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  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Since it looks like the forum has become a little more active, what's everyone's plans for the weekend? :)

    Saturday I'm going to my friend's wedding so I probably won't be on after 11am or so. Sunday I'm going to a fair :)
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    CHALLENGES! Weeks 9/27/2011-10/11/2011

    Nutrition: Eat a healthy breakfast
    Exercise: Work out for at least 50 minutes 3x a week; 1000 crunches
    Wellness: Spend 5 minutes a day stretching.

    Okay, these are the new challenges for the next two weeks. Hope they're okay for everyone :)

    PORRIDGE!!!! yummo
    45 minutes gym, 100 crunches done.
    5 minutes stretching.
    11 glasses of water and8 hours of sleep :)
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    i'm working this weekend :(
  • tristahenry
    tristahenry Posts: 175
    I have an experiential counseling workshop and a chili cook off fundraiser for wounded war veterans on Saturday and Sunday I'm closing the pool (yea... definitely procrastinating that one!) and doing general chores (groceries, cleaning, homework, etc).
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    My daily report.

    Nutrition: Had another bowl of Lucky Charms this morning :) It's like crack, lol.
    Exercise: Did 55 minutes of the gym today. Only to get completely soaked on my way home. It was a good cool-off :P 200/1000 crunches.
    Wellness: No stretching yet, will probably do some before bed.
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    Yesterday was a Rest Day for me, was all sore, so I only logged in to track my food down.

    So here is my daily report for both days:

    * Water intake: 64oz of water
    * Exercises: Treadmill, 30 minutes; Stationary bike, 25 minutes; Rowing 15 minutes.
    * Days without smoking: 45
    * Crunches: 140/1000
    * Had a mixed berry smoothie for breakfast

    :D Have a wonderful evening!
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Today I thought I ate kinda crappy, but it turns out I actually didn't eat enough calories, despite the fact that I thought I ate a lot! It's kinda funny how that works.

    Nutrition: Had dry Lucky Charms. Super sad, didn't have milk.
    No exercise for me today, but did a lot of standing at work. Gonna go to the gym before the wedding tomorrow.
    Wellness: Did some stretching. Woke up really stiff this morning.
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    Hello hello!!!

    I have been doing quite good with tracking my food and going to the gym. Today I had cheesey bread sticks and 4 pieces of boneless wings from Domino's. I do know that after a great workout I shouldn't have had that for dinner, but I have been wanting to try it for awhole month. And it's ok, tomorrow is a new day.

    * Water intake: 64oz of water
    * Exercises: Treadmill, 35 minutes; Elliptical, 35 minutes.
    * Days without smoking: 45
    * Crunches: still 140/1000
    * Had Kashi - Golean Crunch! - Honey Almond Flax for breakfast with yogurt and 4oz of orange juice.
    * Wellness: I did some stretching this evening :)

    Have a great weekend everyone!!! Tomorro I am off to work and then hitting the gym :D
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Hello hello!!!

    I have been doing quite good with tracking my food and going to the gym. Today I had cheesey bread sticks and 4 pieces of boneless wings from Domino's. I do know that after a great workout I shouldn't have had that for dinner, but I have been wanting to try it for awhole month. And it's ok, tomorrow is a new day.

    * Water intake: 64oz of water
    * Exercises: Treadmill, 35 minutes; Elliptical, 35 minutes.
    * Days without smoking: 45
    * Crunches: still 140/1000
    * Had Kashi - Golean Crunch! - Honey Almond Flax for breakfast with yogurt and 4oz of orange juice.
    * Wellness: I did some stretching this evening :)

    Have a great weekend everyone!!! Tomorro I am off to work and then hitting the gym :D

    Mmmm, that sounds so yummy, haha.

    Gonna try to go to the gym in a little bit before I shower and get ready for the wedding (!). Not sure what kind of food is gonna be there, so we shall see.
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    So, my daily report. Today was one of my very good friends' wedding. It was a beautiful wedding, but the FOOD! Oh so much of it.

