Non Scale Victories This Week
During last night's LIIFT 4 Shoulders workout, I saw an improvement over last weeks shoulder presses. I was unable to do the 2nd and 3rd sets last week overhead after about 3-4 presses. My left shoulder would literally fall like I'd lost all muscle control with 10 lb weights. Yesterday I used the same 10 lbs and it wasn't until the 7th rep on the second set that I started to feel bad fatigue but pushed through. On the third set my shoulders were shot but I was still able to push overhead even if slower. I pushed to fatigue but didn't have that dangerous muscle drop I had before. The zinnias I grew from seed are mostly in full bloom and I took some pics before cutting some to put in a little vase. What were your non scale victories so far this week? ==================== Get posts sent straight to your inbox on Follow It . Some posts may contain affiliate links that help keep this blog running at no cost to you. See the Disclaimer page for more info....
I'm thankful that we got on this journey. I know it can be frustrating and doesn't always go the way we want but overall we are exponentially healthier and happier for it.
ReplyDeleteI am thankful for you because I probably wouldn't be anywhere near as successful at this if it wasn't for your support, knowledge and most importantly your cooking - seriously, major props to you for just knowing how to make even the healthiest foods so damn tasty that I don't ever feel like I am cutting out the things that I love!
Happy Thanksgiving to you both! and to your other readers too. I'm obviously thankful for the usual things - family, having a job and a roof, good food, etc. I'm also grateful that my son gets to spend time with his grandparents. I never got to spend much time with mine, but my son will know my parents and he is gaining so much from that. Spending time with them in the city is giving him not only a close relationship with them, but opportunities he wouldn't have here (skiing, museums, the zoo, etc.). I guess that falls in the category of family, but I'd put it more in the words of being grateful for the opportunities my folks are providing for him that I can't.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving! I am grateful for the gorgeous park near my house, where I walked my 5K this morning. Not to mention grateful I an ABLE to walk a 5K!
ReplyDeleteThankful that I could walk and breathe and wave hello to one neighbor during my morning walk and saying Happy Thanksgiving to another neighbor and then coming to a warm home and a cup of coffee.
ReplyDeleteI'm thankful for all the good things in my life, family, friends, roof over my head, food in the cupboard! I'm especially thankful that grandbaby #2 will be arriving in May, and that her parents have decided to move back home for a year (grandbaby #1 will be 13 months when her little brother/sister arrives) to get some much needed help! Living half way across the country with no family around isn't easy! I'm grateful I get out of bed every day (with only a few aches and pains, lol), and that since I started reading your blog, I've gotten the kickstart I needed to finally make some changes in my life. I've started small, but it's working for me! So I'm thankful I found this blog! Happy Thanksgiving my American neighbours!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anele! Happy Thanksgiving right back at ya!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you both!! Holidays are never a joyous time on my family and after several decades on this earth, they still aren't! LOL! But I am thankful for many things:
ReplyDeleteHaving my own home, despite its flaws
Faith and a sense of humor are the two biggest reasons why I'm still here
Food to cook, recipes to try, all with the scents roaming through the house, enveloping me like a big hug
The trials I've been through this year that help to keep me humble and realize that change is constant and to not try to fight it so much
And most importantly, I'm deeply thankful that I get another Thanksgiving and Christmas to celebrate with my mom