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Post by sunnyd on Jan 12, 2019 23:30:02 GMT
I am the biggest Diet Coke ADDICT! I've tried to quit several times and always go back to it. Plus I never drink water, hate it actually. So I'm currently on day 6 of drinking at least 64 ounces of water per day and so far, so good. It has decreased my Diet Coke consumption significantly although I still drink 2 or 3 a day. I'm hoping to continue my goal of drinking at least 64 ounces of water per day. I've found several ways that have helped so far, the particular size of container it's in, no crystal light or anything added to it, etc. What is your health goal for 2019? Anyone up for making it a challenge where we check in periodically?
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Post by missfrenchjessica on Jan 12, 2019 23:35:49 GMT
I just joined a place that does HIIT type workouts. I really enjoy them, but I can't seem to get myself there more than 1x/week. I'd really like to work up to 5x/week eventually but right now I'm trying to get there 3x/week. I think my anxiety builds up and I skip going; which is stupid because once the workout has started, I feel really great and leave feeling better. I'm less stressed and anxious. So, it really would be a great idea all around if I went more often. I'd love accountablity/challenge group. Whatever! I just need to move my tush!
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Post by brandy327 on Jan 12, 2019 23:36:19 GMT
Great goal!! I gave up soda quite a few years ago. Best thing I ever did! For the first few years, I wouldn't even drink it occasionally. Now, I'll have one more and then but I rarely drink the whole thing. Maybe half.
Great job on the water! I struggle with water intake and really have to push myself to drink it.
My goal is always the same...to drop some lbs. My goal this year is to drop the 40-50lbs over put back on over the last 2 years. I've done it before so I know I can do it again. I've already been back to the gym for a couple of weeks and doing well with eating. I just need to be consistent!
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Post by ashley on Jan 12, 2019 23:37:54 GMT
Mine is to learn to eat gluten free and stop being anemic. I am depressed, unwell, and overwhelmed.
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Post by dudleypippen on Jan 12, 2019 23:40:18 GMT
I’ve quit Diet Coke several times but I always seem to restart. I’m trying to significantly cut back- right now I’m down to one a day which seems like a realistic place for me to stay at for now. I got on the scale this week knowing that I had gained some weight but HOLY COW did it sneak up on me about how much I’d gained. I’m currently tracking on MyFitnessPal because it keeps me accountable to not overeat or emotionally eat, which is my biggest struggle. I’m also going to try and commit to a once a week class at the gym, with a goal to work up to 3 times weekly.
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Post by Merge on Jan 12, 2019 23:45:35 GMT
I'm eating a whole foods, plant-based diet and doing a 30-day yoga challenge online. Still allowing myself one Coke Zero per day. Someday... 😊
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Post by maryland on Jan 13, 2019 0:33:15 GMT
I wish I didn't like diet coke so much. But I love beverages, and when I have my diet coke, I don't eat a lot of junk, it satisfies me. When I try to give it up, I make up for it by eating junk. And I'm crabby! I wish they could make a healthy alternative to diet coke! haha
I don't like to drink water unless I am really thirsty.
I also drink too much diet green tea!
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Jan 13, 2019 0:54:56 GMT
More water, less pop, more active, healthier meal choices ( more meals at home rather than fast food).
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jan 13, 2019 1:04:30 GMT
Mine is... Walk more. Small portions. No or very little snacking. Get enough sleep. Scrub/sand bottom of feet every time I shower. (the older I get, the more rough my feet seem to get). Lotion daily. Benefiber daily.
I already drink half my body weight in ounces of water daily. Been doing that for a few years.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jan 13, 2019 1:34:14 GMT
Do more strength training/join a gym. I’m using a personal training a couple times a week right now but at $80/session it isn’t sustainable and I need to transition to a gym. Thinking of either Orangtheory or Barre. Eat less bread/pasta etc and lose 5lb (so hard for me )
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Post by scrappinmama on Jan 13, 2019 1:37:51 GMT
We're doing a flexitarian diet, sticking to vegetarian or vegan meals during the week, and allowing some meat on the weekend.
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Post by desertgirl on Jan 13, 2019 1:49:39 GMT
I decided to mindfully chew my food longer before swallowing. Each meal lasts longer, but I feel better. I don’t remember every single time, but that’s okay for now.
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Post by pjaye on Jan 13, 2019 2:37:42 GMT
I need to lose some weight that I gained last year. I've subscribed to the Lose It app & have started logging all my food. I plan to follow a hybrid version of lower carb/fasting/5:2
Michael Mosley has written a new version of his original 5:2 diet called "Fast 800" So I'm going to do 2 days a week of 800cal (3300kJ) within a 10hr eating window. The rest of the week will be still be calorie controlled with less carbs, more protein and 10-12hr fasts overnight.
