Stuck to menu plan yesterday EXCEPT I went totally overboard with the sweet popcorn. So addictive! Not going to admit how many packs I had! But I have 3 bags left and they are going into the rubbish. I don't binge on the salted popcorn - and they have less calories (87).
Housework today. I did 20 minutes with the step aerobics yesterday. Heart rate after 10 minutes was 150 (max for my age should be 152) but after the 20 minutes it was 167. I'll have to slow down a bit I guess and tomorrow I'll go for 30 mins.
Hoping for a garden 'party' this weekend. No alcohol yesterday and today - same for hubby.
I've ordered some Lipton lemon iced tea mix unsweetened on Amazon - can't buy it here. And I will add Stevia to it. Getting a bit tired of pop.
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Total: about 1300
Photo for today: Isle of Mull - in my county of Argyll
Progress as of today: 2.8 lbs lost so far, only 21.8 lbs to go!
Biked to the pub about 4:30 last night and met up with a friend. It wasn't supposed to rain but we had showers off and on for the 2 hours we were there. Had 3 pints of beer (couldn't quite finish the 3rd one so gave it to hubby). No regrets. Had a good time. Outside only and they had plenty of tables for us to stay apart. Everybody knew each other already and we hadn't been in a couple of years so didn't know everybody. The pub owners remembered us though.
Going to do my own version of step aerobics and thought about using weights while doing it, but instead I'm going to wear some 0.5kg (1.1 lb) wrist weights. I will set a timer for 10 minutes at a time to check pulse and sip some water. So I'll start with 30 mins and work my way up.
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Total: about 1200
NO ALCOHOL
I know it's not good to have so many carbs like toast and sandwiches. So, since I feel deprived when I don't get toast or sandwiches I will rotate toast/yogurt and porridge. Porridge is good carbs so I don't feel bad about eating it. And have a sandwich - love egg salad! - twice a week. I can easily freeze the bread and take out a couple of slices at a time.
Love Kathy's photos of Portugal. This is one I took in France a few years ago: I love the colours of the shutters and doors.
Progress as of today: 2.8 lbs lost so far, only 21.8 lbs to go!
That's a good plan to alternate carb choices so that you don't have "too many" on any given day.
Found a Youtube 25 min step aerobics video, so did it this morning. Couldn't figure out all the moves of course but mostly kept up. Checked heart rate after and it was too high. I'm going to do my own step aerobic routine with some of the moves I learned. Will also keep checking my heart rate (we have an oxygen/pulse meter). I remember at the gym I often went higher than max heart rate for my age.
Friends wants to meet up at a local pub - outdoors only - after dinner tonight. I think it might be too cloudy which means biting midges. If we go we'll stay away from everybody and wear a mask when we go order drinks.
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Edit: stepdaughter sent me a gift of premium gin. So I will be having a gin and tonic tonight even if we go to the pub.
Progress as of today: 2.8 lbs lost so far, only 21.8 lbs to go!
yes, def wear and mask when you order drinks! :) enjoy!!!!
Our friend went to the pub on Mon and she said they have a table set up outside to place your order and use contactless to pay. However if you need the bathroom you to go inside so I'll definitely wear my mask for that. Husband doesn't want to go after dinner - wants to go at 4 but our friends work from home and may not be finished yet. So we'll see.
Regarding the conversation about being on very low calories....I remember years ago I kept hitting plateaus on weight loss. I did some research in several places and they said if you go on very low calores (under 1000) for a long time your body thinks that's all it needs to survive. And your metabolism slows down to compensate. So it's much better to vary calories. You should at least do one high calorie day per week - but not junk food.
I didn't count calories today, but I will start counting again. I should work out today, but don't know if I'll be able to force myself to. Nice sunny days coming up so that might inspire me to walk.
Made a mistake ordering a box of 24 single service packs of sweet and salt popcorn. They are addictive! So when they are gone I'll stick to the lightly salted which I don't binge on. Also had bought some sesame/honey snacks which are topped with a swirl of sweet yogurt. Also addictive. Mistake buying those! So it's sugar that's most addictive to me, followed by salty snacks.
Grocery shopping this morning at 7:20am for the few things I couldn't get online. Also a few things for our friends like I've been doing for more than 3 months.
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We get lots of boats past our house:
Progress as of today: 2.8 lbs lost so far, only 21.8 lbs to go!
Your pictures are beautiful; I would love to live near water and watch boats sail by. Is it relatively quiet there?
the first time i ever lost weight, i was eating very low calories for a long time. my muscle mass was low. my calories were low.
when i started to eat more, i immediately saw i couldn't eat so many calories like i do now because my metabolism wasn't where it is right now. also with my muscles in upper body, i burn a little more now than i did then.
i agree 100% with your statements.
Not doing great, but I'll get back on track. My weight is stable but I really need to get rid of 20 lbs. I don't have the pressure of a goal for a trip. Might go to Thailand in January, hoping for the US in April. Had beer again yesterday - it was 3 months since son.
I'm about to finish my 5th jigsaw puzzle. The first two were 1,000 pieces and the rest are 500. It's a good distraction.
