Fit & Fun Sized Group ~ July '10 ~

barbiecat

I would like to join...I'm 5'1, but I'm not very fit yet..

Hi Krissy, We are all committed to fitness and we talk about it a lot so if you are looking for motivation, support, and inspiration to get going on a fitness program, then this is a good thread for you.......the longest journey starts with a single step.....walking around the block is a perfect start to a fitness program. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Allibaba

Welcome Krissy! This is a good place to be if you want to get started on being more fit!

I went for a good bike ride yesterday, I decided to start blogging more about my journey so I took some pics.
http://youvegottahavegoals.blogspot.com/2010/07/hill-chasing-adventures-part-1.html

I am excited about the weekend, I am going to the fusion festival tomorrow, they have foods from all different countries, they are small portions though so I will be able to try a few and not go over. I think I will take a break from logging tomorrow since it will be too tricky, but I have been logging very faithfully so I deserve a break, and I will not go crazy with it. Sunday we are taking my son to the beach, and maybe we will go for a hike too, there are good trails where we are going too.

LeahSylina

Choco, sounds like you are having a great time in Boston!

barbie, glad that your knee is starting to feel a little better.

Krissy, welcome to the group! I just joined up recently too.

Allibab, thanks for the link to your blog. I think I will start following it. Enjoy your day off from logging, I hope you have a good time at the festival.

TGIF!! I am so glad the week is almost over and the weekend is on it's way! Unfotunately my hubby is leaving on Sunday night for a work training trip out of town and will be gone until very late Thursday (really, very early Wednesday). I am not looking forward to that one bit, it's hard enough to get through my day without him, I always count on him being here in the evening to help me with the kids. I am glad that I am focused on tracking what I'm eating now because I think if I wasn't I'd totally fall into comfort eating while he's away.

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: Alli, I checked your blog about your bike ride....it sounds super.....you are really staying active......good luck going a day without logging your food.....if you're like me, you'll still be careful about what you eat :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Leah, take it one moment at a time and stay focused on your healthy goals and you'll get through this week of single parenting.......that sounds like a daunting job but I know you can do it.

:flowerforyou: I am sitting with the ice pack on my knee.....this is the fourth time today......I've tried to stay seated more today to give my knee the rest it needs......it's so hard because I'm usually so active. This weekend is the lavender festival......we walked to it from the parking area and walked through the street fair......I had promised myself lavender ice cream so we ended up a local coffee/ice cream place called "The Buzz" and I had a kid size scoop of lemon lavender ice cream......My hubby had a regular scoop of honey lavender and a kid scoop of lavender cheesecake.......the walk burned enough calories to cover the ice cream, now the trick is to not dream about it and want to go back for more tomorrow :laugh:

LeahSylina

barbie, thanks for the encouragement. Lavander ice cream sounds interesting, I've never had anything like that.

Hubby and I had to drive out to the 'big' city today (2 hour drive both ways) and we were good and did not stop anywhere to eat. That's always a killer for us because we get hungry and end up hitting fast food. But today we just waited until we got home. It helped that we both wanted to rush to get home because we left the kiddos with my inlaws. My inlaws are great with the kids but I always worry when I'm away for even a short time. Ahhh mommyhood. No working out this weekend, I don't usually 'work out' on the weekends because it is family time. But we do usually go for at least one long walk with the kiddos in the stroller so I will be burning something. I haven't figured out dinner yet though so I better get on soon or it'll be 5pm before I know it and we'll all be so hungry I'll be tempted to order take out.

Chocolickkyss

Good evening ladies, today has been another non stop running day. Since this is my last day at home I tried to see everyone I couldn't capture during the first 3 days and all I can say is I'm exhausted and ready to return to the Atl so I can relax. I have one more tentative trip to NYC in 6 weeks and after that i'm staying put until the summer of 2011. I absolutely love traveling but it wears you out.

