October Healthy Living Thread

[DrownedFishOnFire]

October already here? Wow

I am curious if those photos are happening in your corner of the world during this month?

My weight tend to shoot right up when my body is in the sugary food craving mode. I think I was a bear in the previous life so my goal this month is definitely to lose at least two pounds instead of gaining the usual 20 at this time of the year. Yes even if I sniff a cookie I gain a pound 😂

continue to drink water

make an appt with the new PCP for the annual physical that is overdue. 😳

What are your goals for October?

@Livelife @Lane @KM76710 @A_J_R @johnDoen @HappyKitty @BlueGreen @Pebble mouse

 

[DrownedFishOnFire]

For future tagging reference how many people can we tag in a post?

 

[Pebble mouse]

Thanks for the tag!

I am so annoyed! I lost 20kg, which was great. Then I put 10 back on, and I was just eating a normal diet. Not an excess of junk at all! It's so damn frustrating. It seems the only way I can maintain or even better lose weight is by being on a semi-starvation diet. In the long run, that can't be maintained. IDK what I will do.

Oh, and the thing that really pisses me off is that there are people out there, like my brother for instance, that can eat whatever they want and stay in good shape. Not fair!!

 

[Lane]

Thanks for the tag @DrownedFishOnFire . Yes, October generally looks like your pics but it's been kind of warm so it's taking a little bit longer getting there. Here's a pic I took last week.

My goal is to get my butt back to the gym, heck I pay for it every month! And keep drinking water too 👀.

You can tag 8 people at a time. @Witty⭐️Sarcasm ⭐️ @Sunspots @extraterrestrialone @Lady Wolfshead @JMG @cymbele @Auri tagging you all in case you were interested in posting about healthy habits this month. 😄

 

[Lane]

Thanks for the tag!

I am so annoyed! I lost 20kg, which was great. Then I put 10 back on, and I was just eating a normal diet. Not an excess of junk at all! It's so damn frustrating. It seems the only way I can maintain or even better lose weight is by being on a semi-starvation diet. In the long run, that can't be maintained. IDK what I will do.

Oh, and the thing that really pisses me off is that there are people out there, like my brother for instance, that can eat whatever they want and stay in good shape. Not fair!!

What about lots of fruits n veggies? But I hear ya about people who can eat whatever they want! 🙄😆

 

[Sunspots]

I lost 20kg, which was great. Then I put 10 back on

I hear you. I lost 24lbs in June/July and have put 19 back on.
Although unlike you I have been eating and drinking anything that isn't nailed down.

To be honest I'm not in a good place right now and I know I'm comfort eating.

 

[Lane]

I hear you. I lost 24lbs in June/July and have put 19 back on.
Although unlike you I have been eating and drinking anything that isn't nailed down.

To be honest I'm not in a good place right now and I know I'm comfort eating.

Im sorry that you're having a hard time right now @Sunspots .

 

[JMG]

Tysm for the tag @Lane I'm so glad this thread was brought to my attention cos I do have something fairly positive to say in terms of a good success for me over the last month with exercise, which is that I did at least 20 or more mins of walking for over half the days of the month! Ya, it's the most I did in a single month for the whole year, my second best was in January so ya it's been hard getting the motivation. A big thing that is helping me stay more motivated with it is keeping in mind that when I've done a walk, especially out in the fresh air, that it helps my mood not go down so much. I definitely want and need my mood to stay as up as it possibly can cos ultimately I am all I really have.

My goals are basically to get at least as much exercise as I did last month, and eat a lot less and a lot healthier. I know what you mean Pebble about the "semi-starvation" diet, whenever I've eaten a significantly less amount of food for even a week or 2 I do notice quite a big diff. in how my body looks. Makes me wish so hard that it could be sustainable cos then I think I'd be looking better and much more attractive, but I agree it's utterly unsustainable and horrible to feel starved like that.

Sorry to those who lost weight and then gained it back, you absolutely have my deepest sympathy with that cos I know how frustrating it often is. For me I always end up thinking to myself "dammit, if I'd just kept on doing what I was doing I'd still be that nicer, more comfortable and lower weight" and I feel so filled with regret for all the less-than-ideal food and exercise choices I've made up to that point. In a weird way it's also ultimately what ends up motivating me to eat better though. Slowly introducing healthier foods in place of the "bad" foods is a good way to go I think. I make myself eat some carrots pretty much every day, have tried so hard to "enjoy" them, I think I do at least a bit more than I once did I'm glad to say. I wish you guys the best of luck with losing the weight again, and then some! You did it before and you can do it again, I sincerely and very lovingly believe in you

 

[Livelife]

Thank you for the October post. In my area if leaves turn a little yellow, and trees lose leaves that's our fall, Lol. I love seeing the fall pictures from other parts of the country.
I had my annual last week, or what passes for one now.
I just want to keep on consistently working out several times a week in class and add in walking, not just a dog walk everyday with my old ones.
Water is a daily push but I've been getting in 2 Liters along with other fluids, supposed to be doing at least 3-4.

