Anyone want to shape up in 2018? A continuing journey.......

Natashapearljamfan

SVRDhand13 said:

Time for some burpees

I'm not a fan of burpees but they really are a great exercise, they work out most of your body.
I went to bootcamp this morning, we had to do a burpees then jump over the medicine ball, the extra jump takes it out of you!

markymark550

I've been working out trying to get in better shape for a while now. Can definitely tell that I'm much stronger now, but the weight I need to drop wasn't really coming off -- dropped some weight, but seemed to have plateaued. Wife and I were eating fairly healthy, but went super strict with the diet after the new year. Curious to see how that will impact my goals.

SVRDhand13

Natashapearljamfan said:

SVRDhand13 said:

Time for some burpees

I'm not a fan of burpees but they really are a great exercise, they work out most of your body.
I went to bootcamp this morning, we had to do a burpees then jump over the medicine ball, the extra jump takes it out of you!

They are pretty rough on the joints, but I don't mind too much. Doing some the other night made me realize even more that I got out of shape the last few months, but back at it now!

Natashapearljamfan

markymark550 said:

I've been working out trying to get in better shape for a while now. Can definitely tell that I'm much stronger now, but the weight I need to drop wasn't really coming off -- dropped some weight, but seemed to have plateaued. Wife and I were eating fairly healthy, but went super strict with the diet after the new year. Curious to see how that will impact my goals.

Welcome

Quite often the body wants to hold onto fat stores (evolutionary reasons, incase you go into a famine) so when you change eating habits and/or exercise you lose weight, but after a certain time period (differs between people) you just plateu off and stop losing weight. The body is wired to hold onto those fat stores so after its lost some it says that's enough I'm going to hold onto the rest. This is the time to keep believing in youreelf, stay strong, persevere and change your exercise by ramping it up, or look at fine tuning your eating, then the weight starts coming off again. It's a continuous cycle. So don't give up in those plateus.
From you changing your eating again you should be on the way to losing weight again. If not increase exercise intensity or duration.
Hope this helps you understand your body better.

Natashapearljamfan

Today's recipe:

Kale salad,

Ingredients
1 bunch of kale, washed and finely shredded
1 avocado diced
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice or Apple cider vinegar
1 punnet cherry tomatoes
1 red onion finely chopped
1/2 cup olives (can add more or less, green or black doesn't matter)

Method
1. Put kale and avocado into a large mixing bowl and use your hands to scrunch the avocado into kale.
2. Add tomatoes, olives and onions into kale and mix through.
3. Combine lemon juice and olive oil then pour over salad and serve.
I make it at the start if the week and it lasts for 3-4 lunches, to make it a bit more filling you can add pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds any chopped up nut (walnut or macadamia nuts are yum).

Natashapearljamfan

Ms. Haiku said:

I ran this morning so I could post about it

I love that comment. I've been reading a book on how to teach yourself something in 48 hrs, they say you need to make yourself accountable to someone other than yourself. So share what you want to learn or change and it has a higher chance of happening. This thread is obviously working like that for you. Let us know what you plan on doing tomorrow.

Natashapearljamfan

ehbacon said:

Did 4 miles today and it felt pretty easy, gonna do one more day of it and then move on to 4.5 (maybe 5 depending on how I feel while on the run)

How's the training going? Sounds like you are smashing it.

markymark550

Natashapearljamfan said:

markymark550 said:

I've been working out trying to get in better shape for a while now. Can definitely tell that I'm much stronger now, but the weight I need to drop wasn't really coming off -- dropped some weight, but seemed to have plateaued. Wife and I were eating fairly healthy, but went super strict with the diet after the new year. Curious to see how that will impact my goals.

