Workout Buddies (Women ages 25-35)

I'd like to join too and be more accountable. Today was a good and bad day for me.

Working out: I was lazy this morning and didn't get up to workout like I should have :ohwell: BUT I have a bicycling thing under my desk at work and made sure I did that quite a bit today (over 2 hours total) - it's not much of a workout, but at least I'm moving.

Food: I was really good on my food until I got home - no sweets and no snacks. Then I ate more dinner than I should have and SIX of those Hershey's Nuggets :blushing: I still can't believe I ate that many - I'm a little sick. :sick: BUT I was still under my calories for the day, so there is hope yet.

Tomorrow is going to be tough - I have an early meeting and then I fly out for work and won't get to the hotel until after 9 pm, so I don't know if I'm going to be able to work out.

Well, I'm going to pack for my trip and head to bed to hopefully get up in time to have a quick workout in the morning. Now that I have somewhere to report back to it's good motivation!

Good luck to everyone! :flowerforyou:

Checking in again and I'm proud to report that I DID get up this morning and squeeze in a 1/2 hour workout on my elliptical! :happy: I know it doesn't sound like much, but it's an accomplishment for me to get out of bed (especially with DH still sleeping) and not use my early meeting as an excuse.

I'm doing good on calories for now, but I'm eating dinner on the plane (work trip) so I'm not sure what that will hold. But I did my under the desk cycling thing for 30 minutes during a conference call, so at least that's something. And I packed my workout stuff to workout at the hotel gym.

~Chelle

Well just got my butt kicked in step aerobics and burnt 794 cals. We worked our legs and abs today. I definately feel the abs burning. I think I will just take it easy tomorrow and stay on the treadmill.

Did 30 min on treadmill this morning and burnt 355 cals. Good chance I will go over my cals today since hubby and I are dropping off kids at grandparents and going into the city for some shopping and supper and Boston Pizza. But I do have just over 1100 calories (that uses all exercises cals) so I may actually be alright. Feeling really good, I have worked out 4 days this week so far. Will hopefully finish off the week with Bob's Boot Camp tomorrow.

Good morning my workout buddies. I'm glad to read everyone is doing the damn thing when it comes to getting their exercise in and controlling their calories. I had a lot more energy today compared to yesterday so I headed to the gym to get the workout out of the way. I was able to burn 300.5 calories on the stairmaster (the machine where you walk on the actual steps) and 320 calories on the elliptical machine, so, when it was all done I rocked out 620 total calories. I was also able to get about 10 minutes in the Sauna so that really made my day. Once again I topped all that off w/a banana/strawberyy protein shake.

While I did get a little more sleep last night I'm stil tired and wishing I could take a nap but duty calls so I'm off to answer.

Have a great day ladies.

Vrdz, I'm glad your day got better and it seems like you have a plan in place to get your workouts in.....Great Job. Quick question, has your ticker always stated you wanted to lose 20 lbs or did you change up your weight loss goals?

Money is usually a good motivator for those who don't believe in wasting money....LIKE ME! I find I have my best weight loss experiences whenever I've paid for boot camp or a personal trainer or when my job held a "Project Get Fine" contest in which the person w/the most weight loss won a cash prize. I came in first place and claimed that money.....lol I guess that's why I don't gamble b/c I can stand the thought of losing money.

Hope you have a great day, any plans for the weekend?

Vrdz, I totally know what you mean about the on-call rotation. I was a supervisor in my last position and we were on call every 6 weeks and at least 2 holidays and while that is nothing to complain about I swear 6 weeks arrives fast (at least to me it did). Hopefully you won't get called or at least not a lot so you and your bf can spend some quality time. Are you going to take a vacay anytime soon?

My cousin arrives tomorrow afternoon so I'm going to chill out w/fam. Since her drive is 9-10 hours long and she's doing it alone I don't have plans for tomorrow evening but Saturday we will hit the gym for kickboxing class, shower and head to exotic dance class and then go to the gourmet burger joint in the Atlanta area. I want to burn as many calories as possible so when I eat this burger, fries and milkshake I won't feel too bad. Saturday night we might go check out a live band and have appetizers. Sunday is up in the air. I told my cousin whatever she wanted to do we could so we'll see what/if anything she's up for.

