BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month

Subject: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th mo
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Apr 08 - 10:45 AM

Anybody with me on this the lauch of our FOURTH MONTH of counting our positively met goals? Here we go!

Please post your fitness/letting go of weight goals, as you meet them by the day/week/monthly. Also, feel free to post your goals in your first posting. Encouragement/chatting is okay, as long as it is kept to a minimum. I will delete any extra stuff. Also, at the end of the month, I will delete all and we will start over.

(Okay, well I lied. I didn't delete any of last month's.) I decided that was kind of silly when I had started a new thread anyway, so here is a new thread for this month. Have fun and don't beat yourselves up! Do what you are able when you are able.:-)

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Apr 08 - 12:19 PM

QG-30
T- 10

One of the benefits I've seen from all of this, besides letting weight go, is I have had to increase the speed on the treadmill every few weeks. I started out at the slowest it would go .5. I am now up 1.5 and doing 2.56 miles in that ten minutes. I never would have thought it was possible when I started this. When I started, I had to stop every 1.5-2 minutes to catch my breath and let my muscles rest because they hurt so much. Now, I make at least 6-7 minutes with no pause and when I do pause it is for less then thirty seconds. This feels wonderful! It has also improved my breathing and reduced the need for supplemental oxygen!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 01 Apr 08 - 01:34 PM

I'm with ya, Kat!

My goals this month include participating in a local Yoga Challenge. The challenge is to develop a daily yoga practice....every day....weekends included. I am committed to going each and every day, although the times will vary according to my schedule. This morning I was at the studio and doing yoga at 6:15am. Nice. Man, I wish I knew about this a LONG time ago. I can't remember a time when I have felt SO alive that early in the day.

Okay, so my goals for the month include 30 days of yoga, walking 2-3 times a week and to continue eating in a mindful manner. Also included in my goals of staying accountable are maintaining my website (which records all progress and/or setbacks in both the physical and mental aspects of my weight loss journey), staying mindful of both my activity and diet and finding joy in every single day.

Michelle :)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 01 Apr 08 - 01:35 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes
Mindful, Website & Joy :)

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Apr 08 - 01:56 PM

Good for you, Michelle!

Ah, I see I should add that I keep a webpage which keeps track of all of my nourishment goals, etc. It is another very important component which keeps me on track. My other goals are to continue on with the treadmill and qi gong six days per week with the increased speed on the treadmill as well as keeping my caloric count up where it needs to be. I had hit a plateau, then spoke with the doc. I didn't realise I was eating too few calories (it seemed like a lot!) and, contrary to what so-called common sense says, eating more calories (the good kind) has resulted in letting go of more weight! I love it..worrying over whether I have eaten enough!

T-10 - 2.56 miles
QG - 30

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 01 Apr 08 - 09:14 PM

Afternoon of the same day:

Yoga: 60 Minutes
Other goals met earlier! :)

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Eye Lander
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 05:38 AM

Go Girls - I have the form to join a small gym that has a treadmill. are you walking, jogging or running? I'm not sure how my small frame (4ft 10in) but 192lbs will cope but I have to give it a try. It's just making the first move. I am nearly there.

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 07:51 AM

I have been using a treadmill at home but now that the weather is nicer I am walking outside too.

Early this morning: Yoga

Michelle :)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:30 AM

I walk on my treadmill at home where I can control the environment. I have a small frame also, at 5'2" and about 50 lbs more than you. Make sure you have good shoes and it will go better for you. That was the key for me. I fumbled around paying over $100 for what I thought were good shoes, excellent brands, several times. They did nothing but reinforce how much it hurt to walk. I finally went to a certified pedorthic technician (NOT a pedorthist, all he did was make it worse!). He fitted me with orthopaedic shoes and has adjusted the inserts on an almost weekly basis since last August, free of charge, as my feet realign and get back into shape. It has been phenomenal the difference it has made for me. There were days when I could hardly walk it hurt so much and I kept damaging the soft tissue in my feet from mis-steps, ankle twists, etc. because I was so out of shape from being ill and then surgery. You CAN do it, you just need to make sure you have what you need to make it as comfortable as possible. The shoes were more expensive but they are made to last for years and with the adjustments I may never need to buy another pair for a long, long time. PM me if you'd like, for more info.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 01:19 PM

