June Healthy Living and Weight Loss

I saw my doctor on Wednesday and had a bunch of bloodwork done. He was pleased with my weight loss and said all of my labs looked good.

I need to continue to focus on my protein intake and eat less junk. I had gluten this week and can definitely tell that I did!

I just did a few arm exercises tonight. I know I sound like a broken record, but I need to focus on my upper arms - I know I'll never have Michelle Obama arms, but I'd like just a little definition instead of wobbly bits!

I've been intending to get involved with this thread, and intended to do it yesterday for the first day of the month.... already failed at that. lolol  

I've been going back and forth with weight loss over the past year or so, but a few months ago I decided that was ridiculous and finally put my foot down. Since March I've lost 14 pounds, which isn't a lot maybe, but I'm happy. Every week the scale has been going down even if it only half a pound. 

I've stopped drinking coffee (covid changed my taste buds and now coffee tastes disgusting) which means I gave up all that sweetened creamer. I liked a lot of it, and I never liked the sugar free ones. So that immediately cut out a bunch of daily calories. I also seem to have lost desire for wine. I never drank a lot of it but I had switched to making a wine cooler with diet tonic. But even that doesn't appeal to me now. So odd. But, that cut out wine calories. So with those two things gone I was bound to lose a little weight. 

Then I also just cracked down on eating, and made myself eat more vegetables.  Dh and I have been trying to have salads for dinner at least twice each week, changing out the protein each time (grilled chicken, or fish, or tuna...etc.) This has been good because I hate to cook and making salads is not cooking. haha I don't even make his, I just set out all the salad stuff and we assemble our own. 

The biggest change I've been trying to do is add exercise. ugh. I don't really like walking unless I'm with someone. I try to go once a week with a friend (we have a regular Sunday morning time that dates back to when we both had dogs who were good friends, and we've kept it up even though both dogs are now on the Rainbow Bridge   )... But the other days it's just me. ugh again. And now with the weather getting hot I have to go really early. I'm always awake early but I don't necessarily want to get dressed and go out at that time. 

So I'm planning to rejoin my local community center gym, which is a five minute drive from my house. It's incredibly cheap for anyone over 55 years old -- $60 for the entire year! In the past I have managed to read on my Kindle while on a treadmill but it's kind of a pain to keep one hand up near the Kindle to turn the pages. Well... I just joined a Kindle FB group where I learned about this little remote page turner gizmo. You clip it to the side of your Kindle and the remote thing is in your hand. I've tested it at home and I'm thinking this will be a game changer for the gym! I can use it on the treadmill, and maybe on a bike (the recumbant ones). 

So that's my plan... I'm thinking to go to the gym at least four times per week. That doesn't seem unreasonable, especially considering how close it is to my house. I could even easily walk although the problem then is that I have to walk home after all the exercise. haha We will see...  

This is a perfect thread for me to jump into as I am making some lifestyle changes. I am 48 and never had a mammo and haven't had an annual exam in 11 years. A few people that I know recently were diagnosed with breast cancer and all of them were told that they caught it early and had a good prognosis. So I made appointments last month. First was the mammo and I have to go back next week for a diagnostic mammo and breast ulstrasound to look at 3 masses they saw. Following week was my annual exam and they did bloodwork. My platelet count was high, my cholesterol is borderline high and my liver enzymes are 3x higher than normal. I am hoping the liver enzymes was because about a week prior I was taking nasal decongestant. Next week they are going to recheck and if still elevated I need to have a liver u/s. I am sure my mammo  will be fine but all of this has been a wake up call for me that I need to start prioritizing my health. 

Ideally I would like to lose 45 pounds but would be happy when I have lost 30. My goals for this month is to workout at least 4 times per week, eat healthier and drink 2 40 oz tumblers daily. I am hoping to do better but my 12yo dd plays softball so the month of June has a lot of games. 

I am also hoping to cut down my daily 5 cans of Diet Coke. Baby steps...

