SparkNB's Journey to Fitness

  Victory -3.7lbs, Week 1*: 5%Wint21 was my headline last week, so this is nice! Further, I'm seeing a little non-scale victory in terms of clothing (looser) and skin (same)...good things! Gives me motivation to keep going. Had lost some in the autumn... Oth, it's re-losing the same weight I gained, in Nov & Dec., after losing earlier in the fall. But soon...I will be hitting new lower numbers on this weight loss journey soon. Down almost my whole goal for January of 10 pounds (7.5 in the past 2 weeks, 1.5 before 5%wint21 challenge started, so loss of 9.0 so far)...so 2021, other than the dumb-asses' insurrection, is pretty good, for me. Today, even in covid news...hospitalizations, tests, and even daily deaths is finally down just a tad. Hopefully we can get vaccines set up and going (my 80+ folks had their first ones last week!) for everyone soon, before the virus mutates too much & get it tamped down! Then I, and most everyone, can get back into a 'normal'

  In my 5% group, the q of the day was: fav exercise? My answer was Hiking edges out all others; luckily there's a trailhead, 4 houses down, but I don't do it much when it's too cold or esp. when icy (both now). I also do some low impact aerobics, also stationary bikes (sometimes road bikes, but I've had several broken bones and haven't done it in years, though it was my main form of transport at one point, and occasionally did a commute of 15 miles each way). In normal times, I more recently used to like the elliptical when I had access to one at a gym, also ran on the treadmill, and have done my shinsplints worth of road running; also trampolines, dancing, weights and yoga; I also used to own a house with a pool and swam hundreds of laps a day most days for a few years (didn't really help with loss of weight, but I didn't gain much then, which was a victory.) WAY back I was on the track team (slow, mid-distance) and a figure skater, gymnast, and ballerina.

        1) Exercise earlier in day this week 2) Drink Water earlier in day this week 3) More videos (spark, youtube)         4) Plan out menus later tonight 5) Healthy baking this week 6) Keep up with more kitchen duties     Member Comments About This Blog Post v ROBEC4175   208 days ago v 1CRAZYDOG Awesome! 210 days ago v LORI-K Streamlined and to the point! NICE! You’ve got this. 210 days ago v MSMOSTIMPROVED Well, you’ve got a serious plan! Let’s gooooooooo  210 days ago v ZRIE014 thanks 210 days ago 7) Follow up on challenges daily