Wanted : Accountability Partners

Elbee1

Welcome, Nonie & Gwen.
What a wonderful family! So great that 3 generations are doing this together. You all have brought a huge smile to my face.
Linda

Starlage

three goals drink more water, stop stressing over the fact my hair is falling out, play with my grandkids more long term goal read more bible not to be ashamed of the life i live down here when my lord calls me home
i am a widow but i have a man in my life , hes loving ,kind , understanding, gives me all i need and cares whats good for my body, soul and spirit. o
in case u want to know how i got such a perfect man....well he died on the cross for me and i believed ... u can too his name is jesus

AMEN sister! We could all use to read the bible more )

babyworms

I'm in! Everyone can feel free to add me!
I'm 22 and getting married in January, so my main goal is to have lost 25kg by then. I'm already down about 8.
My fiance, mum, grandma and 'sister' (family friend 'adopted' by my parents ) are all on this site too, so it's a team effort.

I shall be back monday to post my goals for next week, considering it is now saturday... :S

Always happy to have more awesomely motivated friends!

Elbee1

Welcome, Babyworms.

I met my 3 goals yesterday. Today I will repeat those same goals. See if I can make it through more than one day...

1)make it through the day without suddenly binging or really blowing it!!!!!!!!
2)plan my meals and stick with the plan.
3) Eat earlier in the morning, rather than wait until the late afternoon before I eat anything all day.

Linda

getnfitn2011

Good afternoon all!!!!

baby worms- so glad to have ya!!!!!

Thank you guys for welcoming my mom and grandma...and yes Linda I am ubber blessed to have them here. We have always been the three amigos way to go on meetng your goals Linda...I also met mine yesterday and plan for the same three today!! I am moving in a moth so I am praying I handle it better than I did last time. Last time I took up smoking and over eating to cope with the stress!!! I am done with smoking though so now if I could just get my stress eating under control!!! I am going to stay accounable now more than ever!!!!!! So glad to have ya'll here!!!

So here we go goals I am adding a semi and a longterm goal to keep me focused!

1) Stay under on my calories
2)Drink all my water
3) Give my work out all I got!!!!
4) Semi long term- down a pant size by May 16th
5) Long term...to be able to run for two miles out right without stopping by the end of summer

Ok well I gotta run, time to work out!!!!
Have a blessed Saturday!!
Misty

Elbee1

Hi y'all.
How is everybody doing?
Getnfit -- So glad that you are here! I bet you will handle it better this time, around. Congratulations on no longer smoking!!! That is huge!!! I know that you will succeed with Mfp!

I met my 3 goals today, barely! It was really tough since we moved from one of our mini storages. That was a huge calorie burner, btw.

I am going to stick with those same 3 goals. I wonder if I can stick with them for a week. That is an additional goal: Stick with my 3 daily goals for a week!
1)make it through the day without suddenly binging or really blowing it!!!!!!!!
2)plan my meals and stick with the plan.
3) Eat earlier in the morning, rather than wait until the late afternoon before I eat anything all day.

Sorry to be so boring... but I need to work on being consistent. This Yo-Yo stuff is just no good...
Linda

Starlage

Happy Monday ladies!

Had a nice weekend, how about you? Took the weekend off calorie counting-wise. Saturday I had a nice evening out in downtown Seattle with my best friend- went and saw a show, dinner out, drinks. Lots of fun! Figured there was no point in counting that day and Sunday's my usual day off ) Back on track today! Going to go to the store today and get some salad goods- change my eating up this week, see how my body responds to different foods.

three goals: EXERCISE TODAY!!! i haven't exercised since Thursday, gah!, Go to the store and get veggies and protein for salads, drink minimum 64 oz water

getnfitn2011

Good evening guys!!!

Sorry I didn't make it here today...I homeschool and Mondays are always hard getting kids to focus let alone after a week off for spring break!!! The long story short is I met the three goals I did not post but meant to lol. I drank all my water...worked out till I was a sweaty mess and stayed under on my claorie goal!!! I weighed today...didn't register a loss but i did lose 8.5 inches all from my core!!! No wonder my pants are feeling so comfy! lol I didn't have to suck it in to get dressed which is a very nice change!!!

Linda- you are so not boring and either are your goals they are real so I think your awesome just keep it up girl!! Thank you for the support too, I think I will do ok with moving too!!!

Starla- I am glad you had a good weekened mine was awesome as well!! Way to go on planning ahead for the healthy meals!!!

