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Post by tickyboo on May 20, 2021 9:45:27 GMT
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Post by tickyboo on May 20, 2021 9:54:22 GMT
Good Morning!!
Added 3 miles yesterday.
Cait: Great job with your walk downriver. Hope yesterday stayed with your plan. Hope you got some rest, too.
Waving to all. Happy Walking!!
WATP/EX Miles: 47 Fitbit miles:68.22 2021 WATP/EX miles: 349 Fitbit miles:527.11
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Post by Cait on May 20, 2021 17:57:17 GMT
Good Morning Challengers!
Yesterday I did all 6 of my main HHs, stayed in my 💚 zone of pts.
My “KISS” HHs (Keep it Simple and Specific) - Avoid salted snacks: 💚 - JGTB: 💚
2 microhabits: - “50 pushaways”: N - “No seconds with snack”: 💚
Yesterday we walked 2 mi downriver. It was windy and cool 40’s-50’s all day so no deck time. I was so tired from the night before, I read and had a nap. At least I wasn’t eating over it. I’m feeling pretty good today after a good night’s sleep, avoiding the salted snacks last night and JGTB.
I had some pain in my R shoulder so I didn’t do my pushaways.
KELLY - GFY with the 3 mi. Our walk yesterday was cold and windy most of the way, so today I wore 4 layers! Much better! 😃 It ended up raining lightly by evening yesterday. Today we saw a dusting of snow on the mountain above us on our walk.
Be well and take care, for ourselves, and for each other.
Cait
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Post by Carol on May 20, 2021 21:57:29 GMT
THURSDAY!
I worked most of the afternoon at the computer designing the name tags for my high school reunion, so I didn't get out and on the bicycle. I just finished stretching, though, so I at least have something to report! I also went to water aerobics yesterday (2 miles).
Re: industrious. Well, I guess I am, compared to some, but they are all "fun jobs," as a poster in another group put it a few years ago. I get to choose most of what I do these days, which is a nice change!
25/250 miles 11/75 stretching Stretching: 2018:141;2019:192; 2020:182 2021: Jan.15; February:13; March 16; April: 17; May: 11/31
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Post by tickyboo on May 21, 2021 10:13:12 GMT
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Post by tickyboo on May 21, 2021 10:27:02 GMT
Good Morning!!
I did splurge last night with a meal out but the rest of the meals were OP. I added 4 miles in 3 separate walks.
Cait: Great job meeting all your HHs. Hope the should pain passes. Great job on your walk. I think our warm weather is here to stay.
Carol: Good job on the stretching and the water aerobics. I like that statement.
Waving to all. Happy Walking!!
WATP/EX Miles: 51 Fitbit miles:73.33 2021 WATP/EX miles: 353 Fitbit miles:532.12
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Post by Cait on May 21, 2021 15:37:52 GMT
Good Morning Challengers!
Yesterday I did all 6 of my main HHs, stayed in my 💚 zone of pts.
My “KISS” HHs (Keep it Simple and Specific) - Avoid salted snacks: 💚 - JGTB: 💚
2 microhabits: - “50 pushaways”: N - “No seconds with snack”: 💚
Yesterday we walked 2 mi downriver. It was very windy and cool, 40’s-50’s again, and it rained a little in the afternoon. Finished my book - John Sandford’s “Ocean Prey.”
CAROL - When and where is the reunion? Sounds like fun. My 50th reunions from 2 HS’s were in 2015. It’s been good to have FB and e-mail to keep up a bit in between. GFY with the water aerobics and stretching. Re industriousness - I’m pretty good in SoCal, and trying to get consistent with steady industriousness up North rather than spurts and sprints. 😃
KELLY - I think that’s great - an occasional “reasonable” splurge for one meal. It can be part of a sustainable plan. I’m trying to get to that. It feels good when I do it. GFY with the 4 mi in 3 walks.
Be well and take care, for ourselves, and for each other.
Cait
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Post by Cait on May 21, 2021 21:41:47 GMT
Often it helps me get motivated to eat healthier if I read more articles and books on the subject. It sometimes helps me get “scared straight.” I read these online articles below yesterday, and I have several books I’m reading now, including “Salt, Sugar, Fat” by Michael Moss. I’m actually re-reading this one. My reading app says I read it in 2014, but a lot of it seems new to me. I was struck by this part today: “The tubs of chocolate cream cheese reminded me of the work done by Adam Drewnowski, the Seattle epidemiologist, in measuring the effects that fat has on the brain. Because fat is so energy dense—it has twice the calories of sugar—the brain sees fat in food as the body’s best friend. The more fat there is in food, the more fuel the body can have for future use by converting the fat to body fat. Indeed, the body holds fat in such high esteem that it is slower to activate the mechanism that helps us avoid overeating. This mechanism is the signal the brain sends out to tell us we’ve had enough.
Drewnowski knew that this signal was quite operational for foods that are sweet. Even kids can take only so much sugar in their food before the taste buds cringe, but as Drewnowski discovered, the bliss point for fat, if there is one, is much higher, probably up in the stratosphere of the heaviest cream. Thus did cheese and beef become such powerhouse ingredients in processed foods. As Drewnowski also found out, however, there is something even more powerful in foods than fat alone: fat with some added sugar. Faced with this combination, the brain loses sight of the fat altogether. Fat becomes even more invisible in foods, and the brakes on overeating come right off.
