I'm really enjoying running, though! And eating.
I bought rosemary so I can make focaccia.
I wish I had a huge, flourishing herb garden.
I was dreading getting away from the gym treadmill, where I have always done all of my running. It turns out that not only to I like running out in the world, but I'm a bit faster. That was a surprise. (Turns out that setting the treadmill speed wasn't enforcing a fast pace; it was keeping me from easily changing to a faster pace.)
I still haven't quite got it worked out that I run as often as I did when I was going in to the city to work. And I am too close to my home refrigerator.
You're in luck. Most of the world is not-treadmill (except metaphorically).
But the parts that are treadmill get reused over and over again.
Treadmills are so good for the environment. What if they were like film reels and single use? the waste!
I'm pretty sure they used the same sex education film reel for decades at my school. It featured a zookeeper as a way to segue into talking about penises.
Well, when a daddy zookeeper loves a mommy zookeeper very much, they go into the penguin hut and make whoopee.
We did a condom-on-banana demonstration for our kids last week. The seven year old was very confused.
OP: I'm up six or eight quarantine pounds depending if you count from my minimum or where I was when quarantine started, two above min.
I'm having a drink or two every day. I used to have days where I didn't drink because I had evening events to drive to but now it's the same goddamn thing every day.
I hate exercise that's just effort for the sake of exercise- I need to be focused on some other goal (going somewhere, chasing an object.) I got plenty by biking to work or playing/coaching hockey. I hate running, exercise videos, basically anything that's an option now. Supposedly they're opening tennis courts soon so that will help.
And of course I ate the banana afterwards.
re 12: I think I've put on about 5lb strictly from zoom beers.
The zookeeper had a better reason for having seen a wide variety of penises than the gym teacher.
SP I feel you, one thing you could try is scheduling Zoom sessions to do pushups or situps with some person or people you know, make it a social thing at least
I am also v glad you ate the banana, a good banana is nothing to waste.
Last time I checked (which was a while ago) I actually had lost weight. Probably losing muscle mass, though.
I'm afraid to step on the scale. I know I've gained some pandemic pounds (8? 10? 12? I'm afraid to find out) - after losing 50 pounds a couple of years ago, and keeping it off until the recent lockdown. Too much banana bread*, too much wine, not enough walking because it feels like there's nowhere to go.
I keep telling myself I'll get back to my 70-90K-steps-per-week Fitbit regime once the warm weather hits. Expecting snow flurries tonight.
*I can't take credit for it, it's a recipe from Canadian Living magazine, but I use a recipe that really does make the best ever banana bread. You "marinate" the mashed bananas in buttermilk (with baking soda) for at least 5-10 minutes, and it produces a very tender loaf with mellowed out banana flavour.
I've been carting a 5 month old up and down three flights of stairs 15 times a day. My weight is only down slightly, but my quads embiggened and now my pants droop.
I've been carting a 5 month old up and down three flights of stairs 15 times a day. My weight is only down slightly, but my quads embiggened and now my pants droop.
19 Same. I don't have much appetite when during the day when sober. I'd probably lose a lot more if I quit drinking, less because of the liquid calories and more because I tend to binge eat when I'm drunk.
And now I'm up before 4 am for a very early morning walk along the corniche.
I don't even know what that's a euphemism for.
And of course I ate the banana afterwards.
No wonder the 7yo was confused.
I would think it's pretty obvious.
The 2 meal a day plan* is at least working to probably keep things steady or slight creep up (no scale here). But definitely losing muscle tone despite regular erging (indoor rowing). And the machine has itself has become an object of intense fear and loathing.
Biggest excursions are rage eating binges. Which are far too common given the fertile grounds for rage presented to one.
so much missing of my bike commute, i don't love rides-for-rides-sake as much. and mourning the pool, so painful. hovering around 2-3 lbs above before-times weight, but the major difference is general splodging out due to weeks of ill health and now disrupted usual routine of bike commute and swimming a mile 3x/week. depressing but eh not the *most* depressing thing these days.
in the normal course we cook nearly everything ourselves, so if anything we are buying takeout more often than usual, in order to support local restaurants. have been baking an extra loaf each time i make bread, and then giving to friends, which has been joyful.
I'm down eight pounds since this started. When I'm feeling positive I decide it's because I'm not eating a huge lunch at the work cafeteria, which is good. When I'm feeling negative I assume it's all muscle loss because I haven't been doing any weightlifting in two months. and that's bad. Probably some of both, but it's amazing how contingent my feelings about it are.
Weight is holding steady BUT this is the time of year where I usually drop a few vanity pounds effortlessly and it looks like I'm going to actually have to do something about it. Grrr.
go into the penguin hut and make whoopee
At least they'll be ready if they ever go on The Newlywed Game.
I'm pretty stable. Eating (and drinking) more but also exercising more, which seems to balance out. I think all the exercising is a neurotically superstitious reaction to the pandemic -- if I am a Healthy Person I won't get sick -- but as neuroses go it's pretty harmless.
My family have gone vegan, initially without buy-in from me, but now I'm finding myself drawn along inexorably in their wake, except for cheese, butter and the occasional can of fish. Adding a ton of chilli to everything helps. We've largely stopped eating takeaway food. Am also finding myself needing to get out on the bike every day, despite being extremely physically lazy, if I want to avoid Lockdown Grogginess. Something something oxygenation. As a result, my spare tire is now unexpectedly shrinking. In conclusion, heebie is Doing It Wrong.
I've gained about 9-10 lbs since Christmas, after losing about 66 lbs over the previous year. About 2lbs of that was Christmas weight gain, then I stabilised, and then I've gained the other 7 lbs or so since the quarantine began. I started calorie counting in earnest again, and my calorie intake isn't insane. I'm probably averaging 2000-2200 a day, which, for a 200lb+ adult man, is not excessive. I suspect my metabolism is a bit fucked up, and enforced sedentism is making it worse.
i) I've stopped smoking (not just an appetite suppressant, I also had to walk quite a long way, and climb several flights of stairs each time I wanted a cigarette)
ii) No gym (which means no weight training)
iii) Much less daily cardio via commuting.
iv) I have a torn shoulder muscle, which makes a lot of bodyweight training difficult to do.
I'm still doing a tiny bit of bodyweight training, but I can't do a lot. I still walk 10,000 steps or so most days -- checking my Fitbit, I'm on about 13,000 at 7pm today -- but that's a 50% or more decrease on my usual.
Pants have gotten looser because no more unlimited office snacks / kombucha on tap. This despite drinking slightly more.
Weight has been stable. Drinking more relative to immediately before lockdown, but not much more relative to my long-term average. I think I'm eating slightly better. I've been trying to keep up the walking but anything more than that has been sidelined by having my back kinda screwed up. I think it has to do with how I sleep and I've been experimenting with ways that will be easier on it, but I'm not yet sure if I'm doing more damage or I've fixed it and it hasn't healed up yet.
Trimmed up my lockdown beard a few weeks ago and that helped the self-image. I needed a haircut before, I need one even more now. I'd be wearing contacts but I'm stuck with glasses for now as it turns out I'm allergic to the tree pollen here too, but not as strongly.
A robust Allegheny man like yourself could hardly expect to be troubled by effete European pollen.
It turns out that D&D is less successful when somebody else looks at me when I roll to hit.