I don't have any vacations planned til Memorial day weekend. I tend to travel a decent amount in the summer months but not so much during the colder months.

I have less than 2 hours til this work day comes to an end and believe me the countdown has begun....LOL

Happy Friday Ladies! It's been a looooooong week for sure!!

Way to go vrdz on your pound lost!!! Keep up the good work! :flowerforyou:

Checking in for yesterday..... I did really good with food and stayed under my calories for the day. It seems to be getting easier as they days go on. I worked late last night and was super tired (TOM on the way) so I decided to use yesterday as my rest day. It was nice because my muscles are still a little sore from all the workouts this week. Since I didn't work out I just had a small salad at home last night and stayed right at 1200 calories.

I woke up this morning with another banging headache! Argh!! I'm getting really annoyed with them. So I took some medicine, on an empty stomach and felt sick. So, I stopped at McDonalds and got a sausage biscuit to put something in my stomach, along with me Friday treat...a Starbucks nonfat mocha. Bless it......a 600+ calorie bfast! I'm so mad at myself. Usually on Friday's I just have my treat and a little 100 cal oatmeal. Not starting off good for a Friday! :embarassed:

My plan this weekend is to be as good as possible with food & get exercise in Fri, Sat, Sun. I don't want to regret my weekend come Monday morning, like I did last weekend. I've done so well all week and don't want to blow it. I'm going to a get together on Saturday night and it's Mexican themed with salsa, quac, queso, chips, enchiladas, beans, rice, etc. And I'm in charge of dessert. So, I know Sat I'm going to go over and not eat as well as I'd like to, but I hope to make up for it with some good exercise! And my plan is to not drink, but who knows if I'll stick to it. I've got a real test on my hands this weekend!

Anyway, I hope everyone has a good weekend! Choco have fun with your cousin and let us know how the exotic dance class goes. Everyone keep up the good work...we're all doing great! :drinker:

Day one of my first real day of using weights! I worked triceps last Sunday and they just were able to move again today! I had a great workout at the gym with my husband and I'm looking forward to going back tomorrow!

Great suprise! My husband is going to start watching what he eats and going to the gym with me on weekends! He said he's noticed he's gained alittle weight and wants to start eatting better. Not that he ate awful before, just alot of red meat and pork. I'm happy we are eatting the same meal tonight!!!

I did change my goals to go down to 120 pounds instead of 115. I do have an athletic build when I maintain it and looked great at 120. After talking with my husband and looking at some old pictures, 115 does look a little un healthy on me. Well, I'm looking forward to a relaxing night and morning at the gym tomorrow :drinker: <--- I should drink more water, but I'm going to have some brandy after dinner

My day didn't start too well b/c my cousin and I headed to my local gym so that we could participate in the kickboxing class and the guess pass the gym told me to print offline was apparently not good b/c she is from out of town and they wanted her to pay $15.00 for one class. Now in my opinion, $15.00 is way tooo expense for one class so I told them thank but no thank I'll be working out from home today and politely walked out the door. I mean dang, I pay $29.00 for a month and they want her to pay half that just for an hour. They really had me confused for someone else. I proceeded to drive to the nearest Target and purchased a Taebo dvd for $10.00 and went home and got my kickboxing on.

My workout is complete for today. I did 45 minutes of the Taebo dvd and then my cousin and I along w/three girlfriends took an exotic dance class and had A BLAST!!! I think we are going to go back and take the lapdance class that they are offering for Valentines's Day.

After exotic dance class we all went to a gourment burger joint called Flip Burger Boutique. If anyone ever watched the Top Chef reality show the owner of Flip was a finalist on that show. The food was EXCELLENT since we had a late start and talked so much afterwards that meal will have to account for a.m. snack, p.m. snack and dinner since we are just returning to the house. I tried to account for the calories the best way I knew how since the restaurants nutritional information is not posted. Based on what I ate (Turkery burger w/avacado, alfafa sprouts & tomato, hand cut fries and a nutella milkshake) I estimated that I consumed about 1300 calories on that meal. Since I ate a light breakfast (boiled egg and turkey sausage w/1 slice of whole wheat bread) and burned calories from the kickboxing I DID NOT go over my calories....YiPPEE, YIPPEE!!!!