This ability of food manufacturers to find synergy in the interplay of their key ingredients is not limited to fat and sugar, of course. The true magic comes when they add in the third pillar of processed foods: salt. . . . . A little bit of sodium in the diet was essential to good health. The problem was, Americans were eating so much salt they were getting ten times—even twenty times—the amount of sodium the body needed. This was also far more than it could handle. In large amounts, sodium pulls fluids from the body’s tissues and into the blood, which raises the blood volume and compels the heart to pump more forcefully. The result: high blood pressure. . . . . So where was all this salt coming from? The answer arrived in 1991 when the Journal of the American College of Nutrition published the results of a clever experiment. To identify the true source of America’s sodium problem, a pair of researchers rounded up sixty two adults who liked to use salt. . . .the natural sodium in their food and the salt they were adding themselves came to barely a fifth of the salt being consumed. . . .The researchers discovered that more than three-quarters of the salt they consumed in the week came from processed foods. The companies making these products weren’t just adding salt. They were dumping sack after sack of it into their boxed macaroni and cheese, their chicken à la king heat-and-serve meals, their canned spaghetti and meatballs, their salad dressings, tomato sauces, pizzas, and soups. . . . As much as, if not more than, sugar and fat, the salting of processed food had become a way to increase sales and consumption. . . . People don’t just love salt, they crave salty foods.”indiancountrytoday.com/.amp/archive/5-foods-as-addictive-as-cocainewww.keckmedicine.org/you-wont-believe-what-common-foods-are-as-addictive-as-drugs/abc13.com/sugar-addiction-cocaine-addictive-foods/533979/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23719144/www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/experts-is-sugar-addictive-drug#What-is-an-addiction?www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/28/fatty.foods.brain/index.htmlwww.ecowatch.com/amp/food-companies-making-products-addictive-2632845184
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Post by Cait on May 22, 2021 15:12:23 GMT
Good Morning Challengers!
Yesterday I did 5/6 of my main HHs, stayed in my 💚 zone of pts.
My “KISS” HHs (Keep it Simple and Specific) - Avoid salted snacks: 💚 - JGTB: 💚
2 microhabits: - “50 pushaways”: N - “No seconds with snack”: N
Yesterday no walk because DH went to town to do our grocery shopping, but I did 40 mins Nordic Track while reading.
This am I went to two WW virtual workshops while I was making breakfast. One was a little scattered but had a lot of people sharing. The other was more focused on the topic - meal planning to get in nutrients for strength. I got something different from each 😃
Be well and take care, for ourselves, and for each other.
Cait
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Post by Carol on May 22, 2021 22:13:18 GMT
SATURDAY!
KELLY -- I hope you enjoyed your meal out; you deserved it, I know!
CAIT -- I'm sorry you're having shoulder pain, but I'm glad you seem to be back in the zone habit-wise!
Our reunion is in September, here in Lincoln. Because I returned to Lincoln to stay and am now retired, I volunteered to be on the committee. Luckily, we got started a year ago and snagged a good weekend and good venues; the reunions for the 1970s classes were, of course, postponed, and I think at least 3 (maybe 4) of them are now scheduled for the same weekend.
Water aerobics for 2 miles yesterday, a 2-mile walk today, and I just finished stretching. Have a good rest of your weekend, everyone!
29/250 miles 12/75 stretching Stretching: 2018:141;2019:192; 2020:182 2021: Jan.15; February:13; March 16; April: 17; May: 12/31
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Post by RidgeRunner on May 23, 2021 14:06:38 GMT
Good morning. Still not doing what I'm supposed to but I have good intentions. I know walking should be an every day thing and something for me, but I just haven't been able to put it there in my mind yet. Still trying. All of you ladies are SO consistent.
Cait: Your mountain view is beautiful. I love your creek. I would have to tear out some of those plants for a walkway to it. Creeks and streams are my heaven. Yes, my hubby is handy but it's one of the reasons we're together. He takes crazy pictures of me with under the house or up on the 20 foot roof or squeezing into a vent above the oven to replace the vent fittings. He's typically the computer hardware guru, while I'm the software guru. As times are changing however, there is less we're both able to do.
Carole: Good for you on staying with it. I'm impressed with the baguette's !
Kelly: How is your walking going?
TODAY ... I will get out and walk.
Have a great day !
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Post by Cait on May 23, 2021 16:58:14 GMT
Good Morning Challengers!
Yesterday I did 2/6 of my main HHs, ate above my red zone of pts.
My “KISS” HHs (Keep it Simple and Specific) - Avoid salted snacks: N - JGTB: 💚
2 microhabits: - “50 pushaways”: N - “No seconds with snack”: N
Yesterday we walked downriver 2 mi. The weather was warmer, less wind, and we were able to eat lunch and dinner on the deck and sit there in the afternoon.😃
Be well and take care, for ourselves, and for each other.
Cait
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Post by Cait on May 23, 2021 16:59:08 GMT
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Post by Carol on May 23, 2021 21:57:42 GMT
SUNDAY! Huff! Puff!
Our "Trail-a-Thon" route for May took us on a 20.35 mile bike ride on a humid day. We rode for 2 hours, 40 minutes. We didn't set any speed records, but we (luckily) had to stop for a few traffic lights along the way. I'm counting 8 miles, and I just finished stretching (after my nap).
Have a good week, everyone!
37/250 miles 13/75 stretching Stretching: 2018:141;2019:192; 2020:182 2021: Jan.15; February:13; March 16; April: 17; May: 13/31
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Post by tickyboo on May 24, 2021 10:26:36 GMT
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