I haven't participated in this thread for a while, but I would like to start as I really need to start focusing on my eating habits and my health more. It's been a rough few years for me, and I have picked up some really bad habits and been way too lazy.

I am turning 61 in a week, and I decided that I am going to walk at least 61 miles in the month of June. My goal is to walk most of it outside and not on a treadmill, so that means I will mostly have to get my lazy butt out in the morning before work. Once I get home from work, it's usually too hot and humid. I did two miles yesterday morning before work, but today it was threatening rain, so I didn't do it. Which means now I will have to go out after work. I guess I will just take an umbrella because there is a chance of rain this afternoon, too.

I am still plugging away. Getting all my daily steps in but have been slacking on strength training. Once I get out of the habit it is really hard for me to get back into it. But I am going to the gym after work today!

I tend to go in spurts with weight loss. I will maintain the same weight for over a month then all of a sudden drop a couple of pounds.

jeremysgirl that is great on not having a cigarette.

Laurie great job on stepping up and realizing how important your health is.

As many of you may know, I've been taking Wegovy since last April. For the most part, sulphuric burps have been my worst symptom. Fortunately, with time, they seem to have gone away for the most part, until today. 😭

I mostly eat chicken and I've cut back a lot of my red meat consumption. I defrosted some homemade vegetable beef soup last night, and I ate some today for lunch, along with some grilled cheese. My stomach hasn't felt so unhappy in ages. I need to figure out if it was the combination of meat and vegetables, the beef stew meat, the vegetables, the gluten + dairy from the grilled cheese, or if entire thing was to blame. I hate playing food detective!

My weight has been under 200 for than a month straight, but I've been moving around between 194-198 for the past few weeks. Here's hoping it starts going in a consistent downwards direction soon!

Woohooo on going part time!

Im avoiding this thread. I am gaining weight. Stress. Drinking my calories. Lots of excuses but not doing much to change it.

Wegovy may help with your blood pressure - it appears that many people have seen a reduced BP after taking it.

I don't know how bad the shortages are for the lower doses, but it may be wise to fill the .25 dose now, and then go ahead and get a .5 dose filled when you get back from your trip. Some people suggest getting 3 doses lined up before you start, so you don't have any issues with continuity of care.

I started Wegovy in April 2023, so I was fortunate to not have any time periods where I couldn't get the medicine, but I did jump up to 1.7 because of a shortage of 1.0. (I had thought about staying at 1.0 for a few months, but after a month or two on it, bumped up because of the shortage - I didn't go straight from .5 to 1.7! 🤣)

We've had quite a few family stressors...some good and some not so good. In spite of that, DH and I have committed to having two vegetarian meals during the week and more salads with our meals on the weekends. So far, it's working and we've been trying a bunch of new recipes.

I'm still doing "Get Fit with Rick" and I am now obsessed over closing the fitness rings on my phone every day. Sometimes it gets done before lunch and other days not until just before dinner. I work up a good sweat and he is so positive and energetic that my mood seems to improve quickly.

Everyone keep at it! We can do this!

I quit my previous trainer last month. Partly money, partly diverging goals. I was with her almost 18 months and learned a lot. But I was ready to get back to heavy lifting, so I joined Jason and Lauren Paks RISE program and I'm definitely enjoying it. They focus on the big lifts and I'm really looking forward to getting some PRs.
I'm turning 55 next month and I would love to have a 100 pound deadlift with a 125 max out before then

NSV today - I fit into a size 12 pair of Talbots bootcut jeans I purchased in 2019! 🎉

I have 2 pairs of the bootcut jeans in size 14, but I think they were cut differently, either because I purchased one pair from the main store and the other from the outlet or I purchased one pair in 2019 and one in 2024. One pair still fits well, while the other is roomy enough that I didn't need to use the zipper or button yesterday, which is why I tried the 12s on today.

I still have a ways to go, but progress is progress!