Sixers Holiday Challenge-Week 3

drtamm

Thanks Rhiannon! You wrote your message perfectly. I felt every word of it and I appreciate you taking the time to refocus us all!!! YAY!!! You should write motivational speeches! Thanks a million.

drtamm

Now that I have read all the weekend post!

Connie- Good luck! Remember each time we eat, we can choose to make a step towards a healthy future!

Amylou- Good luck w/ the last final! You can do it!

Amy- Loved the pictures of you and the family. Looks like you had tons of snow!

Becky- I'm glad you made it through the busy weekend. Next week is a fresh start.

Cathy- I am a bargain shopper too! I have to go to the dollar tree to settle my shopping impulse sometimes. LOL

Kristin: Dial up does suck! I love the Nutcracker hope you enjoyed it!

Tan- How are you girlie? Let us know if you need some motivation!

Well tomorrow I have another interview and then I will be deciding which program is better for me. Then 2 days of apartment searching and then driving 14 hrs back to Memphis. This time I will drive thru Ga. so I can visit some friends and break up my drive.

Take care :flowerforyou:
Tamm

chipper15173

good morin" all....
i just had such a good breakfast. i made my own egg mcmuffin, so good. today seemed like it was better than past days.
did my gym workout already. still doing the 5 am wake up to take son, had a few glitches with the car yesterday. for me anymore gets me to the gym 3 days a week.
i know my scale should show a loss tomorrow morning. excited about it. have been so in the groove this week. hope to stay in the mode for awhile.
Christmas shouldn't be bad for me. we do a brunch intstead of a full meal. and since nothing has been said to me about plans, we just plan on being here, except to run gifts to shanells.
need to record my exercise and get my food in.
dinner tonight is chili mixed with rice put in toritta wraps, a quick and easy one. that should cost me some calories, i have them today.
check in later

kistinbee

Good morning gals! Wow...I must say Rhiannon, your post was VERY uplifting and already gave me a great attitude for the day! Thank you!:flowerforyou: My weekend did not end as planned. Saturday when my mom and I went out for dinner, I had a big piece of lasagna...BAD choice...but it happens. Plus I ate an abundance of chocolate over the weekend and did not drink much water, but I got all my workouts in. And although I may have staying within calories (I honestly am not sure because I don't know exact nutritional info on what I ate) I know that my body is retaining water...I couldn't even get my rings off this morning!:noway: But I'm hoping that with a good day back on track today, I can still see an okay number on the scale tomorrow...I hope!

Today is going to be kind of weird because I have a doctors appointment after work and so hoping it gets done in time to make it to BodyPump...but we will see. If not, I will go and do circuit weight training on my own and run on the treadmill...I CAN'T skip! So...dinner will probably just be a Luna Bar because I'm guessing it will be late by the time I get home from the gym. Then maybe some air-popped popcorn as a snack. Here's the rest of the meal plan:

Breakfast
Old Orchard - Healthy Balance Pomegranate Cranberry, 8 FL OZ 29
Bananas - Raw, 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) 105
One A Day - Womens Multi Vitamin, 1 tablet 0
Cream of Wheat Instant - Cinnamon Swirl, 1 packet 130
Total breakfast 264

AM snacks
Coffee - ground, 2 cup 0
Nestle Coffee Mate - Coffee Creamer (Sugar Free Vanilla Caramel), 2 tbsp 30
Kashi Tlc - Soft Baked Cereal Bar-Blackberry Graham, 1 bar (35g) 110
Total AM snacks 140

Lunch
Spaghetti - Whole-wheat, cooked, 1 cup 174
Hunts - Spaghetti Sauce, 1/2 cup 60
Diet Coke - Soft Drink, 6 fl. oz. 0
Ae Yo-Lite Yogurt - Yogurt, 6 oz 80
Home made basic salad with spritzer dressing, 1 meal 83
Total lunch 397

Afternoon snacks
Kashi Tlc - Chewy Granola Bars - Honey Almond Flax, 1 bar (35g) 140
Apples - Raw, with skin, 1 medium (2-3/4" dia) (approx 3 per lb) 72
Total afternoon snacks 212

Dinner

PM snacks

Total: 1,013
Your Daily Goal: 1,200
Remaining: 187

Have a FABULOUS morning ladies!!!!

connieq288

Good Morning everyone. Well I made it to the gym this morning and did my step class. That is good since I am giving my cub scouts a pizza party tonight. I will have to watch what I eat then. But they deserve it. I told them if we made our goal of selling $10,000 worth of popcorn I would give them one.

Connie

DebLaf

Hi,

This is the longest I've been away from mfp since August. I am still pretty busy trying to finish up finals and Christmas shopping and spending quality time with my family. I have not stayed with my few little rules I made for myself for this busy season and my weight is slowly creeping up. I'm trying to get back to those rules today. This is the time I really need to learn from; when I get too busy to eat right, exercise, etc. It never fails these are the times I usually throw in the towel for a long time. It is so hard to juggle everything and try to remember how important it is to take care of myself for more energy to give to all those other things that need tending to.

Tredmill as soon as I get off this computer.
1: oatmeal, brown sugar splenda, & dried cherries, 1 rolo
2: skim milk & pumpkin bread
3: Sweet potato, light butter & brown sugar splenda, turkey
4: banana & natural peanut butter
5: turkey, ff gravy, sweet potato, green beans, stuffing
6: weight watchers frozen dessert

Have a great day!:bigsmile:

DebLaf

If anyone has any tips for staying on track while feeling overwhelmed by too much too do and not enough time please post.

Reminder to myself: These are the minimum things I should do during busy times like holidays.

My rules if I don't have time to plan:

Drink my water daily
Exercise at least 3-4 times per week (even if only a few minutes; after a few I should feel like I may as well do more since I've come this far)
Eat at least 1 fruit & veggie per day
Have soup and salad for lunch &/or dinner whenever possible
Weigh in twice a week

Thanks

Now I am really going to get on that tredmill

kistinbee

Deb...You will be fine. Just think of the big picture and envision where you want to be. You CAN get through this!

I just wanted to let you all know I started tomorrows new thread...Sixers Holiday Challenge Week 4! See you there in the morning!!!

chipper15173

deb....try not to over think what you need to do. just do it without thinking twice about it. you need to take care of you to be able to take care of everything else going on....you can do this. once it becomes habit, it becomes easier and just second nature. keep up the great work. the holiday will be over soon.