Sixers Spring Clean Challenge Week 4

PedalHound

Tamm, a sweet tooth is hard to beat sometimes... How cool that you could try a gym for free. Most gyms used to do that but not so many do these days I find.
I wanted to ask you something (calling Dr. Friend! :happy: ) - Leith's gums seem to be bleeding more easily along the teeth that are capped. But he also makes tooth brushing a time of laughing wrestling so he may be getting nicked. Freaks me out a little though. AND (yes, I'll be awaiting my bill for your services :blushing: ), I think Ava is grinding her teeth in her sleep sometimes and I noticed her front right top tooth has a little chip in it now. Should I take her to see our dentist or wait for her July appointment?

Which videos are you doing at home these days? I'm looking for something new to try.
Speaking of support, when you're having your own rough patch just remember how much motivation you offer everyone here and that it's because you make great choices SO often. This isn't easy. Sometimes we mess up! But two steps forward one step back is SURE better than two steps BACK and one step forward. Let's take our next step forward again tomorrow okay? :flowerforyou:

Well, back to tidying up. My Mama comes in tomorrow night and our place is so small that it has to start off extra organized when there's another person staying here so we don't get bogged down!

chipper15173

GOOD MORNING !!!!!!:flowerforyou: :drinker:
what a glorious day it is....:flowerforyou: i (we) woke up and have had a great sunday morning so far. :blushing: we fixed breakfast together and ate together. first time is LONGGGG time we have had a nice morning like this. now wish the kid was gone :laugh: . here in a few i am getting dressed and heading to the gym. than come back and shower and DH and i are going over the garden space and what we still want to plant and heading to the store. we are shooting to have the garden planted by the end of the month. we have planned potatoes, red onions, squash, zucchini, broccoli, different tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers. some of the tomatoes we are growing in a regular hanging basket. yes, shanell if everything grows right you guys will have your own personal farmers market. i want to freeze a bunch for the coming winter.

ok, ladies.....it's a new day. back straight, chest out. get your selfs together. you have been slowly going down this down hill for awhile. snap (snapping fingers) out of it. you have done a great job to get you to where you are now. don't let it slide right back on. it will before you know it. than you will slide even farther down, cause you will be made at yourself. it's done it's over get going. getting mad at yourself isn't going to made things better. only worse. put down the sugar whatevers and get back going up the hill again. GOOOO TURN AROUND!!! all in love ladies :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

tiff...welcome back. don't get on the scale for at least a week. all the salt will appear and it will crush you. just drink :drinker: lots of water and wait.

off to dress and out the door.

later loves

PedalHound

morning ladies!

Cathy, sounds like a great garden! Thanks for being the mother hen and not letting us slack off

Well, I'm about to plan my menu for the day then make my protein shake and head over to the gym for a run then a step class. Busy day around here so I'll check in either way later tonight or tomorrow!

:flowerforyou:

PedalHound

Well, I figured I'd post my meals for today because it sometimes helps me review:

1. 1 breakfast fruit & nut "cookie", vanilla blueberry protein shake made w/ skim milk
2. big spinach salad w/ red pepper, strawberries, walnuts & balsamic vinegar
3. 3 cups air-popped popcorn (which I'll smuggle into the movies this afternoon!)
4. scrambled egg whites w/ broccoli & low-sodium salsa, chocolate protein shake made w/ unsweetened chocolate almond milk
5. 1 slice Ezekiel sodium-free bread & 1/4 cup skim milk cheese made into a grilled cheese sandwich, 1 gala apple & 1/4 of a red pepper in sticks
6. Ezekiel bread w/ almond butter & banana

That takes me 7 cals over my usual allotment for the day but I'll be burning lots at the gym. Since it's early in the morning and the over-calorie madness was last night my body won't worry about a full-on daily loss today but it should balance a little. I was WAY over in sodium yesterday so I'm not weighing until Tues.

Okay, time to get this plan cracking!

connieq288

Today was going to be a rest day since I did that 2 hour boot camp class yesterday. Well acutually I only did an hour and 40 minutes. I started to feel sick. I wasnt sure if it was the workout or if I really felt sick but I am still proud of myself for doing that. My whole body is sore right now but I still want to get out and do something. I havent lost anyweight so far onthis challenge and I am going crazy but I know that I took a month off from the gym and my diet so I am just now getting back but I would still like to lose some weight before this challenge ends. I just have to keep on trucking I guess.

