VSG Maintenance Group
Saturday, 8/8/2020
Weight 120.6. Must have been the walking that kept my weight down???
Mike and I are kayaking, doing a mini-tour of my town which he hasn't been to, then out to dinner. This will be a real opportunity to see how compatible we may be. We sure have talked a lot.
In the meantime the fire alarm at the top of my 16 foot sunroom ceiling is chirping. What a pain! I need to borrow a ladder from a neighbor to change the battery. I HATE doing that!
Have a safe and healthy day!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I hope time with Mike in person is as enjoyable as the conversations you've been having! However it's happening, food choices, or exercise, or both, happy to hear your maintenance is working.
I'm maintaining, more or less. It's hard to know my true weight right now, because my breast is so swollen, but it can't hold that much fluid, maybe pound or so? My daughter and I are trying to really follow the program right now in anticipation of vacation eating. I need to start walking I guess. I really enjoyed the combination of kayaking and swimming before my surgery. But I am now realizing it may be awhile before I can do either again. I see my surgeon on Wednesday, we can talk about it then.
One of my husband's coworkers is out, very sick, waiting results of her Covid test. Sigh. If she's positive, he will probably take unpaid leave again. He has a lot of vacation time, but we would prefer to take the economic hit, and save his vacation time for actual planned time off, and who knows what's coming at us in the next few months. Usually he saves some for Christmas ....
Another easy day today. Reading, maybe a little bit of tidying up. A friend is in town from Boston to visit his parents. We might try to have a social distance get together if it works for his schedule.
Good morning. It is a sunny Saturday here with the promise of being quite warm - mid to upper 90s. That is a little warm for me. I prefer mid to upper 80s.
Liz, you already sound smitten. I can't wait to read about your day together.
Had a decent session with the nutritionist yesterday. Homework for the week is to be aware of my feelings as I return to work and have to do professional development meetings on line. Also, I am supposed to keep track of eating triggers that may arise from having my eye surgery on Tuesday. All doable.
Observation: Since I had no set rules about eating while in Ohio, I did not disappoint myself with any of my food choices. Also, since I am not dieting, per se, it was easy to go back to regular at home style eating without feeling like I had to gear up to get back on trac****rtainly haven't felt deprived either.
Ron went to bed late and the dogs woke him up early. As a result he's a real crank pot! LOL! I'm sooooo mean!
My 2 year old Macbook Pro is dying. I'm a little pissed about that. Luckily, I have the service plan, but I'm still pissed. Given the amount of money those little machines cost, one would hope they would be built to last longer than 2 years. The keyboard has been an issue for a long time, but yesterday the screen connection went absolutely haywire. There are lines and flickering across the screen. Half the screen is hidden behind dead images, etc... Sigh.... I have to see if the local Apple certified repair place will take it. Because of the Covid restrictions it is impossible to get an appointment with anyone of the Genius Bar people at the Apple stores.
Weight was the same today.
My last workout prior to eye surgery is today. Then I have to take a week off. My gym is closing for good in a few weeks, so this may be my last private session for a while. I'm bummed. The lifting is the type of exercise I really like. I would like to love yoga, but it is very hard for my short limbed self to manage some of the poses. That is frustrating for me, and as I think I mentioned, triggers some of my body image issues. My weight also gets in the way of me feeling like I'm doing some of it correctly, too. However, some of the poses I totally rock. It is interesting to learn to what my body is naturally geared and its natural strengths and weaknesses.
I am feeling that perhaps I need to place one of the pups. Not sure yet, but I'm thinking about it. I'm feeling a little dog heavy, which can be emotionally taxing, but it could also be because we have Ace back for a week or so while BFF is having his floors redone. (Yes, I inspired...) Ace adds an energetic dynamic to the pack. I guess I will have to continue to monitor my feelings and go from there.
Food, weight loss, passive vs. active.... all of that continues to roll around in my brain. I am glad I have a tangible goal in my brain. Now it's a matter of creating a plan that will lead me to obtain that goal. The action, as you know, is hard for me to maintain over time. I am hoping to use my awareness of my feelings and triggers to help me create a sustainable plan to get me to that vision goal. I will use the scale to help me monitor progress, but since there is no number attached to the goal, the scale will not be the end all be all of the process.
I could ramble on and on today.....
on 8/8/20 7:46 pm, edited 8/8/20 12:47 pm
Have you tried using yoga blocks? Lots of people use them to get into and hold poses they otherwise can't if the flexibility isn't there.
Examples: https://www.acefitness.org/education-and-resources/lifestyle/blog/7094/how-to-use-blocks-to-enhance-your-yoga-poses/
Yes, I have yoga blocks and use them. So far the poses I use the blocks for are not difficult poses for me to begin with. I have a lot of trouble with crossing my legs over one another and positions that require hip flexibility. Part of it is my current size, but additionally men are less naturally flexible in the hips, quads, and hamstrings than women. Add to that that I lack flexibility because of my build and my bone/joint disease and yoga can be a challenge.
Because it is a physical challenge, I do push myself to rise to the challenge and I have yet to give up on a single session.
on 8/8/20 9:06 pm
I am incredibly inflexible, so I feel your pain! The most embarrassing for me is sitting with my legs apart and bending forward. One, my legs don't spread very far and two at their max, I can't bend forward at all. My trainer who also is a yoga instructor would say, okay lean forward and I would have to say, "uh, I am. This is it"