My high school girlfriends and I went to the Bell Biv Devoe concert last night and had an absolute blast. Since they are originally from Boston they saved the best for their hometown. One of my friends was chosen from the audience to dance on stage w/them for one of their songs and she did a great job. After the concert we had a girls night in and just talked and laughed like we did when we were in high school.

I didn't have time to post on Saturday but I ran 2 miles around my girlfriend's subdivision. It was so hot that it was difficult to catch my breath at times but I was happy to have at least got the workout in before beginning my busy day.

Since today is my designated rest day, I completed 40 minutes of stretching w/a huge focus being on my lower back since it has been bothering me all day. Now that I've eaten dinner I'm going for a leisure walk to my cousin's house. She resides about a mile away from here so walking there and back will total 2 miles.

Ladies, let me share this quick story. I met my best friend's boyfriend Friday night for the 1st time and he brought along his male cousin. The four of us went out to dinner and had a great time laughing and joking and when they walked us to our car later the male cousin gave me a hug and said "it was nice to meet you" and in the process of the hug he felt my upper back and said "girl, have u felt your back, it is awesome, do u work out?". I told him I was doing P90X and he could do nothing but sing me praise for how awesome my body looked as a whole but my back/bicep definition in particular. I was wearin a really cute strapless shirt that showed of the upper body pretty well.

While I can see the transformation my body has made it sure feels good for someone who doesn't even know me to notice it.

jam0525

Barbie - Hang in there with the knee. I think the next few days will be the turning point.

Choco - It sounds like you are having a great time in Boston. That is awesome that you had a friend to go to kickboxing with.

Leah- That is cool and yet a big step that you changed an eating habit by not stopping for fast food on your trip. Every eating change is a step in the right direction.

Welcome Krissy. MFP is a great site and this is good forum to join.

Speaking of knees, my left knee is bothering me in spinning class. I can't stand and sprint or it buckles. I am sure it will bet stronger as I continue the class. I do like spinning it is fun and very competitive. We race between sides of the room and challenge each other to hooting and hollering as we sweat.

Have a great Sunday evening all,

JAM

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: just a quick post to say that believe it or not, I actually avoided walking and all exercise today and put ice on my knee five times for 20 minutes......it took huge self restraint to stay seated and not go work in the yard in the beautiful sunshine and not get on the exercise bike and not give in to the pleading dogs who wanted to go to the dog park, but my knee feels so much better......I will do the same tomorrow......my step counter recorded barely 2000 steps----a new record low:laugh:

flems629

Hey
I would love to join, I am 5'2 and just joined here a few days ago.

Leah--Im on April 10 moms with you Its so awesome to see you on here.

Hope you all dont mind me tagging alone.

LeahSylina

Choco, glad you are having a good time! And that is great you are staying focused, running 2 miles is awesome. How encouraging to get that compliment from your friend's boyfriend's cousin!

Jam, I'm sorry your left knee is bothering you. Hope it starts getting stronger soon.

barbie, good for you for taking care of your knee yesterday!

flem, so glad to see you over here! I was excited to see you join. I think there are quite a few of us april 2010 mommies over here now. And I just got an IRL friend of mine to join up here yesterday. I think it's so important for us to have encouragement and support in our weight loss journey.

I will say that last night's kiddo bedtime without my husband was torture and leave it at that. I gotta hand it to all single moms because this is something I can't do on my own very well at all. I was up a lot with my kids last night too, neither one of them slept very well, my son in particular. I think he's cutting more teeth. Because I'm so tired I have NO DESIRE AT ALL to get on my treadmill. If it wasn't for the fact that my friend sends over her little girl to entertain my son every morning, I probably wouldn't work out. But D coming over to play with my son helps keep me accountable, so that's nice. Just waiting for my workout clothes to finish drying then I'm off to workout.

jam0525

Family is coming in today from out of state. They will only be here for 2 days and I have to work due to a project deadline. But, I will get off early and see them both days.

