This is the last weekend weigh-in for June, although for my goals, I can still weigh in on Tuesday, June 30th. I'm not sure if I will or not...
I did not get into the 130's as I had hoped. I had a couple of rough weeks where I strayed away from being focused on my goals, but I was able to see where the problem lies - I EAT TOO MUCH - and made some progress this week.
Last night was tough though. Dinner was shrimp and salad, and I was fine, but it didn't hold me, so I went to bed a little hungry. Oh how I wanted a dish of ice cream, but I wanted the best possible weigh-in today, so I made myself a big thing of flavored water (artificially sweetened, unfortunately) and went upstairs to get ready for bed.
Today, my gym opens up for the first time since the COVID shelter-down. With COVID numbers going up - although I think Illinois has been keeping it lower and steady - I think it's too soon for my comfort level to go back. I can put my membership on hold, but my husband and my daughter can't WAIT to get back into the gym. My hesitation comes in where, what if I suspend my membership for July and then regret it because I can't go with them?
Granted I wouldn't be able to go with them often because they usually workout at 11:30p when my daughter gets off of work, but on my daughter's days off, we would all go together -- unfortunately, going to the gym with them on M/Tu/W would cut into 2 of the yoga classes I attend at the studio.
Also, I'm starting to think that I should do studio yoga from home - this too because of COVID. The Tuesday class is best when it's attended live - the instructor doesn't translate well online - but she does this deep breathing (very common in yoga) that is shooting germs into the air! If I'm the only one in the studio, I can stand farther away than 6 feet from her, but ... UGH!!! The expulsion of the breath is exactly why we should all be wearing masks -- and then to go to a class where I'm actively doing this on purpose???
Finally, my last reservation about going to yoga or the gym is that I'm not all that confident that I am 100% healthy. I was talking to Nice Lady about this, because she thinks it's only a matter of time before we all get it. I said that maybe we all have had it (non-symptomatic) and just don't realize it. But then I reconsidered that because I think if COVID came into my house, my husband would have serious symptoms due to his auto-immune condition.
In spite of the heat and humidity here, I have outside stuff to do. I would like to repot 2 plants, gotta hang the laundry outside, I want to hose down a large rug and let it dry in the sun.
This is the last weekend I have to read the yoga book I checked out from the library before COVID. I might try to do that.
Mostly, my goals this weekend are to:
The crazy work overload of the past 2 weeks finally got to me yesterday. I think the breaking point was when TOM showed up. All bets are off when it comes to those hormones.
I started to see my own mistakes at work. Had a headache. Crabby at my husband. Woke up at 1a and couldn't fall back asleep.... at least there is no yoga tonight so I can just relax.
The only positive is that I've been able to keep the eating in check, although last night was a struggle.
Progress as of today: 44 lbs lost so far, only 7.5 lbs to go!
And after today it’s the weekend so just a few more hours and you can relax :-)
Omg I had a huge entry which I lost because I pressed the wrong button on my phone.
I HATE WRITING HERE ON MY PHONE!!!!
Well I was probably writing too much anyway. The gist of it was that while studio yoga was helpful in establishing boundaries with work - gotta leave on time to make it to class - it's also starting to be a bit too much, because of the amount of work I have.
And it doesn't help that so much of my valuable time is wasted on correcting Mistakes Girl, taking phone calls that are too long and not productive, and listening to the boss rattle on and on about non work things. He's bored. I'm really busy.
So 3x a week is maybe too much for yoga. But I'm not sure which class I would cut. Something to think about....
Especially since the gyms will be opening on Saturday. So I will need to figure out if I'm going, and if so, how to fit that all in.
Eating went well yesterday, although I had Indian food leftovers for lunch and dinner, and that's quite high in carbs and calories. I tried hard to control portions.
Still had a mad desire for sweets after dinner, but just upstairs instead, with decaf and water.
Progress as of today: 44 lbs lost so far, only 7.5 lbs to go!
Also something to take from leg cramps, perhaps you can do it sometimes in the morning instead of your bike or just do a half evening session of yoga (a shorter one) instead of skipping totally?
I'm becoming quite frustrated with the number of errors that Mistakes Girl has made in opening up files. TWICE now, she's had the wrong address for the file, so when I prepare amendments, they are wrong, which is very embarrassing.
Everyone knows that she does this, but we all really like her. So nothing changes, except that I have to take time out of my busy day to check all of the files that she opens now. And even so I don't always catch her mistakes.
All of this makes me busier than I already am.
