Getting fitter and trimmer

Fmess

Been away this weekend so food has been awful but walking has been done (14000+ steps per day).

One more week of term and then I'm going to live in the gym and eat soooo healthily

Catcherupper14

Hi all

Could I please join you - I am desperate to do something about my weight and fitness levels.
I am 59 years old and over recent years my weight has crept up to 13 stone 6 lbs from about 8 stone. I am 5' 2" tall. Much of my weight is in the abdominal area.

I had major abdominal surgery some time ago which did not help my fitness and now have moderate hip and leg problems which limit my mobility, although I can walk.

I joined a gym but didn't use it - it's way across town and it always seemed too much effort to get in the car to go.

I have exercises that my physio gave me for my hips and core strength, but I have been neglecting these. I am pretty sedentary too. My diet is pretty poor too most of the time.

My aims - To do the exercises my physio recommended until I am fit enough to go to Pilates classes which start in September. To improve my diet by eating more fruit and vegetables and drinking more water. To walk a mile a day at least (although I will have to work up to this I think).
I'd like to get some good habits going to replace the poor ones. I keep reading about diabetes and want to avoid this as well as the other obesity related illnesses.
If anyone has any advice for me I would be grateful.

dolly84

Catcherupper14 wrote: »

Hi all

Could I please join you - I am desperate to do something about my weight and fitness levels.
I am 59 years old and over recent years my weight has crept up to 13 stone 6 lbs from about 8 stone. I am 5' 2" tall. Much of my weight is in the abdominal area.

I had major abdominal surgery some time ago which did not help my fitness and now have moderate hip and leg problems which limit my mobility, although I can walk.

I joined a gym but didn't use it - it's way across town and it always seemed too much effort to get in the car to go.

I have exercises that my physio gave me for my hips and core strength, but I have been neglecting these. I am pretty sedentary too. My diet is pretty poor too most of the time.

My aims - To do the exercises my physio recommended until I am fit enough to go to Pilates classes which start in September. To improve my diet by eating more fruit and vegetables and drinking more water. To walk a mile a day at least (although I will have to work up to this I think).
I'd like to get some good habits going to replace the poor ones. I keep reading about diabetes and want to avoid this as well as the other obesity related illnesses.
If anyone has any advice for me I would be grateful.

Welcome. I know what you mean about having to travel to the gym, it really needs to be very convenient or it just won't get used. Your hip and leg problems will no doubt improve dramatically if you lose weight, walking is a good start and you can build your speed up as your mobility improves. It might be a good idea to post your food diary on here and let people make suggestions on improving it, sometimes you just need some new ideas.

I have been to the gym this morning, I really didn't feel like it but I was fine whilst there, I will do my 10 mile cycle route tonight but I might drop tomorrow morning's bike ride as I am tired after 6 months of this level of activity and sometimes feel I am not getting the best from my individual workouts. It might be a case of less is more.

Todays menu

B/F 2 x weetabix with soya milk, squash, fruit toast with flora.

Lunch - hm soup, mini bagel, fruit & yoghurt

Tea - bacon, 2 x waffles, beans, fried egg

Snack, fruit, squash

Misty_Blue

Happy Monday, everyone!


Managed to stay under on calories yesterday despite an impromptu lunch out, and a lovely strawberry ice cream cone.

Little Black Dress and Crunch challenges done this morning, plus dog walk. Will do the Abs & Squats challenge stuff later.

Catcherupper14

Thank you, Dolly84, the idea of posting my meal plan is a good one as it will also help me stick to it.


For today - I missed breakfast as I got up late, so I had a morning snack of carrot batons and hummous.
Lunch will be 3 ryvita, the last of some pate, leafy salad with a nectarine or apricot to follow.
Afternoon snack will be an apple, if I feel I need it.
Dinner - jacket potato with a small amount of butter, big salad and chicken leg which I cooked yesterday.


I think this should come to around 1550 calories, as it is based on a weight-loss programme my GP surgery was promoting some time ago. I occasionally suffer from IBS so I try to limit my wheat products as they are the major trigger.


I went shopping this morning and bought mostly organic products as I would like to focus on quality rather than quantity from now on.


I also discovered that the walk to the shop and back is 1.6 miles, so my walking target for this week is 1.6 miles per day. If I don't have shopping to carry I should be able to do a brisk walk there and back.

apple_muncher

Welcome catcherupper! You seem to already have a good plan in place - well done.

Jiggle free day 14 done here and I am definitely getting stronger shoulders + arms. It was 45 squats + 25 burpees + 20 Russian twists, which took me under 5 mins (only by 4 seconds, but still, it was under 5min!)

Then I did 2x the tabata workout 20/10 of: burpee, jumping jack, push up, high knee, jump squat, butt kick, jump lunge, plank, bicycle crunch and mountain climber.

Then I was a sweaty heap!

Food has been better too - finally!
Bfast - cott cheese, pl yog, cinnamon, ground almond
Elevenses - an old friend came over for coffee, so home-mede choc cookies were consumed
Lunch - green soup (5 veg), hm coleslaw (3 veg), 2 hb egg with hm mayo (0 veg!)
Tea - ? Maybe salmon + veg

his_missus

Hi all,


I think I survived the hols without gaining too much weight, will jump on the Wii in the morning. We only ate out 3 times, tried to keep my alcohol intake low and we certainly did plenty of strolling/walking.


I certainly don't have that over-indulged bloated feeling I usually have after a holiday

HelenDaveKids

My weekend went completely Pete tong after a problem at work meant I spent most of my weekend there. Still everything a complete disaster but getting there, must confess to being a little grumpy today as very tired.
Left at 4 today as feared my mood make leak out more than necessary, did reaffirm my belief I have an awesome team though.

Abs blast and body pump tonight, unfortunately my least favourite.

Prudent

I hope your week gets better HDK It is a bit rubbish when works takes over life like that. I had my second massage today and it felt wonderful. I was planning cycling this evening, but its pouring with rain and I have to wait in for someone to collect a bed I put on freecycle. My membership code for the year's membership of the Pilates On demand website has come through today. I will start that tomorrow. The timing is excellent because my flexibility has improved over the last fortnight and my back exercises are becoming easy, so hopefully this will be a good next step.

YORKSHIRELASS

Catcherupper14 wrote: »

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I also discovered that the walk to the shop and back is 1.6 miles, so my walking target for this week is 1.6 miles per day. If I don't have shopping to carry I should be able to do a brisk walk there and back.

Hi and welcome. Dont underestimate the power of regular walking, thats how I started out when I hadnt done any exercise for ages and it did me so much good. Remember that every step you take is getting you healthier and fitter and just build it up slowly.

I feel awful now because I was up at 5 am with DS1 who isnt too well. Glad I ran at 6 am because no way could I do any exercise now! Have had a nice roast chicken and loads of veg for tea. Going to keep pottering about now doing a bit of cleaning because if I sit down I will fall asleep!