I better run gotta get kids to bed ...I will check in first thing in the morning instead of at night just so I can stay up to date on how ya'll are doing!!!
G'night all!!!
Misty

getnfitn2011

good morning all!!!!
Man it seems that that morning comes earlier and earlier...guess that mean I am getting old huh? lol Well this will just be a quick one due to the fact that I need to get my day rolling. Here are my goals....

1) Fit in two workouts....today is a a stretch day with my program but I want to get some cardio in the afternoon just to wake me up during the time I am normally dragging!!

2) Stay under on my calories

3) Drink all my water

4) Spend more time reading my Bible

Those are my goals for today!!! I hope each of you have a super blessed day!!!
Misty

Starlage

Struggling with hunger this morning, grr! already have had my morning coffee, protein shake, a banana and a pear. Planning a nice healthy salad for lunch ) I probably just need to down some water. My brain's taunting me asking for pastries... hehe. I will not give in though. It's so EASY working in a hospital getting the bad foods, no matter the healthy things I pack and plan for the day there are always available goodies near by in the gift shop and cafeteria. Oh well, I'll munch on my veggies and drink water!

Today I've got to exercise- been too long. so that's today's first goal: get some exercise in!!

second goal- drink WATERRRRR- only got down about 40oz by the end of the day yesterday.

third goal- DONT GET A PASTRY!!!! craving sugary fatty things today )

Elbee1

Lost another pound... weigh in was today.

However, totally off track today and yesterday.

Did not meet my goals at all.

Tomorrow's goals:
1)make it through the day without suddenly binging or really blowing it!!!!!!!!
2)plan my meals and stick with the plan.
3) Eat earlier in the morning, rather than wait until the late afternoon before I eat anything all day.

Linda

Starlage

Linda, congrats on another pound!! whoohoo!!

I didnt check in yesterday but did pretty darn good goal wise! Had a busy busy day at work so it was easy to stay on track with food and calories but by the end of the day I had gone over in at least half of my counts... oh well! Today will be better. I exercised yesterday for 45 mins, YAY!

Today's goals:

-exercise again!!!! keep it up!!! ;o)
-try to stay under in most of my counts (i always go over in protein and sugar but yesterday i went over in a couple of others also)
-drink lots of water to try and make up for going over in sodium yesterday!

Starlage

welllll where is everyone?

sloooowwww day at work today. Went out to lunch with coworkers to a mexican resaurant nearby- SO good but SO many calories!!! I could only estimate but I think I had 900-1000 cals. whoops! Will have to exercise tonight, have a light dinner and make up for it tmrw.

Goals yesterday met, acutally workerd out again! was hard to make myself but I'm proud that I did it through my discouraged attitude!

Today:
have a really super light dinner to make up for my HUGE lunch!!, exercise half hr minimum, 2:30 and still most of my water for the day to go, so get that 64 ounces down!

I got a compliment today from a coworker :blushing: said I 'look skinny!' hehe. I think it's just because I'm in flattering scrubs today- stepped on the scale this morning and definitely no change. almost a pound up from bloat, too much sodium lately. oh well.

have a good weekend everyone!

meg_hand

I'm in too! I need any support I can get, and having others to monitor my accountability is great! I can get discouraged easily and that little extra push from others when I slip can always help!

Elbee1

Welcome, Meg!

I won't be posting much for the next 3 weeks.
I am cotinuing to diet and exercise while I'm away.
So far, so good!!!!!
45 minute walk today, 59 minute aerobics yesterday, 20 minute walk the day before.
Haven't been binging! Have really been doing good!!!
Linda

stephierue

I'm in! Friend me. I am up a size since last summer & I won't buy new clothes! Accountability is why I joined.

babyworms

Hey all! It's Monday again!

My fiance and i have been talking a lot about our efforts to live a more active and healthy lifestyle, and we're getting more and more used to it every day.

My goals for this week are:

- Exercise at LEAST 3.5 hours by the end of the week - equivalent to 30 mins a day. I know it doesn't seem like much, but when i get strings of shifts at work i just literally have NO energy to do anythign when i get home - so it could be a push.
- Make sure i'm drinking my 2L water a day - i do most days, but sometimes i fall short
- Only eat meals that have been prepared at home - so that we know exactly how many calories are in each.

i lost another 700g last week, which is awesome. But, that was including having some binge days, so i'm hoping that being entirely back on the wagon this week will help to lose even more!

Good luck to everyone this week!

Starlage

Babyworms, great goal to exercise everday! I have the same challenge. I workout in the evenings and am usually POOPED! It's so easy to talk myself out of it.

