New Challenge - 1st of the month!

startingoverca

Here's another good one... I love quotes!

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Viktor Frankl

Wannalose60

:flowerforyou: I am in!

My challenge is no alcohol and sticking to the prescribed calorie count!

startingoverca

... and here's a good one for our not so great days...

Unknown Author
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

aprilfit

I'd like to join in.

Starting weight March 1st 203 pounds
Goal weight April 1st 199 pounds.

I'm shooting for a one pound a week. I'm also joining a 3500 calorie burn a week challenge.
I'm really excited about getting under 200 pounds again.

Great to see all of your threads about your exercise programs. I have been doing Slim in 6 but I have a copy of P90 I'm going to check out.

Best to you all.
Check you at the weigh in March 8th.

syed19812008

OK.
my height is 6.1 or 185cm.
i'm doing a 1 hour cardio (walking) daily and recording full details including GPS, steps, heart beat, speed/hr, total distance,etcc through my galaxy s.
my real reason for dieting and losing weight is to beat pre-diabetes and make my heart stronger and of course to live a long healthy life.

leilaphoenix

Sorry I'm late checking in

SW - 191lb
GW - 183lb

smessom32

I am going out tonight with some mates to an evening with Lee Sharpe (ex Man Utd Footballer)

Really don't want to spoil my good week TOO MUCH and affect my weight loss too much but it going to be hard to stick to my 1360 Calories with the large amount of cals in beer.
Drinking your calories really makes life hard.

I am trying not to get too stressed about it, and just go out and have a good time. Its not like I do it all the time.

Everyone deserves a break and a relaxed evening at some time. RIGHT???

smessom32

What do you guys and girls do to help you through these over target days.?

smessom32

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Amy_B

Wow. I am up like 4 pounds from last week. I am not sure what that's about except maybe TOM, too much salt, or not eating enough. I noticed I was losing when I was keeping my net around 1700 (despite what MFP told me). Maybe I should eat more for the next few days and see what happens.

stackey01

Hey Everyone,

My name is Stacey and I have joined MFP for two reasons my wedding in November and I was recently diagnosed with Polycystic ovarys (PCO). Which means once I have lost the weight I have to keep it off so I don't suffer the annoying symptoms of PCO. I won't bore you with the details if you are interested you can google it.

My excercise varies each week but I generally do the following:

Monday - 1 hour of Netball
Tuesday - 40 Minutes Netball - 45 Minutes walking
Wednesday 40 Minutes Netball - 50 Minutes walking
Thursday I rest, I might go for a walk at lunch time
Friday - Saturday I am rather lazy, I do try and go for a brisk walk.

As for eating as long as it is me cooking and not the other half I am pretty good - he loves eating high crab, high fat meals. I have trouble turning down the food as he makes a huge effort to cook and doesn't realise the calories involved even though he does try.

Good luck everyone!

xxx_Pink_Princess_xxx

I am going out tonight with some mates to an evening with Lee Sharpe (ex Man Utd Footballer)

Really don't want to spoil my good week TOO MUCH and affect my weight loss too much but it going to be hard to stick to my 1360 Calories with the large amount of cals in beer.
Drinking your calories really makes life hard.

I am trying not to get too stressed about it, and just go out and have a good time. Its not like I do it all the time.

Everyone deserves a break and a relaxed evening at some time. RIGHT???

Hey dont get stressed about this!! It something u really wanna do and its not an everyday thuing! so I say go for it but maybe have a beer then a glass of water then a beer - that way you are slowing down the drinking?? just a wee suggestion!

MiNiMoNkI

Hi guys, hope your all well.

The food side of things is going great with me, my birthday yesterday, my partner wanted to treat me to takeaway but i stood firm, im far to involved in this now! However the excercise is dying down. I work 8 - 6 and when i get home cook dinner, tidy round, sort my son for bed etc, i have no motivation at all! i really enjoyed it too start with but im finding the lower amount of cals im eating is making me a little lethargic, i walk whenever i can and hoovering and tidying round keeps me active but ive dont no actual excercise as such for over a week! im worried this is going to stop the weight loss after doing so well at the start!

Good luck everyone! xx

marianne_s

Hi ebveryone,

Yesterday I started day 1 of 30 Day shred.... and it wasn't too bad. I thought it was going to be hard going after reading all the comments on MFP.

I also ran for 20 minutes on the treadmill, because I didn't feel as if I had done a proper workout.
I'm wondering if I should alternate between the treadmill and one of the Turbo Fire sessions with the shred.


What do you think?

melkneec

I have been sick and not be as active on the topics as I like. I am now back .

My fav motivational quote is

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. - David Ogilvy

madamelaporte

OK so I can't actually list mine on a day to day basis as the days my husband has off are 2 different ones every week. One of them mainly being a Thursday so I do buggy fitness which is an hour of powerwalking (we do about 4.4miles) with exercise stints twice throughout (100 squats altogether, 100 lunges on each leg altogether and every other week we do arm exercises with resistance bands).

