Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!
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#dailycheckin - We survived the concert (barely). Some sore muscles (from the insane dance party), a black eye (i tossed a water bottle to my BFF and she didn't catch it...her face did), and a little dignity (she also fell face first in the hallway) were the only causalities.
Aaron was amazing... we were so close to the stage my neck hurt half way thru the show because I had to look up for so long. We met some fun people, ate ridiculous and drank way too much but we danced some serious calories off after the concert. I was dripping sweat!! It was EPIC!
At least we thought so - it may look different on the security cameras! LOL!
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Mornin' y'all & welcome to Monday!
Happy to report a loss this morning-I'm at 210. Glad to see that lower number. Got my food planned for the day, got my gym time set, and it's looking good today.
This past weekend was my birthday and I know I over ate. But I'm not going to freak out over it, nor am I letting it derail my day today. It's gonna be a good day. Or else....
As an aside. I didn't realize that a.r.s.e. is considered a cuss word
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Damn Superbowl Sunday. It was a buffet of fried foods, junk foods and desserts. But I didn't do so bad. I knew I was going to a superbowl party, so I ate really well during the day. I had oatmeal for breakfast and a chicken salad for lunch. Both very delicious. I even walked an additional 20 minutes because I knew I was going to be a bad bad girl. All in all, I stayed under my calorie goal (barely, the walking really helped) and I didn't pig out. I'm proud of myself. Take that Superbowl Sunday.0
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Hi I'm Emily! I'm 17 and I'm 155 lbs and my goal is to lose 30. Last year I became more active and healthy than I ever had in my life and I loved how I looked. My body look great and toned and it made me feel confident. At the time, I was doing Pilates so it really sculpted my body. During the summer I had a great beach body for the first time in my life. I didn't stick to Pilates every day by then but I'd go to the gym and jog/run. Eventually I got really busy with work and gained just a tad bit of weight by the end of the summer. When school started, I was a freshman in college and started to gain a TON of weight too quickly to even realize it. Before I knew it, I had gained about 15-20 lbs and now here I am. My main goal is to get back to a healthy lifestyle that I'm not tempted to eat unhealthy food all the time and I'll have the energy to exercise so much more. I current started boxing classes that last about 1 hour but they're pretty intense than any other exercise I've ever tried and it leaves my pretty sore so I only do it every other day. I'm current on 1200 calories per day, not including the extra calories I might earn from exercising. IF ANYONE KNOWS OF HEALTHY MEALS TO KEEP ME ENERGIZED AND FULL THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.0
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hi everyone, i hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed the superbowl. That is another one of your special days that us Brits don't celebrate. we are pretty boring when it comes to things like that
. so tomorrow is pancake day. do you celebrate that??? what will you be having on your pancakes if you do. i would normally have fresh squeezed orange and a ton of sugar sprinkled all over. Not sure if i will bother this year 
im not even sure what the calories would be in one serving and considering its normal to have 3 or 4 its going to be waaaayyyy over the top. oh and its not something you can have just one of 
as they smell and taste just tooo good.
Feeling a bit better after having a cold but still not back on form. i will however be doing some walking and exercise this week... its amazing how sluggish you can feel by NOT doing exercise even when your ill i really missed my walking last week.
on the plus side i lost another 1.5lb so that makes 2lbs total for last week
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@ShyCush6 I'm sorry to hear you were having a rough week- I really hope this week is looking up for you. I started my week really wishing I was the puppy with the stuffed animal!
@zenjen13 I love your attitude with the pizza. There's nothing wrong with indulging sometimes.
@ChangeIsADecision sounds like your weekend was a blast!
@irishjeepgirl1969 Happy Birthday!!!
@indygirl217 Wow! Way to go!!! The Superbowl doesn't have anything on you!
@GillianSmith2 Congrats on your loss
I did not do so well this weekend. The night before my birthday was amazing. We danced the night away...and only got 4 hours of sleep going into Sunday. I couldn't get back to sleep Sunday morning so I lazed around the house. My significant other then dragged me to a SuperBowl party. Sunday is my actual birthday and I was super tired, hungover, and royally pissed that football was 'stealing' my day. You can imagine how this went. I didn't want to be rude, so I ate my feelings, big time.
