No More Excuses - Week 3

amaline

Hey everyone! Boy am I looking forward to the weekend, this week has been so busy at work. I have still been good with my exercise though hurrah! I am not enjoying using the treadmill as much as I was running outdoors but at least it is warmer and also safer.

I am also super excited as I found an online health store that delivers! So I can get all those things I have been missng like cereal and porridge and and almonds delivered - I have been looking everywhere but have't found them here. Yum yum!

I haven't been doing so well with my extra 10 mins - I take the stairs about once a day but then it's like my brain switches off the other times and I don't remember till I am in the lift! doh! I found some good 5-10 minunte cardio videos on You Tube tho, so I will try and squeeze some of those in. Good work to everyone who has fit it in! (Amanda I needed a nap after reading your post, sounds exhuasting!)

Hope you all have a fabulous Thanksgiving - I've never had one so would love to hear how you all celebrate it :happy:

AmandaJ

Amaline, I love Thanksgiving, it is actually my favorite holiday. I love it because everybody is together and the whole family is happy and in a thankful mood. Christmas is exhausting to me, but love it too. We will be going to my in-laws for the big dinner and then going to my moms for pie. I am so hoping I can squeeze a nap in there somewhere. I will probably sleep in the car. I get in a car and unless I am driving I fall asleep. It is like my downtime. The kids usually play with the cousins and we sometimes watch tv. Just a nice thankful sort of day!! :flowerforyou:

tamelab

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We will eat with my dad and step-mom tomorrow and then we will fry a turkey on Saturday at our house. Hopefully I can get some rest in somewhere. Good luck to everyone. Enjoy yourselves!

cah0806

Happy Thanksgiving! It's about 9:30 am here in NC. Just got home from hitting the Kmart Thanksgiving Day sale. Spent about 2 hours and 3 hundred dollars there! But I got 95% of my shopping done. Just don't think I am up for Black Friday tomorrow. The more I think about it, the more I think not. Also, I don't want to go alone for safety's sake and no one I know wants to go. Oh well.:ohwell:
Hope everyone has a great day. Even if you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, I encourage you to take a minute to think of all the great things in your life. (Like our wonderful team)
Heading to my sister's in a few hours. I made three pies and I am making lima beans, biscuits, and mashed cauliflower. Talk to you later!

AmandaJ

Okay Christy, now I am jealous. It is only 7:05 and I haven't even seen the sales ad yet. :laugh: I am glad to hear that you shopping is about done, now you can forget about that aspect of Christmas stress and spend more time on a healhty you!!!! That is what I am going to concentrate on doing.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY WONDERFUL TEAM MEMEBERS!!!!!!

littlebigbird

Happy Thanksgiving wishes from this side of the world to all of you celebrating it. :flowerforyou: I hope you're having a wonderful day and I love the idea of everyone in this lovely group being thankful for it, even if we don't celebrate Thanksgiving.

I added 10 minutes to my treadmill workout this evening so was even more of a puce-faced heap by the time I finished. Wonderful .:laugh:

amaline

Hey Everyone!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I just had to share some super exciting news with you all. - I GET TO GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!

Some things at work changed at the last minute and I managed to find some cheap(ish) flights and I arrive home Christmas Day just in time for lunch!!!! I AM SO HAPPY! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

I had been trying to stay positive but wasn't looking forward to another festive season alone in a strange country. Now I get to see all my family and friends and escape a cold Chinese winter to go camping and swim at the beach in the sun! WOOOHOOOO!

Although it does mean I need to get into a bikini within a month so I better get my A into G! what great motivation though!

I hope your all feeling as happy and thankful as me right now

:drinker:

AmandaJ

Amaline, I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!! To me that is what Christmas is all about, family and celebrating Christmas's birth!

It is 2:30 am and I off to black Friday shopping, have a great day everybody!!!

justjack51

Well I was having a good week until yesterday.

I was really bad all day, including eating 5 sugar cookies.

littlebigbird

Amaline - that's fantastic news. I bet your family are over the moon too.

justjack51 - don't dwell on one bad day, especially if you've had such a good week otherwise. Look how well you're doing already towards your goal.

Amanda - shopping at 2.30am. Is that some sort of seasonal tradition or just for people with mild insomnia????

AmandaJ

Littlebigbird, no I do not have insomia! :laugh: It is now a tradition, the stores open really early like JcPenneys at 4 am and then Wal-Mart and Shop-ko at 5 am and then K-Mart at 6 am. We went to JcPenneys, Shop-Ko, K-Mart, Radio Shack, Erb's Hardware, Wal-Mart, JoAnn's Fabric's, Game Crazy and Sports Authority this morning. It takes an hour to drive each way to town and we had an hour sit down lunch. We were home by 1:30 pm. Had a great day, enjoyed yourself, it is now a something my sister, my friend and my best friend do almost every year. I am almost done shopping, most of it is wrapped and it I am ready to enjoy the Christmas holiday!

Justjack, if you are like me when I eat one piece of anything sugar then I eat it and eat it and eat it. Shake it off, start a new day and move forward in your life.

tamelab

Hi all...Having a pretty good weekend so far. I did okay on Thanksgiving, had a big lunch and a small supper, hit the gym yesterday and today. We will have another big meal tomorrow and then we're done. I'm sure I won't lose this week but I'll be happy if I maintain. Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Amanda...glad you had fun and got most of your shopping done. That is great. I'll send you a note on Sunday with my progress or lack thereof:ohwell:

Justjack...Just do like me, shake it off and get back on the wagon. Sometimes I feel like the wagon just drags me along while I hold on for dear life

cah0806

Hey guys! Had kind of a busy couple of days, but very productive. I enjoyed spending time with my family yesterday. I was pretty good and ate a lot of veggies, only had one biscuit, and a little potato salad. I ate a little ham, but mostly turkey (white meat only). The only dessert I ate was the one I made - and I didnt' feel guilty!:bigsmile:
I didn't get up early this morning and go shopping, but I made it out around 10 and hit a couple of stores. My Christmas shopping is officially complete and the presents are all wrapped. Now to get to the tree...that's a project for Sunday when I can draft my fiance's help.
I am super proud of myself for tonight's exercise. i was listening to Christmas music while on the elliptical. I planned to do only 30 mins, but kept going. I stopped at 60 mins and 5.14 miles.:noway: That is the most I have ever done!
amaline - I am so happy to hear you get to go home.
Amanda - doesn't it feel great to be on top of things (not usually that way for me)
justjack - I am sure you are being too hard on yourself. You are doing a great job - keep up the hard work!
tamelab - glad to hear you're having a good weekend
littlebigbird - great job on the extra 10
Talk to you guys soon! Have a great night...

littlebigbird

Blimey - you've finished your Christmas shopping and wrapped it all?!!! I'm deeply, deeply impressed. What will you do for stress calories in December though? :laugh: My nearest and dearest & I are heading over to Watford (there's a nice shopping centre there) to get cracking on our shopping tomorrow, but I don't suppose we'll manage it all in one hit.

Hope everyone's having a great weekend. I've got my mum-in-law coming over shortly so time to do some calming deep breathing in preparation. (Bad, bad Birdy!)

tigermom79

Good morning all! Sounds like everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Our family had a fantastic one! So very thankful for all of our family and friends and all God's gifts. Now....to continue that thanksgiving all year long!

Hope everyone survived black Friday. My mom, and youngest son and I were out in the madness. However, we have to drive an hour to get to any of the malls or big stores. We have a Wal-Mart and appliance Sears... So we didn't get out as early as we usually do but shopped till we dropped. Over 12 hours of walking. I thought oh...this will help a little....NOT...stepped on the scale this morning as was sadly disappointed. :devil:

We have to attend a funeral today but then I plan on looking up a couple of fitness clubs around town here. Is anyone ever tried Curves. We have one and I have always been timid about joining. I think I am going to check it out this afternoon.

Everyone have a great and productive Saturday!

tamelab

Tigermom...I was a member of Curve's for a while and I enjoyed it. I especially liked having only women in the gym with me. The only thing I didn't like was that the Curve's where I was a member had very limited hours and it was hard for me to get there. I go to the gym where my husband works now for $5 a month and it is always open, so it is hard to beat. Have a good day.

AmandaJ

Tammy, how could you possibly beat $5 a month and always open. That is terrific. The gym I attend closed Wednesday at noon and won't open again until Monday. UGHHH!!!

