planting trees,.even hedge rows

GrannyMac · January 02, 2022, 08:25:02 AM

I've lost over a stone in the last year. I was so poorly in 2020 I hardly moved some days. But once the leisure centre reopened, plus the charity shop where I volunteer, I upped my activity levels again. We eat sensibly most of the time, but my sweet tooth has been in overdrive at Christmas! Time to get it back in chek.

klondike · January 02, 2022, 08:47:04 AM

I did start using scales about the start of 2021 after I got some Salter ones cheap from Lidl. They connect to a phone and give your weight and lots of other stuff they probably make up (at £12 i don't expect dietician grade) That all gets squirrelled away by the app to fuel a future guilt trip.

It went down by 6lb and I smiled. Then it went back up and I stopped smiling. Going down again now surprisingly and I'm smiling again. Still not down to the previous low and about a stone and a half more than when I was 40.

Perhaps I shouldn't look

Scrumpy · January 02, 2022, 09:41:06 AM

I don't have any bathroom scales.. No point.. I only have to look in the mirror..

klondike · January 02, 2022, 09:51:14 AM

i'd rather look at the scales

Michael Rolls · January 02, 2022, 10:18:30 AM

Quote from: 1955vintage on January 02, 2022, 08:18:07 AM
I was 12st 7 lb at the start of lockdown. This morning I was 15st 8lb.

I need to do something involving exercise and eat less.

It would seem a good idea, sir
Mike

Sheila · January 02, 2022, 11:56:45 AM

My BMI is on the high side of normal but I am just not as fit as I was. It started when I didn't leave the house for six weeks and I haven't really got my strength back. i think this b....y covid has a lot to answer for. I just can't get myself going. I look at exercises on Youtube and think I'll do that but then I don't. I used to do Yoga regularly and started an online class only to discover that I can no longer sit cross legged.

crabbyob · January 02, 2022, 12:02:16 PM

if i have been inactive then the new watch buzzes and a wee man appears doing exercises...lol... so if i am alone i get up and do 50 on the stepper... lol... inside i'm an athelete, but not all the way down to my legs...

klondike · January 02, 2022, 12:10:01 PM

Hmmm.. get up and do 50 on the stepper... lol... inside did you by chance miss off "my head"?

crabbyob · January 02, 2022, 12:15:57 PM

nope, i'm an un-honed athelete... like an un-coiled spring

Scrumpy · January 02, 2022, 12:31:41 PM

I still do my stepper crabbyob.. sometimes.. I reckon I walk to the top of the road and back..

My step in shower packed up on Christmas day.. I have a hand held one in the bath.. bloody thing .. no power at all.. It's been a laugh and a farce.. Today I filled the bath and got in..Didn't enjoy it much because I spent the time HOPING that I would be able to get out..
With much determination and one swift move I got up and out ... I was well chuffed.. Might try it again tomorrow.. If I am brave enough..

Scrumpy · January 02, 2022, 12:40:14 PM

Quote from: Sheila on January 02, 2022, 11:56:45 AM
My BMI is on the high side of normal but I am just not as fit as I was. It started when I didn't leave the house for six weeks and I haven't really got my strength back. i think this b....y covid has a lot to answer for. I just can't get myself going. I look at exercises on Youtube and think I'll do that but then I don't. I used to do Yoga regularly and started an online class only to discover that I can no longer sit cross legged.

b....y covid....

Sheila.. I have filled in the gaps.. is it Bloody ?