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Hello group, just wishing you a good day...

Nicolee and Jessica WOW, great job on your running, I'm going to try, no I AM going to go out for a run today...I'm going to try for 4 miles!
Boggs, 8 miles walking everyday sounds great! Great job!

Raymond- I sure do appreciate you making this chart! I love it! It's so great to able to see the progression!

Kelynn, I set another goal for 2010 and it is to better manage stress. I actually need some stress to perform well in my job, but I am focusing very hard on leaving it at work. The hardest for me is keeping it out of my head at night, because it is easy to dwell on so many points when there is absolutely nothing you can do about it lying in bed.... right?

Some simple advice for what works for me....
1) Workouts help me expell stress and transition to a happy home person, so maybe it's better to try and fit them in
2) I think difficult people are in my life to help me with patience and develop character
3) I find reading my bible at night very calming, and helps set me at ease with life's stresses. It is not for everyone, but it really helps me.

I do hope it helps and I'll be praying for you, and your special person.
Raymond

Raymond-

Thank you for taking the time to give me some advice, and the prayers- I really, really appreciate it. I didn't formally set a goal of dealing better with stress this year, but I certainly need to work on it. I could go on and on about my job, and I truly believe from everything I've heard and what I know that although I have a relatively "normal" job, the nitty gritty details of it absolutely make it one of a kind. It has just been a whirlwind of a week- including being invited to my first Board of Education meeting where I was the youngest person there by 25 years or so. I've always liked my job, but I've just recently started being one of those people I always teased about pouring their heart and sole into work- I just am really, really getting into it and really starting to want to make "power moves" and elevate my program to the next level. So, it has been an exceptionally stressful, exhausting, frustrating, and long week, but not necessarily a bad week. I'm really starting to think about where I want to go professionally within my current job and beyond. Anyhow, I could go on and on... but I won't

More than stress management maybe I need to learn how to not to take work home with my mentally- which is hard enough as it is, and even harder when dealing with people... especially kids (and emotionally needy kids on top of that). It's not necessarily always stress that I bring home, I just cannot shut my brain off.

I am certainly going to try to take your advice, Raymond. I need to do a better job of fitting my workouts in when my after school program is in session- I'm sure that working out would make me feel better. And, I agree with you about the difficult people in life- I think the challenges and the stressors in my life are to help me develop as a person and a professional.

2 of my goals will be good when I report this week and 1 will not- 2 outta 3 ain't bad, right? :huh: Thanks for the charts- they're awesome!

Met my P90X goal by doing Insanity Pure Cardio instead of Yoga (will use Yoga on my day off which is Sunday)
Did not get in enough protein today!:huh:
In my calories!
I hope you all had a good day! I am 14 for 14 in days of fitness this year!!

Keylynn hang in there..it will all work itself out and your time for you will come back. I too started off not so well the early part of this week, my teen son is now going to night school and I have to drop him off and pick him up after I rush home from work and lately I've had so many obstacles get in my way and havent made it to the gym. But..oddly the scale is going down down down! I am still watching what I eat but havent really been burning them like I had planned. Im going to try hard and get a nice good runs in this weekend, so i wont be posting my results until Sunday afternoon. And although my scale dropped like 3pds..I dont trust it, its one of those wacky ones that likes to bounce around on me sometimes. So not unless it stays for a few days will I BELIEVE IT. Hang in there..life is tough but we'll get through it. And I start my morning off by having a morning devotional, reading my bible and meditating on what I read and thinking what it means to my life.

Believe me, my week has been one big roller coaster too! Very busy at work also training someone new, and the big dozie is....my teen age son's girlfriend JUST told me yesterday she's pregnant!!! (17yrs). But I woke up today realizing Im not going to let it ruin my TODAY because God will see me through this, as he has everything else LIfe tries to throw my way. So remember it will work out and just learn as much as you can as you go through life's experiences. There's always something to be learned out of good times and bad times. Sounds like you are really growing in your line of work, so it sounds good! And your free time will come back, but do try and spend a few moments in some type of meditaion and ponder on what you may have experienced or learned throughout your day. And what you can do better or differently the next day.

Tonight at midnight..TODAY is going to come to an end now and forever.
TOMORROW is still full of possibilities.
Make a difference

Hey everyone.

Boggs, that's smart and keep working up to a run. I bet it sucks wanting to run, but patience will pay off.

Kelynn et all I do work alot too, it's a way of life for me. Typical day is 7:30 to maybe 5:30 or 6, then stuff, more stuff, and cram in a workout somewhere. BUT, I do love weekends.

Jessica, depending on the muscle group the soreness takes between 12 to 24 hours to show up. A really good leg workout will have you the MOST sore 1 to 2 days later, for example. AND... .soreness=progress if it's muscle rebuilding (not joint pain). I like sore.

Chart tonight after church, can't wait to sum it all up.

Raymond

WHOA! SO true! I was fine the next morning following my evening work out but as evening approached (24hrs after workout video) My muscles where beginning to feel sore!

I felt like I had been in a car accident! lol

For a long time my DOMS (delyed onset muscle soreness) would show up the morning after. Maybe I'm older, or maybe my muscles are just more used to working out. But lately, almost 23 hours to minute of completing a work out my muscles start to get sore if I've done something new or exponentially hard.

Like this morning when I woke up my cramp from Wednesday night was back with a vengence. So, I skipped Insanity and went with upper-body weights. Sometimes, it's not apart of the program but I needed to do something! And I honestly enjoy banging the weights.

Now it's time for 50 odd hours of recovery, and boy do I need it. Next week is a race week, so my work out schedule will not be as aggressive.

BOY AM I SOOOOOOO GLAD ITS THE WEEKEND! And I have Monday off! I do plan on getting some good workouts/runs in this weekend. ahhh it feels so good to know Im going to have some time for ME! YAY!

I got in my P90X Legs & Back with the Ab Ripper! So tired today! Skipped any extra cardio. I have not had a fitness break since Christmas day so it's no wonder!!!
Under calories but really did NOT eat very good calories!
Had protein 3 times today. Cottage cheese, hamburger, cottage cheese again!!

I managed to get to the gym tonight and had a great run that Im very proud of! So..guess its still there. I can do it! So can you!

Talk to everyone tomorrow

Sounds like a few of you were tired yesterday, as was I..after my workout I just never recovered...I really challenged myself to a tough week and doubled my cardio...didn't really mean to, it just worked out that way. I sat down yesterday to watch the news and...I dozed off until midnight:laugh: , then I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep when I went into the bedroom...I was out minutes later, I must of needed to catch up on some rest...have a great weekend.

hello everyone, I'm just checking in and to tell all that I'm still losing weight even with this stress and not exercising at all. THis is great news for me. Maybe I will be able to at least maintain my weight after the surgery. Anyway if its ok I will still weigh in and let you know that info. I think i still need to be accountable to something otherwise its going to go the other way real fast.

So with that said I have lost another 2 pounds I'm currently at 229.

Have a great weekend to everyone!

Ok...here's my check in for the week.


Weight- 168.4 -down 1.8 lbs..
Run miles- 15 (it's a recovery week, so that's what I wanted to run)
Days at calorie goal- 7
Hip measurement- 43- lost 1/2 inch!

I guess al of that flailing is working!

Ran 2.25 miles then did my p90x KENPO
So Far Way Under Calories
I have had so far 3 servings of protein
I have achieved all my goals except one day this week (that was calories)
Good job team mates and I hope you are being a warrior this weekend!