Workout Buddies (Women ages 25-35)
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It is soo nasty out today in GA. I didn't want to get out of bed this morning to go to the gym so I was bad and didn't. But the storm caused me to have a nasty pressure headache. I shall try to go this evening. I went yesterday evening and there were sooo many people there. Thankfully I got there just in time to get a parking spot and a treadmill, when I was leaving people were practically fighting over spots. Does anyone here wear Merrell running shoes? After the gym I drove all around town trying to find some, no one actually sells them in stores :sad:
After I went in the ****s Sporting Goods place I noticed a Panera Bread next door and decided to get some soup and salad for dinner, I thought it was going to be soo horrible but when I put it in my diary this morning it was just under 400 cals for the whole meal! I will have to keep that in mind because it was very yummy
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Happy Tuesday! And no, not a mini- Friday for me today.
Gotta work tomorrow.
I'm down with a 100 oz water challenge! I have my 32 oz cup filled up ready to go. I'll report back tomorrow.
I did well last night....stayed under my calories and didn't stray on anything bad.
I went down to the gym at the apts last night to get on the elliptical, (I'm still sore from the Banish Fat video!!) and a man and his kid were on them. I wanted to be rude and ask the kid to move, because he was just playing, watching tv, but I refrained and took the opportunity to get on the treadmill for the first time in a while. I ended up jogging for two 12-min intervals with some walking in between, totaling 30 mins. I was so proud of myself!! Then I went home and did two circuits of abs.
I signed up for my first 5k in Dec and I've been trying to work up to jog the whole thing. I started back in July jogging here and there and I've finally gotten to where I can go longer than 10 mins at a time. So if I can keep it up a few times a week I'll hopefully be able to do the whole thing.
Anyway....Here's to the water challenge and a good day for everyone! :drinker:0 -
It is soo nasty out today in GA. I didn't want to get out of bed this morning to go to the gym so I was bad and didn't. But the storm caused me to have a nasty pressure headache. I shall try to go this evening. I went yesterday evening and there were sooo many people there. Thankfully I got there just in time to get a parking spot and a treadmill, when I was leaving people were practically fighting over spots. Does anyone here wear Merrell running shoes? After the gym I drove all around town trying to find some, no one actually sells them in stores :sad:
After I went in the ****s Sporting Goods place I noticed a Panera Bread next door and decided to get some soup and salad for dinner, I thought it was going to be soo horrible but when I put it in my diary this morning it was just under 400 cals for the whole meal! I will have to keep that in mind because it was very yummy
I don't wear Merrell's but there is an outlet store in Calhoun that sells them. I can't remember the name of it but I am positive there is one at the Dawsonville outlets.0 -
Well I'm sad to say that I missed the water challenge!! I'm logging in today for the first time and I can promise you I did not drink 100 oz of water today and I drank some of my manditory Dt. Mountain Dew (my substitution b/c I hate coffee). I'd love to try it the rest of the week though!!! I struggle so much with drinking enough water! It's always been a challenge for me...it's so BORING
I'm planning on doing my Banish Fat workout tonight...it's been over a week since I've done it so I hope I don't die...I'm hoping the fact that I've been doing the 30 day shred workouts all along will help me.
I need some motivation for tomorrow girls...I have to work all day...then I have an hour break to get some dinner and get back to school for parent teacher conferences until 8:00...THEN I'm supposed to workout...I'm going to be exhausted...please motivate me and kick me in the butt to get it done! It's going to be SUPER challenging for me. They're such LONG days!!!
OOOhhh...tomorrow is also "check in" day. I have yet to "check in" on this thread. I'll do my best to post my successes so far. I have it all written down at home. I'm going to be disappointed w/ the weight though b/c not only did I have a bad weekend but PMS is a factor this week and I always gain about 2 pounds at this time...YUCK!
Talk to you all soon! & I'll try to get on tomorrow to let you know how I do w/ the water challenge as well!0 -
Well I'm sad to say that I missed the water challenge!! I'm logging in today for the first time and I can promise you I did not drink 100 oz of water today and I drank some of my manditory Dt. Mountain Dew (my substitution b/c I hate coffee). I'd love to try it the rest of the week though!!! I struggle so much with drinking enough water! It's always been a challenge for me...it's so BORING
I'm planning on doing my Banish Fat workout tonight...it's been over a week since I've done it so I hope I don't die...I'm hoping the fact that I've been doing the 30 day shred workouts all along will help me.