May I add that walking shoes don't necessarily have to be expensive to fit you well and provide the support you need. I lucked out in a big way and found some sneakers that cost $25.00. They are used for my walking exercise only. I am on my feet all day long and while I would enjoy wearing them for work, I think they would wear out far more quickly and there is something about the routine of getting ready to move that I love....routine....my own rhythm for getting ready to move. :)

Be kind to your feet!!! :) And the rest of you for that matter!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 01:55 PM

You are fortunate, Michelle. I wore birks for the past twenty years. A couple of soft tissue injuries, weakness from spending so much time in bed, pre-surgery, and surgery really wore out my feet and even the birks hurt. Even the expensive "good" shoes didn't help. I spent over $500 on four different pairs of supposedly high quality shoes as well as paid insurance deductibles going to docs about my feet. I went to the foot doctor several times. All he would recommend was surgery, no thanks!, and/or inserts with no adjustments available and wearing a cast boot, all of which made it worse. Docs don't like to tell folks about what a pedorthic tech can do for their feet. The fellow I go to explains how shoes are made and just how much it can effect not just your feet, but also your whole skeletal alignment. I have two pair of shoes from him and the cost me about $350. Well worth it. Sorry, I know I am on a soapbox, but it almost seems miraculous what he has done for me and my feet/body!:-)

T-10
QG -30

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 04:25 PM

Hey Kat,

   Whatever works, you know? I'm glad you have shoes that work for you...painful feet...YIKES...never a good thing! Luckily most of my exercise is yoga and that requires barefeet (which I LOVE LOVE LOVE!!)

Michelle who is off to her 2nd yoga class of the day!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 08:05 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes
Mindfulness, Website & Joy!

Michelle :)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 07:51 AM

Yoga: 60 Minutes (early AM)
No website yet but staying mindful & finding joy...absolutely! :)

Michelle :)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Eye Lander
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 09:39 AM

How about painting and decorating? I have recently put 3 coats on a ceiling and have just painted the walls 12 x 12 room 8ft high. Up and down steps so must be fairly good.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Eye Lander
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 07:13 PM

second coat on walls this evening and gloss on the skirting boards, Iache in places I dodn'tknow I could ache!

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 09:17 PM

Yeah, Jillie! Good going...keep that momentum going!

Yes, Michelle, whatever works is goooooood!:-)

Walking - 15
QG - 30

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Eye Lander
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 04:10 AM

Thanks Kat, finished painting at 10pm last night, started about nine in the morning. Today I am a bit stiff but now I am up and around I'm fine. Bit of finishing off today then it's curtain rails and moving furniture. Burn calories burn!!!

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 11:54 AM

Phew, that's a long day of painting! Good for you!

T-10
QG-30

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Apr 08 - 11:15 PM

T-10

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Eye Lander
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 11:01 AM

Hey Girls, You obviously have your own treadmill, does it just get you fitter, change your shape, do you lose weight. have just seen one forsale for £200 and wondered whether to buy it or not.

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 12:40 PM

does it just get you fitter, change your shape, do you lose weight.

It depends on whether you use it or not!:-) I have one at home because I can control my environment, i.e. have air moving through use of a fan, an open window, keep the temperature at a comfortable level, etc. all very important points for me.

I have noticed I am getting fitter the more I use it AND I have lost weight. My shape seems to be changing, too. You really get out of it what you put into it. When I started on mine I couldn't keep walking on it, at the slowest speed (.5), more than two minutes at a time and only stayed on it for 3-4. That was in January. I have had to be patient and not push too hard, but I am now routinely doing 5-7 minutes without having to stop and that is at 1.5 for speed. I am also not huffing and puffing like I was back when I started.

