Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!
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@janetay01 Sadly I don't know any home remedies, I'm firmly in the Nyquil camp. Green tea and honey always makes me feel better though
@chasidee90 Rock on! You are killing those pounds!
@kgslim17 I'm definitely a wine drinker
@ngolden3320 I'm so sorry to hear about your Mom's memory decline. I have a family member who is going through a similar thing. It is really hard to recognize the extent of it when you're so close to the person. Please don't beat yourself up too much about the Whopper. It's one sandwich in the grand scheme of things and at that moment you needed to fuel your body.
Welcome @la2511, @steviejanedrake and @goonietime! Keep posting!
@GillianSmith2 That protein powder sounds yummy! Once I'm done with my Combat Birthday Cake protein stuff I'll have to give it a try!
I almost didn't go to kickboxing last night, but at the last moment I decided to do my best and give it a try and I'm glad I did! It ended up being a 2.5 hour practice and I'm exhausted but I did loads better than Tuesday (it really was the food making me lethargic and extra sucky). Happy Friday Everyone!0 -
Happy Friday! Sorry I was missing the last few days. I kept up with the posts, I just didn't check in myself. Computer issues and lots of running around. @ngolden3320 - sorry to hear about your mom. Hopefully you can get her the care she needs. Welcome all the newbies! This is a great group to be part of!
Well, with my husband gone this week I think I did ok. The last time I recorded a loss in weight was back on March 31st. Well, this morning I was down .5 lbs! Yay! Finally! (But of course the weekend is back) But I am going to work extra hard on staying below calories this weekend. And it should be an active weekend as this weekend we are landscaping. So lots of hauling rock, dirt, plants and digging and shoveling. So that should help I would think. Food choices aren't always the greatest because we literally get up around 7:00am and start working and don't stop until we can't go anymore. So we really don't want to stop to make food. We take quick breaks just to have something quick and start working again. But I might stop at the store before I get there and pick up some healthier choices. Hope everyone has a great weekend and keep up the awesome work!
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Friday is FINALLY here! My hubby is taking me away for the weekend and when booking the hotel we made sure we got one with a fitness center for the first time haha! We are visiting the Zoo tomorrow and I have already mapped out their eateries to see what to avoid and where to eat. Excuses are for "kittens" haha
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Did somebody ask if there were any wine drinkers?! (Putting up hand)!!! Me! Me! Me! Lol! Haha Dana, I love that one, wine and yoga pants!
Well everyone, this is tough... At the mother in laws for the funeral, which is today. We are out in the country, no healthy food in sight, no gym, and terrible beds!! Gah! So basically eating crappy, and getting no sleep, which makes me a complete lunatic I think! I went for a 45 min walk yesterday, but it is completely flat here so I don't think it did much. Boo hoo. I'm going to have to hit the gym so hard when I get back home. Thankfully the family are all ok, no one is a wreck. He'd been declining for quite a while, been on dialysis for 10 years. But it's still sad of course. Hug your families! If you have ever had to write an obituary or a eulogy (both up to me), it totally sucks!
Welcome to the newbies! Glad to see that everyone is posting lots and exercising lots! We've got to stick together and keep pushing on in this health and fitness journey. Take the bumps in the road and put it in 4x4 to get over them. This week is one of those weeks for me! Thanks to you all, I just have to log in and read my favorite thread and I've got instant motivation, support and laughs! I appreciate you all!!!2 -
Whew! So thankful that it is Friday!
Made a cauliflower crust cheese pizza last night so that I could get rid of the cauliflower. It isn't bad. For my lunch this morning, I threw in some peppers and asparagus. My weigh in day will be tomorrow so I hope I see lbs go down.
@ngolden3320 I totally understand what you are going through. My family and I have experienced the same thing with our mom, who has suffered from a couple of strokes and heart attacks over several years. Also, check with your state department on aging because they will also have programs that they can guide you to.
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Hi everyone! I'm new to the group. Just getting back into weightlifting and eating right. I have a bit of weight to lose. This seems like a great group to connect with and help with motivation!0
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@danan01 I love your memes! Sounds like you've got a busy weekend planned. I bet you burn a ton with all of that activity!
