No More Excuses - Week 8

So I crossed something off my binge list today. Stopped on the way to church and had a Sausage Biscuit at McDonalds (430 calories and 12 grams of Sat Fat). Instead of having a real bad day, I had a super healthy lunch of white meat turkey and gravy on 45 calorie toast (only 1 Sat Fat total). Pretty much back on track for a normal dinner tonight.

Met my goal of putting a "zero" as the second number in my weight this week.

My next weight loss goal it to put a "one" in the 1st number By Valentines Day. My next exercise goal is that I would like to be able to run 5 miles by Valentines day as well.

We got a couple more inches of snow here last night which presents an opportunity to for me and my wife to burn extra calories. I went to the gym Saturday, and could not believe how busy it was with people I had never seen before. I am excited to see more people, but dreading having to fight for time on the machines.

Hope everyone is doing well.

I am sick........Of my screw ups today........We had to make an unexpected trip to KS today as our friend had a heart attack last night. Then I came home and watched the Broncos.....That was all I could take. I cheated so ad on calories it isn't funny. It is pathetic......However.....I am going to go get on the wii and work some of it off. No way I will be able to do it all but something would help. Tomorrow is a new day and I am going to be so busy I won't bee able to even think about food.

Have a great night

We got a couple more inches of snow here last night which presents an opportunity to for me and my wife to burn extra calories. I went to the gym Saturday, and could not believe how busy it was with people I had never seen before. I am excited to see more people, but dreading having to fight for time on the machines.

The gym is always extra crowded come January 1, but sadly it starts to trickle off pretty quickly. By midFebruary, usually it's back to normal.

Jack, congrats on building up your running so fast! Reading about the success of several runners on MFP has encouraged me to try a little myself. I got a heart rate monitor for Christmas and found I had to mix a little jogging into my walking to get my heart rate into the fat burn zone. Maybe that's part of why my weightloss has been sluggish - I need harder workouts. I have mostly been walking for my exercise because of back issues, but the 30-second intervals of jogging didn't hurt like they did five months ago, and what a difference they make with the heart rate! I'm looking forward to working in more jogging in 2010, even if it's for 30 seconds at a time.

I wouldn't call myself a runner yet. I run to burn calories, its not something I enjoy to do, yet. I too got a heartrate monitor recently and have been enjoying it. I start to get exhausted once I get above 147 beats per minute, so I use that as a benchmark as to when to shut it down when I am running. When I first started running, I was hitting mid-150s in the 1st quarter mile. Now I run in the 130s the 1st mile and a half, then it starts to gradually ratchet up. It's quite fascinating to me how predictable it is now. The more I run, the lower the numbrers go too.

I would highly recommend anyone who runs to get a heart rate monitor. I paid under $30 for mine. Now if you run outside, I know people love those garmin units that completely map out your routes. I am not there yet, if I begin to enjoy running more I might look into getting one, but for now I am mostly a treadmill warrior.

Good Monday morning all...Had a rough day yesterday. Ate out twice for my son's birthday and had birthday cookie. I did the Shred DVD but I doubt it helped. I have to work about 10 hours today so I'm gonna hit it. Has anyone decided if they can do the chart? Have a great day!

Good morning everyone!!!!! I just got done with my exercise for today and although I feel really tired, I also feel great. I always feel better when I exercise. I am really proud of myself. I did 65 minutes of exercise and burned 722 calories. I have not exercised like that in a long time. I hope you all have a great day.

I am going to ask if somebody else would please keep track on the weights. I will do it this week for Sunday but then would appreciate it if somebody else would take it over. Thanks!

I have too much going on with my kids and stuff or I would do it. I hope you find someone to do it.

I guess we need to start a week 9 thread so I did!!!! Everyone come on over!!!!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/74670-no-more-excuses-week-9