May Challenge
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Weigh-ins:
May 1st: 197.2
May 4th: 194.6
May 11th: 195.0
May 18th: 195.8
May 25th: 195.2
Goal:
May 31st: 189.0
Doesn't look like I'm going to meet my goal... my body is being quite stubborn this month. But at least I'm still down from the beginning of the month, and we'll see what the next week brings!0 -
No way am I hitting my goals this month, this week has been a disaster and I've been way over more than I've been under. It just lost steam and motivation.
Some idiot backed into my new car at a stop sign Tuesday, less that 5,000 miles on it and they busted up my front bumper and hood. I'm more mad than anything, I bought the car in October, barely drove it with our crappy winter and spent the whole last month getting some recall work done on it. I finally had a trip to take with it this weekend other than between home and work. Never had a new car before, or even anything that wasn't bought off of Craigslist for $1500 and newer than 1998. It just ticks me off that someone had to be an idiot and now I can't even cruise around it when I finally get a chance. Then getting a rental coordinated has been a challenge, I think I can finally go pick it up tonight. All of this while in a hormonal spiral to that TOM. I'm over it, told my hubby we were having ice cream for dinner last night!
It'll be a miracle if I can straighten things out and not have a gain this week. Guessing I'll end up about 256-257 for May, was hoping for 253. Only about 3 pound down this month.
I think part of the problem is losing focus and motivation. I go from being crazy excited to TTC to thinking maybe we'll never be ready or I shouldn't even be considering it at this point. But at the same time, my husband is 48, I really don't want to wait any longer for his sake. I was there, I was down to 175, healthy and ready 3 years ago...but no other aspect of our life was ready. Now most everything else is ready but I gained so much weight back. Life sucks sometimes....don't mind me and my pitty party! lol
So, hopefully I can pull my head out and make June better than the last part of May. Perhaps a little Pendleton or a few Margarita's can set me straight this weekend!
One the plus side, I'm done calving out cows and it's time to start breeding. Check out this cutie that was the last one born.
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So I weighed myself this morning after ignoring the scale all month...191! Somehow I managed to lose weight- alright!! Not sure how, I've been eating garbage not tracking not working out and stress through the roof. Hmm. I'll talk it anyway.
I have 2 BBQs to go to this holiday weekend and am making a chocolate poke cake for dessert. We will see how I do over the next few days.0 -
I started out the pregnancy at 162.5 and am up to 165.5, so 3 pounds gained at 13 weeks. I swear about half of that has to be in my boobs! My bra still fits, but they are noticeably bigger and heavier, so it probably won't fit for long!
My doc said she recommends about a 25 pound gain for me, so I'm hoping to focus on exercise and portion control (as much as possible)...but if I want a cookie, I'm going to eat it! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!2 -
I fell off my wagon and got run over by it. We have been traveling and having visitors and working a lot.See you in june. Back to gluten free, tring to kick this spring cold1
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Update on my goals
1) Do laundry (baby clothes) - check!
2) Pack hospital bag - check!
3) Buy car seat and immediate needs for baby and for me - check!
4) Make meals for after baby comes
5) Landscape backyard - Contractor is hired for the patio, the layout is finalized!
6) Build/coordinate the building of the fence - Working on it... but passing it off to Chris. I can't handle it at the moment, this particular thing stresses me out a lot.
7) Stop having stupid dreams about the things I'm worried about - check (I think?)
8) Stay not stressed
9) Eat food - check!
10) Maybe walk at least sometimes.
Not too bad...
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The June challenge sheet is ready for sign up!
And as usual, the super challenge goes for the days between months. See the link on the main page.
Here are my results from this month. My weight went up a bit faster than the month before.
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@SheilAnneSmith I totally missed your post! Im sorry to hear that life is a bit rough with your weight right now--I get it girl! Just do your best and forget the rest. Stressing out over it and beating yourself up wont help either. And omg, that totally sucks about your car?! Ugh, I would be soooo mad too. Sounds fixable but who wants to go through that?
The cow is so cute, do you live on a farm?0 -
@Kirstie155 Yes, we have just over 100 acres. Most of it is leased out for dryland farming (husband used to farm, but bad prices and conditions in the 90's pushed him out.) Depending on the year, they grow wheat, garbanzos, dry peas and lentils. I have about 20 acres that is fenced off for pasture. I have 5 cow/calf pairs and a yearling heifer out there now. We calve in March, but this one cow I bought and she didn't calve until May. I do all the breeding too via artificial insemination, we don't own a bull. They are too hard on the fences and too expensive for so few cows. So, as I start to TTC there is a very real possibility that I refer to due date as a calving date, ovulation time as estrus/in-heat and Baby Dance as breeding! lol. I'm kind of a cattle reproduction nerd.
I'm hoping my car will be fixed by Friday. Fingers crossed! I at least got the rental in time for the weekend.
Hoping for a fresh start in June!! Going back to look at my numbers, despite being so off track, the cumulative effect I think will be minimal once water-weight disappears...hopefully.0 -
@sheilannesmith wow! 100 acres, thats amazing! I would LOVE to live on a farm! Are you full time farmers, or do you have other jobs? That sounds like full time work to me, what a lovely life
I have a small garden for some produce, but cant count on it for food. Last year we planted on a whim, and ended up with mostly zucchini to eat. This year due to my back injury I planted late (plus its still so cold, summer, where are you?!) and scaled back a little bit. Some basil, tomatoes, peppers and zucchini.
That's so funny that you're TTC in cow terms Good luck breeding! 0 -
@Kirstie155 I have a full-time job in town. My husband works from home selling on eBay and we have a couple of rentals on the place and then it is a never ending list of things that need to be done! There are a lot of things that got pushed off and not fixed over the past 10-15 years while his parents were living on the place, so we are playing catch-up. Fencing, landscaping, cleaning, etc.
We usually have a big garden but aren't real sure we will get it in this year. Last year the weather was so cruddy we didn't get it in until late June and didn't get anything out of it except a few zucchinis and green onions. Everything else was a bust. Really hoping we can get it in by June 15. If not, rather than fighting it, I'll just save the money (and time) and head into town for the farmers market. We have a really good one here, I just don't like dealing with the crowds and pretentious folks that flock to it. If I go in early, I can usually get what I need to be out of town before it officially opens at 8am.
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May 1st 147
May 5th 145
May 19th 145
May 26th 145.9
May 31st 144.4
Goal weight end of May 145 - goal met!
Back on track! Need to be much more strict when logging next month to avoid a mid month gain again.1 -
Weight-ins:
May 1st: 197.2
May 4th: 194.6
May 11th: 195.0
May 18th: 195.8
May 25th: 195.2
May 31st: 192.2
Goal:
May 31st: 189.0
Well I didn't make my goal, but I'm down 5 pounds and I feel better than I have in a very long time! I know where I went wrong this month and I'm prepared to learn from those mistakes. I'm also starting a new outdoor bootcamp tomorrow so I'm excited to see what June brings!1 -
So I've been pretty much nonexistent in this thread because I wanted to try something different this month. Instead of making goals and not reaching them or making plans and not doing them, I decided to just see what I could do this month and I'm rather pleased with the results.
May 1st: 205
May 31st: 201.2
I've managed to end every week in a deficit. Some weeks didn't have as steep of deficits as the others but this is the first time in a long time that I've been able to be in a deficit consistently so that in itself is a huge win in my book. haha
What I decided to do this month was set a minimum amount of steps to get in (this has kept me more active), a goal for calories burned for the day on FitBit and to look at the week as a whole (or the month if necessary) to ensure that I end it in a deficit. Doing it this way has given me the ability to have a day or two where things may not go as planned (hungrier that day, special occasion, etc) and I can still salvage it during the week or over the month if necessary so I don't miss out on anything but I'm still able to work toward my goals. I learned rather quickly though that I still have to keep things in check and that I need to be in a deficit more often than not in order for this to work but so far it seems to have given me the balance I need to move forward so yay! haha
TL;DR: I had a successful month. haha
For all those that had a good month, awesome job! For all those who struggled, keep at it! you've got this!2
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