If the mistakes affect me, I correct them. But if not, I leave them for Male Co-Worker to discover, because someone else needs to know that she's doing this. Otherwise I become the nagging bad guy.
Trying to eat less and not snack so much. Thought about my goals and my physique and how my clothes fit... I eat too much.
I think I'm going to invest in a $10 food scale for occasional tracking. This would be short term so that I don't become obsessed.
Yin yoga was so nice yesterday, but the teacher changed her routine because I didn't bring any props, which I have at home. I will pack them in this really ugly bag I have so that it's easy to bring them to any class. I haven't done this before because the bag is really ugly, but I'm not going to let this vanity inconvenience anyone.
Because of COVID , you have to bring your own props, to minimize germ transmission by sharing blocks, bolsters , mats, etc.
I went alone because my daughter was still quite sore from her physical training on Saturday. I hope she will come wth me tonight for Slow Flow. I was having issues with the online registration last night.
Progress as of today: 44 lbs lost so far, only 7.5 lbs to go!
I’m glad someone else will see her mistakes good with that too so it’s not only you
A lovely warm day, today! I have a little yardwork to do, and a little laundry to do, but other than that, not too much. I will add bike miles to my monthly goal and do weights today.
My wonderful husband purchased a barbell for our daughter - and for me, but mostly for her, I think. And then he scored some 10-pound weight plates on Friday, from a young guy that has a gym at his workplace, so he's clearing out some space. I have been using dumbbells up until now, but let me tell you, having the bar and weight-plants --- game changer!
I also have some adminstrative things to do today, such as rumage through the box of puzzle pieces to make sure I have all of the edge pieces and also to add up the bike miles for the month so far. I should also make a decision about which yoga classes to sign up for.
Progress as of today: 44 lbs lost so far, only 7.5 lbs to go!
Sounds like you you have lots of decisions to make and all are for good reasons!
Keep charging ahead !!!!
Weigh-in today... I am not making much progress on my June weight-loss goal, am I? This is one of the numbers that my body is comfortable at. This is what I weighed at when I was married, and held onto this number until I had children.
It is difficult to look at my arms and see them larger, knowing that it's muscle, but not liking the bulk nor the higher number on the scale.
I realize that it's been a whole week since I've posted my own diary entry, but I'm pleased enough that I was able to comment on everyone's diaries here.
Work has been insanely busy again, and I imagine it will be like this until they figure out if the schools will open or if they will start the year online. I've mostly been consumed with coordinating communications between clients, agets, attorneys, lenders, title companies. Emailing letters back and forth. Then I get a phone call and I have to stop everything I'm doing and take the call.
Or I'll be reviewing documents and finding a problem or an error and have to stop everything and take care of that.
I stayed late on Friday, hoping that by doing so, I'd be in a good position on Monday. However, I know that is not so, because I sent out a whole bunch of stuff on Friday. Plus, there's the contracts that will come in over the weekend.
However, overall, I'm ok with everything, as none of the clients are unpleasant.
Recap of the week:
Because of COVID, the yoga studio is not offering any price other than individual classes. Online classes are cheaper than in-studio classes, but even so, I realized that by taking 3 classes a week, and 1-2 of them would include my daughter... well, I'll be spending quite a bit on yoga every week, once I use the remaining 4 punches on the classpass I purchased in Februrary.
See my plan had been to use up my class package and then switch to a monthly membership -- all the yoga I want for a flat, monthly fee, to be paid by the month (no long-term contract) and start at any time. But then COVID came and everything shut down. When Zoom sessions started up, they are only $10, which is less than what I paid for 10-classes in the package. So I was paying for online, saving the package classes for when the studio re-opened.
I discussed this with Husband, who is always supportive of my yoga journey. He would agree that I should do as much yoga as possible that I want to do. BUT he also sees what I am saying, that this gets costly.
The thing is, I get something good and different from each one of the 3 classes. It would be like trying to decide which finger I could stand to cut off. (OK, that's an exaggeration, but I think it makes my point
Progress as of today: 44 lbs lost so far, only 7.5 lbs to go!
Also, it’s great to know the clients are ok right now and no crazies !
I hear you on waiting to use the expensive punch card in person and hope it all works out in the end! Yoga has served you really well!
Enjoying a lovely, moderate, sunny day... I thought I'd better write now, or the day will slip away.
My shopping trip yesterday was a disaster. I took in 7 bags of plastic bags for recycling, and at this time, Walmart is not accepting plastic bags. So I had to walk around the store with my 7 bags of recycling in my cart. Then, I left my list at home. I had completed 1 length of the store already when I decided to ask husband to text me the list. Finding the items I had forgotten took 2 more lengths of the entire store. Well, got my steps in at least...