I can also feel changes in my legs, hips, etc.

200 pounds sounds a little pricey, to me. I only paid about $140 for mine brand-new at Kmart, I think it was. It fold up to save space, but I found it is too heavy for me and folding and unfolding was too much trouble, esp. as I use it more and more, so I probably could have found an even cheaper one without that feature.

If you have any doubts about what walking can do, take a look at a book called Walk Yourself Thin. And, remember, you can start out slow with baby steps...it ALL counts!:-)

Good luck!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Eye Lander
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 02:40 PM

Thanks Kat, one last question, is it motorised. I think maybe things are just that things are more expensive this side of the pond!

for that price we would only get a non motorised version

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 02:54 PM

Just thought I would touch base seeing as I was on the original thread. Major lifestyle change (moving back home!) has alterered my goals a little. I have promised myself Taiji and Xing yi at lunch times and to cycle to and from work.

Made a start on both last week. Fello off the bike on Weds and may have fractured my wrist! Still determined though and after next weds I should know if th ewrist is OK or not. I'll keep you posted.

And I'll keep coming back here for inspiration:-)

Cheers

Dave

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 03:54 PM

Yoga in the AM
Mindfulness...umm....I don't know about that....I was barely awake!
The rest of it to follow!

XOXOXO

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 04:22 PM

Sheesh, Dave! Good luck on the wrist and let us know, okay?:-)

Jillie, YES, mine is motorized; I couldn't do much with one that isn't, at least at this stage. I didn't realise things like that would be so much more over there. Good luck!

Walking - 30 minutes
SparkPeople page - done

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 05 Apr 08 - 11:39 PM

Hey Jillie,

I just saw your post about the treadmill. I use my treadmill for weight loss and to help me become more fit. My weight loss has slowed considerably but my body is reshaping which is almost more fun! I put on a jacket today that I bought in February when it wouldn't quite button. I wore it today and it buttons easily and is almost too big. Sooooooo....the treadmill, like most any other kind of exercise is great for burning calories but also for helping a body to become more fit/tone.

And Kat...good for you for listening to your body. I think that sometimes that is difficult to do because we all want to GO! You are being very smart!

XOXOXO

Michelle :)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Eye Lander
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 01:55 PM

Hey Girls

I have just been given a free non electric treadmill which has to bebetter than nothing. I'll give that a go and if I get on with it ok I may pay for one. We have a web site on the isle of wight called freecycle and you just log on and tell the members either what you want to give away or what you'd like. So I said I wanted a treadmill and someone came back to and said they had one to get rid of FREE, they themselves got it from freebay so it may not be any good but I wont have wasted any money!
Yippee
Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 05:53 PM

Jillie, good! That's a good start, but don't get discouraged if it is hard to get it going. It's not the only way to go!:-)

Thanks, Michelle, with the new heart valve and all I HAVE to listen, but I am also HEARING my body much better these days, esp. since then I know I can make it better. Before the surgery, it seemed an endless slide into dis-ability with not much hope for improvement.

Walking - 30
Yard cleanup - couple of hours with lots of help
Caravan muck-out - 30 minutes, intense!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 06 Apr 08 - 09:55 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes....very easy today as I have a cold (BLAH!)
Mindfulness, Website & Joy :)

Michelle :)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Eye Lander
Date: 07 Apr 08 - 08:01 AM

I'm new to this Kat, surgery? what surgery, nothing too serious I hope - mmm must have been otherwise you wouldn't have needed surgery I suppose!

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Apr 08 - 03:40 PM

Jillie, three years ago this May 10th, I had open-heart surgery to replace a worn-out, maybe that way from birth, aortic valve. It's been a long haul to recover from but I now have a LIFE with renewed LIFE instead of lying around dying from congestive heart failure.:-) I am REALLY happy about that and this thread has gone a long way in helping me in the next phase of my recovery, i.e. eating sensibly AND exercising. Thanks for asking.