I need some motivation for tomorrow girls...I have to work all day...then I have an hour break to get some dinner and get back to school for parent teacher conferences until 8:00...THEN I'm supposed to workout...I'm going to be exhausted...please motivate me and kick me in the butt to get it done! It's going to be SUPER challenging for me. They're such LONG days!!!
OOOhhh...tomorrow is also "check in" day. I have yet to "check in" on this thread. I'll do my best to post my successes so far. I have it all written down at home. I'm going to be disappointed w/ the weight though b/c not only did I have a bad weekend but PMS is a factor this week and I always gain about 2 pounds at this time...YUCK!
Talk to you all soon! & I'll try to get on tomorrow to let you know how I do w/ the water challenge as well!
I completely understand being busy...I am busy just with my job, which is quite demanding at times and I am un motivated when I get off work, esp. when I have to work late, which is often.
My motivation is this....may sound weird but has worked for me thus far:
A good friend of mine gave me the cutest pair of Seven for all Mankind Jeans (if you havent heard of them they are like $150 a pair normal retail, and they are just a little bit small, I reallly really want to wear them for New Years Party I am going to ( casual new years, I live in the South....lol). So I hung the pants up in the front of my closet, so they are the first thing I see every morning when I start the day. I also took a picture of them ( nerdy I know) and hung it on my fridge so I can see said pants when I open the fridge to get something to eat. If you have something like that to look at when u get unmotivated, etc. sometimes it helps.
Good Luck! Hope to hear from u soon!0 -
I love your motivation vrdz3215! When I started this whole workout thing before the summer, I hung a bikini on a hanger in my room so I would see it every morning when I woke up and every night before I went to bed. It totally helped!
And since my fiance and I have such a hard time in the winter with gaining and eating like crazy, a few weeks ago I took an old picture of us in our swimsuits from a few summers ago, where we were our heaviest, turned it into a "postcard" with MOTIVATION written on top, and taped it to our microwave. So far it's worked for me...I look it at night and think how I never want to be that uncomfortable again.
Hope everyone has a good workout tonight! I think I'm going to get on the eliptical tonight (my muscles are STILL sore from Banish Fat..when will it end???)0 -
Hey girls, it is finally hump day! I have some things in my closet that are just a bit small. I tried on all my "fancy" dresses for my stepsis's wedding and they were all too tight, I would love to be able to wear them again without have to wear a gut sucker or something underneath :laugh:
I don't have a problem with snacking at home. I live alone so I don't have to buy stuff for others so I just don't keep anything in the house. Normally if I do it goes bad. I have a box of cherrios that I munch on if I get the boredom munchies. I did buy a 2 liter of diet coke the other day and I drink that in the evening when I should be drinking water but oh well, it will be gone soon and I won't buy another one at least for a while.
You can do it DreeDub, I am sure it will be tough, don't over do it though!0 -
So today I decided to do the drinking 100oz of water challenge...however, I'm actually only going for the 64 oz we're supposed to have in a day! That's tough enough for me! As of right now I've drank 44 oz. Not too bad! I can only imagine the water weight gain I'll have when I weigh in tonight though It may put me back to my starting weight with the added PMS weight! UGH!! I can never be satisfied!!!
Back to work...much to do before conferences
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:grumble: Here's my check in:
I measured the following and will let you know the increase/decrease of each...it's a sad check-in...my first disappointing check-in since day one...and I'm on week 7!!!
weight=up 1.2 pounds (PMS? water?)
bust=down 1/2" (can't I lose somewhere else?)
wasit= up 1/2"
hips=down 1/2"
thighs R=same L=up 1/4"
biceps R=up 1/2" L=same (I don't mind gains here)
calves R=up 1/2" L= up 1/4" (I don't mind gains here either)
SUPER disappointed with my weight and waist gains...these are my two TOUGHEST areas and I can't get em to go down!
Here's to next week's check-in being better.
