Fitness/Self Care Check In

Awesome, sounds like you had a positive day

I went to the Dr and got my knee wrapped. I fell on it really hard long story. Started taking a med again a its helping with my fatigue. Got the litter boxes cleaned out.

Tomorrow I hope to finish vacuuming, and clean up the garbage out of my bathroom. My Dr told me to stay off my knee as much as possible, so I'm just gonna be able to do that tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to getting to the mini walks though.

Finished my exercises, went to the dentist this morning and got my teeth cleaned, am going to write in my journal today

Well done, Blue.

I'd quite like to use this thread regularly to keep you guys up-to-date of my progress, or lack thereof, if that's OK with you? (maybe we can egg each other on, when needed. xD) lol It feels like a lack, but I guess I have lost 14-15lbs, so far, so that's something, for sure. I've got 20lbs to go, and then, apparently, I'll be "healthy". I went from "obese" to "overweight", (according to a BMI thing online) ... hah. Yeah, I'm relatively muscular, (I do a lot of resistance workouts; great way to lose weight, as well) but I'm still hella overweight. Bugs the HELL outta me.

Anywho, ...

19-20lbs to go. Guys, when you weigh yourself, make sure it's "dry weight", which means, not after a big meal, and make sure you've recently had a bowel movement. Also, make sure you's nekkid. Well, you don't have to, but that should give you a more accurate reading, and lets face it, guys, we want every single lb to count!

Best of luck, everyone! I'm rooting for you all, because we're all in this together.

PS
Make sure to get your diet sorted, too... it's not all about the exercise, the food you eat is incredibly important! You want a slight caloric deficit for optimal weight-loss, apparently. Exercise should be keeping your HR up into the "weight-loss zone", whatever that is... I think it will vary on the person, so you may have to research that. Chances are, if you're losing weight, you're doing fine anyway. xD

PPS
I've added this thread to my bookmark toolbar so I'll try to keep using it. 8)

Sigh. Nothing today. I have been very distracted.

What time is it now? I bet you could totally fit in at least a 15 minute workout! They say: "no excuses". (except when you have an excuse hah)

I didn't get the stuff I wanted to done today. So seeker ur not alone in it. I'm trying to wait for my knee to heal up. I think vacuuming and such will aggravate it. But I did light candles and used my wax burner. It smells really good in here.

I really need to be eating better too. Right now I just don't feel motivated too. I hope I start to though soon. Just a couple months ago I was mainly eating baked seasoned chicken, Brown rice and lots of raw or steamed veggies. I hope I can get back there I was put on a non weight gainer ap. But I ended up getting really bad akathasia on it and now I'm back on risperdal. I've gained the weight back, (I had lost 20 lbs.) Hope I can get back there though.

Thanks for the encouragement everyone.

Thanks for joining Zwang, you're doing great and great advice!

SeekerOfLife: We all have days like that

Sunshine: You'll get there

As of fairly recently, I usually workout in the mornings, have my protein shake, then shower, but for the last couple of days, I've failed to do that. -_- I've been working out, just not in the morning. Need to fix that! Problem is, I've been having crap sleep, as well, so I've felt so drained, and I don't really wanna make myself ill. I dunno if that's a legitimate excuse or not, though. ¬_¬ I still workout, so that's the important thing.

Still got an awesome diet. Currently eating vegetable cous-cous.

EDIT:

Also, today is my rest day, so I'm doing sod all (still eating healthily, though, ... might have some cake later as a treat ) then tomorrow, hopefully morning, I'll go at it hard for at least 30 minutes.

Zwang, what kid of protein shakes are you drinking? Just curious as I've been thinking of trying them out.

Finished my exercises for today. The walking part seems to get more difficult each day for some reason. The sit ups aren't as bad, neither are the leg lifts or 5lb weight repetitions.

Kinda ate some high calorie stuff yesterday. Still a million times better than I used to eat. Today, tuna sandwich for lunch and chicken and broccoli for dinner

For self care I've been doing word search puzzles, they relax me and take my mind off of things.

Tomorrow is usually my rest day but I'm taking today off as well because I woke up sick, so just going to try and relax then get back into things Monday.

Not much in the way of self care. I had four clients yesterday. Got home exhausted.

Long, long day, today, especially as I had a really crappy night, yet again - lots of tossing and turning. -_- I didn't work out this morning, and now I'm too tired and drained to workout this evening, though I may do something light later on; that might be a crappy excuse, but my saving grace is that I did a lot of walking, ... about an hour and half in total. (I went to see a place I may end up working, and visited my brah; had a great time, and the job looks very promising! Lots of heavy lifting, so... )

I use anabolic whey protein shakes, but I wouldn't bother with them if you don't have much of a high protein requirement. I need rather a lot because I aim for building a lot of muscle. (and also "whey" quite a bit. -_- Apparently that's something to do with it)

I take just two scoops a day alongside my other sources of protein (typically tuna, veg-type stuff, and chicken) aiming for protein in almost every meal, or every meal, if possible.

It's amazing stuff, though, and you could quite easily just take less and probably get away with it even if you don't really need it; it certainly does wonders if you do the work, too. Quite pricey, though. Honestly, if you only need something like 60g of protein a day, then I wouldn't really bother, as it's pretty easy to get that protein in 3 of those meals. (assuming you do the 5-6 meals a day thing - not each enormous meals)

I'm told that you should avoid shakes with creatine, as apparently it's dangerous; this seems to be a dodgy subject amongst body-builders, so I tend to just avoid creatine and keep shtum about it.

