Did a workout! One set of 10 each (I'll do 2 sets each next week) upper body and lower body with dumbbells, floor exercises with ankle weights, planks, abs. Step aerobics with dumbbells. Jump rope 20 x 3. One of the moves I remember from Tae bo.
Scale tomorrow. Not optimistic but don't think I gained. It takes a lot of calories just to maintain this weight.
I'm still totally stressed about an item I mailed from here on May 18th. It sat in London for 12 days, and has been (according to tracking site) in Los Angeles since May 30th. WTF? Customer service by phone, email, complaint forms has proved useless. By looking online I'm not alone with this problem. USPS is blaming employees who are off with Covid which I understand, but this is ridiculous. I paid for it to get there fast.
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Intended to do another workout, but if I do one every other day I'll be happy.
Lazy day. Again. Shopping on Amazon. Ordering for click and collect.
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Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 23.6 lbs to go!
order anything good?
Made myself do a workout this morning. In my back room. Did 1 set of everything instead of 3 but I'll work up to that again. Upper body with dumbbells, lower body with dumbbells, floor exercises with ankle weights, abs, planks. Then I did step aerobics using dumbbells and finally did some jump rope. Feel like I accomplished something.
I used to do a Tae Bo routine I'd choreographed to music myself (a 30 min or 45 min routine). I compiled it from the DVDs of this workout which was popular in the 90's. It's really intense. I picked out the moves I liked the best. I can't remember the routine as I haven't done it since I rejoined the gym 8 years ago (I turned 60 and got a good senior rate) and the playlist I'd compiled was on my old ipod which died.
Not counting calories but watching that I don't go overboard.
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At various times during the day I'll have one of more of - multigrain cracker with butter, popcorn, packet of baked crisps
Last night dh and I had a gin with diet tonic and lime and likely have the same tonight. No beer.
Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 23.6 lbs to go!
I'm quite impressed that you did your own routines. I'm not so coordinated nor inspired. Tae Bo is an excellent workout! (I'm old enough to remember Billy Banks.)
I love the idea of having a cocktail with my husband. We usually go our separate ways after dinner.
Hubby and I always watch tv together after dinner.
Lazy day. Grocery shopping this morning.
Really need to do some exercise tomorrow!
B: toast/butter/jam, raspberries and clementine
S: coffee, quinoa bar
L: salad, hummus, cottage cheese, packet of baked crisps, 2 multigrain crackers
D: veggie curry and small serving rice
S: packet of light popcorn
Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 23.6 lbs to go!
Didn't do well over the weekend. Too much wine (at least it wasn't beer) and packets of crisps. Counting calories is stressful right now so I'll just do my best to behave and get some exercise in every day.
Got a mystery I think I can finish today so I'll get on my exercise bike until I'm done.
Did click and collect at supermarket today and tomorrow I'll pick up what they didn't have online.
I'm really stressed because I mailed a very large check (why are there checks any more??) to my US bank 3 weeks ago today via track and sign. Apparently Covid has slowed down the mail but it's been sitting in Los Angeles for 9 days! And before that sat in the UK for 12!
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Lost a whole pound. Better than gaining.
Weather doesn't look good this weekend for a garden party. So no excuse for drinking lots of beer and/or wine.
Did a bit of extra snacking last night.
Exercise bike. 30 mins x 1 or 2 1 or more sets of upper body dumbbells.
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Total: 1313
Was looking for some inspiration and went back to a post here from 8 years ago today. It was the year I turned 60 and I had joined the year before in order to get support to do it. It worked! Anyway, I weighed 129.2 on that day and I felt amazing and healthy and fit. I don't want to weight than now, I'll be good with 145, even better with 140. No less.
Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 23.6 lbs to go!
Keeping my 3kg dumbbells (still careful with shoulder injury I had for so long so haven't used heavier ones) so I can pick them up a few times a day and do a set of upper body while watching tv. I have ankle weights that I have occasionally worn walking around the house. Might do that more often.
Exercise bike. 30 mins x 2
Menu: Total: 1351
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 24 lbs to go!
Great eats very healthy day!
Didn’t feel like salad for lunch so having a burger.
Menu: B: toast/butter/jam, plain soy yogurt w/strawberries, 2 tea w/soy milk S: Quinoa bar, coffee with coconut milk L: burger on roll with cheddar, mayo, tomato, packet of crisps, and 2 mini cucumbers D: Thai curry (no rice) Total: 1510 Exercise? Will at least do some dumbbells. Going to dust and hoover the master bedroom.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 24 lbs to go!
I didn’t get on my exercise bike yesterday, but felt like I got a semi-workout cleaning the 2 bathrooms.
Had a bit extra so went up to 1500 cals. That’s what I’ve set as my maximum. I can’t even guess how many calories I was getting before in order to maintain this weight - I'm sure some days were at least 3,000.
I’ll definitely get on the bike today. I'll at least do upper body with dumbbells and maybe I'll feel inspired to do more.
Got talked into going 'around the block' on our bikes. Around our block is almost exactly 20 miles. Nice but hard work. I felt I deserved to sit on the patio when we came home and have some beer (1 pint total) and a packet of baked crisps.
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Total: 1278 1480
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 24 lbs to go!
Kept to my plan yesterday except I didn't do any muscle work, just exercise bike.
Grocery shopping this morning. Arrived at 7:15 am. No waiting. But all the produce was not yet on the shelves so it was a bit hard to get around.
Going to clean the bathrooms today. Trying to do some kind of housework every day (aside from kitchen and laundry).
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Total: 1268
Exercise:
Getting on exercise bike for 30 mins x 2. Good spot to read a book. Might do muscle work.
I'm horrified and disgusted by what's going on over in the US! Not really surprised though as it's been waiting to happen and has been fueled by a certain person. I'm worried about my nephew who lives in DC and has been in the peaceful protests.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 24 lbs to go!
Our country is in such a sad state. November can't come soon enough.
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Great job on the workout!
Oh I empathize on your mail situation. I hope you get some good news soon.
Thanks! When it gets delivered (an office in Florida) I will celebrate with a treat and a beer or two.
I don't understand why it went London - NYC - to Los Angeles when the destination is Florida.
bearcountrygg on 06/12/2020:
The mail here is more inefficient than it ever has been. I mail things back out as soon as they come in...a daughter in laws birthday gift was sent 12 days before her birthday and she lives in Michigan too.....This country is in such a state of chaos right now we really can't depend on anything......
I've never had a problem getting anything to the US - usually takes a week even by regular mail. This is a very important envelope - it's headed to my US bank. I really should have figured out how to use Fedex from here. My brother sent me this from Michigan and it took 5 days.
Horn_of_plenty on 06/12/2020:
sorry about your package. I also had ordered something on AMAZON from like china or somewhere for my friend...it was an at home manicure kit. was supposed to arrive May 8-June 1. never got to her. seems lost? i tried to get a refund for her!
keep on with your veggies. omelettes are so easy, simply and HEALTHY. i should be doing them more while at home for lunch, actually. i think today is the day for it!
Amazon has been pretty good here. Some things like washable masks from China took longer but still came about 3 weeks before it said I'd get it. I'm getting almost everything from Amazon before the date it says. But this is an envelope I sent from here by track and sign.