Health and Fitness Check-In

[wanderingenough]

Ok ladies - it's a new month. What's good? What are your goals for the month? What kind of support do you need?

I need some healthy eating motivation! My workouts have been GREAT. As good as ever, maybe. 4-5 days/ week when not traveling for work. But my eating is garbage. I'm not looking to lose lbs. In fact, if you saw my stomach issue post recently you'll recall that I've lost some weight unnecessarily. But I'd like to actually SEE the results of my workouts which isn't happening. I also think cleaning up my diet might help with my stomach problems. So hunting for easy meal ideas is my task for the week.

[grover]

Joining in!

This month my goal is to increase water and to walk a few days a week. Not going to start actually exercising until I'm cleared in 5 more weeks. I am down 20 pounds, but still very flabby.

[HoneySpider]

Well today I am wearing jeans that I haven't fit into in about 3 years, so yay!

wanderingenough Im the opposite of you - my eating has been pretty good, my working out is non-existent beyond walking (been tracking steps and doing decent). But I NEED to tone up. My goal every week has been to just start getting going with some type of work out plan and every week, I fail. I have been SO busy and I can't seem to match up having time/energy/DH home with R to make it happen.

I'm setting the bar low - I want to workout once this week.

[wineandcheese]

I finally have motivation. Cruise in 6 months! Our last cruise I felt like a cow and didn't feel comfortable at all and I don't want to feel like that again. Actually I'm tired of feeling like this everyday so that's motivating itself. I called myself a fat cow last night and H yelled at me to stop putting myself down. Ok enough rambling.

I have crossfit again later today, hopefully it's my last intro class so I can join in the full class. I actually am starting to like it. I hurt for days but I think I need to foam roll more afterwards. I'm going to add in running in between classes. Start with 1-2 miles then build up. The owner wants me to start at 3 classes a week the first few months then build up to 4 or 5.

As for nutrition, I mentioned the other day we are changing to a 80/20 clean diet. I'm cleaning out our pantry today to get rid of the junk we actually don't eat. If they are still in date I'm going to give them to the teenage boys upstairs. I'm also going to cut down on wine. We usually drink 2-3 bottles a week, so usually a glass or 2 with dinner most nights. I want to get down to only having a glass or 2 on Saturday or sunday. That's going to be hard lol. We love our wine.

Sorry that got long lol. I have a goal of losing 30 pounds in 6 months and actually run a full 5k, no walking breaks, in 4 months.

[wanderingenough]

grover - I think I should set a goal to increase water intake as well. I think it would help with muscle soreness and headaches. What do you aim for each day?

HoneySpider - Way to go on the eating and fitting in your jeans! What are you thinking for your goal for workouts? Gym or home?

suzv - Remind me what you do for your meal plan? Maybe I can steal something.

wineandcheese - I agree with your husband. Don't be so hard on yourself. We can work on it together. I have a girls cruise planned in August for my friend's bachelorette party, so I'd really like to look more toned for that. Also, if you need any crossfit tips let me know. I did it for 5 years before switching things up a few months ago! Glad you are liking it!

[katespade]

Has anyone watched Fed Up on Netflix? H and I have already been working on cutting sugar out of our diet, but MAN did that documentary get me thinking about what I'm putting into my body.

[katespade]

I need to get it together. I haven't been to the gym in two weeks, thanks to my stress, anxiety, traveling, and vertigo. I don't feel 100%, but I definitely feel a lot better than yesterday so I'm hoping that I'm almost over it. My plan is to go back to the gym tomorrow, assuming I continue to feel better. I'm trying to balance my need to recharge with my need to get back into my routine.

[HoneySpider]

Apr 3, 2017 10:05:48 GMT -5 wanderingenough said:

HoneySpider - Way to go on the eating and fitting in your jeans! What are you thinking for your goal for workouts? Gym or home?

Either, I'm not picky

[katespade]

I think I'm going to start tracking my sugar intake.