So now today I'm still exhausted since we didn't get home at a decent hour from the superbowl and my stomach is sore! At least today is a new day.
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Sorry to hear some of you have been feeling a bit below par lately, I blame the weather, honestly, everyone feels better when the sun shines, these cold dark months make everyone feel sluggish and miserable. Add in the colds/infections etc, and Winter has a lot to answer for. On the plus side, it is slowly getting lighter again now, Spring will soon be with us! I hope you all have better weeks this week.
Congrats to everyone who lost this last week, you're all doing so brilliantly, and to those who didn't, don't give up, it WILL come off eventually, you're doing brilliantly too.
Super Bowl Sunday sounds like a blast, I guess the closest we have to that is the FA Cup Final if you're a football (soccer) fan, or we've got the 6 Nations Rugby Tournament currently in full swing. Come on England!
As Gillian said we have 'Pancake Day' tomorrow, this is one of my favourite days of the year (easily pleased). I love pancakes, with either lemon juice and sugar, or Nutella on them. I'm just about to go and work out how I can juggle my daily calories to ensure I can fit at least two into my day! Yum.
Running club tonight, and we've just been hit by Storm Imogen who's bringing with her 100mph winds - I might be flying rather than running later, yikes!0 -
Hello from beautiful sunny Whistler!!! ☃. Having a fabulous time, not really entering what I'm eating (probably too scared to see what it will actually add up to)!!! Also enjoying wine and baileys. Yummo!! I decided yesterday that it is ok to let myself enjoy a weekend, not gorging myself, but letting loose a little. If I'm up when I get home, so be it. I'm having fun with friends and family and making memories.0
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I have a friend who is so strict with herself for months at a time, and then gets fed up, falls off the wagon (and the cliff) and gives up, eats the world and goes nutso! I want to try to balance the health, diet and fun, and I may be a little more on the fun side this weekend but I'm good with that as long as it is not every weekend. Have an awesome day everyone!! XO0
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@CariTJR i have just worked out that 1 british pancake with squeezed orange and sugar is approx 200 calories each. I think i can fit 1 or 2 in if i do a kickboxing class tomorrow... it would be so worth it
and well done on your run 
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GillianSmith2 wrote: »@CariTJR i have just worked out that 1 british pancake with squeezed orange and sugar is approx 200 calories each. I think i can fit 1 or 2 in if i do a kickboxing class tomorrow... it would be so worth it and well done on your run
Looks like I won't be eating any 'dinner' tomorrow then, it'll just be pancakes for me!0 -
Running Club was hard. 2 mins runs, 1 min walk, in very strong winds, for an hour solid. I was trying to run up a hill at one point, and the wind was so strong it was literally pushing me back down again. I must have looked like one of those cartoon characters when they're running on the spot and their legs are going round but they're not going anywhere lol.0
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@bluepoppies777 Sounds like a fun trip! Don't worry about it, enjoy all that Baileys and good food with the snow and fresh air!
@Rachel0778 Happy belated Birthday! Sorry it was a mix of good and not so good. Super Bowl isn't a thing in my family as we don't have live tv but from what I hear from y'all it sounds like a good time!
Well, I managed to have a good week with over a lb lost! Feeling much better and had a great yoga class last night. My teacher was inspired by my fitness tracker stats so he pushed us even more, it was awesome! No yoga next week bc it's Family Day next Monday and then we're off to Cuba where many mojitos will be had.0 -
Happy pancake day!!!! I've never heard of that before, but it sounds pretty awesome because I love pancakes!!! Just a question, is it pancakes for breakfast? Or all meals? Or just eat them once any time today? Enjoy!!!!0
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@bluepoppies777 - There are many different versions of where 'pancake day' originated from, but the most common is that today (Shrove Tuesday) is the last day before Lent starts (Ash Wednesday), when you're meant to give up rich foods and do penance for 40 days, so people would use up all the stuff from their cupboards in preparation, i.e. eggs, milk, sugar etc, and make pancakes. You can eat them when ever you like, but most people tend to have them after their main meal in the evenings.