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Post by Zee on Jan 13, 2019 4:45:13 GMT
I have about 20 lbs to shed that I've put on in the last two years. Shaun T has a new Beachbody program I'm starting, 20 min a day/6 days a week/6 weeks. Hopefully I can stick with it, I figure even when I'm doing back to back 12 hr shifts I can fit in 20 min.
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Post by Nanner on Jan 13, 2019 4:54:14 GMT
I'm good with the pop thing - I cut it out about 3 years ago. I do occasionally have one, but usually just drink water with a bit of mio in it.
I need to get more active. I'm fighting fatigue these days, so by the time I get home from work, the last thing I want to do is go for a walk. But I have to start doing that.
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Post by birukitty on Jan 13, 2019 5:05:15 GMT
I'm still at goal weight thanks to my whole foods, plant based diet but I'm pretty sure I'm going to need surgery on my left arm soon. It's been bothering me a lot for the past month or two and with everything going on I haven't made the time to go see my orthopedic surgeon who diagnosed my right arm with a rotator cuff tear a few years ago and did surgery on it. My right arm is great. Strong and completely healed. I think I've overused my left arm and I tend to carry too many heavy things. If it's another rotator cuff tear on my left arm (the other arm) I'll do what has to be done and have surgery. Once it's completely healed I have got to get strong and healthy by doing some exercise.
Exercise is what's been missing in my life and that's gotta change. I plan on starting with some gentle yoga and then moving off from there. I love swimming and after the yoga hopefully it'll be warm enough to add swimming into my routine. I plan to do things I love to do so I'll stay interested in it. I've never done yoga before and if I don't like it I'll just choose something else. Swimming may have to wait if my shoulder isn't strong enough-it will all depend on what my physical therapist says and of course all of this depends on what is actually wrong with my arm.
Bottom line-1. Make appointment with orthopedic surgeon 2. Follow through whatever that entails 3. Add exercise as soon as I can-get strong and stay strong.
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Post by kelly316 on Jan 13, 2019 5:33:05 GMT
We're doing a flexitarian diet, sticking to vegetarian or vegan meals during the week, and allowing some meat on the weekend. I love this idea. I’m surprised I haven’t heard of this.
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Post by kristi on Jan 13, 2019 7:20:53 GMT
I am trying run the year - 2019 miles. I don’t run! I walk and I don’t think I will hit that number but I am logging my miles (I have 44.6 so far) and it is motivating me.
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 13, 2019 12:09:49 GMT
Yes! My goal is to lose weight. lol... Yes, yes...I have more specific goals than that vague one. Mine are: -- gym at least one time per week. I know once is nothing, but I've been listening to Phit & Phat and she says to start small, don't say "gym 5 days per week" if you know you wont' do that, because then you're just setting yourself up for failure. So I'm aiming for once for starters, which is an improvement over zero! -- get my step goal (8,000) five days per week. -- no eating after dinner. I want to do the intermittent fasting but I need to read some more first. I'm kind of doing it now -- not eating until lunch -- but not 100% because I absolutely cannot give up sweetened coffee. I can't find a substitute for it. Maybe I'm doing the "intermittent fasting plus sweet coffee" plan. So far none of this has been difficult and I've lost 8 pounds since Jan. 1.
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Post by maryannscraps on Jan 13, 2019 12:18:48 GMT
Yes! My goal is to lose weight. lol... Yes, yes...I have more specific goals than that vague one. Mine are: -- gym at least one time per week. I know once is nothing, but I've been listening to Phit & Phat and she says to start small, don't say "gym 5 days per week" if you know you wont' do that, because then you're just setting yourself up for failure. So I'm aiming for once for starters, which is an improvement over zero! -- get my step goal (8,000) five days per week. -- no eating after dinner. I want to do the intermittent fasting but I need to read some more first. I'm kind of doing it now -- not eating until lunch -- but not 100% because I absolutely cannot give up sweetened coffee. I can't find a substitute for it. Maybe I'm doing the "intermittent fasting plus sweet coffee" plan. So far none of this has been difficult and I've lost 8 pounds since Jan. 1. I listened to Corrine say that, too. I want to be consistent about using our gym membership (I can go months without stepping foot in there!) so a few weeks ago I set a goal of going two times a week. I'm happy to say that I actually went five times this past week, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I feel like I absolutely rocked my goal this week.