Welcome

Quite often the body wants to hold onto fat stores (evolutionary reasons, incase you go into a famine) so when you change eating habits and/or exercise you lose weight, but after a certain time period (differs between people) you just plateu off and stop losing weight. The body is wired to hold onto those fat stores so after its lost some it says that's enough I'm going to hold onto the rest. This is the time to keep believing in youreelf, stay strong, persevere and change your exercise by ramping it up, or look at fine tuning your eating, then the weight starts coming off again. It's a continuous cycle. So don't give up in those plateus.
From you changing your eating again you should be on the way to losing weight again. If not increase exercise intensity or duration.
Hope this helps you understand your body better.

Thanks for the encouragement! That's pretty much what my trainer has told me. Said that it may seem like nothing is happening then in a few weeks I might start losing a lot of weight.

ehbacon

Natashapearljamfan said:

ehbacon said:

Did 4 miles today and it felt pretty easy, gonna do one more day of it and then move on to 4.5 (maybe 5 depending on how I feel while on the run)

How's the training going? Sounds like you are smashing it.

still at 4 miles. Ended up not running today as I was just too tired so I'll be running 4 tomorrow and hopefully moving up to 5 on Monday.

RKCNDY

It does not help that I finally feel better (digestive wise) and Mr. RK keeps making horrible things to eat for dinner. I can't just eat something else...he gets offended.

Natashapearljamfan

RKCNDY said:

It does not help that I finally feel better (digestive wise) and Mr. RK keeps making horrible things to eat for dinner. I can't just eat something else...he gets offended.

What kind of horrible things? Can you help in the kitchen or are you unable to? Or explain why you want different types of food?

RKCNDY

Natashapearljamfan said:

RKCNDY said:

It does not help that I finally feel better (digestive wise) and Mr. RK keeps making horrible things to eat for dinner. I can't just eat something else...he gets offended.

What kind of horrible things? Can you help in the kitchen or are you unable to? Or explain why you want different types of food?

He gets very lazy and I could go for something like tofu and a package of Madras lentils


(these aren't bad, they don't have preservatives or additives or artificial junk)

But if I suggest this, he says no and wants take out, or something like grilled cheese (5 different cheeses, lots of butter). Yes very 'meat ant potatoes' geared. I could eat salad every day.
It's been a fight about food when I did P90x a few years ago. He joined in with me, but decided he liked food more.
I can't eat like this, I feel so awful.

Natashapearljamfan

I'll send you a pm.

rgambs

My wife's sister married a guy who, along with his 2 brothers and deceased father, doesn't eat any vegetables. Meat, potatoes, pasta, and corn.
They wear it like a badge of pride and it makes me think so lowly of them lol

Sprunkn7

omg, my guys is the worst....but I do my best....I slip in salads and he will eat spinach and broccoli but if I let him he would eat cheeseburgers and fries every day.

My cold put me at a "diet" advantage since I haven''t been eating much and when I do it's healthy soups. I want a steak...maybe tomorrow!

Ms. Haiku

Ran today so I could post here. It wasn't great, but I did it.

Sprunkn7

Ms. Haiku said:

Ran today so I could post here. It wasn't great, but I did it.

yay you did it!
You know what I did? nothing...abso nada

Natashapearljamfan

Ms. Haiku said:

Ran today so I could post here. It wasn't great, but I did it.

Don't worry about how great it was. Worry about that when you are running all the time. Be pleased you did it. Well done
I go through phases of disliking exercise and I was told set alarm for 5am, with exercise clothes all ready, get up dressed and exercise don't think about it. Then no matter how crazy your day gets you've already exercised and it definitely works for me.
If I get up later I tend not to get around to exercising.

ldent42

rgambs said:

My wife's sister married a guy who, along with his 2 brothers and deceased father, doesn't eat any vegetables. Meat, potatoes, pasta, and corn.
They wear it like a badge of pride and it makes me think so lowly of them lol

corn isn't a vegetable?

FoxyRedLa

ldent42 said:

rgambs said:

My wife's sister married a guy who, along with his 2 brothers and deceased father, doesn't eat any vegetables. Meat, potatoes, pasta, and corn.
They wear it like a badge of pride and it makes me think so lowly of them lol

corn isn't a vegetable?

It's just sugary that's why it's so good and sweet and yummy