Daily Check In
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For 12/13/13
Did I follow my diet today?under cal goal (I don't really diet either, I just eat what I want)
Did I drink enough water? probably could have used more. It's so much better when I'm at work
Cardio: (what and how long) walking (for grocery shopping), and cleaning
Abs: (any ab work and how much) no
Challenge completed? gotta post a new challenge
Did I take my vitamin? Before bed as usual. I didn't have to take any ibuprofen or flexerol though, I think my neck might be getting over whatever it was having a problem with
How do I feel about my day? I'm just so happy it's the weekend. I'm going to finish my Christmas shopping and take the baby to her picture with Santa! Even though I've been in pain all week I've been staying focused and make sure to at least do some light/moderate activity around the house (you don't stop being a wife or mother b/c you're in pain). I'm getting really excited for Christmas but it doesn't seem like anyone else in my family is, except for maybe my husband. I've been feeling very fortunate and grateful for my life and the things that we can do for ourselves and our daughter that many families can't do. I never want to turn into one of "those" people that doesn't remember the hard work I've done and that my husband has done to have the life we have. The year is coming to a close and I'm looking forward to 2014!!0 -
12/14/13
Did I follow my diet today?under cal goal
Did I drink enough water? probably could have used more. It's so much better when I'm at work
Cardio: (what and how long) cleaning, cooking, and such, long walk Christmas shopping
Abs: no
Challenge completed? 1/2
Did I take my vitamin? Before bed as usual.
How do I feel about my day? Got most of the rest of Christmas shopping done. Got the baby's picture taken with Santa and she wanted to keep hanging out with him, lol. Did a bunch of shopping on Amazon too, so I'm almost done!! Yay!
12/15/13
Did I follow my diet today?under cal goal, b/c of activity
Did I drink enough water? probably could have used more, I may get more in before bed
Cardio: (what and how long) shoveling snow, playing with the baby, cooking
Abs: (any ab work and how much) yes 100 crunches!
Challenge completed? yes the less intense
Did I take my vitamin? Before bed like normal
How do I feel about my day? we had like 6-8 inches of snow so we were outside shoveling and playing in the snow!! The baby had fun, took lots of pictures, however she took a face plant in the driveway and wasn't that happy. She got over it quick though, lol! we were all sweaty after being all bundled up and running around, hehe. Welp, I'm looking forward to more loss this week. I'm wondering how close I will get to my goal by Christmas!0 -
Sorry I haven't been checking in guys! My mom has been sick for days and things are a little crazy with Christmas coming up! I've been staying on track and lost some weight, so even though I haven't been check in on group, I've not been slacking!! I'll check in tonight :-)0
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Did I follow my diet today? yep!
Did I drink enough water? nah I did well with it even being home today
Cardio: (what and how long) alot! cleaning the house, wrapping presents, walking while pushing the baby around shopping, and probably more, I was just going all day
Abs: (any ab work and how much) with everything else I was doing I didn't get a chance
Challenge completed? way over on cardio but no abs today
Did I take my vitamin? I will before bed.
How do I feel about my day? welp I stayed home today because my mother has been really sick. I went in yesterday because my husband was home. looks like tomorrow I will probably be home too. I've decided that if I were a house wife my house would be immaculate! I wrapped presents, took out the trash, vacuumed the whole house, put dishes away, washed pans bottles in the sink, went shopping for things we need, did a bit of Christmas shopping, cooking a delicious beef stew, general organizing, just a bunch! And there was still some things that I didn't get to do, but I will tomorrow. I don't think my mom is getting better by tomorrow so I will probably be home again. I have so much sick time so I'd rather she get better and take the days off. I only have 2 days of work next week before I have my schedule vacation anyways...0 -
Did I follow my diet today? Not exactly
Did I drink enough water? nah I did well with it even being home today
Cardio: (what and how long) cleaning, some shoveling, grocery shopping, laundry, cooking, and some fun
Abs: (any ab work and how much) during the fun
Challenge completed? Got in both, not exactly crunches but it was ab work
Did I take my vitamin? Yep
How do I feel about my day? We'll I stayed home again today and realize why it was so easy to gain wait when I was on maternity leave! Too much food in the house that I want to eat. I resisted a lot. 5 more days til Christmas! Just gotta make cookies and buy meat!
