2 lbs. this week.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Lose a total of 10 lbs. by March (I'm down 7 already) and lose a total of 20 by summer.

5. How did January go for you? What can you do better in February? January started off great - I lost 7 pounds in the first 2.5 weeks of being on WW. But I've hit a plateau and need to start increasing my exercise this month.

[notagoddess]

1. How did last week go? Did you accomplish your goals? I met my step goal only 3 days instead of 5. I did got to yoga and Bodypump. My diet was great at the beginning of the week but went to shit by the end. I gained back 1-2 pounds, ugh.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? Getting back on the wagon. I especially need to find balance when I'm stressed with school. I used my 10 page paper, hundreds of pages of reading, and numerous assignments as an excuse to be unhealthy. But there will always be something, and I will deal better with it if I'm physically healthy.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Yoga and Bodypump, step goal 4 days this week, healthy decisions with food.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Make it through the winter, maintain my weight, keep a healthy lifestyle while dealing with stress.

5. How did January go for you? What can you do better in February? Overall, it went great. I lost my holiday weight and my clothes fit better. I am toning up by adding Bodypump to my routine. I'm eating more fruits and vegetables and having less sugar, alcohol, and caffeine. It's nowhere near perfect, but I'm still pretty happy with the progress!

[judyblume14]

1. How did last week go? Did you accomplish your goals? Starting to turn things around. I was snowed in last week, but did some heavy duty shoveling two of the days, and I got in two workouts plus yoga this weekend!

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? More veggies.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? 3 weekday workouts.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Pre-preg strength and size

5. How did January go for you? What can you do better in February? Horrible. Everything.

[kayladawn91]

1. How did last week go? I did really well the first half of the week and then I was sick Thursday and Friday and didn't have the energy to exercise and the the weekend just is what it is. But I did manage to lose 3 pounds which is great, especially since I gained the week before!

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? Still working on reducing sugar intake.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal? I'm hoping to lose a couple of pounds, exercise 4 days, continue tracking my food intake.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Well I've lost almost 6 pounds but still have a long way to go for weight loss!

5. January was rough but successful. I lost 5.8 pounds, exercised more than I ever have in my life, and I'm on the road to making healthier choices. In February, I hope to do a little better in all aspects. My goal is to lose 8-10 pounds this month.

[BabyStandish]

1. How did last week go? Did you accomplish your goals? It went okay, I only missed one workout. I did my long run on 16 miles on Saturday and it was pretty terrible. I'm secretly hoping I get KU before my race so I can drop down to the half marathon.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? Going to hit all my workouts! And no ice cream. We ate it all last night so it shouldn't tempt us anymore

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Run 4-5x, gym 2x

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? PR in the half/full marathon.

5. How did January go for you? What can you do better in February? January went pretty good for me. I need to work on getting to the gym more. My gym workout on thursdays is the one that I have been missing lately.

[rooskie]

1. How did last week go? Did you accomplish your goals? I ran 5 days and ate pretty well but I didn't move the scale at all.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? Changing up my runs from steady pace to mixed paces.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Run 5 days. Follow the meal plan. Drink water.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Get back to my "goal" weight. I only need to lose 8 more pounds but that's when it's always the hardest for me.

5. How did January go for you? What can you do better in February? I lost 3 pounds, worked out a lot more, and ate a lot healthier. February will be a high stress month for me so if I can keep up with what I'm doing I'll be happy.

[notagoddess]

Feb 1, 2016 11:31:57 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

notagoddess what is Bodypump?

It's a Les Mills group fitness class offered at a bunch of gyms. It's all strength training. I'm completely new to it and not very good yet.

[notagoddess]

Feb 1, 2016 12:00:20 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Feb 1, 2016 11:55:21 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

It's a Les Mills group fitness class offered at a bunch of gyms. It's all strength training. I'm completely new to it and not very good yet.

Interesting. So is it all bodyweight type of stuff or do you use weights?

We use weights. Mostly bars with plates but sometimes just the plates. I am clueless about weights so going to a class for that has been beneficial. Whereas for cardio, I know how to get it on my own.

[ThankfulSnail]

Can I go here? I'm just starting to get healthy as of... today. More people to be accountable to would be great!

1. How did last week go? Did you accomplish your goals? Last week was getting in all the stuff I was going to miss this week. So not good, but I'm glad I got to enjoy some off-limits foods I'm not going to have for a long time.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? Getting rid of salt, oil, sugar, dairy, and limiting to 2-3 servings of lean meat (chicken breast or non-fatty fish) per week. Was going to start doing some exercises while I watch TV but since I threw my back out over the weekend, may end up getting postponed a bit.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Stick to the diet, no cheating. Hopefully by the end of the week doing some exercise.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Lose 25 lbs before adding any dairy back to the diet.

5. How did January go for you? What can you do better in February? I was not dieting at all in January, but beyond my diet I've already mentioned, I'm going to greatly reduce my drinking to only on weekends.