On his other day off I try and go out for my own powerwalk whilst the children are resting for 40 - 60 minutes.

I rest on a Sunday as my husband is home every Sunday evening and Im busy with the kids during the day so have no time then to exercise.

The other 4 days a week I do Zumba at home with my dvd (60 minutes of Zumba power) followed by some toning exercises on my bottom, thighs, arms and tummy - nothing too heavy as I don't want to bulk up just tone up. I tried some new tummy exercises on Tuesday night and today I feel like I have been kicked in the ribs. Asked the fitness instructor at buggy fitness this morning about it and she said its a good thing as it means Ive done them right and its working yippee

Well done everyone we all seem to be doing a great job. Im weighing in on Monday so Im hoping for a weight loss as I didnt lose any (didnt gain either) last week depsite all my hard work!!

calcote05

Hi ebveryone,

Yesterday I started day 1 of 30 Day shred.... and it wasn't too bad. I thought it was going to be hard going after reading all the comments on MFP.

I also ran for 20 minutes on the treadmill, because I didn't feel as if I had done a proper workout.
I'm wondering if I should alternate between the treadmill and one of the Turbo Fire sessions with the shred.


What do you think?

How is Turbo Fire? I wanted to buy it, but couldn't convince myself to do so. It looks like so much fun!!

startingoverca

Wow! I basically live in jeans (or equally comfortable attire) and the baggier the better! Well, yesterday I had to put up a pair that is WAY to big for me to keep wearing... falling down right after I put them on! And the ones I am wearing today are too big as well. I don't. Even have any belts because I never needed them. I am so excited! And I should be able to walk again tomorrow! I honestly cannot remember the last time I had a pair of jeans that were so obviously too big to wear.

linsben

Hellooo fellow challengers.
Day one of the challenge went well for me except this past weekend, on a drunken adventure in dt Toronto i twisted my ankel! Sooo my workouts havnt been as intense as they usually are. i still went to the gym tuesday and wednesday but ill be taken a day off tonight.
My first thought when i fell was crap! the challenge! but im glad ive been ok enough to at least do a little working out and deff been watching what i eat pretty good.

Good luck everyone!

"Fitness for life, one day at a time"- apparently the quote Kelly Osborne uses to motivate her in her weight loss journey. So true! its the way its got to be.

DreamLittleDarling

ok ladies and gents,
I'm having a hard time and need some help/advice!
I've been sick for 3 or 4 days now, and due to that I have just had no appetite and no energy, although I did keep trying to work out. I went to the doctor yesterday and turns out I have a sinus infection, double ear infections, and the beginnings of strep, yay lol! But that's not the problem totally... From being sick I just have no appetite, I guess because my body is in total loverload trying to fight off the infections... Last night I started feeling better and got hungry, but it was LATE, so I didn't eat, I drank a big glass of ice water instead, just to put something in my stomach to make the growling stop. I thought since I was hungry last night, I would be hungry this morning, but nope! I could not eat this morning, nothing looked good, I couldn't even convince myself to drink a special k protein shake, and I really love those things! When I made my daughters lunch (leftover pizza hut pasta from my neighbor who has been babying my kids and I while I'm sick lol) I decided I HAVE to eat something, so I made myself a plate as well, and I had to really force myself to eat it all. I had 1 cup of pasta and half a bread stick... less then 200 calories so far for the day and it's 1:15.
I'm a nurse and I know well enough that if I'm not eating right, I'm actually going to lose less weight, and I also know that if I'm getting less then 500 calories in me each day, I definitely shouldn't be trying to work out because that's bad for my body.
What I don't know is how I can get this back in order, how the heck do I get my appetite back under control so I can eat and exercise like I want to? HELP!

madamelaporte

I was sick a while ago with sickness and diaorrhea (sp) for 5 days and I didnt want to start eating as I just didnt feel hungry where I hadnt eaten for so long. I knew I had to start eating again so I just took it very slowly. I made sure I ate at every meal time but just started small so a banana for breakfast, a slice of toast for lunch and a bowl of soup for dinner after a couple of days I was back into eating as normal as my body has started working properly again so try that rather than something so heavy as pasta to begin with just to get your body used to receiving food again

HTH

reander

cowandmonkey, hope you had a wonderful birthday!

tldabney, I have been sick for the past month, still not 100% but during the first 2 weeks of this I had no appetite at all. I tried to eat foods like nuts, just to up my calories, but I was still under for quite a while. So if you can eat something high in cals like nuts, or maybe try a meal replacement drink if you can? If you still can't manage to eat much just take it easy. Hope you feel better soon!

