Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!
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Cari - I am so sorry to hear about your mom. Thinking of you and your family. Take care of yourself!
Gill - Awesome job on the loss! And let us know how it works out with the macros.
Susan - Don't give up! You can do this! Sorry to hear you are having troubles with the medications. One day at a time-that's all you need to do!
Shy - sounds like a busy weekend! It does help with the eating when you are too busy to think about it! That is kind of how Saturday went for us. We were painting the outside of the house, and we just kept working. No time to eat. And I am glad your daughter found a dress! Exciting. My step-daughter when dress shopping too this weekend, only it was a prom dress. Yikes! But she found a very nice dress that didn't cost an arm and a leg.
Well, it was a tough weekend. We actually did get a lot done with the painting and repairing some siding on the house. But other things in the house have been a big challenge! Now we have to repair the tile floor we just installed. And while my husband was fixing the siding the ladder fell and went through one of the windows. Ugh-its one thing after another. One step forward, two steps back! Hopefully we will get there. Food was ok over the weekend. I do think I got way more steps than my fitbit recorded because I was on my feet and up and down a ladder all day long! But, my fitbit hand was also the hand carrying my paint bucket. So not much movement in that hand. Oh, well. I am going to try to get a couple of days of reaching my step goal this week. Hope you all have a great week! Happy Monday!
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Dana... I know how remodeling goes. My husband and I remodeled the downstairs of our two flat. Gutted it to the studs and started from scratch! It's a lot of work and now that we are finally living down there, there are still projects that have yet to be done... I'm hoping this summer is the summer we wrap it up and get it finished. But there is always something... two months ago our renters dishwasher leaked and ruined my brand new ceiling... So we had to fix the ceiling and buy a new dishwasher.. it never ends.0
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Oh no, Cari! I wondered if something was happening because I thought you would have posted a few times during your holiday. Take this time for you and your mom, and don't worry - we will be here when you get back to it. Hold on to all the wonderful memories and I'm glad that you have this chance to be with her and say everything you want to say. We're all thinking about you.
Shy! That sounds like an awesome weekend. I know! TIRED OF BEING FAT!! That's the story of my life! I weighed myself on Friday morning and I'm down 2 more lbs (not sure how that happened, but it's probably that effing moving stair machine!) So happy!
Dana - one step forward, two steps back - isn't that the way with all renovations? But good for you for plugging away and before you know it, it will all be done and you can step back and be amazed at your work.
Way to go Gill! Healthy BMI is one of my goals too! I don't pay attention to the macros yet, but I'm sure I will once I get closer to my weight goal. As for the protein, I brought 2 hard boiled eggs in my lunch today. I also like to have 1/4 cup of almonds as a snack. I do like making protein shakes for breakfast and having protein bars as a snack (I love the peanut butter ones). Also, I find if I take a can of tuna mixed with a bit of mayo and a chopped up pickle for lunch, I'm full for the whole afternoon. (I like to eat it on cucumber or celery slices). Not sure what else you can do besides lean fish and meats for dinner... maybe someone else has some ideas!
So I've been brunette my whole life, but now that I'm old and 40, my hair is going super grey... so I decided last Friday to chop it off to above my shoulders and dye it blonde! WHOA!! hello! what a change! I was going to wait until I lost 10 more lbs, but since it's slow-going, I thought what the heck. I have to say, it totally gave me a different look, boosted my confidence and I'm so glad I did it! I actually was thinking now I'm going to kill it lose these extra lbs and be one hot babe for summer! So, if anyone else is feeling kind of drab or bored/uninspired with the weight loss, go treat yourself to a new haircut - it works wonders to bump you out of a slump!
Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you all have an awesome start to this week!
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Joy - Way to go on the two more lbs!! Rockin' it sister! Stair machine queen!!
New style sounds fun!! I went way dark this time around... My roots are so dark, but my ends are always lighter and redder so I went brown/black this time and I really like it! We are so ready for summer!! New do and let's bust this weight loss!! Love the new picture!0 -
Shy @ShyCush6 That's so exciting that Lexi found a dress. Sounds like you had an insanely active weekend and a great plan for today! You're going to crush those goals!
Joy @bluepoppies777 You look gorgeous! I love the new picture and the new do! You're absolutely right that we don't have to wait for weight goals to do something fabulous for ourselves/our style
Dana @danan01 Your weekend sounds exhausting, and frustrating! It's like the never ending project. At least you get lots of activity into your weekends?
Gill @GillianSmith2 I eat a lot of meat, eggs, and cheese so protein is usually an easy one for me. Some of my non-meat favorites are portable cheese sticks, greek yogurt, nuts, high protein cereal, and adding protein powder to everything (especially oatmeal)
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Joy-Awesome! It looks great! I keep thinking I'm going to change something up with my hair soon, but I am trying to wait to treat myself for hitting onederland. But-I keep going up and down those same 4-5 pounds and I'm not getting any closer. About 5-6 pounds to go. I am going to get there.0
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Here is some motivation dropping 70lbs took almost a year I just never gave up... You got this guys and gals make your journey to wellness fun and you shall succeed. Feel free to add me as a friend! You guys rock
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Dana - that will be a great reward! You can do it!!0
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Great motivation Dacey!! Thanks for sharing! You look amazing!!!0
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Thanks guys! Feeling a little sassy with the new do!! Dana, you can do it! Onderland is in reach! Or you could just go get your hair cut and it will give you a little pep in your step to get there!0
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Holy cow am I behind. I had to go back 5 pages so this will be one of the longest posts in history..