@jkhoffe Sounds like a great plan on the run. And kickboxing does burn a ton of calories which is definitely a nice bonus. I like it because I end up having so much fun I forget I'm working out
@chasidee90 It's awesome to hear that your husband is on board. I hope you have a great weekend away together!
@kgslim17 Sounds like you've got some delicious food combos in the mix. I tried cauliflower crust pizza once and I burned the *kitten* out of it!
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@jkhoffe The average burn for 1 hour is about 700 calories give or take a few depending on individual stats. I love kickboxing and have been doing it for years, you should give it a try, it is a complete body workout
@Rachel0778 how long have you done kickboxing for ( i may already have asked you sorry, my memory is rubbish
) are you training for your belts or the fitness side of it?
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Gill @GillianSmith2 I've only been training for a month an a half so I'm definitely the noob at the gym I didn't know there were belts for kickboxing! The guys at my gym are mostly training for MMA fights (mixed martial arts) so we do a lot of takedown training, wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Muay Thai stuff too. I used to train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in grad school but fell out of it when I had to move away from my team. I mostly train because I think it's fun, with the added benefit that it's good for me and lets me eat more
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So sorry to hear your Mum's been poorly Nichole, I really hope she gets better soon.
Also really sad to hear about your FIL Joy.
And thanks for the message Dana, I appreciate it a lot. ☺
Well I'm still about, lurking and reading everyone's posts, you're all doing so great. I'm just not feeling up to being back on it right now, to much to do with organising the funeral, taking care of financial stuff etc. I'm thinking that once the funeral is done (Tuesday) I'll give myself next week to sort my head out and then give myself a kick up the backside to get back to it. I've come this far, I can't let all my efforts go to waste! Keep at it you guys, you're smashing it. I'll be back soon. X1 -
Rachel @Rachel0778 My class is a structured kickboxing class. I am a black belt and training for my 2nd Dan. I also do kickboxercise which is more of a fitness class. We have got a competition to go to on Sunday but i dont compete myself. I also mainly do it for the fitness and the extra calories it gives me
I also teach children aged 3 to 5 years old the basics of kickboxing.
@CariTJR Its lovely to hear from you. take care of yourself and get back as soon as you feel ready 1 -
Hi, I'm Raz. Just starting and I too spend too much time at a desk. Starting with tracking my food and walking 3 days a week!
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Hey! I'm a newbie and really need some motivation! Would love to meet some new friends
Message me and add me if you'd like to! Snapchat is Rxzaly ..Thanks Mwah! 0 -
Well where is everyone this weekend?? Hope everyone had, is having a good one. I had a food day off. Tomorrow the hubs and I start our cleanse I was going to enjoy the day and the next 10 are totally clean eating with limited complex carbs and limited dairy. Fun times for sure. It is a good thing I love fruits and vegetables. So tonight I am eating a baked white potato (queue the gasp) and a steak.
So tomorrow I get on the scale, take my measurements and then try my hardest to not get on the thing again for 10 whole days. This is always the hardest part for me. Wish me luck.1 -
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Went kayaking yesterday and as much as I didn't want to I went to the gym today. Ha! I always feel better after, but getting the motivation to get out the door is the hardest. Hope everyone had a great weekend!1
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Hi everyone. I have just found this feed and I would love to join your Fitbit challenge group! I lost a lot of weight in 2014 (70lb) but I struggled with maintaining it so I have had to start again and I need some help with motivation! Got a Fitbit for my birthday but only been really using it since jan 1st but got no current friends on there to challenge me to better myself! You guys seem to be really supportive0
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Good morning everyone. I have had a great weekend although not so great on the calories. We went out for my friends birthday to the ABBA tribute which was a great night but i consumed LOTS of alcohol and then yesterday we went to support some fellow students that where competing in the Gforce open kickboxing competition, so although i was on my feet all day standing in mainly one spot my step count was rubbish and we ate cobs and crisps and biscuits which just about finished my calories before we even got home to have a proper meal. so i went over big time yesterday. Our team came away with a few trophies so that was great Back on it today. so i must get of to the gym and get burning have a great day everyone.
