Better Body Goals-Accountability Thread

[Mermaid Oshun]

Woooo! Congratulations Mermaid Dottie!

[SeaGlass Siren]

Wowzaz!! Great job!!!

[Mermaid Sparkle]

Yay! Everyone's doing so well!

I've been eating a lot better and a lot less since I've started my food journal. I went to work out class (resistance training) with a friend during visitor's week and it KICKED MY BUTT! I didn't realize just how badly out of shape I let myself get! I completely sprained something in the back of my right thigh the first class (limping, yay!).
But it was great to get moving and sweat! I went to a second work out class (kickboxing) to see if movement would help un-tighten my leg, and that was a poor decision. I opted not to go to any more classes so that my poor leg can heal.

I weighed myself on Monday and I was 155, today I weighted myself and I was 148. I think a large amount of it is water weight, but it just goes to show how important exercise is! I'm super re-invigorated to be moving again and I can't wait to be back on my feet and moving.

[Mermaid Syrena]

Dottie- I can really see that hourglass figure coming through. Wonderful job! *hugs*

[Lotus]

Dottie, you're looking great!!! Keep it up girl!

[deepblue]

Dottie, you look amazing.

[Merley]

Ugh I'm not feeling pretty, but I finally got back in the pool after 4 years. My routine the past few days had been to do some short cardio swims before classes a few times a week. If my old coaches saw me now they'd probably make me cry. Gotta get in super shape for my newest tail!

Hey Coradion, It's been quite awhile since I swam swim team style too; four years sounds about right. My coaches would be saying the same. I'm going to start running since I want to fit in my new tail. Muffin top mermaid is a no no. Gotta' fit in that Merbella tail perfectly. Any chance you want to do laps together? I can't push myself to do laps by myself. I get lazy.

[Aziara]

Well, I finally got to go swimming again Sunday. I haven't lost more than a 1/2" anywhere, and I only dropped 3 lbs, but I feel a lot firmer since I've been doing a lot of core exercises. Swimming in my monofin was actually effortless! I used to get sore in my low back and tummy after, but this time I didn't. My buoyancy also dropped so much that I can actually manage to dolphin kick without the fin without immediately floating up! But does anyone know what would strengthen my arches? My feet kept cramping up in my footpockets (which are really swimshoes, my fin is homemade).

[Mermaid Dottie]

Awwww!XD Y'all are so nice to me!

[SeaSister]

Hey all,
So, after two weeks of midterms and being really sick (resulting in FOUR missed swim classes), I really wasn't expecting to do well on my first day back, but I ended up pushing myself to do 1.6km. Yay me! :P
Also, apparently I got the honour of "Master Class Swimmer of the Month" which came with a free swimming cap. Pretty sure the reasoning behind it is "yeahhh you're kind of the slowest and weakest swimmer of the group, BUT A+ FOR EFFORT!" Lol, whatever, I got a free swim cap. XP

Oh! Aziara, I too would like to know if there's a way to strengthen my arches. Foot cramps when swimming are an absolute menace to me... I usually get it in one foot or the other at least once during an intense swim session. This is without fins, too. :/

[Coradion]

Most cramps are actually caused by dehydration, drink a lot of water in the pool. You don't always realize how much you're sweating and losing to the water via osmosis.

[SeaGlass Siren]

That's helpful. Thanks

[SeaSister]

Yes, thanks for the advice Coradion! I'll be sure to bring a water bottle with me to every class now, and drink plenty beforehand.

Had another lesson today, we worked on some serious dolphin kick ("serious" meaning training front, sides and back w/ fins as opposed to me just goofing off pretending to be a mermaid lol). Wow, what an ab workout! I forgot how much muscle the dolphin kick uses when you're actually trying to get some propulsion instead of just looking pretty haha. Also, I did butterfly stroke for the first time ever! I didn't do QUITE as badly as I had feared, but it also takes a lot of ab strength and I find it hard to coordinate kick+arms+breathing. I ended up swallowing water and coughing on it a few times because I didn't time my breath right. Anyways, I guess that's something that will come with practice. I'm excited though - I've always wanted to learn butterfly.

[Mermaid Dottie]

Hey guys! Me again...
I'm... um... starting to have a problem with working out.
My joints.
When I was pregnant my right knee started to pop slightly every time I went up a set of stairs. After I had the baby, everything went back to normal for a while (except my weight, of course) but when my son was about 8 months old, the popping came back. Just a little.
It stayed barely noticeable until about 3 months ago, when I started to hear it crackle every time I shifted weight onto it. Todayduring my workout, not just my knees, but my hips and shoulders all were popping every time I moved. TT.TT
I know I need to see a doctor, but I hate going, I don't have a regular family doc, and I'm going to be moving this month. And in January my Dad's company is switching insurance, and I don't know if I'll still be able to be on his plan or not.
Which means switching Doctors 3 times (because I'll be moving again in a few more months. It's complicated) in 6-ish months. DX
I'm really upset right now guys. My workouts are getting painful- in the not-fun-and-fat-burning-way.
I actually was getting teary-eyed when I realized the high knee lifts were hurting my hips. And the real kicker is that I was doing low impact cardio routines.
I'm not even 25, why is this happening to me now?
(^Sorry about that last line, I needed a half-a-moment of self-pity.)

[PearlieMae]

When you're pregnant, your body releases a hormone to let your ligaments stretch so you can push out the baby. That's why so many women claim their feet grow when they are pregnant!

Check with a doctor as soon as you can. It might just be some simple inflammation and tendonitis, which means you'll have to modify workouts, but you don't want to injure your joints before finding out and then have to stop working out altogether. Swimming is always good and forgiving on the joints!

I've had knee surgery and more joint crap than I care to think about, but I can swim and bike now and my house is at the bottom of 65 stairs! Get it checked soon... it's like a toothache, it won't get better by ignoring it!

[Dee Tal]

My goal is to be a very fit 180lbs. I've been following the 4-hour body diet (no white carbs/sugars except for one cheat day a week.) I've lost about 10lbs in a month but need to start working out. There is a gym in town that has a program where you pay only $5 a month IF you workout 3 days a week (no less). I also need to get swimming again.

[drucilla]

My goal is to get back to my pre pregnancy weight 92lbs. Right now I'm at 102lbs. I just barely started eating healthy myself but there is one thing I just can't stop doing and that's drinking coca-cola. I'm completely addicted to it but I know I need to stop so I can be healthy and have a flat tummy. I've tried weaning myself off of it, but it never works. I tried cold turkey but I have major withdrawls. Any ideas?

[PearlieMae]

Soda is such poison! Switch to flavored seltzer if you need something fizzy! I quit soda years ago and dropped twenty pounds! I also quit salt at the same time, so I think it was a combination of quitting both. 92 pounds? How tall are you? 102 is tiny!

[SeaGlass Siren]

Thankfully i'm maintaining my body weight. hovering between 115 pounds and 120. and i found out my weight is mostly water weight. :|

[drucilla]

Soda is such poison! Switch to flavored seltzer if you need something fizzy! I quit soda years ago and dropped twenty pounds! I also quit salt at the same time, so I think it was a combination of quitting both. 92 pounds? How tall are you? 102 is tiny!

I'm 5'2.5" and very short waisted, to the point that my husband cant fit one finger between the bottom of my ribs and the top of my hips