I has been one of those weeks and this weekend was busy busy even though I took it off from gym. I am sure you guys are going to read these comments and think, WTH is she talking about, HEHE, that was so long ago.
I just thought I would mention a great magazine I use for recipes. Eating Well, they have a website with their recipes as well. It is a great resource if you are looking for some new ideas.
The last few days have been a carb glutton for me. I was unable to control myself in the kitchen and I am going to blame my time of the you know what. Normally I can jump above it but this month, no go. I just wanted cookies and crackers and then I sent my son to the store for ice cream. Holy heck, back on track today.
I met with my trainer this morning and have been sitting at the kitchen table doing the monthly bills for the rest of the day. About to head off to yoga then the senior trip meeting for my youngest...
Hope everyone has a great night and remembers to smile!! K
Joy - Lets see, the Apple Watch, I do love it it but for more then just the activity part. I like the fact that I can get my text messages and control my music, answer my phone. As for the activity, I wish it could do more as I do a ton a yoga and it does not track this activity great. It has about 10 core activities it will track your heat rate accurately, the rest it uses a "fast walk" rate. I am hoping the next upgrade with get better. Love the rower!!
Janet - pickleball is great. It is between tennis and badminton. We have a blast and you don't need to be to talented. I suck at tennis but can do this pretty well.
Gillian - I can totally relate to the need to stay busy. I actually took the weekend off from working out as I was feeling a little run down and my muscles were dead but I got so antsy by Sunday night. It was crazy. Great job on the loss!! Let us know how the macros go. I have them listed but I only pay attention to the protein. To hit my protein I do use protein shakes after days I have my personal trainer and see my chicken standby below.
I wanted to make sure I was not loosing to much muscle so try to eat over 100grams a day. It is really the only portion I track. I am like 6 pounds from normal BMI - it is my next big goal and I can not wait.
Goodluck with the hair. I love a good chance, especially when the weather starts to change.
@TonieLeigh - welcome!!
@jkhoffe - it is hard when you have to go through these types of transitions in your family. My oldest went away to college and was a B+ student with no issues at all. After a semester he fell apart and we still have no clue really what happened. He came home early, a mess. He is currently working full time and seeing a therapist twice a week and hoping to be able to go back to school in September. Life is hard, decisions are hard, kids are hard but so LOVED. It will work out with the LOVE.
Shy - I LOVED THE SHIRT (BTW...totally different kind of love than above). Hope you had fun shopping, I love new furniture. Hopefully you got something you can cuddle on.
Susan - great job on your birthday. The numbers thing is hard. I am so competitive with myself I play the number, calories, scale, protein, fat you name it. I swear there are days I want to unplug from it all for a while and see what happens. I am thinking doubt 6 months after maintenance, lol
Missy @health_guard - welcome and check in often. Feel free to add us as friends.
@47Jacqueline - as for dinner I discovered an easy go to I always have in the fridge thanks to Wegmans. Get a rotisserie chicken and Garlic Lime salsa. Get a cooked chicken and pull the meat off and simmer with the chicken for about 20 minutes. It is easy to just heat some up with some black beans and you are good to go. Even my kids love it. We also keep hard boiled eggs around for a quick go to as well.
Rachel @Rachel0778 - I know how you feel - can this weigh be gone tomorrow please. It is killing me, hurry up. But I guess we got fat slowly so we need get healthy slowly as well. They have poles in my ariel yoga class so we always play around on them before and after class. I would be so bruised banging into those things. Hope you had fun.
@michelle_k_314 welcome, feel free to add us!!
Nichole @ngolden3320 - I am sorry about your uncle. That kind of loss makes dieting tough for sure. Stay strong. great job at the gym. I find on days I work so hard at the gym you feel to good about yourself to eat bad!!
@juanjm1978 - welcome to the board.
Cari - sorry to hear about your mother. Please know you are in our thoughts.
Dana - I remember that about my fitbit. It would not start counting steps until we went 4 or 5 steps. I would spend all day in the kitchen on my feet cooking and cleaning walking between this little area and only get like 200 steps, WTH!! Totally unfair.0 -
Fitequalssmile - Glad to hear you are back on track!! Hope the ice cream kicked you in gear and you are ready to shake it all off! Enjoy yoga!0
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@FitEqualsSmile Thanks. I forgot about rotisserie chicken - even easier than grilling, if that's possible. lol0
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Hi Shyanne Thanks for inviting me
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@health_guard - I know what you mean about finally owning your own place! We rented for years before finally becoming homeowners with our current place. It needs a lot doing to it and it's slow going to be able to afford to do it but it's so good to know that it is ours. Have sent you a friend request
@FitEqualsSmile - hello from a fellow carb glutton! I've had a rough couple of days where I just couldn't be bothered but am going to get back on track today. I will have a look at the Eating Well website as I'm on the hunt for tasty new recipes at the moment.