    Nutrition: I had a yogurt and a bowl of cereal :)
    Exercise: I went to the gym this morning for about a half hour or so. No crunches.
    Wellness: Haven't done any stretching.
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    Yesterday I fell sleep around 7pm and wasn't able to log in to post my daily report, so here it is:

    * Water intake: 64oz of water
    * Exercises: Treadmill, 20 minutes; Elliptical, 20 minutes; Rowing, 10 mints; Bicycling 17 mints
    * Days without smoking: 46
    * Crunches: still 140/1000
    * Had Kashi - Golean Crunch! - Honey Almond Flax for breakfast with yogurt.
    * Wellness: I did some stretching after working out :)
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Ugh, so my daily report. I went to Topsfield Fair today, which is just an annual fall festival. I had fried dough but I probably burned off a majority of it by walking. Plus, I didn't really eat THAT much otherwise.

    Had a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
    Walked around for a good 4hrs today (only counted 2) at the fair; no crunches.
    No stretching.
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    Today was more like a rest day for me.

    * Water intake: 64oz of water
    * Days without smoking: 47
    * Crunches: still 140/1000
    * Had oat meal for breakfast and a slice of cheese.
    * Going to do some stretching before going to bed :)

    Have a wondeful week everyone! :D
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Okay, so as some of you may know, I'm hypoglycemic, or I have low blood sugar. Sometimes when I'm getting sick, it's hard for me to stabilize my sugars.. but it also occurs during TOM, which is due any day now. So.. my eating was a little haphazard today. Hoping to get back on track tomorrow.

    Had a bowl of Lucky Charms this morning.
    Did an hour of strength training (full body circuit machines), 300/1000 crunches.
    Stretched for about 5-10 minutes after workout.

    How was everyone's weekend?
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    Today was an OK day for me. (Feeling just a tiny bit down because I am stuck in 180lbs and don't know what to do to bust my metabolism)

    * Water intake: 64oz of water
    * Days without smoking: 48
    * Crunches: still 140/1000
    * Exercises: all cardio (rowing, elliptical, treadmill and bicycle)
    * Had Kashi - Golean Crunch! - Honey Almond Flax and Kellogs -Corn Flakes- (50/50) for breakfast with milk (2%).
    * Going to do some stretching before going to bed :)
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Today was an OK day for me. (Feeling just a tiny bit down because I am stuck in 180lbs and don't know what to do to bust my metabolism)

    * Water intake: 64oz of water
    * Days without smoking: 48
    * Crunches: still 140/1000
    * Exercises: all cardio (rowing, elliptical, treadmill and bicycle)
    * Had Kashi - Golean Crunch! - Honey Almond Flax and Kellogs -Corn Flakes- (50/50) for breakfast with milk (2%).
    * Going to do some stretching before going to bed :)

    Try zig zagging your calories. Have a day or two where you go over your calories by a little bit, and then have days where you're a bit under and then days where you're right on target. It tends to work for me :)
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    Today was an OK day for me. (Feeling just a tiny bit down because I am stuck in 180lbs and don't know what to do to bust my metabolism)

    * Water intake: 64oz of water
    * Days without smoking: 48
    * Crunches: still 140/1000
    * Exercises: all cardio (rowing, elliptical, treadmill and bicycle)
    * Had Kashi - Golean Crunch! - Honey Almond Flax and Kellogs -Corn Flakes- (50/50) for breakfast with milk (2%).
    * Going to do some stretching before going to bed :)

    Try zig zagging your calories. Have a day or two where you go over your calories by a little bit, and then have days where you're a bit under and then days where you're right on target. It tends to work for me :)

    I'll try to do that. Thanks :)
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    I went over my calories a bit because I didn't end up going to the gym. But it's okay, off to the gym tomorrow :)

    Nutrition: Lucky Charms :)
    No exercise today and no stretching.
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    Another OK day for me. I still dont know what to do to boost my metabolism.

