Weight Loss and Exercise #4

unaluna · Dec 02, 2023 at 07:52 PM

Splat points!

I googled it.

I just think about Matthew McConaughey saying in People magazine that he tries to work up a sweat every day. And that usually works up a sweat for me!

I do neck twists while i am biking, and today my neck loosened up and cracked a good one. I think following my pee med schedule is a good plan - it will give me consistency and appropriate rest. And i wont have to think about it or make any decisions.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 02, 2023 at 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Splat points!

I googled it.

I just think about Matthew McConaughey saying in People magazine that he tries to work up a sweat every day. And that usually works up a sweat for me!

I do neck twists while i am biking, and today my neck loosened up and cracked a good one. I think following my pee med schedule is a good plan - it will give me consistency and appropriate rest. And i wont have to think about it or make any decisions.

Good path forward!

unaluna · Dec 03, 2023 at 03:35 PM

Bike day. I was sweating within 15 minutes. It's like trying to start up a car thats been sitting unused in the garage for too long! I am sputtering back to life.

More muscles go into even stationary cycling than you realize - you have to hold your gut out of your hips, for example. So i needed a little stretch when i stopped.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 03, 2023 at 07:33 PM

Stretching after sweating!! Way to go.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 03, 2023 at 10:05 PM

I did more than 3 hours of yoga. Did not manage to go for a walk.

My shape does not allow me to do certain poses: my belly is in the way.

Mountaindewed · Dec 04, 2023 at 03:33 PM

I haven't been hungry this last week or so. I think its the vegetarian diet. I've been forgetting to eat again. My therapist nagged me a little bit last Thursday. Not a lot though but some. I'm eating a lot of celery sticks and I've cut back on soda.

I'm getting a Meta Quest VR headset for christmas and I want to get the Supernatural workout app for it.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 04, 2023 at 11:14 PM

Tomorrow is a trial personal training session with another trainer.
Today I did not do anything: I spent the evening getting a gel manicure. Now will eat dinner and maybe go for a slow walk while listening to an audiobook.
The inside of my thighs are pleasantly sore. I am not clear which of the recent workouts caused it, but I like the sensation.

unaluna · Dec 04, 2023 at 11:20 PM

Today was my pee day, so no bike. But i broke down a lot of boxes for recycling and put away a lot of food - fat free salad dressing packets, refried beans (which ive been CRAVING!) and cookies of course - my primary food group. I need to add more veg and protein to my meals so i stop appeasing my hunger with cookies. Maybe i will try hard boiled eggs and cottage cheese.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 05, 2023 at 01:11 AM

I wish there were farmer's cheese where you shop. It is tastier than cottage cheese and has more protein per gram than eggs. I buy Amish farmer's cheese. So good and can be made into both savory and sweet dishes.

I did not go for a walk today and now it is time for me to go to bed.

unaluna · Dec 05, 2023 at 01:50 AM

I used to look for that! I think i know one store that has it.

Forgot to say, i am feeling more energetic. No nap today, and did quite a lot of work, for me! So it takes a good week of the bike for me to see a positive result. Where i dont feel like i am getting older and weaker and more decrepit and disabled every day.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 05, 2023 at 11:32 AM

Good for you! Keep it up, with pee day pauses. If you get farmer's cheese, let me know and I will send you my recipes. I love the thing and it is a main protein source for me. I can even mix it with whey protein powder and not taste the powder at all.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 05, 2023 at 11:31 PM

I have selected my personal trainer. He was the 2nd I have tried at my new gym. I am really happy I kept searching after the first one seemed no more than good enough.

We have our December sessions scheduled and I am looking forward to them. He also taught me how to use a new cardio machine called assault bike to warm up before sessions.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 07, 2023 at 01:18 AM

20 mins on recumbent elliptical plus 23 minutes on recumbent bike. Planned to do more but the gym closed for the day. On the bike, did the rolling hills workout.

Thinking of you and your biking adventure, Unaluna.