I will catch up with the posts later on this week,

Take care all,

Jeannie

devilwhiterose

I'm 5'-0". I'm in! :drinker:

devilwhiterose

I'm 5'-0". I'm in! :drinker:

Allibaba

Welcome to the new additions to the thread!

I had a great weekend, I pretty much took sat and sun off logging, I still was careful with what I ate, I let loose a little bit, but then got right back on it yesterday. I am taking Vega whole food powder right now, it tastes a bit nasty but healthy and it makes me feel very energized!

Choco, that is so cool that you got to see BBD, I loved them back in the day!

Barbie, I am glad you are on the mend!

Leah, I hope that you are able to get the kids into bed a bit easier tonight, I am a single mom but I just have the one boy and I have lots of family support (and now I have a live in bf to help too) it is rough when you are not used to doing everything solo.

To anyone I missed, hope all is well and healthy!

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: I took the advice of many loving friends and considered getting my knee x rayed to see what was going on with it.....I went to the chiropractor and after his examination he said that he didn't think an x ray was necessary......there was some damage but it should heal in six to eight weeks.......i have to continue putting ice on it and limit my exercise for awhile, but I don't have to sit still, I can walk a little and ride the exercise bike a little

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no dancing for awhile----I am very excited at the news and willing to take it slow

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I'm so glad that it will heal itself and I don't have to sit still all the time to do it. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

jzbaby626

Hey just checkin in. Havent lost any weight :frown: I dont know why I just cant do it...Just discouraged right now. I see everyone else droppin the pounds and I've been stuck at this weight since April. And since Oct. have only lost 8 lbs. I've lost all motivation to exercise. :yawn: Tryin not to give up tho. anyway enough complainin, noone to blame but me. :grumble: :huh:

Barbie- Hope u are back 2 dancin in no time!

Welcome to all the newbies on the thread, hope u keep posting with us!! :flowerforyou:

Chocolickkyss

Good morning ladies, I'm sorry I've not been very active on the boards lately but I've not been feeling very well at all. While my back pain has subsided for the most part I now believe i'm coming down with a cold b/c I have bodyaches, headaches, a scratchy throat and have been sneezing. I've been trying to combat it as best I can but it is slowly getting the best of me.

I didn't even complete yesterday's workout until late in the day. I kept procrastinating and finally I pulled myself out of the bed and jogged for 30 minutes. I have no idea the distance I covered but I felt I was moving at a decent pace. I have not decided what I will do for today's workout but I hope to shake this feeling b/c I've not been on my game and I don't want all my hard work to fall by the wasteside. My eating hasn't been horribly but I've not been eating on a schedule like I normally do and my workouts havent been intense since last week and I don't want to lose the momentum.

jam0525

Welcome to all the newcomers - I look forward to getting to know you all.

My company has come and gone and I did OK with the calories while they were here. It was so good to see my cousin and her kids.

JZ- I feel the same way about not loosing. I have only lost 1 pound since January and I am getting frustrated about how to get the scale moving again. I am hoping that the Spinning class I joined will start helping. Once the kids are back in school I plan to go twice a week.

Allibaba - It sounds like you had a great weekend, good luck this week.

Devilwhiterose - a very interesting sounding account name. I look forward to hearing from you again.

Have a great day all,

Jeannie

jam0525

Interesting post on Yahoo today on weight loss (or the lack of it)

http://shine.yahoo.com/event/loveyourbody/why-you-cant-lose-those-last-10-pounds-1964849/

JAM

Allibaba

Hi ladies! Hope the week is finding you all well.

Jam, thanks for posting that article, I have read half and I will keep reading the rest (busy day!) I love the section about the organic veggies. My bf and I are trying to reduce our pesticides and it is good to know we are buying the right items organic, all we need to do is switch to buying organic bell peppers and stop buying organic avocados.

I had a slip up last night but today I am back on track again, oh well, I just need to keep reading my quote down there.