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Jan 13, 2019 12:23:59 GMT
My overall goal is to maintain my weight this year. I'm right about where I need to be.
Two specific goals: 1) Drink more water...I just don't like drinking water. 2) Cut way back on sugar, specifically stop eating desserts everyday. There are always cookies or sweets at work and I nibble too much and too often. I'm on day 3 of no desserts and it's still tough going. I've done this before and know I just need to keep at this for three weeks or so and then the cravings go away.
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Post by stittsygirl on Jan 13, 2019 16:40:07 GMT
Mine is to maintain my current weight and try to be as healthy as I can in every area. I lost 70 lbs. over the course of three years after going back to work full time. I work a very physically demanding job which takes care of my daily exercise needs when I’m there. But I’m now cutting back to part-time (yay! That’s going to help my mental health enormously ), so I need to be sure I’m still getting the exercise in and watching what I eat so I don’t gain the 70 lbs. back. I’m doing at least as hour on the treadmill every day (walking at varied intensities and inclines) and working out with weights. I watch both my refined carbs and calories, and am trying to drink more water too. I lost a lot and then gained it all back - plus some - several years ago, so I know how easily that happens without diligence. I’ve also decided I’m done working a regular night shift. As a healthcare worker nights and swing shifts are what I’ve worked almost my entire adult life. It made childcare much easier. But my kids are old enough now to be on their own, and at nearly 50 the nights thing is taking years off my life. I can feel it. So I’m leaving those important but hard shifts to the younger set and getting myself back on a real sleep-eight-hours-a-night schedule. Good luck to everyone!!!
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Post by hannahruth on Jan 14, 2019 8:22:15 GMT
Mine is to increase my walking distance- I don't mind walking but with having leg surgery November last year and now it is summer I haven't been able to return to my previous distance but am trying. It certainly help me maintain my weight and I do feel much better, both mentally and physically when I walk every day.
Good luck to everyone in their healthy habit changes - start small and grow.
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Post by pierkiss on Jan 14, 2019 12:02:57 GMT
Yes! My goal is to lose weight. lol... Yes, yes...I have more specific goals than that vague one. Mine are: -- gym at least one time per week. I know once is nothing, but I've been listening to Phit & Phat and she says to start small, don't say "gym 5 days per week" if you know you wont' do that, because then you're just setting yourself up for failure. So I'm aiming for once for starters, which is an improvement over zero! -- get my step goal (8,000) five days per week. -- no eating after dinner. I want to do the intermittent fasting but I need to read some more first. I'm kind of doing it now -- not eating until lunch -- but not 100% because I absolutely cannot give up sweetened coffee. I can't find a substitute for it. Maybe I'm doing the "intermittent fasting plus sweet coffee" plan. So far none of this has been difficult and I've lost 8 pounds since Jan. 1. Monklady, I am with you on the sweetened coffee! So far this has been my biggest challenge to the IF plan. I really cannot stand how bitter plain coffee is. But I need it! 🤣. I recently switched to natural bliss vanilla almond milk coffee creamer from Almond Joy coffee creamer. I am using 1 tbsp of the vanilla creamer (5 carbs), and adding 2 tbsp of heavy cream (0.8 carbs), which is waaaaaay better than the 7 tbsp I was using of the almond joy creamer (35 carbs! 😱). I will admit, it’s not the best tasting. But that little dash of vanilla almond milk makes it bearable and the cream helps cut the intensity of the butter flavor. I am finding that I don’t love it, but I’m also not sneaking spoonfools of my old creamer either. I haven’t been tempted at all since switching come to think of it. I’m surprised by that.
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Post by pierkiss on Jan 14, 2019 12:06:32 GMT
To answer the OP, I am doing the following:
IF 16:8 Ketogenic diet Treadmill 5 days/week (ideally for 1 hr each time but life happens) This month I am doing the blogilates 100 ab challenge. I am working towards adding in other workouts in the afternoons while my daughter naps but I’m not in shape enough to do it yet.
Having a buddy not my husband has helped enormously. She keeps me on track.
I am having trouble refusing sweets in the evening after dinner. It doesn’t help that it’s Girl Scout cookie season, and we have tons in our house.