I have near 500 calories left for the day, i'm very tempted to have a cookie. Normally i'd have a smoothie but my blender has broken!

sjodrum

Hi,

My name is Steve and I just started on MFP this week. I have done challenges on other webs sites and I find them very motivating, so I was really happy to see this one. Two years ago I lost 40 pounds over about 4 months, but went on a trip
over the 4th of July holiday and since then have slowly gained it all back. This is a new attempt at getting back to a more healthy lifestyle.

My workouts are not very regular but are sort of like this:

Sun:
Mon: Cross trainer machine at the gym - 52 min
Tue: walk 30 -60 min
Wed:
Thu: walk 30-60 min
Fri: Cross trainer machine at the gym - 52 min
Sat: long walk, 90-120 min

I am working up to walking a half marathon at the end of June, so the walks are getting longer little by little.
I need to add some strength training into this process somehow.

I have the most trouble with snacking in the evening, say from 9pm until I go to bed. Even when I plan my meals and workouts, I find that I don't stick to the plan all that well. This week has been good, though, and I feel more motivated even now since I started this challenge!

It is fun to read all of your posts and I'm looking forward to the next 4 weeks.

Kristie18

Monday-walked/jogged 4 miles
tues-sick
wed-sick
Thurs-3.5 miles on treadmill

DreamLittleDarling

well, I'm still under my calories for the day, but the food I ate was not good food! Pasta for lunch and Taco Bell for supper... I miss the regular routine my kids and I had going, it was so much easier, and SO MUCH BETTER for us when I was cooking at home every evening! Sports and fundraisers are kicking my dieting butt right now!

But I did start feeling better this afternoon finally, and got a little active and cleaned the house, even vacuumed! So that's all I'm logging for exercise for today, because after the last couple days of being sick that's all the energy I could muster for the day I think!

But typically, I do cardio every week day, in the form of one of my many workout DVD's that I have... I just pick and choose and whichever seems fun that day and do it right here in my living room! I walk most days, weather permitting, with my youngest in her stroller, about 1 1/2 moiles every day. And when I'm cooking at home daily, like I usually do, I almost always stay about 200 calories under my daily goal!

stickybumpz

Wanting to join the 30 day challenge.

CW 205.2 - 1st March 2011
GW 197.2 - 1st April 2011

Yeah Boyee!

Wannalose60

Weighed in at the gym... 3 pounds more than I thought I was.

The plan is to follow the plan and stay away from alcohol.

Any weight loss will be appreciated. I will weigh in again on the 12th!

xxx_Pink_Princess_xxx

ok ladies and gents,
I'm having a hard time and need some help/advice!
I've been sick for 3 or 4 days now, and due to that I have just had no appetite and no energy, although I did keep trying to work out. I went to the doctor yesterday and turns out I have a sinus infection, double ear infections, and the beginnings of strep, yay lol! But that's not the problem totally... From being sick I just have no appetite, I guess because my body is in total loverload trying to fight off the infections... Last night I started feeling better and got hungry, but it was LATE, so I didn't eat, I drank a big glass of ice water instead, just to put something in my stomach to make the growling stop. I thought since I was hungry last night, I would be hungry this morning, but nope! I could not eat this morning, nothing looked good, I couldn't even convince myself to drink a special k protein shake, and I really love those things! When I made my daughters lunch (leftover pizza hut pasta from my neighbor who has been babying my kids and I while I'm sick lol) I decided I HAVE to eat something, so I made myself a plate as well, and I had to really force myself to eat it all. I had 1 cup of pasta and half a bread stick... less then 200 calories so far for the day and it's 1:15.
I'm a nurse and I know well enough that if I'm not eating right, I'm actually going to lose less weight, and I also know that if I'm getting less then 500 calories in me each day, I definitely shouldn't be trying to work out because that's bad for my body.
What I don't know is how I can get this back in order, how the heck do I get my appetite back under control so I can eat and exercise like I want to? HELP!

Awww man Im so sorry to hear u r so sick - I have had a lot of problems in the ear/nose/throat area in my life and I know how much it can just drag u down!

Sorry I cant be much help to u, but my advice would be - just try and eat something - n e thing even if it is just soup filled with veg but liquidice it so its runny and easy to swollow! xxx

I hope u feel better soon darling xxxx

DreamLittleDarling

Thank you all, I'm feeling much much better today! My appetite is back to normal and I have energy this morning, I love it!

I'm spending the weekend in my small hometown in Texas and I'm super excited! It's rodeo time, and for those of you familiar with small town Texas, you know this is a big deal! I am going to stay away from the carnival food, no matter what! And this year my oldest is going with me to the rodeo, so that also means mommy will not be drinking, so no nasty alcohol calories for me either! Now, if I can convince my mother-in-law not to cook the most fattening, typical southern food we've all ever seen while we're there is a completely different story, LOL! I will stay strong and I will stay under my calorie goals!
I will not be around a computer again until late Tuesday afternoon, I'll only be able to log calories on my phone, so I will check in with my weight when we get home! Wish me luck!

tayloracobb

i'm in!