The other challenge that comes along with that that I've had trouble with is being able to eat back my exercise calories! I love to eat- don't get me wrong. But I think I've been planning incorrectly: logging exercise at the end of the day after I do and and finding out I've got 800-1100 cals to eat for dinner. What? how am I supposed to eat that many over 1 meal and still be healthy, I think to myself. So I've usually ended up 400-500 under my alloted cals after exercise. Gar. So this week I'm going to try entering my exercise in the morning when I'm entering breakfast, snacks and lunch for my workday- that way I know if I can have extra with lunch or a larger snack.... I'll see how that goes. I figure once I've already entered the exercise and eaten some of the extra calories it'll be more motivation to ACTUALLY exercise! ........hopefully....

So, goals today.....

-exercise when I get home.... even though I don't want to (my monthly visitor started today.... so i'll be doing something light for sure. thinking yoga)
-get all my water in
-don't have anymore signifigant sugar for the day

Have a great day ladies )

Starlage

Our little thread sure has been quiet lately........

Today's goals: 1) exercise tonight dang it!!! I didn't do it after work yesterday.... was pooped :ohwell: 2)go shopping after work today- need more veggies n fruit so I keep eating healthy!! 3) Stay under in sugar counts.

Not much else to say today, gotta get back to work!

getnfitn2011

hey hey!!!
I thought I would pop in here and see if I could revive our little thread!!! I have been kinda MIA because I am the process of moving and finishing up the school year (I homeschool for those that didn't catch that.) I have missed being in here!!! Welcome to all teh new faces!! Starla you are so cool to keep coming in here. I am with ya kow so even if its just us two I am with ya and I will be that accountability partner!!

Just recap whats been going on in my world...I think I am have that PMDD...I could figure out why about a week before TOM comes knocking I have crazy sweet cravings (I am on shakeology and really don't even crave sweets most the time), like no drive or energy, and moodswings that could give a girl whiplash!! Then a friend told me to look into PMDD and the symptoms...yep got every single one! I found that there are lots of all natural aids to help with this so I am really excited! I just kinda thought I went off the deep ened for a week every month and thats just teh way I was ..DUH!! I am a ding dong sometimes!! Anyway so i am excited to see how these supplememnets help me with this ugly issue!!! Other than that I am pushing through my workouts and logging all my food...even made my diary public which was SCARY!!!!

My goals...
1- Stay positive
2-log all my food
3- CRUSH my workouts 6 x a week
4- Just keep momentum going!!!
Anyway, thats whats going on over here....I hope to hear from ya'll soon!!
Misty

Starlage

Hi! I am still here not every single day though- been MIA for awhile.

I had a decent weekend- exercised and logged food diligently and wonderfully saturday but took sunday off of both - but I don't think I did too bad of a job! Yesterday I was pooped when I got home- so I didn't exercise like I had planned and as a result went around 200 over in calories.. oops! I got to work, was here for a couple of hours and then got a call from my mother- she locked herself out of our apartment (my mom now lives with me... not able to work a job that would let her have enough money to have her own apartment) and it was too cold yesterday to make her wait around for me into the evening, and she doesn't know any neighbors in the other apartments.... so off to home I went! I'm lucky enough to have wonderful coworkers and an amazing job. Yesterday clinic was just slow enough that it was no problem for someone to cover while I drove the half hour or so home to let her in and then back to work. Worked out well! Mom and I certainely learned our lesson though about needing to hide a key outside somewhere. I rent a privately owned condo so there isn't anyone on the property with keys- so mom made a few copies yesterday of the the key and we quickly buried one in a pot on the back patio (ground floor apartment) so that this doesn't happen again! It's funny how roles reverse as we age. I never had that particular issue happen to me when I was younger but I could see it happening to someone's kid and having to leave work to let them in the house, ya know? Anyways though it made for a long day so that was my excuse to not exercise... too tired... I'll do much better today! I've eaten wonderfully so far and plan to go home and use my trusty gazelle while I watch tv (that's why I like it so much! I get a good sweat from it and watch tv at the same time ) My goal for the week is simple: Don't get on that darn scale in the bathrooM!!!! I want til the week after next, the day before I go to my nursing conference on the 26th, because that weekend I have another night out planned with friends, so I'd rather weigh before all of that and then stay in that blissful place of what will hopefully be happiness until I weight again a couple of weeks later. It's so hard not to get on that scale!

Anyways, I need to get back to work!