Alligatorob's Diary
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alligatorob
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Today was a good day, I ate well, exercised and I feel good tonight. Did an hour and 55 minutes in the gym and am trying to do more aerobics and less but better balance weight lifting. Its a process, but getting better at it.
Yes, bought it a few years ago to serve spaghetti to the grandkids, its my favorite now.That colander would be great even without the glorious filling
Yes it is, something better about anything from your own garden!
Hey, 4 cherry tomatoes is a lot better than none. I did not know your climate was hot enough for tomatoes.
Harvesting at peak ripeness and having it completely fresh would do that
That's good you are getting better at understanding what works well for the body. I'm sure you'll continue to learn lots which will hopefully keep the process interesting.
alligatorob
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It was a good day, I stayed on track all round and feel good tonight. Spent 2 hours and 10 minutes in the gym and am trying to do the more balanced exercises. My calories were fine, but protein came up a little short, too many peaches I guess. I do think I need to better distribute my food throughout the day, too much left to eat in the evenings to make my calories...
Yes, I tend to call the peaches and tomatoes I eat "over ripe", but they really are not, they are exactly ripe. However too ripe and soft to last long after picking, you can't get anything so ripe in a store. Best way to eat them.
Thanks Emily, always good to hear from you. I am doing alright, muddling along a bit. Not quite as happy and excited about it as I was when losing weight, but I am figuring things out.
It is a great colander, originally bought for the grandkids, but they seem to have outgrown it. Fortunately I have not!I missed seeing the actual colander when I first saw that photo. I was in a hurry, in my defenceWhat a great colander!
Thanks Liza, and it is an interesting process, something completely new to me. I have been on many weight loss diets, but all ended regaining weight. This is the lowest I have ever gotten (as an adult), and my first experience with trying maintenance. First time in my life actually.
alligatorob
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It is, I thought about it today and it has been 6 months since I started at the gym. I know I am stronger, lifting heavier and doing a lot more exercises. And I know my form is better. There is no way I could have done what I did today or even close to it 6 months ago. But somehow I don't feel like I am a lot fitter. I see more clearly what I still need to do than I can see accomplishments. It is not discouraging me though, if anything its motivation to keep trying to improve. I am not sure I will ever feel like I have "made it" when it comes to exercise.
Petal001
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Rob I think you are overthinking things . I have a feeling you still want to be that guy at 16 . Keep striving to improve and maintain and get fitter but look at all you have accomplished so far .
I too am fittest I have been in many years and there is loads of room for improvements still . there are days still though I still feel really fat and they motivate me on a bit . Generally though I think we should be happy we have done so well.
I too am fittest I have been in many years and there is loads of room for improvements still . there are days still though I still feel really fat and they motivate me on a bit . Generally though I think we should be happy we have done so well.
alligatorob
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It was a good day, ate well, exercised and I feel good tonight. Did 2 hours and 10 minutes in the gym, balanced exercising getting better at it. I have been eating a lot of garden fresh things, past 2 dinners were spaghetti squash from the garden, tonight it was eggplant and freshly made tomato sauce. Finding a few peaches that survived the freeze, this is a nice big one I picked today, found about a dozen like it.
Tomorrow I may have trouble getting to the gym, lots of other things on the schedule, will see what I can do.
Tomorrow I may have trouble getting to the gym, lots of other things on the schedule, will see what I can do.
I can always count on you Petal to be the voice of reason, ha! And there is truth in what you are saying...
Yeah, I know that feeling, I guess we are the same people we always have been.
Right, I am learning that. I think it also means you don't have to do everything perfectly.
I hope not! But there is something to what you are saying Emily.
Petal001
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Rob it kinds of reminds me of something my husband said to me once few years ago . I was banging on about my weight again , always wanting to be thin. He was probably fed up and said " come on Petal , Kylie Minogue you will never be " I had to laugh . He didn't mean it as an insult to me I would like to point out but that we were so different shapes and builds ( think we same age ) and that I was just fine as me .
That's a lovely looking peach .
That's a lovely looking peach .
alligatorob
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I think some of that can be just how we value ourselves or not--a sort of self-esteem thing. If we are used to just focusing on all the ways we are falling short than we will never get to that place of naturally patting ourselves on the back for a job well done. That's sometimes why the numbers can be helpful, like when we are in losing weight mode we can actually see the number falling and it gives us a reassurance that we are somehow measuring up. But in maintenance mode, that number no longer gives us that feeling...Maybe this is why they say (whoever 'they' are) that we need to learn to love ourselves just as we are. Whatever weight, whatever ability etc. Then we can still have goals of where to go but our self-esteem doesn't rely on it.
alligatorob
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Yesterday was a good day, I ate well, exercised, and felt good. A bit sore from the exercise but good. Did just over 2 hours in the gym, no gym today just yardwork. Got to eat a lot more fresh garden food. The picture is my lunch just before putting into the microwave, all picked just minutes earlier, okra, tomatoes, peppers and a small eggplant.
Thanks Petal, good story, and even better that you are fine as you! Probably better than Kylie.
I considered having it mounted, I have no trophies on my wall, but not for long. It was best eaten.
Really good point Liza, one I still need to come to terms with. When losing weight I think I had this image that there was some magical number that when I reached all would be perfectly revealed or something. It just doesn't work that way, first there really is no precise number, its much more of a range and finding the right range is not as obvious as I thought it would be. And once there nothing new is revealed. Still figuring this out.
alligatorob
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It was a good day, I ate well got exercise and feel good tonight. No gym today, but I did a lot of work in the yard, built some steps into a shed and started a canoe/kayak rack. The hardest work was the digging and rock moving. Spent over 8 hours doing it. Still eating a lot of peaches, but getting close to my protein and fat goals.
One good thing, I had a very nice beer tonight and managed to fit it into my calories. My first beer in probably 6 weeks, and I really enjoyed it. Now that I am a cheap drunk one is enough!
One good thing, I had a very nice beer tonight and managed to fit it into my calories. My first beer in probably 6 weeks, and I really enjoyed it. Now that I am a cheap drunk one is enough!