[pivot]

1. How did last week go? Did you accomplish your goals? I signed up for WW on Wednesday last week. I need something to keep me accountable otherwise I usually fall off the bandwagon. Paying for something monthly will hopefully keep me motivated. I lost 2 lbs. since Wednesday though!

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? Going to try to do less late night snacking. I've noticed that even the healthy late night snacks are hurting me.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? Continue with WW the whole week and gym 3-4 times this week.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Lose 20 lbs. by the summer.

5. How did January go for you? What can you do better in February? Work was crazy busy last month which left me exhausted so it was not my best month. Hoping for more gym time and meal prep time in February!

kayladawn91 congrats on the weight loss!

[wannabmama]

1. How did last week go? Did you accomplish your goals? Ugh. No.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? Going to try to do one smoothie meal a day and take the dogs on a morning walk. We used to go almost every day but I'm out of the habit now. With the nice weather, I should do it again. Or go to the Y, see below.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? 4 days of 10K steps (failed last week); enter my food in the Fitbit app for accountability

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? 30lb by May was original goal. Scale hasn't moved at all, though.

5. How did January go for you? What can you do better in February? Jan was no good for me. I looked today at joining a gym downtown by my office but they're all pretty expensive. I'm going to try to hit the Y by my house that I have a membership to that goes to waste always (by me, H uses it) I need to go in the morning, so just need to wake up earlier and make it happen! And then keep working on portion control, less snacking.

[bellefontaine]

Can I join in on this? I just got back from buying all sorts of veggies and healthy stuff so I'm feeling motivated.

1. How did last week go?
Last week I dipped my toe back in to the gluten free world. I had great results and felt so good when I was on that kind of diet before. But then my nieces birthday came and there was cake soooo....yeah.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? This week I'm feeling more committed because after a month on the bench we are back to stims for IUI so I'm determined to eat right and obey the rules.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? I'd like to get in my 2 mile walk/jog at least 5 days this week. More if possible. I downloaded C25k back on my phone so I'm planning to start there.

4. Long term? Mainly weight loss. I'm sick of making excuses. Time to get off my butt and make it happen instead of whining that my clothes don't fit.

5. January wasn't a complete fail. I did lose 5lbs. But I know I can do so much better. February I'm cutting sugar and gluten along with limiting dairy. I said I was going to totally cut it too but I'm not sure I can. I love me some low fat plain yogurt with fruit or organic granola for breakfast!

[requiressnacks]

I'm late to the party - but haiiii!

1. How did last week go? Did you accomplish your goals? If you had asked me on Friday I would have said "Great!" but then I feel like I always overindulge over the weekends.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week? Trying to hit 8,000 steps most days. I am IN AWE of the fitbit ladies on this board. I'm looking at you, starbuck27....

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week? see above

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal? Lose 50 lbs...

5. How did January go for you? What can you do better in February? Well, I think I missed the Dietbet by 2 lbs. So I'm a little sad about that. I'm going to keep chugging along though. I am in a family weight loss competition that goes until the end of March. Slow and steady wins the race, right?

[requiressnacks]

Feb 2, 2016 8:25:39 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

requiressnacks well thanks!

Please tell me - do you have a desk job? Or a more active job? Or do you just walk a lot?

[jcrewgirl]

Can I join this group? I did a quick intro on TTCAS and I participate on the TWW and WTO threads. I'm mostly on DD's BMB.

starbuck27 - is there a Fitbit group I can join for GKU?
notagoddess, I love BodyPump! I swear by that class -its so good for you!

1. How did last week go? Did you accomplish your goals?
Yes and no. It was a rough week with the blizzard, daycare being closed, etc., but I was able to take DD with me to the gym 2x and met my step goals 5 of the 7 days.

2. What healthy changes are you making this week?
No after dinner snacks, and more water.

3. What is a short term health/fitness goal for the week?
Maintain and/or lose 1 lb. and make my daily step goals.

4. What is a long term health/fitness goal?
I'm still hovering at 3-5 lbs over my pre-preg weight. I would love to get back to it and tighten everything up.

5. How did January go for you? What can you do better in February?
It went pretty well for the most part. I think I only ate out 2-3x at lunch for the entire month which is really, really good for me (health-wise and financially). I was pretty active so I'm just hoping to not lose steam as we roll into February.

[jcrewgirl]

Feb 2, 2016 13:20:17 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

jcrewgirl , absolutely!

www.fitbit.com/group/22FJ8B

ETA: Be prepared for me to friend you afterwards so that you can get in on the challenges.

Perfect! Just joined. Thanks!

[judyblume14]

So, do I need a fit bit?
I always worry that I'll become obsessive over tracking things (for example, I tracked all of the BM i pumped from the time I came back from maternity leave until I ditched the pump. If you're interested, it was 22.19 gallons).