T- 10 QG - 30

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Eye Lander
Date: 07 Apr 08 - 05:21 PM

Stripping wallper in 2nd bedroom, 11am to 9.30pm 1hr for dins!

Sheesh I'm knackered, I think I may ache a bit tomorrow. Afternoon off though, going to visit a friend.

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 07 Apr 08 - 08:49 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes
Mindfulness, Website & Joy!

Michelle who is still sick but doing yoga anyway (shivasina works find in lotus)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Apr 08 - 09:24 PM

Not doing very well myself, tonight. Only 5 on the treadmill. Neither one of us slept well last night, so I think it's catching up with me.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Apr 08 - 03:21 PM

Back up and running on all cylinders this morning.:-)

T-10
QG-30

Last night my Rog was rubbing my back and told me he noticed it being a lot looser, i.e. my muscles are not so tight and cramped up anymore. Yeah!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 08 Apr 08 - 07:35 PM

Yoga: 60 Minutes
Mindfulness, Website & Joy!

Michelle who is still coughing BLAH

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Apr 08 - 10:52 PM

Walking - 20

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 09 Apr 08 - 12:19 PM

Yoga (AM): 60 Minutes
Mindfulness & Joy, YES! Website to follow later today!

XOXOXO

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 09 Apr 08 - 07:37 PM

Yoga (PM): 60 Minutes
Mindfulness, Website & Joy! Yes!

XOXO

Michelle :)

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 10 Apr 08 - 11:27 AM

Yoga (AM): 60 Minutes
Mindfulness, Website & lots of Joy today!

XOXOOX

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Becca72
Date: 10 Apr 08 - 01:07 PM

Jillie, that is exactly how I got my manual treadmill and it's been great, especially since winter here lasts FOREVER. Now that the weather is improving a coworker and I have been walking outside, too.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 10 Apr 08 - 01:16 PM

T-10
QG - 30

Missed yesterday altogether with some kind of "bug." Much better, today.

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 10 Apr 08 - 01:45 PM

In plaster till April 30th:-( Ah well. Fresh goals once again -

Walk to work and back twice next week - about 10 miles altogether.

I'll keep you posted.

Cheers

Dave

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: gnu
Date: 10 Apr 08 - 03:11 PM

Ummm... sorry, but,

QG-30
T- 10

= what?

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 10 Apr 08 - 03:16 PM

Qi Gong and Treadmill

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: LilyFestre
Date: 11 Apr 08 - 12:18 AM

April 10th:

Yoga: 180 Minutes (3 classes)
Mindfulness, Website and Joy!

Michelle who has now lost a total of 92.5 pounds!

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: GUEST,Eyelander
Date: 11 Apr 08 - 12:12 PM

Michelle are you eating anything to have such brilliant results. Well done you. Maybe the Yoga is really good for you.

Wednesday: sanding ceiling 12' x 12' than a coat of paint.

Yesterday travelling to my home on the IOW.

Just collected my treadmill, not quite sure how to put it up, but I am sure that I am burning calories in brainpower trying to sort it out!!!!

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Apr 08 - 12:26 PM

Good for you, Jillie, for getting the treadmill!

Yes, Michelle, is all the exercise, or have you done it through what you eat, also? Well done!

I have let go of 14 so far and didn't really get serious about all the aspects until about 1.5 months ago.:->

QG-30

Subject: RE: BS: Accountability - counting goals - 4th month
From: Eye Lander
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 07:27 AM

Ya Hey - puff puff pant pant, I have just finished five mins on the treadmill,   No! not running just out for a medium stroll but I have started! my pulse was 114 and I may have used 3 or 4 calories!!!

Ok ok - it's a start though.!

Jillie