@bluepoppies777 - love the new colour and look. It's amazing what something like that can do to our confidence.
@DaceyG1990 - welcome and wow, great efforts
@danan01 - sounds like you had a good, if hard weekend. It's so tough when you start one piece of work just to find that so much else needs doing behind it but it is also so worth doing and you will look back with great pride once it's done up as you want it.
@ShyCush6 - sounds like you earnt that lazy evening at the weekend. Glad you found a good dress - when is the graduation?
@Rachel0778 - well done on the further loss and the 6 miles
Not much of excitement to report here. Husband gone to work, son gone to nursery, me trying to work (or talking to you guys!!). Sun is shining which isn't helping my motivation! Have a great day all.0 -
Success: This is my last week of physical therapy
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I feel for all you "new" home owners but if it makes you feel any better it never gets better. There is always a project going on. We have been in our current home for 8 years and I am just starting the kitchen. We are doing the cabinets and repainting all the trim and walls. It is a large room, really two rooms together, so it is going to take me a couple of weeks to get it all done. I look at it as a calorie suck. Not only does it burn calories but it keeps you too busy to eat.
So excited that the weather is finally going to start to warm up this week. Need to hit the yard to clean up after the dog and get all the winter sticks. I am actually going to have to mow this weekend and actually excited.
I am off to aerial yoga today and then grocery shopping as my fridge is bare and my kids are like WTH.
Hope everyone has a great day and remembers to work it hard. Karen0 -
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Cool! Sounds good- let's stick together- how do we form a group
I will be motivating every day and would like to be motivated as well
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anyaart888 wrote: »Cool! Sounds good- let's stick together- how do we form a group
I will be motivating every day and would like to be motivated as well
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Your are in... join us regularly! Post often! Share your goals, your frustrations, successes!0 -
I had a great eating day yesterday! Under on my calories and I didn't even feel hungry like normal! Lots of water so I think that helped fill me up!
Last night Lexi and I went for a run/walk... walk a block, run 2 or 3... it was great! Felt good! Then after dinner Chad and I took the puppy for a walk while Lexi did her homework! Lots of steps!! Over 20k, Yay!
Lexi and I also opted for making homemade granola bars than cookies last night! I brought one for snack today so I am excited to try it!!
Hope you all have a great day! It's my long shift so I will probably be checking in a lot due to boredom today!1 -
I'm struggling to stay balanced when squatting now. I can't get the bar onto a comfortable position on my back and I keep leaning to one side as I can't position the bar quite right and I feel really drained/dizzy before I start. This is rather aggravating me.0
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Wow 54 new messages I will need to catch up. Had a crappy weekend yesterday had to go to funeral. Gone for 11 1/2 hr. Didn't get to bed till late and then kept waking up cause I was afraid I wouldn't hear my alarm since I was so tired. So today I am leaving work then going to the grocery store. Not sure about the gym as no rain or snow today so we should get the girls first softball game in.0
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Sorry Nicole! Hope today goes better! Enjoy the softball game! Wish my daughter played! I was a pitcher and love the game and she has absolutely no interest... She's a soccer nut! First game is this weekend! Have to admit I am starting to enjoy soccer as well! 0
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Crazy but I was never a real dog person.. We never had dogs when I was young. So when I met my husband and he a a yellow lab... I fell in love! She passed away last summer and now we have this little nugget! She is absolutely the best! She sleeps with us and it's so awesome waking up with a smile on my face! She never wants to get up, so you have to wake her and watch the whole stretching, rolling procedure! Makes my morning!
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health_guard: 4am... yikes! I would be worried I'd over oversleep too! Hope you enjoy the new schedule!0
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heath_guard (you have to tell us your name, or did I miss it?) Unless you build/buy a brand new house, there will always be renos! Also, unless you have stacks of cash to hire someone to do all the renovations at once, just know that it is a long process of plugging away at it. We usually decide on a few major things a year, plus a bunch of little things. This year the big things we are going to do are build a separate one car garage for the bikes and tools, and do a new fence for our dog (she can get out, she doesn't, but she can!). Owning a house is fun, stressful, awesome, and sometimes a pain in the butt! And it's good exercise with all of the painting, raking, etc.
Yesterday, my older son turned 21! And today, it's my mom's birthday0 -
well, that just cut off my post!!
What I was saying was, they all came over for dinner last night... so obviously the wine was out! LOL. So today I biked to work, and am going to bike to spin class after work, then bike home. Try to counter-act the drinks last night. And Shy, soccer starts this Saturday too, so I'll be sitting in my lawnchair cheering! I love soccer season, my family never really got into baseball, but it's not as popular in Canada as it is in the US.
Hopefully everyone gets in a good work out today, and has a great day!!0
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