Marsia's Diary
- Thread starter Marsia
- Start date
Thanks LaMa and Tru! I was so surprised to actually make the 30 pound goal that it didn't sink in until now that I actually did it! J and I were waiting for family at a cafe yesterday and had a really nice long talk about diet and being healthy and all the stuff we learned this year about health. J lost 30 pounds in 3 months and is going to get into body building this year. I am going to get him to help me with free weights, as I am afraid to do them on my own and hurt something (I hurt a deltoid muscle a while back when I chain sawed above my head, and if I lift wrong it gets aggrevated) or just do them wrong so there isn't any benefit. I love having an exercise buddy, so this makes me very happy. I have a lot of toning up to do, so this will be perfect!
I haven't cheated on my diet while at the house of THE best Filipino cook I know - J's mom - and there has been heavy carb and sweet foods galore. I intermittent fasted and ate all things I am supposed to eat, and have discovered that I need a lot of nuts to get the amount of fiber I need, so now just feel phenomenally good because I finally got the hang of what low carb looks like for me and my fiber-loving body. Eating a lot of nuts is so satisfying that I don't want other stuff because I am already eating a treat that I love. So here's to a year full of being a squirrelly nut lover who loses the last 20 or so pounds!
We are going to an Asian grocery store later today because there are some Filipino foods you can't get in Northern Ca that I want to pick up. And we are going to a natural health food store place for body builders for J based on his friend's recommendation who is a body builder. We are both getting along so much better now that we are recovering from bad diet. It's amazing how bad sugar makes you feel, and how great it is to get off it! And it's so nice to have someone to get healthy with and to learn all this with!
I haven't cheated on my diet while at the house of THE best Filipino cook I know - J's mom - and there has been heavy carb and sweet foods galore. I intermittent fasted and ate all things I am supposed to eat, and have discovered that I need a lot of nuts to get the amount of fiber I need, so now just feel phenomenally good because I finally got the hang of what low carb looks like for me and my fiber-loving body. Eating a lot of nuts is so satisfying that I don't want other stuff because I am already eating a treat that I love. So here's to a year full of being a squirrelly nut lover who loses the last 20 or so pounds!
We are going to an Asian grocery store later today because there are some Filipino foods you can't get in Northern Ca that I want to pick up. And we are going to a natural health food store place for body builders for J based on his friend's recommendation who is a body builder. We are both getting along so much better now that we are recovering from bad diet. It's amazing how bad sugar makes you feel, and how great it is to get off it! And it's so nice to have someone to get healthy with and to learn all this with!
Jenniquest
New member
Hope your holidays were full of love and happiness! And congrats on the 30 lbs in 2018. That is truly amazing work!
Thanks Jen! I am trying to start a little weight resistance routine with my hubby - am very sore from the second day of squats and stuff, but it really makes my muscles happy! Just 20 pounds to go, so I want to put in a huge effort and just get the rest of the flab off me! We had a really great time visiting family and are just hanging out doing walks bundled up and with umbrellas in the pouring rain and sitting around by the fire memorizing my kid's play. I feel really good about this year and getting and staying healthy!
Petal001
New member
Marsia your weight loss is amazing . I don't think I lost anything last year overall but it was a horrible year mentally for me and I think I need to be well mentally for the weight loss to follow and I think right now fresh year and old year behind me it's that time .
Glad your enjoying hanging out with family .
Glad your enjoying hanging out with family .
Thanks Petal, LaMa, and Jen!
Petal, I think you did amazing getting an exercise routine started, and I bet it made things less stressful and easier to weather all the things you went through last year. I hate those years where the theme seems to be "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger", but I bet you are a lot stronger now, both physically and mentally!
I feel like this year I am going to work on being confident about myself as a person and seeing if picturing the positive really does work like people say it does. This goes against years of being a pessimist (as a way to cushion the blow in case things go wrong - which doesn't work!) I started being more positive in the last few years and I think that is why I did ok at losing the 30 pounds. But I need to picture more than just losing weight and sticking to my plans. I also need to picture getting more confident and really studying how to do that like I studied weight loss.
I made a buddy pact with Jen for our last 20 or so pounds. Here's my 5 day a week exercise plan:
alternate days of resistance training -
3 sets door pulley pushups - forwards and backwards
50 sit ups
squats - at least 20, more as I get better at these
plank or girl pushups - can't do much of either, just working at it to see if I improve
hand weights as I get less sore from the above exercises
Things Jenni added to try (Thanks Jen!):
"step ups on a chair or stool, stationary lunges, body weight bridges, clamshell exercise, body weight donkey kicks ... I think step ups are a GREAT exercise for resistance and some cardio. They just work the entire lower body."
alternate days of 30 minutes of aerobic exercise or walking - more as I get this down to a routine
or if I don't do either, digging in the garden or clearing vines, which both burn a lot of calories.
