Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!
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I ran for 5 mins straight! I'm so pleased I didn't give up, not even on the big hills! Yipeeee! Although my legs have officially had it now, so a nice rest day tomorrow, well, a 10k step rest day anyway.
@SumnyUK - So sorry to hear about your house, my fellas business partner has had the exact same thing happen twice to him now too over the last 6 months, last time they'd packed everything and were literally about to move out. Blow the calorie goal for tonight, I say go for unhealthy, fattening and immoral!
I'll write a proper update tomorrow, I'm off to put my poor legs up and give them a rest. Goodnight all.0 -
@ngolden3320 Yet another good reason for working out. I can just imagine the victorious look on your face!
@indygirl217 At least you had a good time. So dust yourself off girl, you can do this!
@ShyCush6 Ah yes, the dreaded snacks. Good on you!
@CariTJR Wow, you rock! Well done with the five minutes, it can feel like an eternity!
As for me... well, I had a low-calorie ready meal that was surprisingly tasty with a few beers. And then after the beers I found the rest of those bl**dy salted peanuts from the other day and consumed another 1,000 calories of peanuts. But apart from that, it was a fairly well behaved blow-out. So that's my misbehaving for the week. I will now be good for a while!0 -
I can't wait for Easter to come and go. Those dang Cadbury Eggs are everywhere
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@Rachel – Wow, what a fabulous NSV, I can’t wait until I put something on and it’s way too big. I bet you feel great!
@bluepoppies – You got up at 5:30 and went to the gym? My goodness, you are a machine lol. All credit to you, I have to drag myself out of bed at 7am each morning and it’s all I can do to stumble to the shower, let alone get up and exercise. So pleased for you that you’ve broken the plateau - we get there in the end.
@danan – Great attitude, enjoy your weekend with drinks and treats and then get straight back to it again. At the end of the day we’re all going to have weekends where the calorie count goes out of the window, it’s all about being able to do that, get back on track, and keep moving towards your goal.
@Changels – Lol, that made me laugh, drinks with hammer in the title? Sounds like a recipe for a massive hangover to me!
@ngolden – I know right! Flippin chocolatey yumminess temptation EVERYWHERE right now. You can’t go into any shop and not be met with walls and walls of Easter eggs. In my local supermarket they’ve got them stacked up right by the door as you walk in, there is no escape!
@indygirl – So glad you had a great birthday weekend, don’t fixate on what you ate/drank it’s done now, as I said to danan, weekends like that are going to happen, don’t look back, just keep going forward.
@Shy – You got this!
@Sumny – Thank you. I know 5 mins is probably nothing to you, but it was a big achievement for me, I’ve only been running for 2-3 mins at a time until now, then our coach threw the programme out last night as he said we were all doing so well he thought he could step it up a little. Boy it was tough, I won’t lie, I’m overweight and unfit and it was hard, but I didn’t give up, and I amazed even myself – I think it’s the Taurean in me, I’m just too bloody stubborn to let it beat me! Lol
Well today my legs hurt, my arms hurt, my whole body is aching, but I’ve still got a smile on my face. The weekend wasn’t great food wise, I had a curry Friday night, and currywurst on Sunday for lunch, and a glass or two of wine in between… but I’m ok with that, the exercise is building up such a bank of calories each week that I can overindulge a little and still be on track.
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I would like to join your core group too! I need encouragement. struggling to get started and keep on track.
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@bluepoppies777 Congrats on reaching your first goal!!! That's fantastic!
@ChangeIsADecision Pintrest drink night sounds fun but definitely dangerous! Which drink was your favorite?
@SumnyUK I'm so sorry to hear that the buyer pulled out! I can't think of a better excuse for a massage or pedicure. And your immoral calorie blowout sounded pretty reasonable and mindful!
@ngolden3320 You tell that shopping cart who's boss!! Will you also whip mine into shape when it decides to veer towards the oreos (entirely of it's own volition!) lol
@indygirl217 your birthday celebration sounds amazing. I'm so glad to hear you were able to enjoy the evening at the ballet, I bet the performance was spectacular!
@CariTJR great running milestone, you go girl!
@jkhoffe you got this!
@joycefarmer68 Welcome!!0 -
I now know why I wanted to eat everything in sight this weekend, hello TOM! I didn't weigh this morning because I felt that would potentially add insult to injury but I think I'm ready to hop back on the scale next Tuesday to check in. I'm feeling it and seeing it in my body so here's hoping for a loss!
Tonight I'm finally going to get up the courage to try the local Krav Maga class (and I'm posting it here so I can't chicken out). Wish me luck that it ends up being a good fit!0 -
@Rachel0778 I just looked on YouTube for Krav Maga to see what the heck that is, as I've never even heard of it before. Ummmmm Jeeeezus!! You are brave! Not sure if it was the background music of "Thunderstruck" or the crazy looks in people's eyes when they were going nutso in that class, but WOW!! You wouldn't find me in that class! I'll stick with uncoordinated Zumba! Lol You will have to report back and tell us how it went!!