 

[KM76710]

Having to go in to work this next 5 days will be work and a work out, non stop movement through out the day racing all around the building.

 

[cymbele]

I found I was plateauing my weight at 1500 cal/day. I have to go down to about 1200 to lose weight.
I have taken myself off the weight surgery path. Other than the fact that I had to lose 20 lbs in order to have the surgery I was projected to lose only 25 pounds more if I had the surgery. I lost another 5 doing the 1200 cal/day plan. Then i started eating junk again. But I can reform. I did it recently. I should be able to do it again.
It's such a struggle. But I did it to myself.

 

[HappyKitty]

I keep comparing my weight as opposed to someone who is taller and have a healthier weight than I am and hell, yea, comparing always makes you feel worse. I would cry. I am in real life borderline obese and has always been trying to always fix my 'sleep, eat and weight' back and forth. Somedays, I can panic about this feeling desperate. I would also compare to my cousin or anyone who doesn't eat veggies and such, that the difference between me and them despite my insomnia, I am strangely manageable, they can get sick a lot. I am just proud for taking care of myself seriously well like I have said this many times but I did exercise incrementally and have mindful eating that I would eat more than I exercise yet I wouldn't force myself when my hunger cues isn't always on time. You following? Even if my weight is at 'crisis,' I am being gentle. I was at 76kg earlier this year and no matter how slow I go, I can continue so I keep going till I dropped down to 70kg half of this year. This is a much better progress for me to maintain the weight lost.

(My inner me just like - please don't judge me. I know, there are tall people who is 179cm and 65kg. I know. I know.)

My past fitness routine fail cause its like:
Walk
Gym
Repeat
.. Boring

Now I enjoy my fitness routine like:
Zumba Cardio
Aqua fitness
Swimming
Gym
Walk
.. And doing it as stress reducers. That sometimes intentions needed to change and not by force.

PS, I just enjoy doing HiiT. I really like the way I exert my energy till I hit a higher heart rate as its one of the ways for me to know that I feel really satisfied when you're out of breath or out of saliva even.

 

[Lane]

At work it's a mile around the complex, so during our 2 breaks we walk halfway around and fully around at lunch. Hopefully this counts 😆

 

[DrownedFishOnFire]

My back/spine has been giving me some trouble lately (way overdue for an steroid injection) so my dear mother who is in town visiting insisted that i try her CBD lotion. LOL that just made me laugh so she applied it on my back and the entire day we go shopping visiting tons of stores for random stuff we needed (she cant drive and uses public transit so it was more for her needs) by the end of the day i declared i did enough excerise and the pain was still the same as yesterday and when i showed my dear mother how hot my spine was feeling relative to my other areas of the back vs this morning: she accepted it did not work like it does for her pain and we did alot of shopping yesterday as well too.

 

[Witty_Sarcasm]

I walked for a few miles yesterday. But I keep buying crap I don't need so that's a loss.

 

[Pebble mouse]

But I keep buying crap I don't need so that's a loss.

Yeppers, can relate. I think I must be amazons best customer. I am constantly buying stuff. I really can't justify the money I go through. That's the BPD right there, impulsiveness I mean.

 

[A_J_R]

I am still doing CrossFit. I did my first triple digit lift last week: 120 lb deadlift. Today I did an 85 lb backsquat, so my strength is improving. Although I'm taking more days off now. I've been feeling kind of isolated and closed off, and it's been incredibly hard to motivate myself, even after having some success.

My treadmill has been fixed, so I'm hoping to incorporate a little more walking after this month, when my schedule clears up a bit. We'll see. Again, feeling kind of unmotivated.

 

[Livelife]

I have put a hold on working out for 3 weeks while getting this TMJ and Trgeminal nerve issue resolved..I hope to be back working out in a week or so. Still walking and gentle yoga accommodating the areas of discomfort. Able to start eating solid soft foods again

 

[Livelife]

How's everyone doing? Happy Halloween. I'm still off of working out with jaw issue but walking and working on getting calories in.