I have heard great things about Curves around here. The problem for me is the nearest one is an hour away. :grumble:

Littlebird, I understand the MIL stress, breathe deep, and keep breathing!!!

I think our group is dwindling in size, stay strong everybody, stay strong!!

cah0806

Hopefully, our group is just enjoying the holiday weekend (and perhaps shopping, too).
I am sitting here with a book in hand just being LAZY!!! Gotta get outside and clean out my car:embarassed: It looks just terrible! I hope that everyone continues to have a great weekend....Weigh in is tomorrow - aren't you soooo excited!!!

AmandaJ

Actually I peeked today and I am excited!!!!

littlebigbird

Survived the day and thankfully MIL was on her best behaviour - phew!

Amanda - that sounds very promising!! I peeked yesterday and was very pleased, but after today's naughtiness I'm not sure it'll be such good news tomorrow . . . I'll let you know.

Tigermom - don't fret - even if it didn't show on the scales today, it might do tomorrow. Fingers crossed for you.

dariahrose

Hi all,

It has been a crazy week. Wednesday night I went out, I survived Thanksigving and then headed to Allentown, PA for my college roommates bday. Although it was hard I still managed to lose this week! I'm down to 224.0 this week. Considering I've been sick and have had many temptations this week, I think this is great!

How has everyone else's week gone? How was turkey day?

MOMOFTWO29

Hi everyone, I have been gone for a little while. I had decided that I was going to go on matience for awhile but I have not maintained very well, so I am back to do this.

tigermom79

Good morning all! Well the scales were friendly this morning! Lost 1 pound! Down to 166. I am getting excited for the week ahead as I am going to go talk to Curves. Their schedule would actually work out great for me. Better than having to be in a work out class as a specific time frame. That just "ain't gonna happen" girlfriends!!!! TEE HEE:laugh:

I am actually surprised that I lost but really glad. With all the shopping and holiday stuff. Well I think I am off to do more crafting today. Cold here so can't do much outside!

Talk to everyone later!
Ann

tamelab

Good morning all...I didn't lose any this week but I didn't gain either, which is great considering everything I ate. Congrats to all who lost! I enjoyed my Thanksgiving and now it is time to get back to work!! It is my TOM so maybe I will lose by next Sunday. Have a great day everybody. Off to church, then the gym, and then to type for 6 hours. See ya tomorrow.

SlimmingdownSusan

I did well all week, and on Thursday morning I stepped on the scale. I was down 2 lbs! I enjoyed myself on Thanksgiving, but didn't go over the top with eating. But come Friday & Saturday I started sliding back a little. One of the downsides to having Thanksgiving dinner at your house is all the leftovers! So I am still at 175 this morning. A new week ahead. No more huge dinners or out of town guests. I should be back on my routine!

AmandaJ

I am 160.5, which means a 2 lb loss this week!! Maybe just maybe I will see the 150s next week. YEAH!!!

TNTPete

Well I wish I could say I had a loss.. and I know I didn't post but... I hurt my back this week moving furniture of all things and have been trying to take it easy... so with no real loss and a slight 0.5 gain I feel okay about it...

162.0

Please, oh please, let my back be better this week.

littlebigbird

A much better week - I lost 3lb which is the 2lb I put on last week and another 1lb just for good measure, so I'm feeling rather relieved. I'm 11 stone 2lb now (156lb) so I'm desperately hoping I'll be in the 10 stone range (under 154lb) in the next week or two. I haven't been in the 10s since I was a student back in the 1980s!

TNTPete - I hope your back feels much better very soon. It must be really frustrating as well as being painful.

Amanda - that's brilliant - well done. 150s here you come! :flowerforyou:

Tigermom - fantastic news about your loss, well done! Is Curves a health club? It sounds perfect so I hope it all works out for you.

SlimmingdownSu and tamelab - Thanksgiving week is a tough one to lose weight in. I think you've done well to maintain. I hope I'll do as well as you over Christmas!!

Hope everyone has a great week this week. :happy:

AmandaJ

Team, I am going to simply the chart and if that is okay great, if not then lets open it up for discussion. I have time to do it but I have discovered that after week 1, it gets confusing. I l you all and think you are great!

AmandaJ

That is all folks!! :laugh:

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