Marsia's Diary

"Becoming disciplined"? I might try that! I will make that phone call very soon. It does help to practise what you are going to say. I often do that. I will do it very soon :)
 
cate said:
"Becoming disciplined"? I might try that! I will make that phone call very soon. It does help to practise what you are going to say. I often do that. I will do it very soon :)
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If we don't start to see weight loss, maybe we should do a couple keto days a week or something!
 
It's very frustrating, so I will try almost anything at this stage!
It would take days of very low carb eating though to get into ketosis I think. I have never really checked it out.
 
cate said:
It's very frustrating, so I will try almost anything at this stage!
It would take days of very low carb eating though to get into ketosis I think. I have never really checked it out.
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I think I will research this a little and see if it is something we can do intermittently or if you have to not eat any fruit or carbs for a week or something!
 
Intermittent keto doesn´t exist. It takes at least several days for most people to get into ketosis (Tru´s your expert here, she´s posted several interesting links in the past) and you get out of it as soon as you eat something carb heavy. Which is not to say you can´t do low-carb intermittently, just that you won´t reach ketosis, which is its own thing. I´ve come across people cutting out carbs in the evening (eating them normally for breakfast, a bit less for lunch and very little or none for dinner) with the reasoning that since they won´t be moving much during the night they don´t need quick energy and unused carbs get stored as fat very easily. Never looked into it seriously myself.
 
Good to read your up date Marsia . Well done on the running and on the gym work . Pleased to hear your mum is enjoying is and getting something beneficial .

Once I decided to do the Atkins diet . I lost serious weight in a few days but of course I didn’t stick to it . I quickly put it all back on but I think some carb free days are probably not a bad idea or certainly low carb .

The beck solution recommends picking one plan and sticking to it and if that does not work have a back up plan .
I think myself eat less move more seems to be the answer on most forums . I think we will eventually see results
 
Ok, I think you all are right. Less food, more exercise it is! I am increasing how much I run on the treadmill slowly and will increase to 40 minutes a day after that. I also need more days of exercising, and have a ton of yard projects waiting for me, so time to transplant some huge pots of plants and dig holes for miniature fruit trees and things like that. My back has been bugging me, so have to start out slow on those things. Maybe I should sneak in some yoga.

I am having that thing where when you start an exercise plan, the rest of the day seems to slip by and all I get done is work and exercise, and no nice things like yard work or doing art, and I am alternating cooking days with cleaning, so the house is sort of a mess. Also I got a little blue from finding out about my old friend becoming an alcoholic and my other friend who I just visited is about to lose his job do to a company buyout and he has very few job skills and loved his job. So I am seeing 2 very old dear friends who I have known over 30 years really struggle, and I have been just trying to let go and not be so sad about their hard times. I know I can only do my best, and am trying to just be relaxed about life, but I really struggle with the need to help people when really they have to help themselves. There's nothing I can do really.

I have been looking at baby bat pics on the web and cheering myself up with that. I love bats! Also there are baby raccoons in the yard in the evening now. They are little fuzzy bundles of happiness!!

Ok, so weight plateau, you are telling me to exercise more and measure all my food carefully! Time to go to the gym - my mom has a morning swim class. So, so happy she is going!!!
 
Wish I could upload pics of a baby bat I rescued one night from my bedroom .
Marsia sorry to hear you are troubled . It’s hard when we can’t help people . I struggle that way too .
Please do some of the stuff you enjoy doing like your art and your yard work . It is great For the soul
 
Hi Petal! Thanks, you are right! I am going to head to my garden now and make spots for my 2 mini fruit trees.

Would love to see your baby bat pic!!! I rescued a humming bird from inside the house once - my cat brought him in. When I got him outside, he perched on the hood of my sweat shirt and my daughter got nice pictures of him.

I went to the gym and finished my 30 minutes of treadmill and there was a class on my hydraulic weight machines, and they stretched and did a little cardio, too. They asked me to join them, and it was really fun and tiring. I had to leave early because my mom didn't have anything to do while I was in that class, but next time we will time it so I can stay for the whole class. I am going to be sooo sore, I can tell already. It was just so nice being around people who love to exercise!

Ok, off to the garden to putter and be happy!!!
 
Finding people you enjoy exercising with is great! I agree with Petal: make sure you do fun things. If only because stress hormones make it harder to lose weight. So enjoy that garden time!
 
If you have keto or exercise questions, throw them at me and I will get back to you on them.
 
Thanks everyone! I really feel a lot freer having worked out that sometimes you can't help people, and that actually trying to help someone with something they need to learn to do for themselves may actually be the opposite of help. It made me realize that the bad times in people's lives make them stronger and more resilient and resourceful and that if my friends ever needed a place to stay I would let them stay here until they could get on their feet again. So I can be a safety net in that way, but sitting around worrying about them isn't doing anyone any good.

And being in my garden got me so enthused. I saved a bunch of broken concrete (a neighbor's whole old driveway) and am going to build raised beds in my veggie garden as the gophers, skunks, barn cats, raccoons, and banana slugs all get my new sprouts otherwise. I worked out how to put chicken wire mesh on the bottom so the gophers don't just dig their way up and eat the plant from the bottom. It's a foggy fog bank out there right now, so it'll be nice and cool for digging and chopping stuff away. My fence fell down around my garden, too, so the deer can get in, so I am going to have us save up for a new nice page wire fence that is nice and high and that I can grow grape vines up.

I think all the exercise yesterday got my brain happy!
 
Exercise outside, especially doing something constructive is manna to my soul. What a wonderful day. You have inspired me to get outside & do some gardening today, Marsia xoxo
 
Last night we went to open mike and it was an anniversary for the venue, so there was a huge turn out and someone even sang a song about the participants that play there, including my daughter who was mentioned in a line of the song. She sang a song we wrote about grandma driving that was funny and happy and people really liked it. Really fun night and a couple of the musicians now bring their daughters to sing accompaniment after seeing my daughter perform up on stage. It's just a really special, supportive place with amazing musicians, most of whom perform professionally, so it's also amazing music.

Weighed in and I am within .2 lbs of my lowest weight, so relaxing and having fun really helps! I may lose the 2 pounds I am hoping for this month!
 
That sounds lovely! A venue where musicians feel fine putting their own daughters on stage sounds like a good space.
 
Marsia well done on being near the low weight ! You will get there .
The night out sounds like fun . One thing I have noticed from reading all your diaries is my life feels pretty boring . Think it's from being in the middle of the country perhaps. Last night I watched tv lol . Although I'm out next Friday for Chinese ( not my favourite but it's a get together ) and I have a weekend away the following weekend .
 
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