This week is not off to the best start, will probably end the day on a 100 calories over goal and NO exercise today (hectic schedule that left no time to breathe let alone run).

But, I plan to join the gym close to my work tomorrow which should make getting the requisite exercise in, a lot easier

Hope you all have a GREAT week, and remember it's not about how long it takes to reach the goal, it's about how we went about reaching it

Big love to all!

So far this Monday has been good, just finished 100oz of water before leaving work and will be getting in another 40oz or so this evening with dinner and during my workout.

Have a great day!!!

Today IS a better day.

Red, I am a stress eater too, and a boredom eater and any other kind of eater so I can understand where you are coming from.

I was able to get 140oz in yesterday and I've already started drinking my water this morning. Looking forward to breaking that 140oz if possible!
Have a great day everyone!!

So far this week has been going great, I have been burning over 1,000 calories per day. Hopefully I can keep it up. Doing circuit training and 35 minutes of cardio everyday. Keep up the good work guys

Great job Monique! I havent worked out since last week. We were away for the weekend and last night was running errands. 1000 cals a day... Wow! You rock girl!

That's a great goal to become a trainer! I often think I want to become a spin instructor. I love taking these classes and I think as I am spinning wow it would be nice to get paid to workout.
Quite a few more pounds to lose before I can consider it.

Good Luck

Started back with a personal trainer Monday... He worked the crap out of us. Took Tuesday off, then did a pretty good cardio work out this morning. I'm feeling pretty positive about how this is going to turn out.

I'm pretty happy today despite my weight being up. I've been on steroids the last 5 days to help reduce the inflammation in my lungs from the bad bronchitis I have had. The steriods have worked and I am coughing much less (no barking anymore! Yay!) and I can breath easier.
Weight is up due to several factors: steriods cause increased appetite and can cause weight gain, I ate horrible this last weekend as we were out of town/on the road all weekend to go visit my husband's uncle who was in the hospital (read gas station food and restaurant dining all weekened).

But I'm excited nonetheless! I was able to run C25K last night without much difficulty at all. I was able to take the incline up to 2 and my speed is almost at what I was running before the bronchitis. Got a decent 400 calorie burn out of it and that makes me happy. I havent worked out in about a week and my body really needed it. The "dreaded" Week 5 Day 3 is coming this Friday but I'm excited because I know I can conquer it this time around. W5D3 is your first 20 min consecutive run, no intervals at all - for those that are not familiar.

Gonna walk with Leslie Sansone tonight, not sure if I will have the energy for the 5 mile but I'm gonna give it a shot cuz I really need it.

I just really wish I could train myself to get out of bed earlier and workout before getting ready to work. I'm not a morning person but I know I would feel so much better and see better results if I did, just cant seem to get to the point of doing it regularly. Don't know how to defeat that inner voice and conquer the morning! Hopefully I will some day.

Red, just pick yourself and keep going. We will always have set backs. It has become second nature after years and years of doing it, to celebrate with food.

We can still do it, but we have to remember to make better choices when doing it and first and foremost is portion sizes.

You'll get through this, look at how far you've come already!!

This week is my 'screw it' week. TOM is here and my weight loss instead of up and down a few oz every day, or a lb here and there (normal), it went up a little before TOM and it has been steady RIGHT at 194.8 lbs for 3 days now lol. I was 193.4 last week so it's a bit up, but I know after TOM is over, I'll drop back down.