Health and Fitness July 2025

[Lady Maverick]

July habit to focus on =
Enjoy eating vegetables and fruits.
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Protein goal = 40%. Yesterday = 38%. Average since July 11th = 39%
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Established healthy habits =
__Sleep = 6hr 59min average 30 days
Hydration = 120oz+
Cronometer = 390 days logging, 30-day average = 1360 calories, 34% protein
Move my body in July = AM walks=29, Exercises=30, PM walks=14, 30-day average = 5550 steps, 10 hours with 250+ steps,
Better Bedtime routine during July = 23
Declutter & deep clean habit during July = 25
Weight loss is at an average 30-day pace of -.25% resulting in a total 18.04% body weight removed since 7-5-2024

Last post for the month of July. I don't have all of today's data yet but am going to use the 30 days of data that I do have.
Doing a review....
** Vegetables were easy. I did have one off day but otherwise it was a success. I eat a wide variety of vegetables to keep it interesting.
** protein goal being over 40% was successful (12 day) more than not (8 days). There is lots of room for improvement!
** Sleep. *sigh* I missed my 7 hour goal by ONE minute. I naturally sleep less during summer months so am not concerned.
** Hydration - easy. simple. Habits are in place to fill up containers in the morning and make sure they are empty by evening.
** Food logging. Successful. I record my food as honestly as I can even when it is bad. I still weigh my food about 99% of the time.
** Moving my body during the month of July was limited by hip pain making walking slow & difficult. That is getting better so hopefully I can get my step count back up. One thing that I have added during the month of July is a better way to reduce the time that I sit. I try to limit sitting to less than 30 minutes at a time. I am now using a Octagon Rotating Pomodoro Timers with Gravity-sensor that I find easier than previous timers. I reward myself by sitting with my feet up for 15 minutes after completing tasks, repeating this several times a day. I really enjoy earning these little rewards.
** Better bedtime routine. I am still not particularly good at this, but I am making an effort. I can sometimes be found running to get into bed before my time runs out. LOL I might be worse than a toddler in not wanting to go to bed.
** Declutter is happening almost daily. Most of the time it is not happening in big chunks, but it’s turning into a mindset and occurring repeatedly in small ways.
** Weight loss this month was the least since I started this weight loss journey July 2024. I lost .3 lbs this month. My total weight loss is 31 lbs. I made some comparisons to what I ate this month vs the other months where I lost most and there is a clear answer to what I need to do. My calories are too high. They need to be at least 150 less a day to lose weight.

[Twins' Mom]

LadyM, I've lost 1.3 lbs this month. I talked to dr office and we are bumping up the Zepbound dosage slightly. I'm not eating as well as I could/should so I'm ambivalent about that but we'll try it. My walking is off this week because I'm feeling so stiff and my right foot is still hurting - plantar fasciitis but soreness too. I go back to workout today, but will only have one next week and one the week after.

Dh has gained weight this month - a significant amount - but he eats when he's bored. He has to learn to deal with that.

[Nancy]

The last two days I've gotten my step count accomplish by mid morning!
Gotta beat the heat.
Got 10K steps on 7-31-25

[Ramblinrose]

Since Monday and getting over being sick, I've made my 10K steps each day and stayed on my eating plan. I really need to focus on my water! Been to the gym and exercise classes M-W. Will need to do some video work here today.

Signed up for the fitness drumming for the month of August. It meets on Monday. And my friends that I do my video workouts with are enjoying the class so much we've all bought tubs, exercise balls and drum sticks so we can do our own class at the clubhouse once a week. There are plenty of videos posted on UT that we can follow.

[Kittykatt]

Ive kept up with my exercises, and water is better than if I wasn't being accountable! I need to do us on this, particularly as August and September are often warm.