I miss the fitness threads and the fitness Doms!

[Keroin]

Road. Are you a fellow junkie?

It's been awhile but I was a triathloner, yup. Miss it HUGE. Had myself a lovely little red Kona.

Now I live in mountain bike mecca so will be crossing over to the dark side.

 

[JamieJ424]

Another casualty. Next you know, you'll be cultivating dredlocks and smoking ganja on the trail

 

[Keroin]

Another casualty. Next you know, you'll be cultivating dredlocks and smoking ganja on the trail

LOL...well, I don't know about dreads but...

There's some roadies here but most of my friends do the mountain thing. I'll definitely get another road bike at some point though. I love it too much not to.

 

[JamieJ424]

LOL...well, I don't know about dreads but...

There's some roadies here but most of my friends do the mountain thing. I'll definitely get another road bike at some point though. I love it too much not to.

It's all super fun. I don't ride MTB's at the moment mainly because I don't have one. That and CT isn't exactly known for its mountains. But it's a blast!

Enjoy and stay safe

 

[brioche]

I had a little success this week.
Last week I gained 2 pounds according to the scale. I knew that at least most of it was because I'd eaten at the Keg the night before (Dad's birthday). I'd chosen sensibly, but the sodium levels were high.
Even knowing it was water, gaining still sucks and is hard for me. It was the first time since I joined in November. It takes my motivation away. But I hung in there and this week I lost 2.8. So I lost weight, plus the water weight.
I had a discussion with my (tall, thin) brother about weight. He eats a lot more than me, but when I made a reference to him eating whatever he wanted he said, "I have to practice self control to stay looking like this, you know." And that's true, because he doesn't eat as much as he used to and exercises way more (we have a BowFlex in the basement, but I haven't been given the green light by physio yet). So now when I want to have something I shouldn't I think about our conversation, and think, "I'm not going to get there unless I learn self-control." And it's actually helping. Weird what works for people.
People say "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels," and maybe that works for them. Means nothing to me. *shrug* So I had to find my own phrase.

By they way, that was 2.8 even including having lunch at Swiss Chalet with the staff. I didn't have the skin or half of my chicken, but I ate all my fries. And I learned that my stomach can no longer tolerate a "normal" (read: oversized) meal. Never eat while talking. My stomach was telling me it was full and I wasn't listening.

 

[Keroin]

Reason #34 I like being fit and healthy:

Went to the doc for my annual check up so that I can get my thyroid meds renewed. He knows me pretty well, knows my lifestyle, my dietary habits, etc.

He writes up the form for the lab work and says, "I'm not even going to bother checking your cholesterol." Then he told me I have the best blood pressure in Canada.

We spent most of the exam discussing the best place to buy a used mountain bike. I love this place.


And here's another great tune for the gym playlist that I got from spin class last night.

 

[teknight]

Reason #34 I like being fit and healthy:

Went to the doc for my annual check up so that I can get my thyroid meds renewed. He knows me pretty well, knows my lifestyle, my dietary habits, etc.

He writes up the form for the lab work and says, "I'm not even going to bother checking your cholesterol." Then he told me I have the best blood pressure in Canada.

We spent most of the exam discussing the best place to buy a used mountain bike. I love this place.


And here's another great tune for the gym playlist that I got from spin class last night.

In all fairness, Canadian bacon's to blame too for everyone else being less than you.

 

[Bandit58]

I feel lucky to have made it to the gym twice this week....

Problems with dialysis and having to do extra time saw me missing a couple of the classes I usually do....oh well here's hoping next week will be better!

 

[YourCaptor]

In all fairness, Canadian bacon's to blame too for everyone else being less than you.

Dude that AV is hot

 

[Cattypuss]

My gym attendance and even my daily hikes have slipped right off the agenda in the last month while I've been doing some MAJOR work on my head (contents thereof). MAJOR. With the help of an astonishingly insightful Human Givens therapist, my boyfriend and a lot of sleepless nights and crying-up of guts, I've been discovering really important, really fundamental things about myself - seeing what it is that in the last 30+ years has made me binge-eat, what it is that in the last 30+ years has made me a severe depressive... all sorts. Stuff I know to be 100% true but never had any conscious inkling about until now.

