Hi All!

KC - great NSV on the compliment! I never thought about my back until I started getting stronger and was pleasantly surprised to see improvement in a place I wasn't even looking for it! The front is glamor muscles...the back does the real work

Beeps - breakfast in bed sounds great! Those are the moments in life way more important than your diet

Chloe - nice control on the candy! I didn't really log Wednesday...probably a good thing!

Ashley - glad the scale moved! I hope mine does too next week...and carbs make sense. They cause water storage.

As for me, okay week. I have done crossfit and walked the last three days, logging yesterday fully and staying low on cals. I did feel fatigued and tired at crossfit yesterday so I am going to skip training today (with encouragement from one of the coahces) and just walk and probably go into the gym to practice some lifts tomorrow and row. Maybe yoga too?

I am starting to really get into applying for graduate school (yikes!) and it is making me anxious so I want to spend the weekend getting on top of my stuff, feeling good, eating well etc. before I have to go to Atlanta next Thurs-Sun. I can tell the next few months are going to get stressful and I want to be proactive as possible in keeping my health a priority (and probably renewing my xanax prescription).

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY - PAY ATTENTION TO ME, DAMMIT!

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Have a fab weekend

I did fast until supper - had ceasar salad (it did have croutons and dressing - they served it table-side and it was for all 4 of us!), beef tenderloin in a red wine reduction sauce, truffle mashed potatoes and roasted broccolini. NO alcohol. NO dessert. My day came in <1,200 calories. Yay!

I couldn't get to the gym, today, due to son's basketball game. So, I think I'll be on an unplanned 5-day gym break. Oh well. I'll keep my nutrition in check.

Have a great weekend!

Congrats Ris! That's great news! Is this your first?

Beeps, wow. No alcohol on your birthday?! Or dessert?! That's some serious willpower chick.

Hello everyone else. I need to get to work; just wanted to check in.

My week overall last week was a good one. I was only over on calories (1700) 2 days. Halloween and Saturday night. I drank too much Saturday, but moderated well the rest of the week so I call that decent on my alcohol goal. I got ALL my workouts in and a couple bonus walks. My macros were good most days, but not yesterday. I didn't eat that much just didn't eat well. I feel a little puffy today because of it. I plan on drinking lots of water to flush myself out. I plan on another great week and hope to see a little loss on the scale again. I'd like to get back down to my lowest (126) by Thanksgiving knowing I may put a little back on. I also hope not to go overboard during Thanksgiving. My sister is training for her first mini in January so she has 2-3 training runs to get done, so I hope to join her.

Have a great week ladies!

Thanks Ashely! Yep it's my first. And great job last week! Your little peanut looks adorable by the way :happy:

Hey ladies! Happy Monday....the weekend went way too fast!

Beeps- Hope your birthday weekend was great!

Ris- Congratulations! I am so happy for you!

Asjerven- Hope all is going well with your dad! Way to get back into it!

Ashley- Nice week! I am with ya at getting the weight now before the holidays! I have a wedding December 15th, so I am keeping that as a goal date. I would love to see 13Xs on the scale by then!

I did pretty good this weekend. I went over, but I was under throughout the week, so it kind of evened out. My goal is to basically net about 10,500 for the week (1500 cals a day). Did a little binging last night because I didn't eat all day until like 5 except for my protein smoothie in the morning, and that is way too long for me to go without eating. Goals for this week are basically the same as last:

1) Get in 5/6 days of workouts- 3 miles each day and strength (chest/triceps, shoulders/back, core, legs/butt- I basically just keep rotating between those 4 workouts)
2) Stay within cals
3) Eliminate processed foods and sugar

Happy Monday! On Wednesday, I pulled something in my back doing bent over rows. Then, carrying my two year old around for trick or treating made it worse. I took a few days off. I still weighed in Friday and was happy to see a small loss. Then I ate a lot on Friday. I had planned a great day, but then a co-worker offered to get my lunch. Then I ate junk the rest of the day. My calories were fine the rest of the weekend but I ate a lot of processed junk and low protien. I checked my weight to see how much damage I had done, and it was the exact same as Friday. Crazy. I got up early today (love daylight savings!) and got in a great workout. I still want to try to increase y workouts. I really want to be down two more pounds by thanksgiving and try to maintain between Thanksgiving and New Years, and hit it hard in January.

Mama- which do you like better? CLX or Turbo Fire? I herad turbo was on sale but I'm not sure what type of workout it is.
Chloe- I've decided if the week balances, then it's all good. Have no idea if that's tru, but I like it!
Ashley- thanks for the recipe. Tomorrow I'm making quinoa pumpkin muffins but I'll have to try that one soon. Are you going to try the kale chips again?
Ris - Great job on the race!
Amy - I believe working out is the best cure for stress and insomnia. And counting calories can be very stressful, so I think you are making the best choice for YOU right now.
Abigail - it's so hard to get back to counting once you've stopped. i know I've been struggling with that.
Beeps, glad you had a great birthday!

For jogging I am going to try and get faster, my idea is to do couch to 5k but instead of walking working up to jogging, I will jog at my usual pace working up to 6 minute miles.

Holy crap that's a fast pace! What is that, 10mph? I don't think my legs will go that fast. You go. I hope the working out helps with stress and sleep. I know it does for me. Hugs.

Oops, I think I mean 6 miles per hour! a 6-minute mile is way ambitious!

I was way impressed. Still impressed. Goals are goals and any goals are great!

No workout for me last night. Picked up the kiddo from day care, didn't get home till 6, husband out of town for basketball game, and it was dark out. I put on my PJ's, played-fed/ate-bathed-played and then vegged on the couch the rest of the night. It was nice.