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: Choco, sorry to hear that you are under the weather.....find the balance between rest and exercise so you'll feel better soon.

:flowerforyou: jzbaby, I'm glad you're not giving up even with the scale not moving....keep on keeping on and continue eating only healthy stuff and stay active

:flowerforyou: Allibaba, I love the quote in your signature....I have learned so much from my mistakes

:flowerforyou: JAM, how great that you were able to do well with your eating while having company at your house

:flowerforyou: today I am grateful that I can walk.......can, meaning able to walk, and can meaning allowed to walk while my knee heals. i had to stop wearing my Shape Ups because they make me walk faster and I'm supposed to walk slower for awhile......after all the time I've spent looking for opportunities to be active it's a struggle to remind myself to sit still......we have arrived at the hotel we're staying at overnight and I have to force myself to sit at the computer instead of looking for the fitness room or going up and down the stairs or going for a walk along the river..:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: Also I'm used to having about 600 exercise calories to allow me a bit of extra eating......we had lunch at Subway and there will be a potluck at the event we've come to tonight so it will be a challenge......we brought the yoga DVD and the mats :bigsmile:

devilwhiterose

Jam - It's just a default account I use for forums. I've had it forever and never thought to change it!

So, it's been 5 days since I started this thing and I'm down 4 pounds JUST by eating better. How exciting! I step on the scale every morning and even if it's a .2, it still motivates me.

I love this site!

jam0525

Good morning all and Happy Friday!

I found the article very interesting and I'm trying to make a shopping guide out of it that I can keep in my purse. (right next to my shopping guide on fish). Pretty soon we will all need notebooks to keep track of everything we should or should not buy.

Being the geek that I am, I've decided to re-evaluate my diet and exercise again. Barbie knows I do this every so often. I haven't lost a pound in a few months. I am switch over to the DASH diet plan instead of just counting calories. Not sure yet.

I do know that I need to start doing my Wii Fit again. That really helps on busy days when I don't have time to walk or ride the bike.

Devilwhiterose - congratulations on the 4 pound loss.

JAM

LeahSylina

devilwhiterose, welcome! Congrats on the 4 lb weight loss!

Allibaba, glad you had a good weekend off from logging.

Barbie, glad that your knee x-ray turned out well and that it should heal well in time.

jzbaby, I'm sorry you've been having a hard time losing the weight! Can you try changing up your workout routine?

choco, sorry you are not feeling well!

jam, glad that you did well with your family here. I'm sorry you are also not losing, I hope starting a spinning class will get things going again!

This hasn't been the best week for me. My son got a high fever on Tuesday and it didn't break until yesterday, now he's broken out in a rash so it sounds like roseola. Good thing is the rash doesn't bother him and it should fade quickly, but he's still acting fairly needy I feel so bad for him! I hate it when my kiddos are sick and this was his first real fever. Because he's been needing me 24/7 I haven't barely had time to eat and have hardly had any time to exercise because all I've been doing is holding him and taking care of him since Tuesday. I'm a tired momma. I was going to work out this morning but my friend's little girl who usually comes over to entertain my son can't come over this morning. I might try to get a walk in later, but I don't know if I can. It will depend on how things go this evening. If it's nice enough I might put both the kids in the stroller and my husband and I can go for a walk together.

Chocolickkyss

Good morning ladies, it seems like we are all in struggling in some form or fashion but let's not give up. We're a strong group of women who have bonded together over the last 6 months and will continue to offer support when needed. I too am still not feeling well. My back is still bothering me (not as much as earlier in the week) and I'm trying to fight this oncoming cold. I'm still sneezing and sniffling yet I feel like my noes is stuffed. My head and body are still aching. There's no work today so I plan to rest for the majority of it.

Despite still not feeling my best I did manage to complete a workout. As I stated in an early post, I'm keeping it light this week so I completed 2.5 miles of the Leslie Sansone wallking dvd for a total of 32 minutes.