And it's been bloody hard and it is still bloody hard (though I think I can now see where the path to the end of the tunnel is). And it feels like the most important thing I have EVER done or attempted to do. By far.

But my jeans are getting tight. And I'm gonna be on a long-haul flight to New York in 11 days' time and I'd like to be comfy in my seat.

So back to the gym tomorrow or Monday.

 

[Homburg]

And it's been bloody hard and it is still bloody hard (though I think I can now see where the path to the end of the tunnel is). And it feels like the most important thing I have EVER done or attempted to do. By far.

Mental health is still health. Good on ya.

 

[brioche]

Less than 100 pounds to lose...

ETA: Also BMI is back under 40. Okay, it's 39.9, but that is still under 40, because I was higher before. It was almost 43. (40 is morbidly obese or Obese Class III depending on which scale you use.)

I know I should be under 30, but that's not going to happen until I'm 194, so let's enjoy the milestones we can.

Next goal: 8.5 pounds away, 10% weight loss. Proven health benefits at 5%, even more at 10%.

 

[brioche]

You know you're going to the grocery store a lot when...
You start setting out your fruit and other groceries, and the cashier says, "You've already eaten all that fruit you bought last time?"
So not only did she remember I was there, she remembered what I was buying...

I got in a car accident tonight. Not my fault (she said,"Oh, it's totally my fault! I didn't even see you!"), but annoying all the same. Now I can't go to physio tomorrow because I have to go report it.

 

[ImOnIt]

I saw a guy I used to run with. For the last FIVE YEARS he has been 'trying to get back in to a routine'. He has never had a routine.

Sorry, but I don't want to work out with you now. Bleh.

 

[YourCaptor]

I think I'm gonna do those thigh crunchers. I'll be the first man in the gym to touch those machines.

 

[ImOnIt]

Lowest amount of chinups performed: zero. Current level of chinups to failure. 8,8,6,6,5,5,2. Swam today in the ocean. Going again thursday, and tomorrow I jog.

I may be the weakest runner at this coming event, but god damnit I will be running.

 

[Chiara_searches]

Lowest amount of chinups performed: zero. Current level of chinups to failure. 8,8,6,6,5,5,2. Swam today in the ocean. Going again thursday, and tomorrow I jog.

I may be the weakest runner at this coming event, but god damnit I will be running.

Run, ImOnIt, Run.

 

[ImOnIt]

Run, ImOnIt, Run.

Yeah my last year time was this run was 45mins, I'd be happy with an hour.

 

[Bandit58]

I've had to quit the boxing class for a while. My right shoulder is acting up a bit (not sure whether it's joint related or muscular) and the jarring of the punches was making it worse.

I can still do weights. The movements are more controlled and I lighten up if the shoulder starts paining. So lately I've been doing some spin classes to give me some cardio exercise combined with the pump classes to work both upper and lower body.

I might even start going during the day once a week and do a circuit of treadmill/cross trainer/rowing machine/stationary bike as well as the classes. I do find this rather boring but it will give me a bit more cardio. We aren't going to speedway any more so I'll be able to go to a class or two on a Saturday now.

As long as I make it 3 times a week I'm happy

 

[JamieJ424]

Saturday is race day and I'm getting mixed signals from the body...we'll see.

J

 

[Chiara_searches]

Saturday is race day and I'm getting mixed signals from the body...we'll see.

J

Remember the fawn and you'll find the inner strength to carry yourself through whatever comes your way.

 

[CTStrongman]

As a trainer by trade how did I ever miss this thread.

 

[FloggingMolly]

Starting slimming world again on tuesday. My aim is to lose more each week than I did last time

 

[JamieJ424]

Thank you for reminding me of that.

Remember the fawn and you'll find the inner strength to carry yourself through whatever comes your way.

 

[Lizzie_Borden]

So, my trainer type person finally caught up with me at the gym during the week, and booked me into have my weight and measurements done.

I've finally lost a bit from my legs. 7cms off my thigh, and 1cm from the calf over the last 3 months.

I'm especially happy because the 3 months prior, those numbers refused to budge, even as I was losing cm everywhere else.