Have a good day everyone and I will checkin later

Connie

chipper15173

helloooooo connie....wow 2 hr boot camp...great job for going over an hour. that's a long class. i don't think i could make it over an hour.
pedal....sounds like a plan....

i always figure for me it's just easier to fight though the want to eat, than to fall hard and have to struggle to get back going again. i find it harder for me to restart.
today we DH wanted to go to fazolis for lunch, hadn't been in awhile. OH MY GOSH!!!! they didn't have what we planned for in my calorie book, didn't have the second choice either. i normally have 2 choices from my book before i go in. didn't have any of the things that the book said would be good. so i choose the Chicken Broccoli Penne Bake. it has 870 calories :noway: . since i didn't know how many at the time, i told DH i was only going to eat 1/2. and i did. thank goodness....told DH we are only eating there once in a blue moon now.

got the garden all planted and watered. just wait for some veggies.....

later

gonabfit

HEY EVERYONE!!! I'm baccccckkkk!!

:embarassed: Um.... PLEASE READ~ I have tried to update my weight like 5 TIMES! lol... I updated it to 148.5 on week 2 and every time I look it says 0.0 lb progress!!! :{ PLEASE HELP!

:bigsmile: Sooo... the cruise was exciting! Beautiful beaches, hot weather and lots and lots of FOOD... I did my best to make healthy choices but of course I am sure I did put on some weight... I did make time to work out too.. so all and all I'm not worried about whatever I gained b/c I know with healthy eating and exercise it will be back off soon! :-)

I have a test Friday and I took a whole week off for spring break so me and my class mates will be on some SERIOUS crunch mode. Sorry I'm so M.i.A. I'll do better next time... but still workign hard for big results this time!

HAve a wonderful week! I'll try to pop in and check on you all!

amylou24

Tiff- Good to see you!!

Rhiannon-I need to get back to planning my menus, you do such a great job at it!!!

Cathy - Thanks for the constant pep talks, I need them!!!

Connie - 2 hours boot camp? WHOA!! I think I would fall over after an hour!

Well ladies, I just had the BEST run of my life!!! it was about 60 degrees today so it was outside and I finally got past Week 3 of C25K and did Day 1 of Week 4!!!! ugh that 5 minute jog was a challenge!! But I made it through and I feel great!! Will probably do some planks to get my abs working here in a bit once i'm stretched out.

Question to all my fellow C25K-ers do any of you use the podcast by Robert? and if you do, do you know what song is used for the second 3 minute run into the second 2 1/2 minute walk? It is just instrumental with a good guitar part and I love it!!! would like to purchase it to run to when i'm not doing C25K.

Hope you are all having a good Sunday!!

PedalHound

AmyLou, yay for a great run! I depend on planning my menus. When I don't I'm almost always in trouble.

Tiff, glad to see you back! Good attitude about getting back into the swing of things. Your updated info may not have been copied if a person copied a non-updated list.

Well, I had a crazy time at the gym this morning, especially considering I'm not 100%. I ran 4k at a quicker over-all pace than usual then I did an hour-long step class seriously full-out. I burned almost 1000 cals which is IMMENSELY hard for me to do these days. So, compensated for a little of the damage yesterday (I did give myself an extra 300 cals to eat today because I am so hungry!)

Off to pick up my Mama at the airport!!!!! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

connieq288

Thanks all for everything that you say to help me keep going.

I would love to do the C25k program but I wouldnt be consistent enough for it to really work. I did make it to the gym today and did 44 minutes on the elliptical and 24 on the treadmill. I think I have gotten completely past caring what other people think of me while working out. I walked for the first part on the treadmill and then the second half I was running about a minute at a time and then would rest for about a minute. There were so many skinny little girls in there LOL. We live near a university so college kids use the rec center also. But I had a good workout.