Petal, I think you did amazing getting an exercise routine started, and I bet it made things less stressful and easier to weather all the things you went through last year. I hate those years where the theme seems to be "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger", but I bet you are a lot stronger now, both physically and mentally!
I feel like this year I am going to work on being confident about myself as a person and seeing if picturing the positive really does work like people say it does. This goes against years of being a pessimist (as a way to cushion the blow in case things go wrong - which doesn't work!) I started being more positive in the last few years and I think that is why I did ok at losing the 30 pounds. But I need to picture more than just losing weight and sticking to my plans. I also need to picture getting more confident and really studying how to do that like I studied weight loss.
I made a buddy pact with Jen for our last 20 or so pounds. Here's my 5 day a week exercise plan:
alternate days of resistance training -
3 sets door pulley pushups - forwards and backwards
50 sit ups
squats - at least 20, more as I get better at these
plank or girl pushups - can't do much of either, just working at it to see if I improve
hand weights as I get less sore from the above exercises
Things Jenni added to try (Thanks Jen!):
"step ups on a chair or stool, stationary lunges, body weight bridges, clamshell exercise, body weight donkey kicks ... I think step ups are a GREAT exercise for resistance and some cardio. They just work the entire lower body."
alternate days of 30 minutes of aerobic exercise or walking - more as I get this down to a routine
or if I don't do either, digging in the garden or clearing vines, which both burn a lot of calories.
Thanks LaMa! I am having my husband help me as he has been a weight lifter in the past and is good at making sure I am doing things well! I am so happy he will coach me a little!! I think I have to just do some of the things each time on the list for resistance training because the whole list is a little huge for someone so totally out of shape as me!
The whole list is also too many new things to concentrate on. Easier to learn only two things properly, then add the next one once you're sure of the first few.
Jenniquest
New member
I can't wait until I have a garden to dig in! 
Your plan sounds solid. I like the plan of staying positive too. I also need to work at that and tell the Negative Nelly in my head to shut up.
Your plan sounds solid. I like the plan of staying positive too. I also need to work at that and tell the Negative Nelly in my head to shut up.Hi All! I so agree about positivity. It really seems like whatever I focus on happens more in life, so if I am focused on not doing something, it is much harder not to do it, but if I focus on what I want, things get a lot easier and clearer! (I am learning this the hard way as far as social anxiety and focusing on my fears - have finally realized the many ways that really screws things up and focusing on what I want from a situation or what I want to learn is going to get me out of all this anxiety!)
I did resistance today with J coaching me and learned how to do plank and the pulley pushups engaging specific muscles. I didn't do many of them, but did them very slowly and controlled and now have that good, sore, but glowing feeling in my upper body. I am lopsided in plank but that may be because I am guarding my toe that I dropped the shelf on. Hopefully I won't be lopsided when it heals all the way.
Lost a half pound yesterday so I am in the 170s now - super excited about this as I have not been in the 170s for over 13 years! It feels very good, though I don't look any different on the outside.
One thing I am thinking about a lot lately is saving up the time to really concentrate on what I am doing, not rushing from thing to thing so much, but focusing and doing something well when I do it. I think this is because I am getting my health back and the renewed energy is making me savor things more.
It's been very cold and rainy here, but I am dreaming of gardening, too! Now that I cleared a whole big bed under the apple trees of ivy, I look out at the flower bed and plan and dream. It's really nice I did a bed I look at while doing dishes every day - it is really motivating seeing the fruits of my labor every day!
Oh, also today I got up before everyone else and meditated, and it was really calming and nice. And I went to a butcher and got meat for Filipino dishes and for keto. Can't wait to cook this week now - I love meat that is straight from the butcher shop. I got some lovely sausages, too, including venison sausage...
I did resistance today with J coaching me and learned how to do plank and the pulley pushups engaging specific muscles. I didn't do many of them, but did them very slowly and controlled and now have that good, sore, but glowing feeling in my upper body. I am lopsided in plank but that may be because I am guarding my toe that I dropped the shelf on. Hopefully I won't be lopsided when it heals all the way.
Lost a half pound yesterday so I am in the 170s now - super excited about this as I have not been in the 170s for over 13 years! It feels very good, though I don't look any different on the outside.
One thing I am thinking about a lot lately is saving up the time to really concentrate on what I am doing, not rushing from thing to thing so much, but focusing and doing something well when I do it. I think this is because I am getting my health back and the renewed energy is making me savor things more.
It's been very cold and rainy here, but I am dreaming of gardening, too! Now that I cleared a whole big bed under the apple trees of ivy, I look out at the flower bed and plan and dream. It's really nice I did a bed I look at while doing dishes every day - it is really motivating seeing the fruits of my labor every day!
Oh, also today I got up before everyone else and meditated, and it was really calming and nice. And I went to a butcher and got meat for Filipino dishes and for keto. Can't wait to cook this week now - I love meat that is straight from the butcher shop. I got some lovely sausages, too, including venison sausage...
Last edited: