DG - Thanksgiving Countdown (CLOSED GROUP)
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@Renee - lol "good" workout - I'd say it's a superbly amazing workout! but call it what u like
great job!!!!
@Christy - call me naive, but I didn't realize you could work up such a great sweat from yoga - good for you!! Don't give in! And then if you've worked your but off, have a whatever - sm whatever - at the end of the day it's what I do to keep myself sane, so just a suggestion.
@Rachel - glad you're still w/us and Yay! for no gain - Your doing great!!
@Jackie - like i posted on ur wall - it's prolly some sodium/water retention too And Drink TONS of water/ chew some gum to help u stay within your goals, you can do it! 
I met my goal of 145 over the weekend (w/a little rounding, lol) so I treated myself to my reward in my signature
ok, my sons crying a lot so g2 hurry!
Today:
Fitness: Run 1.5 miles, I love zumba and JD2 so much on my Wii will prolly end up doing some of those anyhow
Diet: Drink 10 glasses of water, healthy choices - same as most days
Challenges I anticipate: I slept in a little, my day is already thrown off
But I WILL jump back into the swing of things! Hasta luego!!
*********************@EVERYONE - WEIGH IN WEIGHTS BY TOMORROW FOR THE SPREADSHEET PLEASE! THNX********************0 -
@Christy Good job not letting the car break in ruin your weekend...that sounds terrible, but it is not everything, and you did not let it bring you down...praying you have a great week!
@Renee Congrats on not having more than 1/4 of the funnel cake, I like those a bit too much and probably would have devoured it myself...great self-restraint shown!
@Shannon Congrats on meeting your goal of 145, and glad you had a good time shopping...and now onto the next goal! Keep up the awesome work!
Did good over the weekend with doing my half hour or more of cardio daily...
Today's 9/6/2011 Goals:
Food: Stay under cals
Fitness: Get in at least 30 minutes cardio
Challenges: My son gets his shots today, so that will make it difficult to do anything, as he gets very clingy and sad on shot days...may do some DDR at home
Also, just adjusted my cals to lost 1/2 pound a week instead of 1, hoping that it goes well, although I gotta admit, I'm scared of seeing a gain. I don't have too much more to lose, and progress is slow, so hoping it gets going again!
Weighing in for this week at: 130.2
Have an amazing week all!
Jenni0 -
@ Shannon-CW 184.6; CONGRATS on reaching one of your mini goals and being able to get your rewards (hey, 145.9 or 145.0, its still 145 )
@Jenni-Thanks! It was hard because I
funnel cakes!; Good job on getting your cardio in this weekend!
@Jackie-It's probably just water weight. Give it a couple of days and it should be gone. Remember, drink lots of water :drinker: (water of course)
@Rachel-Congrats on not gaining. Glad you were able to enjoy your weekend and family.
RESULTS FROM TODAY (TUES):
FITNESS: Strength Training including 100 mountain climbers, 20 burpees, 60 lunges, 75 crunches & 30 push ups. These different challenges Im in are going to kill me!
DIET: 5 fruits/veggies & 104ozs of H20
CHALLENGES YOU ANTICIPATE: I might be too sore to get all the strength training done
~FAILED AT MY GOALS TODAY.
Was busy and didnt get anything done & ate a bunch of junk. I did get my water in
MY DAILY GOALS FOR TOMORROW (WEDS):
FITNESS: Burn 1572 cals (last day of a 5000 cal burn challenge), Jogging/Walking Intevals & Strength Training including 100 mountain climbers, 20 burpees, 60 lunges, 75 crunches & 30 push ups. These different challenges Im in are going to kill me!
DIET: Stay under cals, 5 fruits/veggies & 104ozs of H20
CHALLENGES YOU ANTICIPATE: Too much to get done but I'll do what I can0 -
Good Morning!
Achieved my diet goals yesterday, did not exercise I got busy and did not get it in.
Goals for today 9-7
Diet: Eat my calories
Exercise: Walk the dog and clean my house I had my carpets cleaned yesterday so lots of things are out of place!
Hope you all have a wonderful day
Rachel0 -
Morning! I just barely stayed under my calories yesterday and as planned did not work out. However, I did lose the 3 lbs I gained over the weekend!
Today's goals...
Diet: Stay under my calories, 8 cups of water recorded
Exercise: Go to kettlebell class!
Challenges: I have an exam for work tomorrow so I know I will want to stay home and study.
Congrats, Shannon, on reaching your mini goal!0 -
@Christy
@Lana
@Poppy
@Rachel
>>>I need your CW or what u weighed in at earlier this week to update your progress if you'd like me to
Anyone else who'd still like to I can still add you to the spreadsheet, just post your CW and GW for Thanksgiving, here's a link you can copy/paste to the spreadsheet...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0Ap6kPECEmoUtdFVwcFV4UVduTXdyaVUybmNGTzRPdVE&single=true&gid=0&output=html
@Jackie - yay, for getting the 3 lbs to go away again! Have fun at your kettlebell class, cuz u'll go And good luck on the exam!
@Rachel - good job sticking to your diet goals! And what kind of dog do you have btw? I love dogs! Haven't met one I don't like
@Renee - Yay for water! And that is an intense workout schedule - good job taking such a great challenge on! We're here to cheer for you!
@Jenni - smart move trying ajdusting your calorie levels, I have no clue abt when you get that close to your GW, lol. But I really hope it works for you! And I totally hear you on the cranky vaccination days It always passes, but no fun.
Yesterday:
Diet: Hmmmm, not so much. lol, didn't drink my water and ate out for dinner. I had only 1/3 a pc of pie and it was still 300 cals! But I AM really proud of doing my best to enter everything I ate in to MFP (they don't post their nutrition facts, so it's my best guess for most things). And I would've normally eaten a bit more than I did too. Was full, but not stuffed, and ordered an egg white omelet, multi-grain pancakes (only had one and gave other 2 to my children). And hey! the bill was much nicer this way too
Fitness: Didn't get any done. It's all good~
Today:
Diet: Drink 10 glasses of water and stay under tday, plus sodium under 2000
Fitness: Any cardio, 30 min. I think I'm due for running, but I have a new found passion for zumba for Wii :P
Challenges: Cooking for my whole family (two sisters, bro, and bro-in-law again, and of course my hubby and kiddos) so...it takes some work. IDK how some of these bigger families do it, lol. But I shall overcome! And kids are tired from trip to Chuck E Cheese's that went kinda late last night, but we had fun.
BTW - I invited my good friend, BillyJoeBob, to join us if that's ok (we're only hving abt 8 ppl checking in regularly now) Have a great Wednesday everyone! 0 -
Hi! I'm excited to finds some friends on here:) Thanks for inviting me Shannon! (Shannon is my awesome cousin-in-law!)
NAME: BillyJoeBob
HEIGHT: 5'8
CW: 176
GOAL WEIGHT FOR THANKSGIVING:168
FAVORITE WORKOUTS: walking, step board, wii fit, pilates, swimming
OTHER: (Whatever you'd like to share about yourself) I'm a stay at home mom of 4 children. (We are in the process of adopting our 2nd oldest) I love to read, and I love babies. I don't really like working out, but I've been exercising quite a bit lately and it's getting more enjoyable. I'm Christian (member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). I enjoy sweets way to much for my own good.
I've scanned this thread but will have to come back and read more later on, I've got to get some little ones down for a nap now:)0 -
I so suck! I am so sorry I dropped out last week. Two sick days with the oldest, storms taking out my cable (and my internet), volunteering at the oldests school, packing for vacation, and said vacation I just didn't get on. I was logging on my phone. (The mobile app really should allow you to post). Anyway, I AM SORRY!
I did skim the posts that I missed and you all ROCK! :glasses: Everyone is doing so well!
@Shannon - Congrats on meeting your mini goal! Need to hear about Zumba. I really think that I would enjoy the wii JD2 and Zumba, but need some reviews.
Someone posted that they are taking yoga. I have thought about doing this for years for the relaxing effects, but not sure how it would work for me. Thoughts?
Progress last week or so:
As I posted previously, I logged through Thursday and met my diet goals, but exercise didn't get my attention. :frown: This seems to be a theme for me. My schedule is just crazy, but I need to figure out how to get it done. Swimming (since I don't need to leave the house and I can be getting something else ie dinner, laundry, ect while I am doing it) is really a great exercise for me. The problem, along with the time issue, is that the weather has been horrendous and has prevented me from swimming. I need to remedy this problem because it is severely slowing my loss.
Spent 4 days at Disney. I think that I had mentioned that I intended to just enjoy myself and not log. I didn't go overboard (quantity or lots of junk), but I definitely went WAY over my calories. I also did tons of walking and sweating so ultimately I only gained 1 lb.
I did get back on track (diet) yesterday and really thought that I would drop that 1 over night, but instead I found I am up another 3! TOM is due so I am attributing those 3 to that. Since I started losing I have typically gained 3-4 lbs about 5 days before I started so . . .
GOALS FOR TODAY:
Diet: Already logged for the day. No snacking will be my theme to jump start my diet after my vacation. I will keep this routine for at least a week to get back my good habits.
Fitness: A little different today and I already met it. I am tired of waiting for my husband to fix my treadmill so I called to have someone come tomorrow. Yeah! If I can't swim I will walk / run starting tomorrow!!!!
Long Term Fitness Goal: I am adding this to my list because I have decided that I am going to do a 5K in January. I have never been a runner, but I have thought about this for a while and I am committing to it now! I am so excited about this. I am thinking that I may want to try a 1/2 marathon in 2013. We shall see, but in the meantime I am going to keep my eye on my January goal!
Challenges: TOM0 -
I so suck! I am so sorry I dropped out last week. Two sick days with the oldest, storms taking out my cable (and my internet), volunteering at the oldests school, packing for vacation, and said vacation I just didn't get on. I was logging on my phone. (The mobile app really should allow you to post). Anyway, I AM SORRY!
I did skim the posts that I missed and you all ROCK! :glasses: Everyone is doing so well!
@Shannon - Congrats on meeting your mini goal! Need to hear about Zumba. I really think that I would enjoy the wii JD2 and Zumba, but need some reviews.
Someone posted that they are taking yoga. I have thought about doing this for years for the relaxing effects, but not sure how it would work for me. Thoughts?
Progress last week or so:
As I posted previously, I logged through Thursday and met my diet goals, but exercise didn't get my attention. :frown: This seems to be a theme for me. My schedule is just crazy, but I need to figure out how to get it done. Swimming (since I don't need to leave the house and I can be getting something else ie dinner, laundry, ect while I am doing it) is really a great exercise for me. The problem, along with the time issue, is that the weather has been horrendous and has prevented me from swimming. I need to remedy this problem because it is severely slowing my loss.
Spent 4 days at Disney. I think that I had mentioned that I intended to just enjoy myself and not log. I didn't go overboard (quantity or lots of junk), but I definitely went WAY over my calories. I also did tons of walking and sweating so ultimately I only gained 1 lb.
I did get back on track (diet) yesterday and really thought that I would drop that 1 over night, but instead I found I am up another 3! TOM is due so I am attributing those 3 to that. Since I started losing I have typically gained 3-4 lbs about 5 days before I started so . . .
GOALS FOR TODAY:
Diet: Already logged for the day. No snacking will be my theme to jump start my diet after my vacation. I will keep this routine for at least a week to get back my good habits.
Fitness: A little different today and I already met it. I am tired of waiting for my husband to fix my treadmill so I called to have someone come tomorrow. Yeah! If I can't swim I will walk / run starting tomorrow!!!!
Long Term Fitness Goal: I am adding this to my list because I have decided that I am going to do a 5K in January. I have never been a runner, but I have thought about this for a while and I am committing to it now! I am so excited about this. I am thinking that I may want to try a 1/2 marathon in 2013. We shall see, but in the meantime I am going to keep my eye on my January goal!
Challenges: TOM0 -
@Renee Wow, that is a massive number of calories to burn, best of luck to ya!
@Shannon I hope it is a smart idea to move to a half pound loss a week, it's an experiment so we'll see how it goes and adjust as necessary. Good luck with that cooking, that is a lot of people! I feel like I cook a lot when I have to cook for 4 if we have another couple over...sure you'll do great and be a Blessing!
@Wendy Glad you are going to be working on running...it is my favorite workout, so relaxing for me, really hope you enjoy it. I am hoping to do my first half marathon next year, but I've been a runner for a long time, just deciding to push myself. A 5k by January should be doable, let me know if you have any questions, and keep us updated on how the training is going!
Yesterday...I actually got some cardio in and stayed under cals, by a lot, switching to a half pound loss a week means I have to learn to eat more and that's hard after getting used to not eating as much...I'm sure I'll get used to it.
Goals for 9/7/2011:
Food: Stay within cals, eat some greens!
Fitness: 60 minutes of cardio minimum! Got some done during lunch, but determined to fit some in tonight after church!
Challenges: Church can seem like a good excuse to not workout...
Jenni0 -
Spreadsheet link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap6kPECEmoUtdFVwcFV4UVduTXdyaVUybmNGTzRPdVE&hl=en_US#gid=0
Let me know if this link works, I'm hving trouble getting a link for it.
****************I'm missing a lot of ppls weigh-ins for the spreadsheet. It's up to you if you want to track. And for anyone who didn't give me a weight last wk, you can still start now It's nice I think bc we have our CW and GW for Thanksgiving and it shows %done towards your goal*************************************
@Jenni - lol, have fun trying to eat more What kind of cardio do you do btw? Mostly running??
@Wendy - missed you! but life does sound kinda crazy busy, so don't feel badly! Yay for hopefully a solution for your treadmill! And that's pretty good just 1 lb!! Plus I kinda look forward to TOM a little, haha, bc I know by the end I'll see some huge drop, which is always welcome! So, my reviews, hmmm, I love LOVE JD2 - it has such a great variety of songs, everything from "Wake Me up Before You Go Go" to Britney to Jackson 5 to some song from India :P And it's esp great to play w/friends and family. It's helped me get my workout in for the day several times when I don't get to it til later in the day/eveining. And Zumba, I like it pretty good, but am not the most coordinated and find it more technically challenging...I really seem to lack hip coordination too, lol. But it has given my legs a great workout, esp my calves *shrug* I looked up videos of the game on YouTube and you could do the same w/JD2 to see if it's your cup of tea
@Billy - Hi!
Today:
Fitness: Did about 20 min JD2 and 40 min Zumba - so check for my 30 min cardio goal.
Diet: Did well overall, still need more protein, hmph, I don't like meat a lot and I never come close. I've considered being vegetarian before even, for various reasons. But for now I'm not, just keep falling short here. :ohwell: I'm finishing my 10 glasses of water now.
Challenges: Was a busy day, put the grocery shopping off til tmorrow and just went w/pasta for the dinner for 8. And my sis brought me cookies, I was grateful, but now am practicing some restriction! Only had 2
Tomorrow/Thursday:
Fitness: Run 2 miles, easy moderate pace
Diet: Drink 10 glasses of water
~Shannon0 -
Good morning
@shannon I stayed exactly the same this week on my weight sorry I did not get on after I posted yesterday morning
Goals for today: 9-8
Diet: log everything I got out of the habit while I was on vacation so I need to get back to it because I know I am not at a place where I can eat the right amount of calories so I really need to be posting them
Exercise: I fell the day before yesterday so I am very sore and I think I may have pulled something in my foot so I am going to rest it today.
Have a wonderful day
Rachel0 -
I disappeared again due to being in the middle of nowhere on my vacation, but I am back again for good. I enjoyed a great trip with family to Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, etc. I will have to re-weigh myself. I got a lot of exercise on vacation, but I think I splurged too much on food. I'm back to be "back in the saddle again," as they say.
My last goal was to get enough sleep. I was able to do that some nights while on vacation. My diet goal was 3 veggies & 2 fruits. I was able to accomplish this most days.
Thursday's goal
Fitness: 60 mnts walking
Diet: stay within calorie goals
Challenges: I haven't been food shopping yet after vacation.0 -
Hi all.
Activity goal: Walked 80 minutes. Do one other thing today, maybe the gym.
Food goal: Stay under calories. No candy!!!!!!
Have a good day everyone.0 -
Was busy yesterday and Didnt get anything done on my goals list :grumble:
Well, its a new day so here are my goals:
MY DAILY GOALS FOR TODAY (THURS):
FITNESS: EXERCISE!!!
DIET: Stay under cals, 5 fruits/veggies & 12 cups of water
CHALLENGES YOU ANTICIPATE: None0 -
@shannon - you're really making me want a wii! also, will post my weight if i remember
i can't access google docs at work
@billyjoebob - welcome!
@wendy - I was thinking that I really want to train for a 5k and you've totally inspired me, maybe try couch 2 5k if you're not a runner? I'm working on making mixes for the weeks that time how long to run then changes songs so I will send it to you when i'm done
Yesterday...
Made it to kettlebell class and ROCKED it! I almost fell there was so much sweat on the floor. It was also POURING rain and my gym is a 4 block walk but I didn't let that stop me. I forgot to record my cals during the first half of class but during the second 30 min (which was not as intense) I burned 511. I left the entry as 800 total to be conservative. Also met my water goal (prob over since I don't record water after the gym) and stayed under my cals.
Thursday goals
Exercise: Seeing my trainer again. Of course his gym is on the 5th floor of walkup building. Tonight I'm going to give it my all again - I want to try to walk home if it's not raining (I live about 20 blocks from the gym so that's a mile). I'm also going to continue to tell him when exercises hurt my lower back so I don't get a real injury.
Diet: Stay under cals, lots more water...need to get in 6 cups before the gym because I get so thirsty there, then I chug, then I feel sick.0 -
Was waaaay under my calorie yesterday. Stuff got me crazy busy and by the time I stopped to put kids to bed it was too late to eat dinner. This sometimes happens when the family wants something that I am not eating. I cook for them and get busy doing something else . . . it doesn't take long fo time to get away from me and I don't eat. I need to be more careful about doing that.
My treadmill guy cancelled on me and the next time I can meet him is next Thursday - UGH! However, I just reserved Just Dance 2 at Redbox so I am going to give it a try!
@Rachel - I am logging all my food at the beginning of the day and I have this kind of rule that I don't deviate from it. This also makes sure that at the end of the day I have no surprises. I have had days I thought what I was eating was within my goals and when I added my last meal I had gone over.
@Shannon - thanks for the reviews! Trying JD2 today!
@Jackie - I really going to shoot for the 5k. If I don't think I will be ready by the end of November I will just push it out to ebruary. Now that I have decided to do go for it I can't wait!
Everyone - I think we should all sign our posts. I can't seem to remember names so I have to open a new window and check out the first page of our thread.
Today:
Diet: My goal has more to do with tomorrow than today. After day 3 of eating tuna in a pouch for lunch I really need to take the time to make myself something for lunch. There is something to be said for convenience, but I definitely need some variety added tomorrow.
Fitness: I am looking forward to trying my JD2 rental. It should be a good time for me and the family.
Challenge: Son has 2 tests tomorrow and a project that he needs to finish to turn in tomorrow.
Have a great day!
Wendy0 -
DAILY GOALS: Today has been a crazy day, but I'm determined to exercise even if I can't get to it until tonight.
FITNESS: See above
DIET: Today hasn't been so bad food wise. I'm tall and nursing so I can eat a decent amount of calories per day and still lose weight, as long as I pick the right foods. It's funny, before I found this website I wanted to wean my baby because I was having a hard time losing weight without being able to "diet" ( I wasn't going to, just wanted to) but now I'm so glad I do nurse her because I can eat more food:)
I'm excited to get to know you all!0 -
@Billy Welcome, we're glad you're here and we get to know you! And yes, nursing is so great, it really helped me with my weight loss. I just recently weaned my son, he turns 7 months next week.
@Shannon My cardio is mostly running, I like to incorporate stairs, and I am starting to incorporate DDR. I really want to try Zumba, have heard it's a blast.
@Lana Welcome back!
@Jackie Glad you rocked it at Kettleball, and good luck with the trainer today!
YESTERDAY: Goals for 9/7/2011:
Food: Stay within cals, eat some greens!
Fitness: 60 minutes of cardio minimum! Got some done during lunch, but determined to fit some in tonight after church!
Challenges: Church can seem like a good excuse to not workout...
Did my cardio and ate some greens, although probably should have had more of those.
Today 9/8/2011:
Fitness: 45 minutes of Cardio
Food: Stay under cals, drinks lots of water
Challenges: Next few days will be busy, just want to take a day of rest!
Jenni0 -
@Jenni - Zumba IS a blast, you should try it and see what you think although, I feel so silly sometimes, I'm still learning
@Billy - I'm so glad you like this site as much as I do! It's crazy hard to get exercise in some days too, i know what u mean!
@Wendy - hope u liked JD2! Excited to hear what you and the family think, I'm betting u had a blast
@Jackie - I have a Wii, BUT you live in the greatest city there ever was. It's a toss up, haha :P I would love to be able to go for walks in Manhattan! and WTG w/your kettlebell class! You can post ur weight on here btw and I'll add it to the spreadsheet - then u can look at it whenever.
@Renee - me too But as long as we keep trying then we haven't failed. It's when we stop trying that we should worry
@Poppy - candy can be hard to resist, I have to put it away up high, and it's still hard
@Lana - glad u had fun on ur VK - I need to go to the Grand Canyon sometime - we could do it as a day trip, just need to plan it someitme! And glad your back w/us
Today I crashed. Just stressing abt life. Idk, but it happens and sleep - or lack thereof doesn't help. So took a long nap, bc I have the greatest hubby there ever was, and I'll exer. tomorrow I guess!
I am finishing my 9 glasses of water now - did a calc. thing this morning to see how much water i should be drinking and it's more like 11! Dry climate here in Utah.
Friday's Goals:
Diet: Focus on protein still and 9+glasses of water
Fitness: Run 2ish miles
Challenges I anticipate: My sleep is off and although I caught up some tday I feel sluggish. Hoping I can perk up some tmorrow. I WILL wake up when my alarm goes off!
Have a great Friday ladies!!!
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@wendy - I understand the convinience of a treadmill, esp if you have kids, but is it possible to go for a jog outside when they are at school? Or maybe walk to the grocery store and walk back (i really have no option but to walk to mine and I find canvas bags help because you can wear them on your shoulders)
@shannon - napping is certainly ok if you're too tired! I've gone to the gym before when I was exhausted and actually had to leave because I had no strength. You did the right thing...and good luck with the alarm! I've been trying to wake up without snoozing for years
Yesterday
Exercise: saw my trainer, rocked it! his studio is on the 5th floor of a walkup building so he made me do sprints on the stairs - prob 15 flights total, with pushups in between. but then he streched me out after. one small NSV though was that he said I'm one of the hardest workers he has, which is an amazing feeling considering i spent every fall during high school pretending my asthma was too bad to run the mile
Diet: did so/so on the water...i just drink so much coffee and then i'm not thirsty during the day!
Friday goals...
Exercise: Get off the subway a stop or two early for my meeting and then when seeing friends tonight since I won't go to the gym
Diet: Don't go overboard at the bar!
Challenges: Wings, nachos, and good beer...sigh0 -
Good Morning everyone!!
@Wendy-Thanks for the idea about logging my food at the begining of the day I will do that I failed to log yesterday cause I got so busy but I am going to log now so I will know where I stand!
On a side note I did weigh this morning not my usual day to weigh but I was curious because I am having a hard time logging food and I lost 2.6 lbs!! I am so excited! I won't give my weight until my official weigh in on Monday.
@Shannon My foot is so much better thank you! I can move it with little pain today and I actually got my exercise in today!
@Lana welcome back from vacation I am so glad you had a great time! I have never been out that way but I always think it must be beautiful.
@Billy Welcome!! Glad to have you.
@everyone you are all doing great and I know we are going to reach our goals thanks for all the encouragement I really enjoy being in this group!
Ok Goals for today
Food: Log and stay within calorie goals More water!!
Exercise: done!!!!0 -
Weighed this morning and was down to 237. I guess I'm going to lose this weight one-pound-at-a-time. I figure if I weigh on Fridays and Mondays, it might motivate me to eat well during the weekend. I'm going to try really hard to make it work this weekend. I read the "success stories" thread for an hour yesterday and I'm pschyed!!!!!
Didn't get to the gym yesterday but I think I'll change my workout routine after my mini vacation in a couple of weeks. It's getting too dark in the early morning to walk, so I'll be hitting the gym before work and walking at lunch.
Activity - already walked this morning.
Diet - stay under calories all weekend - 3 days - starting today.
TGIF0 -
Thanks for welcoming me everyone!
Jenni-How cool, my daughter just turned 8 months:) Weaning my other kids was such a pain, did you have an easy time weaning?
Shannon-I do love this website! I had been trying to lose weight on my own for awhile, but it was so hard. This site has really helped me so much, thanks for recommending it:)
Fitness: I've got to get my 30 minutes of exercise in. I'm doing a 'Biggest Loser' competition with some friends on Facebook for 12 weeks. We all put $20 into a big pot and the winners get money. Money is so motivating:) We've got two categories, each gets a winner. The first is who loses the most weight (I won't be able to win this one) and the second is a healthy living category. Each day we get points for exercising for 30 minutes, eating 5 fruits/veggies, and drinking 8 cups of water. I'm determined to win this category, we've been doing it for 2 1/2 weeks and I've done all 3 categories everyday. Only one other person has done it every day, so my competition is pretty small. As for the weight loss category, I'm in 3rd to last place:)
Food: We are going grocery shopping today and I'm determined to find some yummy, healthy snacks and stay away from the junky ones. And buy tons of fresh fruits and veggies. I'm such a convienence food eater, it's helpful for me to keep healthy grab and go foods on hand.