Hope everyone had a great week! Don't forget to post losses on the weigh in page!,0 -
for 12/21/13
Did I follow my diet today? yep, under cal
Did I drink enough water? yes, very thirsty today
Cardio: (what and how long) a little cleaning and general mommy stuff, but other than that a rest day :-)
Abs: (any ab work and how much) nope
Challenge completed? rest day
Did I take my vitamin? Yep
How do I feel about my day? Welp, since I was home for two days while my mom was sick I did so much that I really just wanted to relax today, so, I did! Just hung out with my kiddo and husband. I ended up falling asleep on the couch with the baby early (like 9) and didn't get up until 10:30, put her down, and was up for a bit. Hate when that happens. But overall it was a nice day. This heat wave is bumming me out though, I want the snow to stay and it's melting :-(
for 12/22/13
Did I follow my diet today? oh yah, had so much left over after dinner, had something tasty
Did I drink enough water? uh, didn't do a good job with this today...busy shopping
Cardio: (what and how long) cleaning, cooking, and LOTS of walking shopping with my mom
Abs: (any ab work and how much) I will get it in before bed
Challenge completed? I will when I do the crunches
Did I take my vitamin? I will before bed
How do I feel about my day? Welp, back to work today for me! It was nice to get back there and do what I love. Although I missed the baby. It's such a hard thing. I'm very passionate about the work I do with adolescents but there's always a piece of me that wishes I could be a stay at home mom. It's just not DOABLE. Maybe someday I can. Only one day left to work and then I'm on vacation until the 30th. Won't be going much of anywhere, but I'm certainly going to busy! I can't wait to see family and friends :-) I also can't wait for Claire to open her presents! Last year she was only 2 3/4 mos old for Christmas, so this year will be so much more fun.0 -
I'm not going to do full check in for the past two days but here's how it looks:
12/22/13: under cal goal, great day, lost another 1/2 lbs, love it!
12/23/13: a little over cal b/c of a stupid pie, lol, had Christmas with my dad and his girlfriend, the baby get to open her present, it was a little grand piano and she loves it!
I've been skipping my crunches, but plenty of low cardio from general stuff I usually do, so I'm going to keep that up through the holiday! I just gotta remember to not over eat. Stop when I'm FULL0 -
Okay, time to get back on track, and back on the wagon of challenges, gotta check in tonight :-)0
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For 12/ 27/13
Did I follow my diet today? just over
Did I drink enough water? yes! got my new Brita 20 oz bottle!
Cardio: (what and how long) cleaning, cooking, and playing with kids!
Abs: (any ab work and how much) nope
Challenge completed? nope
Did I take my vitamin? Yep
How do I feel about my day? well I had college friends over today with their kids and we all hung out for a few hours. The kids all played together, we had pizza for lunch, and had a cookie swap! Not a great day for me food wise, but close enough...got go post my weigh in, to be honest about the damage from Christmas!0 -
For 12/ 28/13
Did I follow my diet today? too many sweets but under cal with activity
Did I drink enough water? yes! The Brita has me drinking a lot at home (three 20 oz bottles today)
Cardio: (what and how long) cleaning (laundry ick), cooking, walking pushing the kiddo around shopping
Abs: (any ab work and how much) nope
Challenge completed? nope (did 1/2)
Did I take my vitamin? Yep
How do I feel about my day? Just enjoying being home, a lot of things I want to get done before going back to work. Particularly I'm going through my clothes because hubby got me a gift card to Old Navy for Christmas and I want room for NEW stuff that looks good! I'm getting rid of "bigger" clothes in hopes that I will NEVER go back (I did this with my size 22s a couple years back). I also sifted out my clothes from when I was pregnant to hold on to for a future pregnancy. I still have more to go through, but not much! There are things in the laundry I'm parting with as well. Never looking back, NEW YEAR, NEW ME!0 -
Did I follow my diet today? much better than yesterday
Did I drink enough water? definitely
Cardio: (what and how long) cleaning (laundry ick), cooking, walking pushing the kiddo around grocery shopping
Abs: (any ab work and how much) nope
Challenge completed? nope (did 1/3) Didn't end up having time with everything I did around the house
Did I take my vitamin? I will before bed
How do I feel about my day? Very busy with doing things in the house before I go back to work after being on vacation. I did laundry, went through all my clothes (and put all the big clothes and stuff I don't want into a bag), grocery shopping, and various picking things up. I played quite a bit of Super Mario 3D on the Wii U to have some fun and hang out with the kiddo. She helped me make dinner which was so cute (really just sat on the counter and banged spoons into a bowl, but close enough) She has been my little shadow today. I can't believe how big she is getting and how smart. Today when we were at the grocery store I said "oh what's this, an apple?" and she said apple! Just amazing! I'm going to miss hanging out with her since we've been together for days.....I wish I could stay home with her...0 -
Did I follow my diet today? Yes
Did I drink enough water? Yes
Cardio: (what and how long) 25 minutes of walking on my lunch break, 45 minutes of "Just Dance 2014" and 20 Minutes of "Abba You can Dance". Silly sounding or not, it's exercise
Abs: (any ab work and how much) No
Challenge completed? No
Did I take my vitamin? Yes
How do I feel about my day? After a few weeks of slacking, today was much better, back on track even.0 -
Did I follow my diet today? uh...I took a client out and ate a huge scone.....oh man....
Did I drink enough water? definitely
Cardio: (what and how long) some walking and cleaning
Abs: (any ab work and how much) nope
Challenge completed? nope (did 1/3) Didn't end up having time with everything I did around the house
Did I take my vitamin? I will before bed
How do I feel about my day? Back to work after being on vacation for a while. I missed the baby terribly, and it's my later day so I was home late. Took my client out for her pass and got a some coffee, a snack (that big scone), and chatted. Some times it's tough when you know what will be helpful but the other person doesn't see it yet. Hopefully she'll get it soon! I'm feeling motivated for the new year but struggling to get back on track, gotta refocus, buckle down, and get losing again!0 -
Did I follow my diet today? Yes
Did I drink enough water? Yes
Cardio: (what and how long) Half an hour of walking, 20 minutes of "Abba You Can Dance", 40 minutes of "Just Dance 2014"
Abs: (any ab work and how much) No
Challenge completed? No although I did the cardio part
Did I take my vitamin? Yes
How do I feel about my day? Not too bad. Today was definitely keeping with being back on track 0 -
1/1/14
Did I follow my diet today? um not really b/c I was home!
Did I drink enough water? definitely
Cardio: (what and how long) lots of activity! cleaning, gardening, housework
Abs: (any ab work and how much) nope
Challenge completed? nope (did 1/3) I gotta get on those abs
Did I take my vitamin? I will before bed
How do I feel about my day? Happy New Year!!!
1/2/14
Did I follow my diet today? lots of sweets today, dunno what came over me, but under cal goal
Did I drink enough water? definitely
Cardio: (what and how long) rest day
Abs: (any ab work and how much) nope rest day
Challenge completed? nope
Did I take my vitamin? I will before bed
How do I feel about my day? Well there is quite a storm brewing here in the north east. Blizzard status coming! So I'm going to do my 1/2 day tomorrow and help hubby with shoveling and snow blowing so that we can get out of here and both get to work. I decided today would be my rest day b/c of that! I will be SWEATING my butt (in below zero temps, lol) It snowed all day but it didn't really amount to anything (like 3 inches) but we're supposed to get like a foot over night. It was a busy day at work today but a good day. Just relaxing at home for the night and preparing for tomorrow!0 -
1/3/14
Did I follow my diet today? I was over, but not bad
Did I drink enough water? definitely
Cardio: (what and how long) things here and there
Abs: (any ab work and how much) nope
Challenge completed? gotta make a new one!
Did I take my vitamin? I will before bed
How do I feel about my day? went in to work for a 1/2 day. The roads were still HORRIBLE! It was too cold so nothing melted and salt was ineffective. Crazy! I got myself and my daughter where we needed to go safely though so that was nice! I have a lot I want to do this weekend so I'll be more active0 -
1/4/14
Did I follow my diet today? did well
Did I drink enough water? definitely
Cardio: (what and how long) cleaning, walking grocery shopping, cooking, playing, etc
Abs: (any ab work and how much) nope
Challenge completed? yep!
Did I take my vitamin? yep
How do I feel about my day? Got a lot done around the house today! In particular my favorite thing I got done was that I went through the rest of my clothes, rearranged my dresser and closet , and get everything washed and put away! I found some great things I had forgotten I even had that no fit again! I also sewed some things that also fit again but had problems (missing button, hole in an armpit) and are now functional again!! Now if only I could get my husband to do the same!! Although he told me last night he's weighing in at 269 now! I'm so proud of him! He was at like 293 at his highest. He was feeling good about it too!
1/5/14
Did I follow my diet today? under cal, but lunch sucked, I had just a donut and iced coffee
Did I drink enough water? coulda done better
Cardio: (what and how long) walking, cleaning, cooking!
Abs: (any ab work and how much) not part of the challenge this year
Challenge completed? yep!!
Did I take my vitamin? I will before bed!
How do I feel about my day? welp, it was a nice day at work. I have a kid that can leave the unit and she wanted to go to church, so we did! It was a beautiful service and very uplifting. The rest of work went by really fast! I came home, hung out, made dinner, went to target, and cleaned (dishes, mopped since I got some new swiffer liquid!) Now it smells so nice in here :-) Now just watching some animation domination before going to bed :-)0 -
1/6/14
Did I follow my diet today? good day
Did I drink enough water? definitely
Cardio: (what and how long) things here and there
Abs: (any ab work and how much) nope
Challenge completed? Monday is rest day for me
Did I take my vitamin? I will before bed
How do I feel about my day? Very busy Monday. A crazy day weather wise too, it was like 50 out during the day, and then by end of work it was sleeting, and then the temps went under 32 really quick. Record cold days tm and the next day and my coat zipper broke over the weekend :-( at least it still buttons! The coat is a bit big...perhaps I will buy a new one!0 -
Did I follow my diet today? Yes
Did I drink enough water? Yes
Cardio: (what and how long) 30 minutes walking, 40 minutes Just Dance 2014
Abs: (any ab work and how much)
Challenge completed? any cardio part
Did I take my vitamin? Yes
How do I feel about my day? Not too bad. I'm going to be moving in a couple weeks and need to balance out packing with exercising and not wearing myself out.0 -
how do you like Just Dance? I've always been a fan of dancing games (like DDR)0
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I went over yesterday, oops! I gotta get my butt on the stationary bike tonight, I'm sick of this plateau as well...0
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I love Just Dance. Anytime some form of exercise can get me enjoying it enough that I end up continuing it longer than I'd intended or better yet- look forward to doing it again, it's great.0
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Did I follow my diet today? Yes
Did I drink enough water? Yes
Cardio: (what and how long) 30 minutes walking on my lunch break, 74 minutes of Just Dance 2014
Abs: (any ab work and how much) No
Challenge completed? Um I'm not sure
Did I take my vitamin? Yes
How do I feel about my day? My back was throbbing all day, but my doctor is aware and okay with me moving around when this happens if I think I can. It's worse when I'm sitting down, but it can still be hard to make myself exercise because it's so counter-intuitive and it's so easy to slide into not wanting to do anything because my back hurts. So I'm proud of myself that I did. I can't say it helped it beyond the workout sessions, bit it certainly didn't make it worse.0 -
for 1/9/14
Did I follow my diet today? Yes
Did I drink enough water? Yes
Cardio: (what and how long) the usual
Abs: (any ab work and how much) No
Challenge completed? not long enough
Did I take my vitamin? Yes
How do I feel about my day? really long day at work, so much to do, not enough time, was mentally and physically exhausted, sheesh!0 -
1/11/13
Did I follow my diet today? Yes, and even enjoyed a meal out with my brother while he was in town
Did I drink enough water? No
Cardio: (what and how long) I put my christmas stuff away finally but not any good cardio
Abs: (any ab work and how much) no
Challenge completed? I have not looked at the challenge for this week >.<
Did I take my vitamin? Yes
How do I feel about my day? Today was my first day off work. I started my teaching internship this week and feel like it has TOTALLY kicked my butt. I am at school from 7- 5p every day, and each day have come home and promptly taken a 4 hour nap (On top of the 7 hours sleep I get every night). I went from a desk job to being on my feet ALL day, and have yet to discover a comfortable pair of shoes in my closet for such an activity. I am probably investing in some gel insoles soon.