    * Water intake: 64oz of water
    * Days without smoking: 49
    * Crunches: still 140/1000
    * Exercises: elliptical and treadmill
    * Breakfast wasnt as good as I wanted it to be
    * I'll try to do some stretching before going to bed.
  • tristahenry
    tristahenry Posts: 175
    Okay, so as some of you may know, I'm hypoglycemic, or I have low blood sugar. Sometimes when I'm getting sick, it's hard for me to stabilize my sugars.. but it also occurs during TOM, which is due any day now. So.. my eating was a little haphazard today. Hoping to get back on track tomorrow.

    Had a bowl of Lucky Charms this morning.
    Did an hour of strength training (full body circuit machines), 300/1000 crunches.
    Stretched for about 5-10 minutes after workout.

    How was everyone's weekend?

    My husband is hypoglycemic and he loves his lucky charms in the am... when he's feeling especially off with his sugars he aims to add a slow burning sugar in with his sugary cereal (like a slice of PB on whole wheat crackers) so he doesn't crash. He doesn't (technically) have TOM to contend with but it helps him to balance out. AND btw... I want lucky charms now!
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Usually a bowl of Lucky Charms keeps me pretty well "sugared" up until lunch, but wouldn't ya know, the night I posted that, TOM showed up! I try to keep my sugars up as much as possible, but I need my snacks. The Simply Smart fat free and Over the Moon fat free milk have enough sugar in them that it really helps a lot. But I also love my protein like my eggs and peanut butter :)
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    I was kinda bad today.. Had a Hershey's Moose Track ice cream cone. It's day 2 of TOM, the day my cravings are usually the worst. And I caved. But not as bad as I usually am :)

    Nutrition: Lucky Charms breakfast :)
    Exercise: One hour of strength training, 400/1000 crunches.
    Did some stretching :)
  • tristahenry
    tristahenry Posts: 175
    SO TIRED! And to make it worse I know I won't even walk in my front door until 8:30pm. Then I have to make and eat dinner before bed. Is it bad mojo on MFP to plan on skipping dinner?
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    SO TIRED! And to make it worse I know I won't even walk in my front door until 8:30pm. Then I have to make and eat dinner before bed. Is it bad mojo on MFP to plan on skipping dinner?

    You really shouldn't have a full meal after 7pm since your metabolism slows down at night. I suggest having something light like toast or a yogurt in place of a full meal :)
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    Another 2 weeks gone already! I know it's early to be thinking about it, but we start the next week of challenges this Tuesday! Anyone have any ideas so I'm not pulling stuff out of my butt this time? :)
  • rosaidamiddleton
    rosaidamiddleton Posts: 106 Member
    I am going to leave my daily report andmorrow I'll let you guys know what has being going on with me.

    Another OK day for me. I still dont know what to do to boost my metabolism.

    * Water intake: 64oz of water
    * Days without smoking: 51
    * Crunches: still 140/1000
    * Exercises: elliptical, crosstrainer and treadmill
    * Breakfast: kellogs corn flakes and golean honey almond flax corn flakes with milk
    * I'll try to do some stretching before going to bed.
  • tristahenry
    tristahenry Posts: 175
    Another 2 weeks gone already! I know it's early to be thinking about it, but we start the next week of challenges this Tuesday! Anyone have any ideas so I'm not pulling stuff out of my butt this time? :)

    A few thoughts... find a new form of exercise to love that you don't already (yoga, rowing, boxing, swimming, etc) and aim for 3 times per week. Choose an ingredient (pumpkin or leeks) and post a recipe here for a best recipe vote. Since we did abs these past two weeks do backs to balance out bodies? I'm always a fan of the "for me" challenges... stretching, meditating, writing, etc. You always have great ideas!
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    I like the writing idea. I use my blog a lot for on here, but what does everyone think of maybe starting to keep a journal just for yourself? You don't have to post what you wrote about in your journal but maybe just say like "I wrote in my journal today" as the daily update?
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    What are lucky charms? :S
  • hm_day
    hm_day Posts: 857 Member
    What are lucky charms? :S

    They're a sugary delicious cereal :) No, they have like, regular oat pieces and then they have these "marshmallow" pieces that are shaped like different things. The character for it is a leprechaun, haha. They're sooo good.
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