Challenges: Does cleaning my house count as a challenge? 0 -
@billyjoebob - log your cleaning! i don't know about you but i definitely sweat when i'm cleaning! if you have a HRM i would wear that i'm going to do that next time i clean (but MFP does have an entry for cleaning)
-Jackie0 -
@Jackie - Would love to be able to get outside and not rely on the treadmill, but my schedule just doesn't allow. I get up each day at 4:45 to be out the door by 6:10. Drop off kids (daycare and school) and off to work. Commute time puts me at work at 7:30. By the time that all happens in reverse and we are home it is close to 6. Dinner (cook, eat and clean up), homework, baths, and some quality time (including Nathan's 20-30 minutes of required reading time) . . . 8:30 teeth brushing and bed. It is typically 8:45 before I have time for anything else. When the weather cooperates and I can swim this can be my quality fun time with the kids. Unfortunately, the weather has just stunk for the last 2 weeks or so. Typical Florida summer afternoon / evening showers.
So I totally need the convenience of having a way to exercise at home. I have a 24 hour gym close and have considered using it, but dragging myself out of bed an hour earlier or out of the house after the kids are tucked in just isn't something I can commit to. My days are already so long. On another note, I know how great you must feel after your trainer's compliment. Yeah! Congratulations!
@billyjoebob - My daughter wouldn't nurse and I noticed a huge difference in the time to loose the weight. Nursing helps a ton, keep it up. Most women even adding calories have a deficit when they bf.
@Rachel - Congratulations!!!!!! Great Job! You will have to let me know if logging in advance helped.
@Shannon - Got the stupid thing home. Finished all my normal stuff and had the kids in front of the TV and the stupid game didn't work!!! I swapped it out this morning so try again tonight!
@Poppy - Great Job! A lb is a lb and you should be proud!
Yesterday:
Ended up doing some On Demand Fitness videos, because Just Dance game didn't work. Maybe God is trying to tell me something.
Also ended up eating a little more for dinner than I had planned, but still stayed under my cals.
Today:
Fitness: Swap out Just Dance . . . can't wait to try it!
Diet: Trying to figure out a way to add more non-animal proteins to my diet without adding carbs. Any suggestions?
Challenges: TOM and I am starving. My typical pattern . . . I don't crave anything in particular, I am just hungry all the time. I have learned to get past it, but I can't stop think about eating for 3 days.
Happy Friday!0 -
Ok went to the store today and looking over all the veggies and fruits I decided to pick up a spagetti squash!! One problem I have never cooked one how about you all? Can anyone tell me what I need to do with it?? I am laughing as I type this cause I am not a try new things girl but I really want to add new things to my diet!!0
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Happy Friday All...did good on my goals yesterday, hoping the weekend goes as well. There is a church prayer and training event going on tonight, Saturday and Sunday, so I will be super busy, which is not cool as this is my mommy-baby time, but oh well, will keep him with me as much as possible, and maybe even skip a training session to hang out.
@Wendy Great job for finding time to exercise, those seem like really long days, you finding time and energy to exercise shows your commitment to getting healthy!
@Billy Weaning was harder on me than on him...he started self-weaning right after turning 6 months, I tried to get him to keep nursing, enjoyed the closeness, but he really did it on his own. Good luck with weaning your daughter when the time comes!
Goals for 9/9/11-9/11/11
Food: Stay under calories! Keep drinking water-I do well at this at work, but it seems harder when not sitting at my desk...
Fitness: Get in at least 30 minutes each day, and at least one good run over the weekend!
Challenges: Time...
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Jenni0 -
Good Morning Ladies!!
Well the weekend is so tough for me because I feel like it is "off time" with the diet like calories don't count!! So I am going to try and change that this weekend.
Goals: 9-10
Diet: log my food this morning that seems to be working for me and not eat like it does not matter!
Exercise: Lots of stuff going on here today getting new furniture (I am so excited we pay cash for everything because we want to live a debt free life so furniture has been a long thing coming!!) so I am organizing and cleaning getting everything ready for it to be delivered I will be counting my cleaning and everything so I will see how much I can burn!!
Hope everyone has a blessed weekend!!
Rachel0
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