I did get a fitbit this weekend, so hopefully it will help me monitor my exercise better than a clip on pedometer. And because I went from Sedentary to Lightly Active on the MFP settings I get a few more calories (which is REALLY nice- I am hoping I will not be as tired with a bit more food in my tummy). Now that I am back to a normal routine I am hoping to check in more.0 -
Congrats on the internship! I worked in an elementary school for 2 years, it's a tiring job! I haven't put a challenge up yet, but I was thinking about doing a biking challenge0
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For 1/11/14
Did I follow my diet today? pretty much! Went out to dinner and went a little over, but still not bad
Did I drink enough water? yes
Cardio: (what and how long) I finally took the decorations off the Christmas Tree and put the train set away, too about an hour. Also did 4 loads of laundry
Abs: (any ab work and how much) no
Challenge completed? I gotta make one, i'm doing the stationary bike challenge that on my bike (it's an 8 week weight loss program) it's 3 days week, and the settings vary, Each minute in 30 minutes is something different
Did I take my vitamin? Yes
How do I feel about my day? It was so nice to go out to Friendly's with my hubby and daughter. We were stuck inside all day b/c of the rain so I did a lot around the house which added up to having more cals to use. I gotta say I made good choices while we were out (having a salad that was new, sugar free ice cream/fudge) I'm still pumped about loss and with that meal yesterday am still 220. I made some adjustments to my settings so now my cal intake has changed as well (gone up) which seems to be working (I put it to 1.5 lbs a week instead of 2, b/c really, what's the difference in the long run) I have a goal to lose another 15 by my birthday (March 6) so I'm hoping to get there!0 -
11-13-14
Did I follow my diet today? Yes, and I enjoyed delicious homemade bread and homemade pea soup. I love crockpots lol.
Did I drink enough water? No
Cardio: (what and how long) I walked around the classroom a lot and ran back and forth to the copy room a lot more. (Weekdays this is my usual mode of exercise now).
Abs: (any ab work and how much) no
Challenge completed? no
Did I take my vitamin? Yes
How do I feel about my day? I was exhausted by the end of the day (which is why it is a day late posting). I am getting super involved in my internship now and find myself napping more than I maybe should. I took a nice long nap after school today. My food was delicious though and I am glad I have more time to exercise since I am on my feet all day and not glued to a desk.0 -
Did I follow my diet today? Yes
Did I drink enough water? Yes
Cardio: (what and how long) 27 minutes walking, 71 minutes Zumba Core fitness
Abs: (any ab work and how much): Yes, assuming Zumba Core Fitness counts (many of the moves are designed to work the abs as the name implies)
Challenge completed? No
Did I take my vitamin? Yes
How do I feel about my day? Pretty good. I was sick yesterday and unable to do anything so was trying to sorta make up for it but not push myself too hard.0 -
11-13-14
Did I follow my diet today? Yes
Did I drink enough water? No
Cardio: (what and how long) The classroom stroll, and I did some basic carpentry at my dads house to help winter proof his piping.
Abs: (any ab work and how much) no
Challenge completed? no
Did I take my vitamin? no
How do I feel about my day? I feel pretty good about my day. I used some upper body strength I did not know I had (unfortunately it has left me sore). However, I think my calories are still off, because I am STARVING all the time. I eat breakfast and an hour later I am so hungry. I eat lunch and it doesnt even get me through the last 3 hours of the work day. I eat dinner and 2 hours later I am SO hungry again. I have added granola snacks, but I am still so famished. I need to either make meals bigger, or make them smaller and add more snacks.0
