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One thing I would recommend is either allow yourself some down time from exercise to unload the fatigue or relax things just a little. Getting to the point of burnout is a good way to slip in to some bad habits or have a setback.bostonfred said:
Amazing!The past two days I have gone hard on the bike and loved the Sweet Steady ride I did for the first time. Great workouts paired with a core workout yesterday and pushups the day before. It paid off as I broke the 180.0 mark landing at 179.6 for the first time probably since a month after meeting my wife almost a decade ago. My upper body is definitely getting stronger and it feels great.
Down 24.8 pounds since starting this.
Keep up the great work everyone!
Yeah for sure - and I just took a rest day Tuesday so I'm definitely aware. I eat back my exercise calories so the days I'm exercising I get to eat more and the days I'm resting I don't eat as much, which incentivizes exercise with extra food and rewards better diet with rest. So I'm usually pretty good with that part. And I'm definitely not sore or overly fatigued. Physically at least.
LOL. We typically say MN has two seasons: winter and road construction. But the extended forecast shows upper 40s, lower 50s for a while so we may actually get Spring this year :knock on wood:
Does your fitbit have gps? and if not, do you link it to your phone when tracking? If not, it is terrible at measuring distances if doing anything more than a walk. The first half marathon I did I just had a fitbit without gps. It told me I ran like 8 or 10 miles instead of 13.1. Without gps, it's just using step counts and a stride length estimate, which tends to be horribly wrong. Shortly after I started running with an app on my phone to get gps and then shortly after got a garmin with gps built in.
Yada yada yada. "You can't yadda yadda sex, you left out the best part." "No, I mentioned the bisque."
Wife and I went for a walk together the other day. Her iPhone said 3.6 miles; mine said 3.1 miles. We walked the exact same route, and it was first thing in the morning. Good times.
It was sooooo good lol. Today's eating adventure takes me to a place that is one of the finalists for "Best Burger in Birmingham" and I've never been there. So I'll get the burger, not eat the top bun, and not eat any sides. I'm pleasantly surprised with the results of not being on my standard food plan, gives hope for the future that I can make good decisions and not be a slave to the calories. I'm having to estimate all these days this week because none of the places have nutrition info (I'm guessing you have to have a certain number of locations before it is a requirement).
Impressive. How are you not getting any up days? I thought it was just normal. Water variation etc. I’m down, down, up, down, up, down etcCorporation said:
Oh I have lots of up days, I had 2 in the last week's worth of data. Because I was tracking everyday, my posts were getting long so I moved to tracking weeks, with the latest 7 days as data points. I've been fortunate not to have any up weeks, but have had less than a pound lost a few times. I thought this past week may be an up week because I was off my standard the entire week but it turned out ok. As well chronicled, my up days are generally due to poo
and not being able to go as often.
This is beyond amazing and a testament to discipline and consistency. Congrats and thanks for inspiring all of us to get healthier!
That is so nice of you to say but you didn't have to say all that. I was definitely going to say I told you so anyways. I totally admit I gave up on the slow runs for a while even after starting it and seeing the benefits, it's totally normal to hate running slow but it feels so good when you see how far you can run without getting exhausted or feeling pain in your weakest muscles. My knees feel much better after shuffling 6 times a week than they did after running 3 times.
I ran without a shirt the other day. Came home and walked in the door. Daughter saw me and said "what the hell dad, what are you doing??!?!!?" Last time I'm doing that for awhile.
Comments like this warm my heart. I always wanted a daughter specifically so I could embarrass her. I feel like my talents are wasted.
For me she would have a buffet table of options of what to be embarrassed about: my belly, my paleness, or my hairiness
I know you've shared different suggestions throughout, but do you have a top-5 list of favorite chicken recipes? Context: I grew up hating chicken. My parents made disgusting chicken meals my entire childhood, and it scarred me for life. Plus, the texture of chicken sucks. But.....I need more sources of healthy-ish protein.bostonfred said:
You're exactly back on track minus those two weeks and it looks like 205 by the end of the month is still in play. Nice work.
Thanks man the only time I cheated on booze was when we got almost two feet of snow and my snowblower leaked an entire tank of gas ontonmy garage floor overnight leaving me to shovel by hand and smell gas in my house for a week. I don't usually cheat but that was enough.
If you don't love chicken, you'll probably prefer recipes where it's not the main event, or if it is, you're cooking it better. I mostly cook with boneless skinkess chicken breast but some people swear by chicken thights because the fat gives the dark meat a little flavor.
Thanks BF! This is exactly what I was hoping for -- a short and simple list. Awesome and much appreciated!
Thats kind of what I figured. The best chicken is thoroughly cooked but not dried out, so you'll probably want things with sauces or marinades to counter the dryness. Let it soak up some of that flavor and not get hard and rubbery. All of these recipes assume you're doing something like that.Thanks BF! This is exactly what I was hoping for -- a short and simple list. Awesome and much appreciated!
BTW - the two words that disgust me (and my daughter) the most: "juicy chicken." I love eating dried out chicken. That means it was cooked.
Would you prefer...moistThanks BF! This is exactly what I was hoping for -- a short and simple list. Awesome and much appreciated!
BTW - the two words that disgust me (and my daughter) the most: "juicy chicken." I love eating dried out chicken. That means it was cooked.