Connie

pettmybunny

Hey ya'll! Good weekend here... But like you Rhiannon, I've got another cootie cold as well. It was holding steady all week, not too bad, just a sinus and sore throat thing. Today we went sledding at a ski hill about half an hour away with one of the swim teams. It would take me 5 minutes each time to climb that hill. Felt like it was straight up! Beautiful day for it though, was mid 40s to 50ish, clear blue skies, no wind. I dressed too warm, and ended up taking off the middle sweatshirt layer. And drove home with the cool air blowing instead of heat! lol... Unfortunately, now my head feels worse than it did all week! Along with that, my son started feeling punky part way in (I was blaming it on the fact that he fell off his sled, and instead of walking the rest of the way down the hill, he rolled down and got dizzy. Well, we came home, and he was still complaining of not feeling good, took his temp, and he's over 101... So, we missed the high school swim team banquet tonight. I'm sorry we didn't go, they take a moment to recognize each of the swimmers, so it would have been nice to hear what they had to say about him... I still sent in my jello salad, I made 12 boxes worth, so what would I have done with all that?!?! I made it with sugar free jello, diet vernors, and cool whip free, so I think for 1/2 cup servings, it would only have been about 35 to 50 calories.

Well, even though I've spent since about 6 pm sleeping on the couch, I'm still tired, so I'm off to bed... Have a good night ladies!

chipper15173

mornin'

oh bunny...hope you and son feel better real soon. when i went to doc last week he was telling me that the cold/flu combo is lasting 2 weeks. he said he had it and there isn't anything you can do for it. said it was a stange combo deal, like 2 for 1. :laugh:
tiff....glad you had a great time.
connie...what a gym rat you have become LOL :laugh: good for you. the best kind there is.:flowerforyou:
pedal...yea for getting yourself back at it.
kistin...hope you had a great weekend.
rose...put down what ever you are eating that you shouldn't be....
same goes for you shanell....
amylou.....cheers to a great workout...
cass....calling calling cass....
pdx....have you gotten your tests results back yet??? how you feeling?
anyone that i missed...hope you have a great day

nothing planned for today. just the normal monday things, clean house, laundry. need to get my workout down and start my day.

later

connieq288

I did step class today. She did intervals today and I still burned 607 calories. Im not using a riser right now on my step because I had just gotten used to using one when I missed a whole month so I am trying to get back into the hang of it. I figure by next week I should be able to add my riser back in. So right now I am trying as best as I can to really get a good workout when I do my step class. Tomorrow will be less of a calorie burn because its bellies, booties and biceps. I like how they change up the classes that way I am getting a different kind of workout each day.

I hope everyone had a good weekend. Chipper I always look forward to seeing your post in the morning. Glad you are a morning person.

Connie

chipper15173

go connie go connie. good job.

boy, quite around here today. DH just now got up. so i can finish my vacuuming and that finishs my cleaning. yea.... been waiting for him. he must have been tired.

later

chipper15173

evening....

i started the new tread for tomorrow. it sure is mightly quite today. i hope that doesn't mean everyone is afraid of admitting they aren't doing well. we all have those days.....come and report, confess. it really does release the fear and guilt.

see you at the gym tomorrow connie we can do this. i love the feeling of a good workout. hope everyone has a good night. see you in the morning....:drinker:

later

nellienell12

Good evening. I've been off the wagon for this week. Going to get back on tomorrow. I promise!!!! Today has been a weird eating day. I'm not hungry one minute and starving the next. Plus TOM is due soon and think that explains the weird eating habit. I've also been busy around the house trying to reorganize things here and there.
Went to work and was heating up our lunches then got a phone call from the school that Starr, the youngest, was throwing up, so we had to leave at lunch and go get her, and since it was close to the end of the day for them, picked up her sister too. Starr took a nap for a couple of hours and is all better. I guess that's what we get for eating McD's yesterday.:blushing:

Well, tomorrow's a new day, need to make a menu plan and shop for it. Didn't work out today, because I know the kids have been wanting to walk home from daycare, so I was going to walk this afternoon till I realized that it was going to be pouring all day. Hubby asked if I did my exercise this afternoon when the kids were sleeping. Nope.:blushing:

So, there is my confession. :blushing:

Hope everyone has a great evening and hope you all have good weigh-ins tomorrow.

Good night.:yawn:

KatieEppers

Not great for me either. Can't wait 'til hubby gets home so I can get on a regular work out schedule again. He has been gone for a month and I am ready for him to be home. Yay for Wednesday when he comes back! Will locate new thread and bump it. Have a great night ladies!