It's very windy today so I'll either power walk or do my exercise bike. Did Click and Collect at supermarket this morning. Wasn't cold, just windy.
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I enjoy sharing photos here. This one is near my house.
Progress as of today: 2.8 lbs lost so far, only 21.8 lbs to go!
Beer last night. None today and none until a garden party or next weekend.
Getting on exercise bike today. Rainy and windy. But I'm getting anxious to power walk and listen to an audiobook. Thought I might be sore from muscle work yesterday but I'm not. I did some stretches afterward so maybe that's why.
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A church just down the road from us:
Progress as of today: 2.8 lbs lost so far, only 21.8 lbs to go!
Actually did a workout this morning.
Beer day even though I had wine on Thursday.
Dreary and damp here, again. We were getting so spoiled by gorgeous weather in May and early June.
Lockdown is easing here, but at the same time Scotland has finally made masks mandatory in shops. We don't plan to change anything. My brother is shipping the extra ashes of my son for me to sprinkle in Glencoe (gorgeous mountain area which my son loved) and by the time they arrive we'll be able to drive the 90 miles to get there and maybe have lunch outdoors. So we'll pick a warm, sunny day. Saving half of them to sprinkle on the D Day beaches of Normandy because he always wanted to go there, so his brother and I will sprinkle them next summer.
Menu: still not counting calories though I should
Workout:
No upper body with dumbbells
I take a lot of photos of our garden so here's one:
Progress as of today: 2.8 lbs lost so far, only 21.8 lbs to go!
Good job on the exercise! The popcorn sounds interesting. Kind of like the kettlecorn we have here - a little sweeter than plain.
I like to think my son sees what we are doing for him that we know he'd love.
you sound really good, lovely photo too! keep making yourself and your health a priority!!
A couple of our friends wanted to try out their bikes last night just after dinner so came down to our house and we sat outside. Of course that meant we both broke our no alcohol day. Wine for me, beer for hubby and our friends had both. Unfortunately I didn't have any cold rose' which is lower alcohol so had red wine. I drank it like I normally drink the other wine not thinking about how high the alcohol content was. Serious hangover today!!
Received a box of popcorn today but a different kind - sweet and salty - almost like caramel corn. Higher cals than the one I've been having, but not much more.
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Not exactly a healthy food day. But too tired to bother.
In front of my house:
Progress as of today: 2.8 lbs lost so far, only 21.8 lbs to go!
I commented on the popcorn on a later entry. A nice change, perhaps.
Did some housework today - dusting, hoovering, sweeping. Did 30 minutes on the exercise bike but have yet to do muscle work. My shoulder is a bit sore again and no idea why.
Weather is still yucky. I don't want to power walk as there's a good chance of rain. But I'm going to start listening to audiobooks when I do walk.
Since my son is gone I have no rights to see my granddaughters (nasty divorce). So I have to try to get along with their mother (it's hard!). She's grateful that I'm buying the girls laptops and that I'll pay for drivers ed next school year for the oldest one. I'm hoping she'll let me take the girls next summer for a week at Lake Michigan like we did for a couple of years with my son and the girls.
Also hope she doesn't give us any problem in 3 years when the oldest graduates. I told gd I'd give her a trip over here and take her to London and maybe Belgium or somewhere else she'd like to go. She's only been to Scotland where we are.
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I'd love to have a beer but this is hubby's second no beer day. I'll have a beer with him tomorrow.
Progress as of today: 2.8 lbs lost so far, only 21.8 lbs to go!
good job not having the beer and waiting to have it with hubby tomorrow! i like the teamwork attitude to this health approach of both of you!
Planned on doing some muscle work and aerobics, but didn't. Did do lots of laundry and some hoovering.
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Husband has decided he needs to lose some weight - he weighs less than me! But he just has a bit of beer belly. So he's going 2 days a week with no beer. Today and tomorrow.
Progress as of today: 2.8 lbs lost so far, only 21.8 lbs to go!
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I imagine that the sweet popcorn hits all the pleasure sensors in the brain: sweet yet salty, carbs, and crunch.
I don't think my heart rate gets that high when I exercise. I'm quite impressed!
When you wrote about your weekend plans, I realized I hadn't made any for myself. Need to do that!
Being in a wet climate the weather dictates our parties. 2 couples retired but one couple works during the week.
Horn_of_plenty on 07/10/2020:
your photos are really beautiful ! thank you for sharing the beauty with us. i don't see such neat designs and fresh paint in my neck of the woods ever!
i also have to limit buying certain products that cause bingeing and i also have thrown out things (more in the past) that i couldn't stop eating.
i've done better now...i keep some cookies around but not a lot of choices and i eat a serving and i'm happy...as long as i'm not starving!
Not that common here to have bright colours on buildings, but it is in Ireland. No way could I keep cookies or anything like that around. Can't resist.
Horn_of_plenty on 07/10/2020:
my eating choices have changed 100% especially the last few years. much more junk but also an ability to stop quicker...
That's good you can stop more easily.