Sweat! (Exercise Accountability)

[surrenderedfaith]

Sweat!
The Exercise Accountability Thread​

A little while ago I had a coming to God moment about my health. I had a very serious choice to make about how I was going to spend the time I've got left. I could either give up, throw my hands up to the sky hang my head and say fuck it, or I could buckle down and try to make the best of it. I chose the latter. One of the main things I have chosen to fix is my weight. I know there is a lot more to health than just numbers on a scale, but this is one place I can fight back.

I would like to invite anyone else who has set exercise or health goals to post, commiserate, encourage, and find support and accountability here.

Please keep it positive. <3

 

[surrenderedfaith]

Faith's goal tracker post

So for my own accountability:

My main goal right now is my weight. My coming to God date was June 30th. I weighed in for the first time in a year at 232 lbs. I felt wretched. It was my absolute heaviest by far. The year before I had lost over 70 lbs. I had gained it all back PLUS some!

So the following Tuesday I met with a nutritionist and dietician and started a formal plan to fix it. due to numerous other health conditions I must be followed carefully by a doctor.

Right now I'm on a strict 1000 calorie diet which changes weekly and 3 sessions of 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day. I was supposed to start with walking, but i asked to alter that to zumba, and it was allowed.

From June 30-July 20 I lost 20 lbs down to 212. Then I went out of town. I was taken off the diet while I did, but was asked to maintain my walking at least twice a day, which I did without fail. I was also asked to do my best to limit my intake and sweets. I didnt do fantastically, but I didn't do awfully either.

When I weighed back in on July 30th I weighed in at 222, I had gained 10 back.

I've been back at it since and as of today 8/6/2019 I'm back down to 212. *whew.*


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8/6/19 starting weight: 212.
diet: 1000 calories
exercise: 2x 30 min zumba
added this week: 3x 5 minutes jump rope will increase 5 minutes a week for 3 weeks.

reward for weekly goals met: I get "Saturday".

 

[wicked woman]

Please tell me there is a typo and you didn't lose 20 pounds in 3 days!

I'm glad you're being followed by a doctor, because otherwise I would be concerned at 1,000 calories a day with 90 minutes of exercise.

I wish you well, but stay safe.

 

[Dreamliner]

Yes, that seems to be a drastic programme wicked woman. Hopefully you have the right professionals assisting and providing guidance surrenderedfaith.

Often it is small steps, but being consistent. Do not look for overnight miracles.

One of the better food options to cut out, sugar! You will be surprised what products have large amounts of sugar in them. In general many processed products. For example, tomato sauce, has more sugar than an equivalent measure of coca cola.

Stay focused, enjoy the journey surrenderedfaith.

 

[surrenderedfaith]

Please tell me there is a typo and you didn't lose 20 pounds in 3 days!

I'm glad you're being followed by a doctor, because otherwise I would be concerned at 1,000 calories a day with 90 minutes of exercise.

I wish you well, but stay safe.

Whoops correct June 30 to July 22. Missed a 2 there. Sorry!

 

[gracie920101]

I feel so inadequate at having lost 8 pounds in 5 weeks.

But my cardio efforts really suck!

 

[Dreamliner]

Hang in there gracie, small steps, your body is adjusting. Stay off the sugar and take a walk 3-4 times a week. You will get there.

 

[surrenderedfaith]

I feel so inadequate at having lost 8 pounds in 5 weeks.

But my cardio efforts really suck!

Hugs my Gracie <3 you are the reason I started this. I figured if the two of us are working on it then there are bound to be more. <3 I know having a place to exist and have friends helps me cope greatly. It helps me stick to it. When I lost the weight year before this past it was because i had 20 girls at work doing it with me. We had a weekly weigh in and whoever won the week got their name on the board in the teacher's room and got to pick the song the "loser" had to sing in front of the teachers. All in good fun. It helped. Plus watching their reactions was huge for me. I by far lost the most. Then I gained it all back. My lowest point was when a woman I dont particularly know well a manager came behind me tugged on my blouse over my butt and said "what happened, you are getting fat again." I did not react kindly. This was the week before she told me I should pull the plug on my mom who at that point was in critical care after her stenosis making her airway unstable. This was early June. I came damn close to smacking her in the face outright.

I hope more will join the thread <3

**thanks to Dreamliner for the support. It matters. You are kind.

 

[gracie920101]

Sunday is weigh in day. Some weeks I dread it. Still seeing progress although J has me beat on that as I've lost right at 10 lbs and he's lost 12.5 in 5 weeks.

We are losing weight slowly on purpose as we are making small lifestyle changes each week in order to maintain the loss so we don't abandon the diet once we reach goal weight. Some things are really hard to leave off, i.e., I've found I will NEVER drink coffee without sugar. I just have to sacrifice calories in other places.

I never realized how much I snacked on crackers, chips, etc., until we started a food diary to track down what needs changing. I thought just eating salad at night was healthy but it was so lacking in so many ways. It's amazing what you can learn when forced to because of heath issues!

I'm looking forward to getting back to my thin self as I was slender a lot more years than I've been overweight.