I have signed up for 2 in-studio yoga classes this week, on Monday and Tuesday. The Thursday class I usually take has only the in-studio class option, when I *just* told the instructor that I'm leaning towards keeping it online for now. So I will ask the owner on Monday if the sign up has an omission or if it was an error. Otherwise, I am not sure I will take the Thursday class.
I did no weights yesterday. I had a small dish of ice cream last night, but worked really hard to resist getting a 2nd dish. And then I worked really hard to resist getting a bowl of tortilla chips.
I will do weights today, as soon as I'm done here.
I forgot to mention that I ran into Queen Bee at work this past week. She has not lost any more weight that I can tell. However, she hasn't gained anything back anything, which I wish I could say the same thing.
Progress as of today: 44 lbs lost so far, only 7.5 lbs to go!
yup, always good to get in the steps...and also good you posted early. lately, the day gets away from me fast after the morning passes also.
our gyms in nyc are still closed along with yoga studios.
lately, if i put off exercise, seems i find it hard to fit it into the day. strange....i also have to do weights later this afternoon, i will try to do them fast so i can be done quickly in an hour and not like 3hrs! good luck with your weights today too. they help SO MUCH with proportions and physique.
I also use the plastic bags for cleaning the cat boxes.
These are plastic bags from bread, tortillas, ripped store bags, damaged ziploc bags, etc., that I take to the store for recycling.
Thank you for the encouraging words about my exercising and food. I keep trying!
But don't get me wrong - I completely understand why we're doing this and support these measures.
While I am happy not to have to go to work today, my weekend is not off to the best start. Husband went to bed early so I could not settle into my usual bedtime routine, which usually entails having an hour in bed to wind down with reading, watching news, etc. So instead, I stayed up late (for me) to watch more episodes of Better Call Saul and then Midsomer Mysteries. Ugh!
Because I went to bed late, I woke up later. Rather than watch the morning news, I settled into more Midsomer Mysteries while I checked in on my phone (News, Twitter, FB, tv schedules, etc.) while riding my bike. The bike ride was not that great either. Legs feeling a bit sluggish, so my pace was slower.
In spite of the change in routine, I did manage to remember to weigh in, and I gained 0.5 pound. That's neither good nor bad, except that it shows a lack of progress. 2.5 more weeks to lose 3 pounds.
Work offered a free CPR class this morning, for the physical therapy clinic on the first floor, and we were invited. Everyone in my office is going except me. Why on earth would I want to be anywhere near work on my day off? In fact, I left some things at work that I wanted to bring home, but I am not going anywhere near that place on my time off. I'll have to deal with the consequences on Monday.
I have nothing planned for this weekend, specifically, which usually means I end up doing nothing. I would really like to go to Wal-Mart today to pick up some items for myself - that I need to pick and choose from - but I dread going into a busy store. I keep putting this off. Perhaps I will feel motivated to go this afternoon, as we are having the wooden deck professionally stained, and I really dislike strangers around my house, even if they are limited to outside. So that might work. Husband is in agreement with that, because it means we'll have a take-and-bake pizza for dinner tonight, LOL... Now I just have to gather the motivation -- but it's better, I suppose, than sitting around watching more Saul or Midsomer...
I also have to figure out what yoga I'm doing next week.
Progress as of today: 44 lbs lost so far, only 7.5 lbs to go!
sometimes when exercise feels sluggish, it's sometimes good to rest...but could you tried.
i agree a half pound is not a big factor as long as you are working still...
nice, a CPR class, i did that one and it lasts a year the certification....
like you, i hate doing errands too. and now i see that i shouldn't hate them...and learn to be a more efficient person LOL....not saying ANYTHING about you...i am thinking of my dad and how he's so efficient and EVERYTHING. he worked all day and then did the bbq for us so easily...setting up his grill and doing all the work...setting up the mosquito repellent candles (citronella) and just running back and forth in the house.
whenever i've been with my dad doing errands, he practically is RUNNING doing them between the stores and the car. he is FAST.
Thank goodness today is Friday. What a long week.
Today, the cleaning people are coming, so I have to do a lot of picking up this morning before I go to work. I have it on the calendar at work that I'm coming in late.
However, I was able to get up earlier this morning, so perhaps I won't be so late.
