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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 9, 2021 23:21:24 GMT
Sunday, 10/10
Today is the day we give ourselves credit for what we did this week and give gratitude.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 9, 2021 23:24:03 GMT
This week I give myself credit for getting to an in-person WW meeting, tracking, weighing and measuring, keeping the right food in the house, exercising, meditating, and keeping up with my online support groups. I am grateful that my husband and I are still healthy.
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Post by susan092907 on Oct 10, 2021 10:25:44 GMT
Credit for tracking every day and for exercising 5/7 days.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 10, 2021 16:25:25 GMT
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Post by shragae on Oct 10, 2021 20:48:57 GMT
Also grateful for health (well with the exception of my knees!), my son who is supportive, staying in track this week, attending an in person meeting last week and a few virtual ones, too, and walking every day -- walking more this week than ever, too! Very grateful to G-d for my health, WW for giving me the tools to be healthier, and groups like this one where there is community and support.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 10, 2021 22:46:55 GMT
Monday, 10/11
Besides formal exercise do you have other activity you include in your day-to-day life? If yes, what is it?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 10, 2021 22:47:18 GMT
Sorry to say I get almost no activity in my life.
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Post by susan092907 on Oct 11, 2021 11:10:28 GMT
Aside from exercise, I'm mostly sedentary. I do my own housecleaning though and that's some activity. I also usually park my car in a further away spot, and try to take stairs instead of elevators and escalators as much as possible. I try to remind myself to get up from my desk periodically at work and either walk around or just stand, but I mostly forget to do this and spend hours sitting.
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Post by shragae on Oct 11, 2021 14:10:46 GMT
Monday, 10/11 Besides formal exercise do you have other activity you include in your day-to-day life? If yes, what is it? I have Silver Sneakers so for a time I went to the gym to do a few minutes on the elliptical and stationary bike -- as well as some of the weight machines. I'm trying to strengthen my thigh muscles because I have total knee replacement surgery coming up soon and the doctor says it makes recovery a lot easier... I do that only periodically -- and haven't done it at all the last couple of weeks. I do walk a lot -- at least an hour a day (broken into 3 or 4 periods). The last few weeks I'm walking more than usual -- maybe because it is a little cooler out and maybe just because I've built up the ability and I enjoy it... There is housework, too -- and some weeding...
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 11, 2021 16:13:18 GMT
shragae, Good luck with your knee replacement surgery. I've also heard that strengthening the muscles in your legs helps your recovery.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 11, 2021 23:34:25 GMT
Tuesday, 10/12 Today is the day we share our goals for the week, and share what we will do with our me-time this week.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 11, 2021 23:37:22 GMT
My goals for the week is to go to an in-person WW meeting, track, weigh and measure, make sure I have the right foods in the house, keep up with my online support groups, exercise, and meditate. My me-time will be spent reading, on the computer, playing puzzles, exercising, and meditating.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 12, 2021 23:06:04 GMT
Do you think people have lost interest in losing weight? This question is based on a blog that someone posted on a message board I belong to. The blog is by Barbara Berkeley, MD who wrote the book βRefuse to Regain.β She writes that she has noticed a loss of interest by people in losing weight and she is concerned because of the health consequences of excess weight. An excerpt from the blog: βI don't know the answer. But if my observation is correct and if people have lost interest in weighing too much, I would guess that there are two factors at play. First, the obesity epidemic is now about 35 years old. That is a lot of years. Those who have fought their weight over that time have been mostly frustrated by temporary successes and crushing regains. They have waited for a scientific solution that has not come. It has been a long and frustrating battle and I think that they are simply burned out. Who can blame them? Better drugs have made it easier (although certainly not optimal) to treat obesity related diseases like high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes. And the big food establishment in the United States continues to put addictive processed foods out there. There are only so many cycles of failed dieting that people can tolerate. Second, our younger generations have been born into a world where people are appreciably heavier than older Americans remember. It is interesting that we are so shocked when we look at photographs or movies from the 50s or 60s and see the size of the people. The memory of that world is fading and a new normal has taken its place. For younger people, the urgency to lose weight may be less intense simply because the world is just.... bigger.β
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Post by bbbearsmom on Oct 12, 2021 23:11:15 GMT
I'm not sure about this. For one thing doing maintenance is a big part of my life, go to WW meetings and have my online support groups so I'm around a lot of people whose focus is losing weight and keeping it off. I don't have that big of a social circle but no one in it is interested in weight loss. I'm mostly around older people so don't know what younger groups are doing. There still seems to be a big diet industry.
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Post by susan092907 on Oct 13, 2021 22:46:56 GMT
bbbearsmom, This is a very interesting question based on that very interesting comment by Barbara Berkeley. I'm not sure either. Among people I know, weight loss/management is still a concern. Besides dieting fatigue and lack of a frame of reference for younger people that Berkeley discusses, I think another factor, if her premise is correct, might be the push for social acceptance of bodies of all sizes and shapes.
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