I know there's not point in having a fitbit if you don't use it, but is there a happy medium? Maybe it doesn't matter. Obsessing over it might actually motivate me?>

[rooskie]

Feb 2, 2016 8:31:37 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Feb 2, 2016 8:26:48 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Please tell me - do you have a desk job? Or a more active job? Or do you just walk a lot?

Desk job. I just try to move a lot during the day and take little walks before work or after lunch. And then workout on top of that.

ugaqueencity and jubilantsquirrel are miles beyond me, tho!

FFTC: I jogged in place last night after I ran to increase my step count. I went to bed 5 min before the challenge ended so I just stayed up and ran in place.

[rooskie]

Feb 2, 2016 15:36:45 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

So, do I need a fit bit?
I always worry that I'll become obsessive over tracking things (for example, I tracked all of the BM i pumped from the time I came back from maternity leave until I ditched the pump. If you're interested, it was 22.19 gallons).

I know there's not point in having a fitbit if you don't use it, but is there a happy medium? Maybe it doesn't matter. Obsessing over it might actually motivate me?>

It tracks everything for you. It shows your 7 day running total of steps on the app and your badges for finishing goals (i.e. Climbed x many stairs in one day). I like it because it points out when I'm lazy and now with the challenges it really pushes me. I also log everything into MFP so I get a Fitbit credit on days I walk more so I can eat more.

I've had mine 2 years and if it breaks I will get another one.

[judyblume14]

Ok. I think I will buy one. And I should probably get new gym shoes to match.

[rooskie]

Feb 2, 2016 16:00:17 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Feb 2, 2016 15:44:50 GMT -5 rooskie said:

FFTC: I jogged in place last night after I ran to increase my step count. I went to bed 5 min before the challenge ended so I just stayed up and ran in place.

I have done this so many times!

I was feeling good last night, but had my suspicions that those two were going to log some late-night steps and spank me. I fell asleep at 9:30 last night so that kind of ruled out being able to pace the bedroom and maintain my lead in the eleventh hour. Oh well.

Apparently the VPs where I work do challenges together and wait to sync their fitbits until the last possible minute so they can trick other people.

[notagoddess]

I have to complain about my Fitbit.

I use the logging activity feature a lot since I do yoga and strength training. On my dashboard, it's saying my 28 day average is 44 minutes, which seems about right. But on the Fitbit group leaderboard, I'm only at 27 minutes. I don't think it's registering any logged activities.

I want credit for my workouts, dammit!

[jubilantsquirrel]

Feb 2, 2016 16:26:03 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Feb 2, 2016 16:06:01 GMT -5 rooskie said:

Apparently the VPs where I work do challenges together and wait to sync their fitbits until the last possible minute so they can trick other people.

ugaqueencity and jubilantsquirrel ...J'ACCUSE!

LOL! I promise I don't do that. I'm on the west coast and don't usually start my running/walking until about 6pm my time. A lot of you are done for the day by then.

[rooskie]

Feb 2, 2016 16:42:57 GMT -5 ugaqueencity said:

Feb 2, 2016 16:26:03 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

ugaqueencity and jubilantsquirrel...J'ACCUSE!

Ahhh, that's kind of brilliant! I update it through the day, but I can't update it during my runs since I use Bluetooth headphones so it won't sync. I totally admit to pacing my living room last night watching the bachelor/caucus results.

Weird. Mine syncs and I use Bluetooth headphones too.

[rooskie]

Feb 2, 2016 16:55:09 GMT -5 ugaqueencity said:

Feb 2, 2016 16:49:01 GMT -5 rooskie said:

Weird. Mine syncs and I use Bluetooth headphones too.

Oh weird, whenever my phone is hooked to a different Bluetooth device I just get the spinning wheel that says syncing but it never actually syncs. Now I want to figure out why it won't work

Yeah I always sync after I run while I'm doing my cool down walk. I just have cheap headphones and an iPhone 6. H got them for me for Christmas so it's been a month and they work ok.

[wannabmama]

notagoddess I have a Fitbit gripe too...not the same but similar. My barre class hardly counts as any steps because of the movement you do mostly being in place. I know it doesn't really matter but at the end of an hour where my muscles are screaming, it's annoying to see like 200 new steps only. (Yes I know Fitbit is meant to count steps and isn't a magical exercise genie...)

[judyblume14]

Feb 2, 2016 16:08:28 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

I have to complain about my Fitbit.

I use the logging activity feature a lot since I do yoga and strength training. On my dashboard, it's saying my 28 day average is 44 minutes, which seems about right. But on the Fitbit group leaderboard, I'm only at 27 minutes. I don't think it's registering any logged activities.

I want credit for my workouts, dammit!

Oh, see now this will make me mad too. I do strength training 4 days a week (you know, when I'm not being a lazy bones). So it'll irk me not to get credit for that ish.