So last year started well with weight loss and a general improvement in overall approach to health which by april/may fell to the wayside as I prepared for my holiday to Dominican republic and started and continued to drink rum.


I have no holidays abroad this year and whilst I lost a little weight last year I have already packed the remain ing Christmas booze away and the weekly meal plan now has 2 days a week meat free rather than none.

I have a regular booking for badminton every other week with my daughter too so again I am aiming for a solid start which this year I hope to maintain.





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Running season is over, so I've been hiking in the woods. Kneedeep snow is a high-resistance workout.

 

Since there's still a few inches of snow on the ground and it was 3 degrees out this morning, I started my 2018 off the best way possible: on the treadmill for 4 miles (I honestly can't do more than that on it). Running in 2018 can only go uphill from here.

 

Goals are simply to stretch and walk more, be as positive as possible while moving back into a greener diet.
The same as last year really.

 

Long story short: by 2010 I was depressed and weighed 370 pounds. By summer of 2015 I had gotten over my depression and went all the way down to 248. Then my dad got sick and died, and it just messed me up. This year started out well but I kinda fell off the wagon and had a knee operation and after that Hurricane Maria hit us (I live in Puerto Rico).

I weighed myself today and Im at 277. No more. My plan is to go back to calorie counting, no more sodas, limit eating out in restaurants and drinking. I talked to my personal trainer and I start with him once again tomorrow. Im hitting the gym at 9AM. Knee still hurts a bit but I can manage if Im careful. My proposal for this year is to lose the 30 pounds Ive gained in the past 2 years.

 

I think my biggest issue will be when I go out with friends, because most of the time that means food and alcohol

 

Have you told your friends about your plans to get in shape? Good friends will understand that and help you when you go out. If they were my friends, they probably wouldn't be all warm cuddles and loving support, more like good-natured slams and mockery, expecting retorts in kind, but it's all in good fun.

 

My fitness goals for 2018 is working on more strength training. I really only like running and I abhor any squats or lifting any weights. I would like to learn to like lifting weights. I would like to work on not having seconds at dinner and not drinking so much coke.

 

Running people, are you guys using any apps to log your runs? I have a fitbit and use the Nike app but I kind of hate that app, and my fitbit seems to lump my runs in with the rest of my daily walking and stuff. I kind of suck at technology.

 

I always use the Nike app, but I think that it isn't always accurate so I have been searching for a better app too.

 

Strava is a pretty popular app for logging and tracking runs. Not sure exactly how you sync runs to it but I would imagine that the Nike app would work with it.

 

I'll check out Strava, thanks guys. Also yeah jackalopes, I use a tredmill and the Nike app hates it. I have to go back and edit every run afterwards and it bugs out whenever I do that :/

 

I have not gotten to a 5 minute mile time sadly, but as of January 1, 2018, I can now run a 5:13 mile.

 

gonna lose 5 kg and build some muscle. i used to love strength training but quit for whatever reason. i'm not gonna make it out to be a ny resolution or anything tho. it has more to do with me moving and starting to live with two friends who are active and great motivators. not making it a jan 1st kinda thing. i'll get started when i'm done with the move and can sign up for a new gym.

 

I just want to find time to ride my mountain bike each day for 30 minutes

 

Other than brief binges in the wake of my step dad and then mom's deaths, I've never had an issue w/weight. I inherited my dad's one good quality (height; 6'2) and the metabolism of my mom's side. Combined w/a love of sports and a job that sees me consistently log 20,000+ steps per shift, I actually have to eat to keep weight on (currently at 178).

My bigger concern is actual health. As I near my mid 40s (44 in May *gulp*), I want to feel my best as much or more than look my best. We all have certain health time bombs built into our DNA, but that doesn't mean we need to light the fuse. I have to get a health evaluation every year as part of my health insurance (or face a small hike in my premium). The results don't impact the insurance at all, but they serve to give you a baseline on your health. Four years running I've been in the green on every health metric and have improved those #'s each year. My goal is to keep that trend up.

 

So, with a thousand life changes to blame (sold a home, bought a home, had twins - just to name three), I fell off the wagon pretty hard last year. Extensive eating out (and the lack of portion control that brings) was one of the major factors, though stress-induced eating and a period of PPND-induced lack of physical exercise didn't help. I started the year with my health goals right in front of me and doing well - I was in the best shape of my life. I ended 2017 on medication as my doctor and I try to reverse course on Pre-Diabetes and try to stave off an actual diagnoses.

So, 2018 is all about a return to the basics, and a holistic view of my health.

Goals I Control Include:

• Minimum of a 4x30 weekly exercise routine - meaning minimum of 4 sessions per week at a minimum of 30 minutes per session
• Strict adherence to my Nutritional Lifestyle
• Limiting myself to no more than one serving of soda per month (I should say zero, but I know I can't go cold turkey)
• Tracking my mood on a daily basis to view trends in mental health (I downloaded an app called Daylio to help with this)
• Spending more time with activities that matter (Reading, Personal Development, Family time) and less time with activities that don't (binging mindless TV, being upset over sports results)
• Talking about my emotional state with people I trust

Goals I Influence, but ultimately don't control, include:

• Being taken off of Metformin due to testing showing my blood sugar in an acceptable range before an honest diagnoses of Diabetes
• Losing 15 lbs by June, and 25 by EOY

 

seriously though, winter is always very rough for me when it comes to getting any exercise. i do at least play basketball once a week when the local high school has open gym but i need to find something else. i also need to eat out a lot less and focus on cooking healthy meals at home. i'm not in the worst shape though, mostly just trying to maintain where i'm at.

 

First day back at the gym with my trainer. He took me to task. Did a 2 hour workout. I have started using My Fitness Pal app again to count calories. For now I just want to limit myself to no more than 2k calories. Im dead tired but I feel good.

 

My Fitness pal is fantastic. Started using it when I got serious about my health.