Personally i'd be happy to eat them all day every day, but then i'd have to go running club every night! Ha!0 -
bluepoppies777 wrote: »Happy pancake day!!!! I've never heard of that before, but it sounds pretty awesome because I love pancakes!!! Just a question, is it pancakes for breakfast? Or all meals? Or just eat them once any time today? Enjoy!!!!
You haven't heard of it? We have it here in Canada too (at least, popular in Ontario), otherwise known as Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Pancake Tuesday. The schools usually have a pancake lunch today for the kids. They are really good with a smear of homemade strawberry jam.0 -
Going to happen as dessert for us tonight - strawberries and chocolate sauce. Going to have to work my butt off for the rest of the week to make up!! 0
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@zenjen13 In the states, we have Fat Tuesday. Basically the same thing and instead of pancakes we gots Paczki. MAN are they delicious.0
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I'm officially jealous of pancake day. I might just have to make it a new holiday!
And welcome @mjh4cwh1 !0 -
ummmm... well I had my 2 pancakes with the intention of doing some exercise.... that didnt happen but i only went over my calories by about 200 so i can cope with that. I can easily get rid of that over the next day or two.
Welcome to the newbies feel free to add me if you like.
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I so wish it was an official holiday, as in, a bank holiday where we don't have to go to work, and we could just stay home and eat pancakes all day! But then that kind of thinking is why I'm here in the first place....oh deary meRachel0778 wrote: »I'm officially jealous of pancake day. I might just have to make it a new holiday!
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@mjh4cwh1 - Welcome, feel free to add me too.
I had my pancake too, but I was very good and only had 1! I think my partner was a bit amazed, usually I'd have scoffed the whole lot, but the way I see it is I can just extend 'pancake day' to 'pancake week' and have 1 each night until the mix runs out.
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indygirl217 wrote: »@zenjen13 In the states, we have Fat Tuesday. Basically the same thing and instead of pancakes we gots Paczki. MAN are they delicious.
They are delicious! They're Polish arent they? My Mum and I tried some one time when we popped into a Polish Deli. They're like donuts. Very nice indeed.0 -
@Rachel0778 - Sorry your actual birthday day wasn't the best but sounded like you had a great night before!! Sounds like much sleep is needed to catch up!
@CariTJR - Hope you didn't get blown away at running club! So awesome that you are doing that!! Hopefully the wind was at your back!
@ bluepoppies777 - Hope you had a fabulous weekend!! Sounded fun yet naughty, but once in awhile it's ok to let lose!
@zenjen13 - Way to go on the lb. lost!!
@ Gill – Yum! Glad you had your pancakes, and you can work them off tomorrow!
I think I am missing out on pancake day! YUM!!! I agree let’s make it an official holiday!! I had never heard of it as well.. Just Fat Tuesday! The pig out day before Lent.
I did pig out today as my sister made peanut butter, chocolate cupcakes… YUM! So I had one for breakfast! Stepping it up the rest of the day though!! Suppose to go out for cocktails with the girls tonight but I am going to limit my intake to one! Let’s see if I can do it!
This is a much better week and I had a good on track weekend as well!! Here’s to new beginnings! We’ll just erase last week and take off from here! I need to get in a swim suit this weekend so I am trying my best to behave! I might over indulge a little Sat. & Sun, but that is what saving calories are for this week!!
Hope you all are having a great week and thanks for all the encouraging support last week! Welcome to the newbies too!!
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My Name is Kerri I quit smoking and joined the gym and I LOVE IT Feel good but need some new snack ideas and dinner stuff0
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Hi I'm new here and trying to lose 25-30 lbs. Looking for friends and motivation.I've lost the same 25 lbs several times over many times. So any support or feed back would be great0
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So it's the first day of lent! Are any of you giving up anything or taking anything up? I'm giving up Facebook, alcohol and chocolate! I don't know which I'll find hardest!!!0
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My plan is to give up chocolate. Given how much I ate over Christmas this should help to balance things a bit and it will help with my healthier eating and the 8 week challenge that I am participating in up to Easter!0
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