Plan to start on the bike next time to make sure I do a full workout on it.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 07, 2023 at 02:09 PM

Unaluna,

I just concocted something perfect with Amish farmers' cheese so wanted to share to inspire you. Very tasty:

- half a box of Amish farmers' cheese
- a little plain kefir, can be substituted by labne, sour cream, or plain yogurt
- a scoop of protein powder
- chopped fresh mint
- fresh blueberries
- hemp seed
- enough maple syrup to make it palatable for you

It is a killer meal from the protein content standpoint.

unaluna · Dec 07, 2023 at 02:51 PM

Sounds yummy! But a LOT of ingredients! I will fall asleep halfway thru making it! Most of my meals are 3 ingredients - carb, veg and or fat, and or protein.

I took two days off biking because i had a hard working day last pee day, and i was just tired and discombobulated. I even OMAD'd yesterday, and that rarely happens.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 07, 2023 at 06:04 PM

OMAD

I looked it up. One Meal a Day

I no longer can so it. Easily did it when I was young. I think years on Zyprexa changed my system for good and I experience painful hunger pangs if I do not eat regularly.

Tart Cherry Jam · Dec 07, 2023 at 07:33 PM

if we limit it to 3 ingredients: farmers' cheese, sour cream and maple syrup OR farmers' cheese, blueberries and maple syrup should be good enough.

I planned to go to the gym this evening but received an invite from my friend to her Meetup and I will go. Gym on Saturday then.

Buffy01 · Dec 07, 2023 at 09:35 PM

i need to :grouphug start stretching and

doing yoga again

unaluna · Dec 07, 2023 at 10:45 PM

Store tomorrow, i will look for it.

Mountaindewed · Dec 08, 2023 at 10:56 AM

Come on Oprah, admit you used Ozempic. You look good though. My stomach starts acting up even thinking of the gastro side effects of that med.

I've been doing fine on my mostly vegan/vegetarian lifestyle changes. I'm not constantly hungry or thinking about food all the time.

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unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,915 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.8k hugs given	Dec 03, 2023 at 03:35 PM #803 Bike day. I was sweating within 15 minutes. It's like trying to start up a car thats been sitting unused in the garage for too long! I am sputtering back to life. More muscles go into even stationary cycling than you realize - you have to hold your gut out of your hips, for example. So i needed a little stretch when i stopped.

Tart Cherry Jam Magnate Member Since Mar 2021 Location: California Posts: 2,813 (SuperPoster!) 3 1,261 hugs given	Dec 03, 2023 at 07:33 PM #804 Stretching after sweating!! Way to go. __________________ Bipolar I w/psychotic features Last inpatient stay in 2018 Geodon 40 mg Seroquel 75 mg Gabapentin 1200 mg+Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects) Long term side effects from medications, some of them discontinued: - hypothyroidism - obesity BMI ~ 38

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,915 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.8k hugs given	Dec 05, 2023 at 01:50 AM #810 I used to look for that! I think i know one store that has it. Forgot to say, i am feeling more energetic. No nap today, and did quite a lot of work, for me! So it takes a good week of the bike for me to see a positive result. Where i dont feel like i am getting older and weaker and more decrepit and disabled every day.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,915 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.8k hugs given	Dec 07, 2023 at 02:51 PM #815 Sounds yummy! But a LOT of ingredients! I will fall asleep halfway thru making it! Most of my meals are 3 ingredients - carb, veg and or fat, and or protein. I took two days off biking because i had a hard working day last pee day, and i was just tired and discombobulated. I even OMAD'd yesterday, and that rarely happens.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,915 (SuperPoster!) 13 68.8k hugs given	Dec 07, 2023 at 10:45 PM #819 Store tomorrow, i will look for it.

Mountaindewed Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jun 2016 Location: Where the sidewalk ends Posts: 38,708 (SuperPoster!) 8 9,731 hugs given	Dec 08, 2023 at 10:56 AM #820 Come on Oprah, admit you used Ozempic. You look good though. My stomach starts acting up even thinking of the gastro side effects of that med. I've been doing fine on my mostly vegan/vegetarian lifestyle changes. I'm not constantly hungry or thinking about food all the time. __________________ I'm Blue