Anybody else have some updates? I hope to do this weekly from here on out. I had intended to do this from the start but I got too busy!0 -
Hi! I will do my check-in tomorrow. My tape measure is at home. It will be my first real check in with measurements. I have measured my waist here and there but nothing else. So I will post everything tomorrow. This is my red week so I am not expecting too much of any change weight wise. My bf is leaving Sunday for a 2 1/2 week Mediterrainian (sp?) cruise :ohwell: So I am going to use that time to work really hard and hopefully lose a little while he is gone.0
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Happy Thursday all! Sorry I didn't check in yestereday, we were off for Veteran's Day and was so busy i didn't even turn my computer on at home! So I did pretty good yesterday, I did eat some fries, but I also ran 6.5 miles and burned 1,000 cals while doing it, so I think I worked them off....
I'm suppossed to weigh in tommorrow but I dont think I want to because Aunt Flo decided it was time to visit yesterday and I feel like a blimp! Ugghhhh, its like a never ending cycle!
Almost Friday!!!!0 -
Happy Friday to all! Ready for the weekend for sure! Running a 5K in the a.m. so hoping that will help keep me on track for the rest of the weekend. I haven't weighed in yet, am still debating on whether I want to wait until next week because of TOM.....all you ladies have strength this weekend and hoping for a successful one with no gains!!!!0
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I'm not weighing in today I don't think because of the same reason vrdz. I feel fluffy so I am scared of seeing a bigger number than last week so I am gonna wait till Monday maybe. I haven't done very good with the gym this week, only went three times. Probably will go Sunday after bf leaves for Rome. I hope everyone has a good weekend and be good 0
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I bit the bullet and weighed myself....and to my surprise... i actually lost 1/2 a pound! yay! and I kno I am retaining water so that means i may have actually lost more! yay! good motivator0
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I bit the bullet and weighed myself....and to my surprise... i actually lost 1/2 a pound! yay! and I kno I am retaining water so that means i may have actually lost more! yay! good motivator
CONGRATS!!! That's great news and yes a fantastic motivator!!!
Here's to a great weekend for everyone. I can't wait to hear how everyone did. I'm planning on working out tonight, shopping all day tomorrow w/ my cousin (that's my workout) and working out again on Sunday. As far as the eating...I'm goint to try my best to stay healthy and avoid sweets...seems that the weekends are my biggest sweet craving times!0 -
tsk tsk...I am drinking a small coke icee, at least I passed the fries. Hard to do but I did. Why can't they at least make diet coke icees. That would be nice 0
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tsk tsk...I am drinking a small coke icee, at least I passed the fries. Hard to do but I did. Why can't they at least make diet coke icees. That would be nice
Yay for passing on the fries! It's the small victories that count! hope your weekend is good!!!0 -
Hello all, although I fall slightly outside of the age group I decided to post since it appears i have the same struggles as everyone else. I joined a boot camp last week and lost 4.4 lbs and 2.2% body fat in my first week. I'm super excited. Boot camp is held 3 days a week w/workout assignments given on our off days. Tomorrow's assignment is to do some type of cardio activity for at least an hour. I have decided to take the kickbocking class at my local gym. My struggle will be this Sunday when I decide to check out "Law Abiding Citizen" at the movies. I love to snack while watching movies and I absolutely love "movie" popcorn so I am trying to think of a healthy alternative. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. Otherwise I feel pretty confident that I will be able to make healthier choices this weekend.
Everyone have a great weekend!!
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Hello all, although I fall slightly outside of the age group I decided to post since it appears i have the same struggles as everyone else. I joined a boot camp last week and lost 4.4 lbs and 2.2% body fat in my first week. I'm super excited. Boot camp is held 3 days a week w/workout assignments given on our off days. Tomorrow's assignment is to do some type of cardio activity for at least an hour. I have decided to take the kickbocking class at my local gym. My struggle will be this Sunday when I decide to check out "Law Abiding Citizen" at the movies. I love to snack while watching movies and I absolutely love "movie" popcorn so I am trying to think of a healthy alternative. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. Otherwise I feel pretty confident that I will be able to make healthier choices this weekend.
Everyone have a great weekend!!
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Welcome Choco! Glad to have you!!! My suggestion for the movie would be to pop your own popcorn at home...the healthy pop kind, or may b even butter so atleast you know how may calories you will be consuming, put it in a zip lock baggie or two and carry a big purse to the movie and take it in with you. If you get a big enough purse, you can put a drink in it too..lol.
We used to do that when I was a kids, my mom would go to the store before the movies and buy candy to save $$$ at the movies. So this way, you will be saving $$$ and calories..a double bonus!!!
Good Luck and have a great weekend!!!0 -
Welcome Choco! Glad to have you!!! My suggestion for the movie would be to pop your own popcorn at home...the healthy pop kind, or may b even butter so atleast you know how may calories you will be consuming, put it in a zip lock baggie or two and carry a big purse to the movie and take it in with you. If you get a big enough purse, you can put a drink in it too..lol.
We used to do that when I was a kids, my mom would go to the store before the movies and buy candy to save $$$ at the movies. So this way, you will be saving $$$ and calories..a double bonus!!!
Good Luck and have a great weekend!!!
Thank you for the movie suggestion. I hadn't even thought of that and i have the 94% fat free Orville Redbaucher sitting right in my cabinet. BTW, thank you for the welcome. This is the first site I have ever posted on and so far so good.0 -
HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE!!! I don't have much time b/c my students will be walking in any second!!!
My weekend wasn't too bad...I ate at Red Robin with my cousin who I took shopping yesterday but I did pretty good w/ the turkey burger and only ate 1/2 of it...but I did eat some fries...OOPS
Today is an extremely tiring day for me...I stayed at my bf's last night so I had an hour drive to work this morning...SO tired...plus I went to bed with a migraine last night...not good ;( Today we take our students swimming all morning which makes for an exhausting afternoon for all of us (adults & students). Then I'm taking the student I mentor on a field trip to the fire station with our group from school. THEN I'm going to try to do Cardio Max today which KILLED me the last time I did it!!!
Maybe one day off won't be a bad idea?!?!?!?!?!? I've worked out the last 10 days straight 0 -
Happy Monday!!!!!! I have fabulous news, I placed 2nd in my age group (25-29) on Saturday morning...I gots me a trophy and everything...lol But then I ruined it by going out with friends Sat nite and drinking a few too many beers but I guesss I deserved it..lol :0
Soo back on the band wagon today....How was everyone's weekend? Hopefully it was good....can hardly believe next week is Thanksgiving!!!! looking forward to a three day work week, but not looking forward to having to fight temptation....lol anyone have any suggestions on how to fight Thanksgiving?0 -
Happy Monday all,
I had a pretty productive weekend. I completed a kick boxing class on Saturday along with 20 minutes on the elliptical at a decent resistance level. I didn't realize kick boxing was going to kick my booty so bad or I would of held off from doing the elliptical but hey I burned some extra calories so it's all good. Friday is the end of my first session at boot camp and we have to do a fit test and re-take our body measurements, body fat percentage and weight. Cross your fingers that I will see some good results. I am using this week as my "last chance workout" as Jillian would say on the biggest loser. I'm going to try to go at it hard......key word, I'm going to TRY. We'll see what happens and I will keep everyone posted.
Everyone have a great day.0 -
Happy Monday all,
I had a pretty productive weekend. I completed a kick boxing class on Saturday along with 20 minutes on the elliptical at a decent resistance level. I didn't realize kick boxing was going to kick my booty so bad or I would of held off from doing the elliptical but hey I burned some extra calories so it's all good. Friday is the end of my first session at boot camp and we have to do a fit test and re-take our body measurements, body fat percentage and weight. Cross your fingers that I will see some good results. I am using this week as my "last chance workout" as Jillian would say on the biggest loser. I'm going to try to go at it hard......key word, I'm going to TRY. We'll see what happens and I will keep everyone posted.
Everyone have a great day.
Good Job on extra cardio this weekend! Kick boxing is so fun but it is also hard! And you don't realize how hard you have worked until the next day when you can't hardly move...lol I kno you will do great this week and your measurements will b awesome! Keep up the good work!! 0 -
Hello Ladies! I haven't posted in about a week and I missed ya'll!!
Here's to another motivating Monday, picking back up after the weekend. :drinker:
Way to go vrdz on your 5k this weekend!! And DreeDub for working out 10 days straight!
It sounds like everyone is doing good and being conscious of your eating and working out!