Thank for all the well wishes ladies, I can't wait til I'm back in full force.

Leah: Hope your baby feels better soon and you're able to take care of yourself.

barbiecat

:drinker: :drinker: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: I'm sitting here with an ice pack on my knee (ice is your friend) and resisting the urge to get on the exercise bike......I went way over my calories yesterday on our overnight trip because even though I ate smart (even with a restaurant and a potluck on the schedule) I forgot that with my knee recovering i can't easily burn 600-800 calories a day....today I planned smarter and came out ok.

:flowerforyou: This morning I met with my friend, Barb, from MFP.......the last time I saw her we took a long walk with her dogs and today we were going to go for a walk without the dogs but because of my ailing knee we went to Starbucks where she had coffee and I had tea......she brought tangerines for us so we weren't tempted to eat the high calorie goodies

:flowerforyou: now we're home and the cats and dogs are thrilled to see us

:flowerforyou: Choco, keep taking it easy so you'll be well soon...walking with Leslie is a great choice

:flowerforyou: Leah, sorry to hear that your son is ailing.....i think walking around holding him would be considered great exercise

:flowerforyou: JAM, that DASH diet is a really healthy way of eating...we haven't been using our Wii either lately.

:flowerforyou: Devilwhiterose, congrats on the weight loss

Chocolickkyss

Good morning ladies, I'm still not 100% but slowly improving. Since I have a wedding reception to attend this evening I decided to take a run to Walmart to pick up the gift card for the lovely couple. It was already humid at 8 am so it made my run a bit difficult especially since I'm already congested but I stuck with it and now the workout is complete (2 miles total). You really can't beat killing 2 birds w/one stone. I was able to pick up a gift for the couple and get the workout done in one shot.....WooHoo.

sereney

Hi all,
Can I join you guys. I am 5 foot and am ready to slim down to the healtheir me. I am ready for a change and have already began. I have lost a little over 10 lbs over the last month but needing some support to keep going. I have started a reward program for myself, which seems to keep me motivated. For a small reward, 5 lbs., I get to go buy something new like a shirt. For a larger reward 15+ pounds, I get to buy something bigger like new shoes or smaller jeans Hopefully this is helpful, and keeps me focused. I am ready for this!

CW: 161
1st Goal 155 by 8/15
2nd Goal 150 by 8/30

barbiecat

Hi all,
Can I join you guys. I am 5 foot and am ready to slim down to the healtheir me. I am ready for a change and have already began.

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Welcome, if you're looking for encouragement to exercise and stay on a healthy eating plan, you have come to the right group.....we are all trying to make exercise a big focus of our weight loss journey.

:flowerforyou: Right now with my knee recovering from a bad fall I'm struggling with finding the balance so I get some exercise but don't overstress my knee.....I did my regular morning yoga and "Gut 'N' Butt" exercises this morning and will ride the exercise bike for a short time and walk for a short time later......I am putting ice on my knee just like the chiropractor recommended so all is well.......I'll be extra careful to regulate my food so I don't consume too many calories.:bigsmile:

Let's all have a great weekend.....the sun is shining here:bigsmile:

jam0525

Welcome Sereney! Congratulations on loosing 10 pounds. That's great.

Barbie - I really do think I need to watch the sodium. I've been noticing that I'm over more than I'm under. This will be a challenge for me.

Choco - Running to Walmart will have new meaning for me now. I hope you have fun at the wedding.

Still no movement in the scale, but I am sitting here in those size 10 shorts I bought a couple of weeks ago. So where ever it went the weight has moved and shifted.

I went to spinning today and that is a workout. Still it seems strange to be home and not working out somehow. But, my legs are tired, so I better save something for tomorrow.

I lowered my daily calories by 50 and I stopped drinking coffee during the week. I use the lowest calorie milk I can find in it, but it is still about 80-90 calories a day that are empty. I don't know how long I can go without coffee.

Have a great night all,

JAM