Health and Fitness May, 2024

[LadyMaverick]

Day 2 of trying is in the books.

Successes and blunders happened.

I tracked my food and made the best decisions that I know how to. 126g of protein & 1226 calories were my final food numbers for the day.
My steps are still lower than I would like them to be. 6344 steps with 11 hours of exceeding 250 steps.
Scales showed another .6 lbs lower this morning.

My stress level is high with some cr*p happening with DD47. I am trying to let that go and know it is out of my hands to solve. Easier said than done but I am trying to reduce stress level so I don't turn to food and let it sabotage my effort.

I am going to try again today to keep focus and priority on my health.

[LadyMaverick]

Day 3 of trying

My stress level was high yesterday. It showed up in my hunger level. I was craving everything to eat. The paint on the wall was being considered.

I did eat more than I wished but tried to log everything. I was able to keep the desire controlled to binge eat everything in the world. It could have been much worse if I weren't actively trying to stay focused on my health.
1673 calories with 93g protein
7231 steps with 12 hours of being minimally active.
.6 lb loss on the scales this morning

I am taking this one day at a time. Each day I decide if I want to put the effort into focusing on my health. I am saying YES to doing that today.

[Harriet]

((LadyM)) That's what lucylee once (or twice) said - 'just think how much worse if I wasn't trying'. Considering the paint, though, hmmm... .. maybe time for rice cakes?

My level of stress has not been high on any one day, perhaps, but I believe it is at a higher level as we get closer and closer to some deadlines around here. Mother's Day brought candy into the house from more than one direction. I gave some to dgdC but the chocolate... .. I must admit I let it get to me.

Hoping the headaches are leaving Ramblin' alone.

[Nancy]

Got my 10,000 steps in Wed.
Over 3 + mi. today and over 10,000 steps on Thurs.

[Twins' Mom]

I put my Fitbit back on after my shower yesterday and had 5600 steps for the rest of the day. I walked with dh and ddog two laps when he got home from work too. And planning for a salad for lunch today. Still struggling to maintain "regularity" following post surgery pain meds.

[Nancy]

I was walking and got a compliment a gal on the loop said I was the only person that is brave enough to to walk in the wind, I had on layers and a hoodie, I put the hood on at one point to protect my ears! I have some routes I do when it's windy that are more protected.

Some days I wait till it's not so gusty outside.

It was cool and refreshing I felt better when I got home, got the cobwebs out of my head. The dog always gets really exited when I P & put on my shoes b/c she is hopeful we will head out on a walk!

It was good to get a compliment!

[Ramblinrose]

I missed winning my diet bet but not by much … already signed up for the next one which starts next week. I am making my step goals and eating on my plan. I have been eating low carb chips and bread which I didn’t eat last game so I am not going to eat them this time.

Those two things are the only added to my eating plan so I plan to eliminate them this go-round.

Need to work on getting all 64 ozs of water wash day as well.

[Ramblinrose]

My diet bet doesn’t start till next week, but I’m still focused on my eating.

We ate at a fast food place last night. I like eating there because I can get a loaded double hamburger patty without a bun and a diet drink with no caffeine. I’ve quit drinking diet soda unless I’m eating out.


I had 12k+ steps without even going to my class. However I was short on getting all my water in. Need to work on that.

LadyM… I am a stress eater too and need to do a lot of self talking… sometimes out loud … to keep me away from bingeing

[Twins' Mom]

I'm torn about counting my steps for the next two weeks at the beach. Normally I don't wear the Fitbit - too hard with swimsuit and water and all. I wear mine clipped to my waistband. OTOH, I'm trying to get my stamina back and start working out when I come home. For the record, I had 8K steps on Thursday and 10K yesterday and I've been exhausted.

[LadyMaverick]

I just finished recording my hourly step count and daily step count. I did not put any focus or effort this past week into either one of them.

My average for this week -
6 Hours per day with at least 250 steps (aka 18 hours per day that I barely moved my body)
4339 steps per day

Instead of being disappointed about how low they are, I am pleased to have this baseline information. Now I know what my counts will be if I don't put in some effort.

It is time for me to resume my effort to take better care of myself.