Despite the rainy and dreary weather in Georgia I had a WONDERFUL DAY W/FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

Just checking in to say good morning I've been doing well this week and have managed to work out every day but one! Hope everybody is having a good weekend!

I'm new here, and I'm totally in!!!! I need some serious workout advice, such excersises, and workout dvds that I can do at home. I honestly can't afford a gym now. I'm hoping to lose about 100 pounds, hopefully by some time in 2011. Right now, I mainly just walk, and try to eat healthy. I'm hoping this time I stick to my diet. I've tried before, but given up.

Hello all! It's amazing how one day you feel like you can take on the world and you get up w/o a problem and rock out the exercise routine and the very next day you don't want to get out of bed at all, never mind trying to workout. Well that's how I felt this morning. I did not feel like moving from my bed and I could have cared less about working out. It's a holiday and I felt like having a lazy day. HOWEVER, I did not allow that negative attitude to win out and I got my lazy tail out the bed and was at the gym by 8 a.m. and rocked it out for a little over an hour. I then spent 10 minutes in the sauna but it was not as enjoyable as usual b/c there was a woman in there talking on her cell phone.....REALLY, I mean the space is small enough and who really wants to hear your damn conversation. I played my Ipod a little louder than normal in order to drown out her damn voice and attempt to lose myself in the words of my favorite artist, Ms. Mary J. Blige. My day did however improve when I purchased my favorite banana/strawberry protein shake b/c it was DELICIOUS!! I spent another 1 1/5 walking around the grocery store so i'm sure I burnt a few more calories doing that (but I won't claim them)

All in all it has been a productive morning and I'm so glad I made myself go to the gym. Since it's a nice day here in GA a friend and I will probably walk around the park a little later.

Hope everyone is having a great day.


AMK, great job w/working out the majority of the weekend and monitoring yourself regarding your food intake at the party. It's called baby steps and it looks like you're taking them. Before you know it the weekends will not pose a problem for you at all.

Great job, keep it up!

Vrdz, great job, you really did rock it out. I can't even imagine burning 1200 calories from a workout. The 350 - 550 calories that I burn have me exhausted. It is a beautiful day in GA so I'm about to head out to the park for a walk. I wish I knew how many miles the path that we walk is but whatever the case my friend and I usually walk for 45 minutes to an hour.

Hey Ladies! Another pretty day for you guys? It's supposed to be in the 70's today here in TX...woo hoo!!

Way to go Choco and vrdz on your workouts yesterday!! Great job!!! :happy:

I had a great day yesterday! Did well with eating and tried out a new recipe for dinner last night. The boys loved it and it was a healthy meal! Only thing negative with my eating is I had a little dessert left from the party Sat night so I had some after dinner. It's now gone though, so I should have any more temptations.

I went for a walk / jog on the trail for 50 mins and then did 4 circuits of Jillian's No More Trouble Zones, for a total of an hour and 25 minutes and 600 calories! It felt so good to be outside in nice weather.

I plan to stay on track today and get a good workout in. We are having our carpets cleaned, so I'm hoping everything is dry when I get home in order to do a video and put everything back in it's place. If not, I'll hit the gym and do some jogging, while praying the machines don't crash and piss me off again....wish me luck! Hope everyone has a great day--keep up the good work buddies!

Afternoon yall! wtg AMK for your 2 pound loss! Woo Hoo! I am having a good day except for the fact that my butt is soooo sore from yesterdays bootcamp! I know it is working though and that is all that really matters! I went to spin class this a.m. and burned 305 cals. Got bootcamp again in the a.m. and Im looking forward to it, bring the pain!!! lol :0
I watched a Biggest Loser marathon yesterday and wanting to ask if Jillian Michaels scares anyone else? She just looks like insanely mean! I now am excited about watching BL every week, it is so inspiring, I cried like 5 times while watching it!