My week was crazy last week so I haven't logged everything yet, but I did pretty good. I was off on Thursday (volunteered at my son's school) but I managed to go on a 1 hour- 5 mile walk on the trail outside, came back and did Jillian's 40 minute No More Trouble Zones. It kicked my butt, but I felt so good afterward. I got some cardio in and a good strength workout. I was so sore on Friday! I repeated that same routine on Saturday afternoon too.
I ate pretty well, but once again the weekend tried to corrupt me. It started Friday afternoon when I gave in to a Corner Bakery brownie, one of my faves, and topped it off with pizza Friday night. Then Sunday, while watching the Cowboys get clobbered, I ate chips & queso and a hamburger. I talked myself into "deserving" it for all my hard work all week.
This sounds a little OCD, but I looked at my log and out of the 28 meals I had for the entire week, I only made bad decisions on 3 of them. I was beating myself up yesterday and it made me feel better to look at it that way.
I've been at this for 7 weeks now and I'm really noticing a difference in my body shape. The weight isn't coming off as quickly, but I can tell with my clothes, etc. I had to buy a new, smaller size pair of pants this weekend. Woo hoo!!
Keep working at it this week ladies! Good luck to all!!0 -
Good Job on extra cardio this weekend! Kick boxing is so fun but it is also hard! And you don't realize how hard you have worked until the next day when you can't hardly move...lol I kno you will do great this week and your measurements will b awesome! Keep up the good work!!
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You are not lying about feeling it the next day. I was sore but felt great b/c I knew the soreness was for a great reason. I'm a bit anxious about the upcoming weigh in b/c I feel like I been working out diligently and making healthy eating choices, so, to not see any results would be rather disappointing.
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Hi all i would love to join this thread if thats ok i'm 27 year old mother of 2 boys.
I started working out on Sunday and went 48 min on the elliptical (wondering why 48 and not 50? my little baby 6 months old crawled right under the elliptical haha just started crawling) and took a 20 min infared sauna.
Today I worked out 50 min on the treadmill and 30 min in the sauna.
My plan is to work out a min of 35 min on the elliptical machine 5 days a week and take a sauna at least 3 days a week. Personally i enjoy my workout so far only because i know as soon as i'm done i get to relax in the sauna and read haha but its a great motivator for me being a mother of an 8 yr old and a 6 month old i don't get alot of time to myself since i'm still nursing and he refuses to take a bottle even of pumped breastmilk. anyways its been fun to read all these posts and motivating too..
good luck everyone
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Hi all i would love to join this thread if thats ok i'm 27 year old mother of 2 boys.
I started working out on Sunday and went 48 min on the elliptical (wondering why 48 and not 50? my little baby 6 months old crawled right under the elliptical haha just started crawling) and took a 20 min infared sauna.
Today I worked out 50 min on the treadmill and 30 min in the sauna.
My plan is to work out a min of 35 min on the elliptical machine 5 days a week and take a sauna at least 3 days a week. Personally i enjoy my workout so far only because i know as soon as i'm done i get to relax in the sauna and read haha but its a great motivator for me being a mother of an 8 yr old and a 6 month old i don't get alot of time to myself since i'm still nursing and he refuses to take a bottle even of pumped breastmilk. anyways its been fun to read all these posts and motivating too..
good luck everyone
Shari
Welcome snoflowr82! Good to have you!!!
Happy Tuesday all! One day closer to Friday!! yay! I didnt do too well yesterday, I started feeling a little funky in the afternoon so I skipped my workout..:( but am back on it today! ready to hit the gym this afternoon and make up for it! Hope everyone has an awesome day!0 -
Hi all! Happy Tuesday!!
I had a good day yesterday. I stayed right at my calories for the day and did Jillian's 30 Day Shred Level 2. Even though it got cold here and all I wanted to do was curl up in bed.
I plan to hit the elliptical after work or do another video...maybe Bob's BL Boot Camp.
Hope everyone has a rockin day!0 -
Hi everyone, and welcome new ones! I was pretty good this past weekend. I didn't go to the gym but got workouts just doing regular stuff, I vaccumed and shampooed my car. It took almost a whole day to do. I get to babysit my little brother the rest of the week so I won't be able to go to the gym but they have a treadmill at their house I can use. My mom and stepdad are going to be climbing Mt LeConte in TN I believe, I am a bit jealous. :ohwell:0
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