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FitEqualsSmile wrote: »Well where is everyone this weekend?? Hope everyone had, is having a good one. I had a food day off. Tomorrow the hubs and I start our cleanse I was going to enjoy the day and the next 10 are totally clean eating with limited complex carbs and limited dairy. Fun times for sure. It is a good thing I love fruits and vegetables. So tonight I am eating a baked white potato (queue the gasp) and a steak.
So tomorrow I get on the scale, take my measurements and then try my hardest to not get on the thing again for 10 whole days. This is always the hardest part for me. Wish me luck.
Good Luck on your cleanse. Let us know how it goes. What exactly does it consist of? I could sure go for a nice steak and baked potato. I would even take a baked sweet potato. I think I will tell the family that is what I want for Mother's Day.
Had a very lazy weekend. My mom came home from the hospital. I have to go over today after work and get all of her meds set up for the week. Hopefully she will take them like she should. I really hate TOM you gain all the water weight and then I take forever for it to come off and before you know it then it is TOM again. Ugh!
I did however lose almost 1 1/4". So that is something, even if the scales are not my friend the tape measure is.
@CariTJR Good to hear from you. We are all here for you when you are ready to get back at it.1 -
Welcome newbies. Feel free to add me if you like.
Well my fun meal got me 2 pounds but I am sure it is mostly salt as I downed a number of salt and pepper potato chips as well - well worth it. I was very surprised when I measured myself this morning. I have lost about 4 pounds in the past month, not complaining, but slow. What surprised me was I have lost a little over two inches in my waist in 5 weeks. I know my pants where fitting better but I was floored. Now if my fat roll would go away as fast. That thing is holding on for dear life.
Nicole - glad your mom is coming home but those meds are a killer. My FIL went through this last year and it was tough getting his meds straight and home care straightened out. Good luck. I do the 10 day Advocate cleanse. It has some supplements but mostly just really clean eating. It is what really got me on track with aligning my diet with my migraines last year. This first time I did it my migraine went away. I have been on track pretty much ever since.
Gillian - I LOVE ABBA.
@goonietime - I am so jealous that you can kayak already. I can not wait to get the paddle board out but for me it is more like July. These fingerlakes are cold.
Cari - I hope all is going okay, you are in my thoughts.1 -
@CariTJR So glad to hear from you! I've had you in my thoughts this past week. I think taking the rest of the week after the funeral is a great idea. I look forward to having you back around once you're ready
@GillianSmith2 That is really cool that you're blackbelt level and an instructor! I am in awe of your commitment and accomplishments in the sport
@FitEqualsSmile Four pounds in a month sounds like an awesome loss, and the 5 inches is even better!
@ngolden3320 Way to go on the inches loss! TOM gains are the worst! Even though their temporary the bloat messes with your brain
@health_guard sounds like you had a crazy productive weekend, way to go!
@goonietime I agree, there are a lot of nights where I'm like "I don't wanna go to kickboxing, I'd rather stay on the couch and cuddle the dog and watch TV" but then as soon as I get to the gym I have an amazing time and am so glad I went. Kayaking sounds like a blast!0 -
Going to see in the in-laws Thursday-Sunday so I am definitely going to avoid the scale next Tuesday. My MIL always has healthy options, but just a ton of food and it's always home grown, fresh from the farm delicious and impossible to resist so I always overeat.
My weekend was filled with wine, eating out, and chocolate so I definitely overdid it. We were also really active though and explored the river trails (on top of the 2 grappling practices I had this weekend). I think I will hop on the scale tomorrow though just to get a baseline for before my weekend away. Maybe it will help keep me more in check?
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@jkhoffe I do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. It's like wrestling, but with chokes and joint locks. If you've ever seen the UFC (cagefighting) it's what the guys are doing when they're on the ground.
Don't remind me about swim suit season I don't know if I'll ever be ready to be that exposed in public! lol. Sounds like you've got a great plan to rock it though! 0 -
https://www.fitbit.com/user/2Q59TV Good Morning, this is my Fitbit Profile tag thingy, if any of you Fitbiter's?!? (not sure that is a word) would like to add me as a friend on there as well. I do participate in challenges. Have a great day!0
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