I also wanted to know, people doing lent....are you still doing lent or has everyone bloody well given up?! I'm sure Cari may have with the trucker mouth?! Hahaha!!! Or still attempting?0 -
@bluepoppies - I gave it a go, I think my attempt probably last maybe 7 minutes hahaha. I was definitely not sticking to it last night while running up those hills, I think I probably swore for every foot stroke that hit the ground - f**kit, i'm not Catholic anyway! lol0
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I'm in! Could def use motivation. Currently struggling with an energy roller coaster due to autoimmune issues and a shoulder injury that limits my lifting
But today was a high energy day so I got my workout in. Good to 'meet' you all! 0 -
@CariTJR -great job on the running! Any time I've tried lately I am lucky to make it maybe 30 seconds before I have to walk again. Some day I will get there! That's an awesome accomplishment! @ChangeIsADecision Pinterest drink night sounds fun! Welcome @serenityfrye and @joycefarmer68! Have a great day!0
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@bluepoppies777 That goal is so far behind me. I can't even see it anymore.0
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I would love to be in a core group! I find that the weight tends to come off very slowly for me and it's easy to get discouraged.0
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Hahaha!!!
@indygirl217 I wondered with your awesome birthday and fun weekend.. And @CariTJR I was pretty sure you were done immediately! I'm not catholic either, and I already did my time in January.0 -
I'm still sticking to my lent commitments! No Facebook, chocolate or alcohol!! I'm not a practising catholic by any means but it's a good motivator for me! But I've TOM at the minute too and I can't stop eating! I did try go to Zumba this evenin but when I got there the class was cancelled. So I came home and ate my body weight in crap!
Haven't danced in weeks-it's going to hurt when I go back!!!!!! 0 -
I went skiing yesterday for a couple of hours, just a practice run with friends we’re going to Austria with in April, and it was good fun. My Fitbit doesn’t track skiing though, which is a bit disappointing, but my floor climb for the day was 81 floors! Err, no, I think that might have been me using the button lift that did that! Haha. Running Club tonight and my legs are definitely feeling it after yesterday, i'll need to push on through later....
Hope you all had good weekends.
I wonder if you put it on your ankle if it would track skiiing? I went for a short jog last night... Fun to see the puppy sprint to keep up. She loved it!!
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bluepoppies777 wrote: »Monday morning check in time! Got up this morning at 5:30 and went to the gym for my first spin and sculpt class. I have only done spin, it was hard but I liked it! Came home and weighed myself and was so happy! Broke the plateau and lost 1.5 lbs!! Woo HOOO!!! Feeling good!
I reached my first goal, now I will set my final goal, 34 more lbs. hopefully I can do that by end of summer!
Something I have been thinking about is believing you can lose weight, and it will help it happen. I've noticed that positive thoughts about weight loss really help. If I am down and thinking I'm not going to lose anything, it's like a self fulfilling prophesy. So my point is, be positive, and believe in yourself and it will happen!
Way to go on the loss!! I love spinning! Way to stay positive!!0 -
Good Monday morning everyone! Sounds like everyone had a great weekend! We had some friends come visit from out of state, so that was fun to spend the weekend with them. But it also meant eating out, and a few too many drinks! But-Back at it today. I'm going to get right back on track! I will probably do the trampoline class again tomorrow. I did go last week, and it was fun! I was able to get through most of the class without stopping too much. It is definitely a great workout! Welcome all the newbies! Hope everyones week is off to a great start!
Right there with you... a little too much eating out and drinks this weekend.... I know typical Shyanne! We always have to reset for Monday! trampoline class sounds fun! 1 -
Love the images!! I am having a Pinterest Craft/Drink night next Friday! I'm excited! Our first one went really well so I am looking forward to it!!ChangeIsADecision wrote: »#dailycheckin - Good afternoon MFPeeps! I took a little break and boy can I tell! My pants don't fit!!
But they will after I've been on track for a week or so. Like everyone else we had a great weekend... My BFs and I had "Pinterest Drink night" Friday evening... my LAWD!! New rule: no drinks with the word "hammer" in the title!
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I've been good today. Went out for the same 5k as I did on Saturday, and it felt a little easier today. So even though it's still only week 2 of getting back into things, there's a definite improvement. Looking forward to when I can get some long runs in again, I love them, but I know my tendency to bite off more than I can chew, so I'll make a nice and gentle build up this time. I also have a an inflamed Achilles tendon to try to sort before the runs gets to be too long.
And on other news... we've been trying to sell the house for the last 7 months. Had a buyer who pulled out in September. Had it back on the market for a couple of months, and when we had decided it wasn't going to happen, we managed to find a new buyer in November. Yehaw. The new buyer decided to pull out today. Meanwhile we have spent quite a bit of money on deposits and solicitors and surveys and all sorts of stuff for a newbuilt we were going to buy. To say I'm (well, we both are!) dissapointed is an understatement. So f**k the diet today. I'm on my way to the local supermarket for something nice (and probably either unhealthy, fattening or immoral - or maybe all three things at once).
Sorry about the house situation.. been there and done that! Took us about 4 years to sell our house a few years back. Quite frustrating so I feel your pain. Hopefully you got back on track and are eating right... the right buyer will come around. =(
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