Last night, I told the yoga teacher that for now, I'm more inclined to take her class online, rather than come into the studio. She said that was fine, since I'm usually the only one that attends.
I think Monday's yoga will also be online, since sometimes the owner has other people attend the Yin class. This is the class that my daughter also attends.
But I think I'll sign up to go into the studio for the Tuesday class. We tried it online twice, and I felt that it might be a better class to attend in person. My only hesitations are that work will be too busy, so either I'll run late, be too stressed, be too exhausted, or all of the above.
No evening bike ride after yoga. Had a small piece of dark chocolate (65 calories) and got ready for bed. Turned out the light at 9p instead of watching the news until 10p.
These 2 things may be why I was able to wake up feeling rested (FINALLY!), rather than having to drag my body out if bed feeling ragged. But then again, it may just be the sense of urgency to pick up stuff (for the cleaning crew) that motivated me.
If it's the no-bike, no-news thing, though, that would be something to consider seriously. Sleep versus goals.
Progress as of today: 44.5 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
i had to skip these past two weeks (last and this) of the chair yoga unfortunately. today i'm going to see parents and wasn't about to tell my dad i have online chair yoga instead of arriving at a certain time for dinner, you know!?
great sleep and structure for you!
If I could call in sick, today might be a good day for that. I think this is allergies, but the headache I woke up with is quite unpleasant.
I signed up for Flow-Yin yoga tonight at home. The instructor asked me if we could have a Zoom session instead of coming into the studio. I'm glad she made that decision for me.
Did my evening bike ride (watching season 4 of "Better Call Saul" - finally) and then weights (chest and biceps).
No sweets last night, although my supply of dark chocolate has been replenished, so we'll see how I do tonight.
The struggle is real.
MORNING EDIT AT WORK: I forgot to mention that yesterday, my clothes were uncomfortably tight. It was very depressing.
Progress as of today: 44.5 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
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If your husband and daughter are going to the gym you might as well go too. Anything they pick up there they are bringing home to you.
With asthma, I'm in the risk group so just not doing anything with extra risk I can do at home. Contemplating canceling Disneyland pass as well. I'll still do stuff like hiking, food shopping, try to go back to work when I can...
I think it's not a matter of not getting it... Just controlling when you get it... Give it enough time for health professionals to have some idea of what works and what doesn't. Supposedly a vaccine could be out in September/October. And it is summer anyway. Time to be outdoors.
I feel like someone turned on the lights! I can't believe I was so dense - DUH! You are absolutely right about getting sick from family members going to the gym. The only one we're all really worried about is my husband getting sick, and he is hellbent on going.
I've heard that the vaccine won't be out until early next year, but by Sept/October there could be some promising anti-body therapies.
But for husband who has a suppressed immune system, HE's the one that should not be going anywhere. Yet, I completely understand WHY he really wants to go.
grannyannie on 06/27/2020:
I got an email from my gym asking when I would come back after they reopen. I said when there is a vaccine! I do miss it though.
Well, I would definitely feel more confident about going once there is a vaccine - that AND work has to slow down a bit.
Horn_of_plenty on 06/27/2020:
just so you know, i don't do well with a light protein and salad dinner either. you can always sneak a small snack in later in the night or after the meal. like a couple small chocolates. on quarantine, i have been snacking more than usual in efforts not to binge and it has helped me.
i agree with you, and others, who say that it's not the time to head back to the gym. i totally think you should wait it out and maybe not go back for AWHILE. i think that by going to the gym, you are setting yourself up (and all the others going back) to get sick.
Yes, it's probably a good idea to have a planned snack in mind, for these types of situations. That way, if I check in and I'm really hungry, I know what to eat, and then stop.
bearcountrygg on 06/27/2020:
If the leader is huffing and puffing i would not go either.....by the time that class would be over the air would be full of her...lets just call it her carbon dioxide and who knows what else.....
EXACTLY what I was thinking!!! 2 weeks ago, when it first happened, I was unprepared. This past Tuesday, it was like, I guess this is going to be a regular thing.
It's "Slow Flow" yoga, and the point behind it is to become aware of one's breath, and then to connect one's movement with one's breath. But exhaling hard and open-mouthed --- just like Horn said above, This is not the time to be doing that.
happy-1 on 06/28/2020:
I think being healthy (working out, eating right, getting sun) is generally the better choice overall because there's general benefit. If the only place he can go is the gym, he should go.
My husband dislikes going outside. Immensely. I never quite realized that until this year - perhaps because I am yearning to be outside more and more. So as you can see, we're rather incompatible at the moment.