I read that the American Heart Association recommends women have no more than 25g of added sugar per day. And hen I realized that the Gatorade I drink has 29g of sugar in it. And my coffee has 39g of sugar. And. And. And. And.

Maybe if I track it, I'll become more conscious of it. It worked for fat and fiber when I started on my GP diet.

Anyone else interested in an accountability group or something?

[wineandcheese]

katespade I'm interested!

[estrellita]

I've been going for walks on lunch and I've noticed it's helping me sleep better but I'm still exhausted during the day. I'm trying to eat better too but of course that's an ongoing process... I just can't seem to remember to track in MFP or I think of doing it but then don't because I'm afraid of how bad it will be. I need to get H on board with having less sweets in the house. He mentions getting ice cream for example, I say we don't need it, but then I give it and get it because it sounds good. Or donuts. Or cookies. Ugh. H is a bad influence!

[katespade]

estrellita - I'm your H. lol. I'm always asking about things, like, "Can we have this? Can we treat ourselves to that?" We just got home from Copstco, and ended up getting froyo while we were there. I looked it up after we got home... 53g of sugar. I only ate half of it, but still! That's so much sugar!

[wanderingenough]

katespade - I'd be interested!

estrellita - Have you tried tracking in advance? It's tedious, but when I've been most successful with tracking and weight loss (if that's your goal, I can't recall) -- that's how I did it. I would actually track for the whole week in advance. I would just leave my evening treats open so I'd have something flexible/yummy to look forward to. Other than that though, I would plan all breakfasts/lunches/dinners/work snacks (at least M-F) and log in advance. Then I knew I wouldn't have any of those SCARY "I wonder how bad this is?" moments when tracking later."

[estrellita]

wanderingenough I've kinda tried tracking stuff in the morning when I pack a lunch. I'm not much of a planner so I'd never know what I'm eating that far in advance, haha. It is something I need to get better about. I want to meal plan more so if I actually follow through with that I'd be able to track in advance and just add the things I didn't plan in advance!

[katespade]

Well, today is a complete disaster so I'm not even going to bother, but I just reinstalled MyFitnessPal and I'm going to start tracking my sugar intake tomorrow. I've got all of my goals set up the way I want them, so we'll see what happens.

wineandcheese, estrellita , wanderingenough - Maybe we can start by using this thread to do daily check-ins. We can share what our totals were for the day before and any thoughts we have or if we learned anything from tracking.

I'm mostly focused on added sugars, so if I go over on my daily allowance because I had extra fruit or dairy or something, I'm okay with that. I'm trying to pay attention to both the nutrition facts and the ingredients list.

I'm setting my goal for 25g per day.

[wanderingenough]

katespade - I think it was wineandcheese, not luv who wanted to join.

[katespade]

Oh shoot! Thanks, wanderingenough. And sorry, luv2rn4fun! You're welcome to join us, too, though! lol.

[bk1]

I feel like I just need to start over.

The past couple weeks have been terrible. DH has been gone so much that I haven't been cooking healthy meals for just me and G and I haven't been making it a priority to exercise at all. I need to make a menu plan tomorrow and see if I can come up with better options.


katespade I'm half way through Fed Up (I need to get to sleep so I'll have to finish it tomorrow) and it really is amazing. My MIL is very much into nutrition so she actually taught me all of this years ago but it is nice to have the reminder. DH and I have been eating all the sugar lately and while I use to rarely cook anything pre-packaged is has become my default since having C. Yes, it helped tremendously for awhile but I need to go back to cooking our meals. I can tell I have been eating terribly lately because my body feels off. I'm constantly tired, my stomach is always slightly upset, and I never truly feel full.

[katespade]

Okay, yesterday wasn't great. But it also wasn't awful.

I ended up with about 50g of added sugar, so twice as much as I was hoping for. It's amazing how many sugar sources there are that should be obvious, but aren't for some reason. Like, the jelly I had on my english muffin or the ketchup I had with my lunch.