An example of a typical day for me:

* Wake up.
* Workout for 15-40 minutes, depending on how hard I go and what I do.
* Protein shake. (I aim for 20g, but it probably ends up somewhere between 20-27g, which is a bit much, but hey-ho)
* Meal (typically half a tin of decent tuna in 2 slices of whole meal bread, maybe with a piri-piri pepper or two, and/or maybe some sauce, oh and definitely some olives)
* Protein shake.
* Final regular meal. Something like cous-cous, or the tuna sandwich, or something I have a lot, which is a decent-sized Greek salad.
* Typically have a snack later on, but I try not to keep it too soon before I sleep.

Towards the evening, I have a tendency of working out again, sometimes heavy, sometimes light; it's a problem, to be honest, because when I workout too late, it makes sleeping kinda difficult, at least I presume that's it. The above doesn't include days I walk, such as going to the shops (granted, it's 2 minutes away ) go trekking off for an hour or more with a weighted (10KG) rucksack, or the times I walk to town for college, which takes about 30-35 minutes, I think, or, finally, the times I walk to my folks' house which takes about 15-17 minutes.

One of the reasons I'm gaining muscle is because it really helps with weight loss, at least long-term. I mean, since I was about 16, I've been into body-building, I just sucked at it until I recently got back into it and learned that it's not just about the exercises, the diet is extremely important, but also, that I have to push myself to lift heavier weights and try new things; I since I sorted that, I've seen lots of improvement. (granted, I was still skinny and had muscle, but I could've been a LOT bigger had I known what I do now -_-)

Thanks for the info! I'm not a body builder so I'll probably just look into regular shakes that are healthy for you and have a lot of vitamins

No fitness stuff today as it's my rest day. For self care I'm just relaxing, getting over this cold I have.

Good morning, just had a healthy breakfast of oatmeal and applesauce. Going to go ahead and get started on my exercises in a few minutes, then do my walk a little later.

Dd my exercises, didn't do my walk today though because my eyes are watering like crazy, allergies I guess and it's really sunny. Tomorrow should be rainy and overcast so that should be better.

Picked up some healthy stuff at the grocery store; Greek yogurt, apples, oranges. Found these wheat sandwich slims so I can make some healthy turkey sandwiches that have less carbs.

For self care today I picked up a new word puzzle book at the store.

Hope everyone is doing well

I haven't been doing much. I've gotten some stuff done but not any walking or exercising.

I've been resting. I had a long period of barely sleeping and ended up in the hospital. Then I hurt my knee. So recuperating. But I still have the goal of doing mini walks 4 times a week and doing self care more often. So I'm still wanting to do this...

Take your time and heal

I have been doing my stretches both morning & evening. It has really helped.

I am reading a good book (Chosen by a Horse). Reading just for enjoyment and relaxation.

Also I have come to realize I am getting better with being assertive.

Those are some really good things SeekerOfLife

Going to do my exercises a little later today. Adding speed rope to my routine. 100 jumps, not a lot, but it's hard for me and it's a start.

Have an eye doctor appointment in a few hours which will be self care, getting my eyes examined and some new glasses.

Well I didn't speed rope today as its raining outside but I did my walk and other exercises.

Eye doctor appointment went well, found a cute new pair of glasses, can't wait till they're ready to be picked up

~Self Care~


Kept my therapy appointment.

We made a plan to help my mornings go better.

I ate a fresh raw green salad & whole grain pasta.

Took a few minutes to admire the fall colors.

Talked to someone about how encouraging it was to know I am making progress.

You're doing great! And the fall colors are wonderful aren't they? The weather and colors make my walks this time of year very enjoyable.

For self care today I'm going to the dentist again last time was for a cleaning, but this time for a filling. I should also have one more dentist appointment next week too.

Will do my exercises when I get home later today

Finished my exercises and walk. My walk was very nice, the weather is beautiful.

Dentist appointment went great. They're very fast, efficient, and friendly only one more dentist appointment to go, Monday afternoon.

Forgot to update.

Working out as always. Had a good workout yesterday; 30 minutes of mixed cardio and resistance. Had to stop because my right shin got too sore. (shin splints, yet again -_-)

Seem to be slightly bigger and I swear I've got slightly less body-fat, but maybe it's all in my head, I dunno.

Looking forward to working out tomorrow. (rest day, today, as per my new attempt of working out "every other day", rather than 5 or more days a week--I'm obsessed, but I'm trying!)

Tried out bent over rows in a different way yesterday, as I can't really half-kneel on anything here, so I rest my hand against the door, bent over of course, and do rows that way; feels great. Got the idea from my step-mother who's ace at this stuff, so I'm confident it's safe. I've also been working my shoulders a lot more than usual; they've certainly become more muscular.

Thanks to wise advice from someone here, I've managed to not weigh myself for a couple of days, and I'm trying not to visually analyse my body for any sign of improvements; I'm failing at the latter, but the former is going well. I really wanna weigh myself, though. -_-

I'm overdue an hour's weighted rucksack trek, so I think I'll do that soon; it's good cardio and feels good on the legs.

Hope y'all are managing fine.