[Jié Xī]

Main Quest: Don't Gain Weight from now until January 10 (and lose the little I gained over this Thanksgiving weekend)

 

Side Quest:  Practice Tai Chi Sword (3x a week minimum)

 

Side Quest: Lift Weights (4x a week minimum)

 

 

Main Quest.

 

I've been struggling to get out of the 160's for months. Months and months and months. (Technically about 2 years. But let's not go there.) I finally hit 159 mid November, then shot back up to 163. Then back to 159 right before thanksgiving. I'm sure I'm up again . . . but I refuse to get on the scale. Need a few more days between Thanksgiving and now. Once I'm back at 159, I am hoping to maintain that from now through the Christmas holiday. If I can actually lose some too, that would be cool. But if I can just enter 2023 in the 150's even if it's 159, I'll be stoked. 

 

Side Quests.

 

Tai Chi Sword and Weight Lifting. Basically just trying to be consistent. I do both about 2-3x a week. I would like to get that to 4-6x a week. I would love for it to become so second nature that I actually notice when I don't workout (and miss it!) rather than, late at night, realizing, oh, man, I forgot to workout again. 

 

My life is a bit out of the norm right now (have family visiting), but I will have my house to myself again come next week (Dec 5th).  At that time, it'll be much easier to get back into my normal routine (less food in the house, less junk food in the house, less eating out). So this week, I'm trying to get back to 159, but there's still several more "family eating events" between now and then. I've been upping my workouts to try and compensate. I'm glad my December social calendar is pretty empty after this coming weekend, lol.

 

 

 

 

[Jié Xī]

Eating today went well. I was going to lift weights this afternoon but then forgot. Then this evening I took my littles roller skating for the first time. I haven't been on skates in forever. Of course I fell (trying to help the 4 year old back up after he fell) right on my tailbone at the beginning of the two hours. I then spent the rest of the evening bent over to stabilize the walker/trainer thing that my son was holding on to. Drove home (half an hour) by the time I got home my body was ridiculously stiff and in pain. I've taken an 800 ibuprofen and am now allowing my back massager to kneed my back. As I was closing the van door, my shoulder screamed in pain. I have no idea why. I didn't hurt my shoulder (that I know of).  I can only assume that it was because that was the arm I used to help my son to his feet every time he fell. Point is, I would have lifted weights this evening but today is upper body. 

 

I feel like I shouldn't be in this much pain, lol.

 

Must be getting old.

 

Sigh. 

[Harriet]

Tai chi sword sounds cool. Do you have an actual sword?

Yikes, I hope the back and shoulder clear up! And good luck keeping the weight stable over the delicious season.

[Jié Xī]

3 hours ago, Harriet said:

Tai chi sword sounds cool. Do you have an actual sword?

Yikes, I hope the back and shoulder clear up! And good luck keeping the weight stable over the delicious season.

 

I have very realistic prop swords (Tai Chi style even with tassels). This way I don't have to worry about my littles while I exercise. Don't want a Wheel of Time situation, lol. 

Barely got some sleep last night due to the shoulder pain. It is still VERY sore. But my back, ironically, is fine. Thanks!

[KB Girl]

It’s not the getting old, it’s just that kids are bad for your physical health 😂

[Jié Xī]

So, family left and after 2 days of good eating, I dropped 4 of the 11 pounds I gained. I'm actually feel much more positive that I can get back to my pre-Thanksgiving weight by Christmas Eve. 

 

My shoulder is getting better every day, so I will probably resume weight lifting today or tomorrow. I also need to get back into Tai Chi which I had only just added to my routine when family came to visit for 6 weeks so of course it immediately fell by the wayside. 

 

After practically living between 166 and 172 for the last 5 years, entering January at 159 feels incredibly motivational and like 2023 will definitely be the year that I get back to goal. 

[Harriet]

On 12/8/2022 at 7:28 PM, Magdalena Ravenclaw said:

So, family left and after 2 days of good eating, I dropped 4 of the 11 pounds I gained. I'm actually feel much more positive that I can get back to my pre-Thanksgiving weight by Christmas Eve. 

 

Wow, that was quick!

 

On 12/8/2022 at 7:28 PM, Magdalena Ravenclaw said:

My shoulder is getting better every day, so I will probably resume weight lifting today or tomorrow. I also need to get back into Tai Chi which I had only just added to my routine when family came to visit for 6 weeks so of course it immediately fell by the wayside. 

 

After practically living between 166 and 172 for the last 5 years, entering January at 159 feels incredibly motivational and like 2023 will definitely be the year that I get back to goal. 

 

Excellent. Best of luck and enjoy the lifting.

[Jié Xī]

I finally did a full upper body workout tonight. I only did one set of reps (instead of my normal two), but fear of injury and/or pain has been holding me back. But I did the reps and no pain. So assuming I don't fear horrible pain tomorrow, I should be able to resume my regular workouts. Yay!