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Post by AllieC on Jan 14, 2019 12:32:57 GMT
I’m going to continue my 2018 goal which was some sort of activity each day. I managed 356 days! It wasn’t anything over the top but I did 20-30 minute workouts at home most days with a day each week of stretching/foam rolling or a gentle walk. As a 53 year old with dodgy knees, wrists, elbow etc I’m very happy with what I achieved. The 9 days I didn’t do something were days I was unwell so there were no CBF days I feel fantastic, have dropped 1-2 dress sizes, I’m more toned and I’m happier in my own skin than I’ve ever been. I’ve totally taken focus from anything numbers based - scales, measurements, calories and it’s been so freeing. Im also eating better and in the process have lost about 6kg. I had a knee injury too and was then diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my “good” knee. So my specialist told me to “move it or lose it” and I’ve found that daily activity has helped hugely. So this year I’m doing the same, something active each day and eating good unprocessed food mostly with a few treats thrown in.
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Post by kelly8875 on Jan 14, 2019 12:35:44 GMT
More water, less pop, more active, healthier meal choices ( more meals at home rather than fast food). This is me. Just add water. I’m not giving up pop, but consumption should go down if I have more water. Move more. Small and do-able changes.
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 14, 2019 12:53:50 GMT
Yes! My goal is to lose weight. lol... Yes, yes...I have more specific goals than that vague one. Mine are: -- gym at least one time per week. I know once is nothing, but I've been listening to Phit & Phat and she says to start small, don't say "gym 5 days per week" if you know you wont' do that, because then you're just setting yourself up for failure. So I'm aiming for once for starters, which is an improvement over zero! -- get my step goal (8,000) five days per week. -- no eating after dinner. I want to do the intermittent fasting but I need to read some more first. I'm kind of doing it now -- not eating until lunch -- but not 100% because I absolutely cannot give up sweetened coffee. I can't find a substitute for it. Maybe I'm doing the "intermittent fasting plus sweet coffee" plan. So far none of this has been difficult and I've lost 8 pounds since Jan. 1. Monklady, I am with you on the sweetened coffee! So far this has been my biggest challenge to the IF plan. I really cannot stand how bitter plain coffee is. But I need it! 🤣. I recently switched to natural bliss vanilla almond milk coffee creamer from Almond Joy coffee creamer. I am using 1 tbsp of the vanilla creamer (5 carbs), and adding 2 tbsp of heavy cream (0.8 carbs), which is waaaaaay better than the 7 tbsp I was using of the almond joy creamer (35 carbs! 😱). I will admit, it’s not the best tasting. But that little dash of vanilla almond milk makes it bearable and the cream helps cut the intensity of the butter flavor. I am finding that I don’t love it, but I’m also not sneaking spoonfools of my old creamer either. I haven’t been tempted at all since switching come to think of it. I’m surprised by that. I've read people say they use the heavy cream along with some sugar substitute. I tried it and never found a fake sugar that I like and that's not horribly expensive. I'll give your idea a try! I still have one bottle of Christmas peppermint mocha in the fridge and I don't want to just throw it away. But when that's done I'll take a look at the Natural Bliss ones. I wonder if they make peppermint?
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Post by kibblesandbits on Jan 14, 2019 13:24:02 GMT
I'm working on lowering my LDL Cholesterol. Started in December. No red meat or eggs, and upped my already vigorous exercise plan. Also lowered my salt intake.
I need to go get checked in February so see if this has made any difference. Hopefully! If so, then I'll craft my eating for the rest of the year. Good news with no red meat or eggs I don't seem to be very hungry for much else and have lost a few lbs. Never a bad thing.
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Post by pierkiss on Jan 14, 2019 13:51:35 GMT
Monklady, I am with you on the sweetened coffee! So far this has been my biggest challenge to the IF plan. I really cannot stand how bitter plain coffee is. But I need it! 🤣. I recently switched to natural bliss vanilla almond milk coffee creamer from Almond Joy coffee creamer. I am using 1 tbsp of the vanilla creamer (5 carbs), and adding 2 tbsp of heavy cream (0.8 carbs), which is waaaaaay better than the 7 tbsp I was using of the almond joy creamer (35 carbs! 😱). I will admit, it’s not the best tasting. But that little dash of vanilla almond milk makes it bearable and the cream helps cut the intensity of the butter flavor. I am finding that I don’t love it, but I’m also not sneaking spoonfools of my old creamer either. I haven’t been tempted at all since switching come to think of it. I’m surprised by that. I've read people say they use the heavy cream along with some sugar substitute. I tried it and never found a fake sugar that I like and that's not horribly expensive. I'll give your idea a try! I still have one bottle of Christmas peppermint mocha in the fridge and I don't want to just throw it away. But when that's done I'll take a look at the Natural Bliss ones. I wonder if they make peppermint? I think I saw 6 different flavors at our grocery store. I know they have vanilla and caramel, but I don’t know about peppermint.
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