The photo shoot: not that much fun. A little bit of fun, but not that much. My bff was NOT very happy with the "surprise" that was sprung on her. No, she did NOT participate in the photo shoot. 1 friend didn't even make it to town (sick). Other friend was "too shy" to wear lingerie, so, as it turned out, I'm the only one who really showed up, prepped and ready.

And, even at that, I wasn't that "ready" - I felt puffy and blech.

Anyway, I did it....took quite awhile because it was just at a gf's house (not the photographer's studio) and, frankly, I was TOO STIFF! Meaning: photographer had to tell me a GAZILLION times to "relax" (I wasn't), to "not fake the smile" (I only fake smile), etc., etc.

I hope she got a couple of good shots, because I won't be racing along to do it again.

I really wanted to do "strong poses" that would kind of show off my musculature and she kept wanting "softer poses" that look all sexy and stuff. Cross-purposes.

Good Morning! I am officially back on track. I logged everything yesterday - well, I was over but at least I logged it. Plus I got in a nice run. Today, I am taking my girls to get registered for the summer reading program at the library, major house cleaning ( this will likely last several days), and upper body.

Ashley, that is awesome about the no drinking. I bet you will lose 2 pounds use from that!
Beeps- sorry the photo shoot didn't go so great. I bet you looked fabulous though!
Abigail- great job! Are you still doing Les Mills pump? Would you recommend it?

My two week challenge is..
1. Be more consistent about walking my choc.lab Bear.
2. Eating more fruits.
3.No more eating out at restraunts.

Hello Ladies! I am back from vacation We had a fabulous time! Lots of delicious food, of course no drinking for me, but I did substitute in a lot of ice cream :laugh: And we did an insane amount of walking! I am feeling puffy for sure, but I know its mostly because of all the eating out. I will not step on the scale for awhile.

My 2 week goals are:

1) walk the dog every morning, the route I have is 2.8 miles and takes me about 45 minutes, so its perfect, I started this goal this morning
2) no more eating out, this is both for my waistline and wallet! We blew alot of money on vacation.
3) do my DVDs at least 4 times a week, but hopefully more
4) eat as clean as possible

Morning ladies! I took a bad turn over the holiday weekend - the beer and food camping was just too much to say no to. In addition I was just too lazy to workout yesterday which led to a really bad sleep last night. I am going to literally have to drag myself to the gym today which sounds AWFUL right now but I'm sure will help later. I wasn't up on the scale this week, but feel reallllly puffy and bloated likely due to all the **** I ate.

Beeps- sorry about the photoshoot, but props to you for getting through it.
jenomaha - so sorry to hear about the accident, but glad to hear he's ok.
Georgia-Build - I am making walking the dog my goal too, perhaps even running depending on how I feel in the AM

I am doing a restart on my 2 week goals as I didn't really do well on mine from last week:

1. Walk or run the dog every morning
2. Get to the gym at least 3 days
3. WATER
4. Keep the booze to a minimum

Have a great rest of the week ladies.

Hallo ladies!
Jen--what the heck?! I'm glad your hubby didn't get hurt worse, but that's crazy! I hope that life gets back to "normal" this week for you.
Beeps--Sorry to hear you didn't like the photo shoot, but I admire you for doing it! I was going to do one for our first anniversary gift for DH, but I chickened out. I'm sure you'll have some photos your happy with in the end.
Better--that is so awesome that you've gone without booze for so long. I tried. I failed. (lol) Good for you!
Chloe--I didn't realize you were pregnant, since I disappeared for a while. Congratulations!

I met almost all my goals last week, except for limiting my drinking. I fit it into my calories, but when helping friends paint their house, beer usually gets involved at some point and it did. Other than that, I made it to the gym 4 times last week and have gotten 2 great workouts in the last 2 days and my arm/hand feels fantastic right now, so I'm going to take advantage of that and go lift again tonight. :bigsmile: I cannot even begin to tell you guys how excited I am when I can lift without losing my grip because my fingers go numb. Exciting stuff!

Jen! Holy crap! I'm glad your husband is OK! I bet you are excited that summer is here. I keep seeing everyone's posts on FB about summer and it makes me wish I was a teacher right now.....

Welcome Georgia.

Chloe, glad you had a nice time. Kudos to you on your morning walks.

Beeps, I was reading a thread yesterday and a MFP member had posted a link on Facebook that someone had copied her success story. Lo and behold, there was yours too! https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/EM2WL?fref=ts Scroll down to May 6.

Ramalen, I'd have been right there with you if I drank over the weekend. It was so nice, we were doing yard work, there were so many times I wanted to make a cocktail before 5:00 which would have = drinking all day. How I love a mid day buzz.....

Abi, sounds like it all evened out for you over the weekend.

Rogie, sounds like a nice weekend. Drinking makes chores easier and more fun.

Ris, sounds like you got a ton of activity in!

I had a pretty good day yesterday. Had a snack at work around 4 hoping it would derail my after work snacking, but no such luck. Eric got out the hummus and I caved. Not terribly. Then I basically didn't stop until around 9:30 so before I logged dinner and snacks, I ate one of those stupid mini icecream sandwiches, which put me over, so I ate a second. :ohwell:

I did get some lifting in. I made a new routine and am feeling good today. I'm doing a day of 4 moves for chest/biceps/triceps, a day of 4 moves for shoulders and back, and a leg day where I choose 3-4 exercises from 6. I was researching a little yesterday and came across Wet Wolf's workout I had started 2 years ago till I got prego, and then began to doubt what I had just laid out for myself for the next 3 weeks. She (or at least this article) harps on total body training unless you are uber strong. I may actually do her program (best I can in my tiny gym) after Bonnaroo. I did like it. Not sure if it's short enough. For those of you that aren't familiar, here is the link. (Thanks Kate...you sent it several months ago). http://ezinearticles.com/?Kiss-Body-Building-Workouts-Goodbye!&id=2589470

Well, better get to work. I'm kinda slow so the days are crawling..... Have a great day ladies!

Better - !! holy crow....I"ll have to go look at that.

Something "weird" did happen because I went back to the thread that I posted here on "success" - and the "pics" that I put up aren't on the thread, anymore!! It says I "took them down", but that isn't true.

W-E-I-R-D!!

thanks for that link to the "full-body" work-outs....I'm seriously burnt OUT on the "pyramids" program I'm doing (too much shuffling weights up, then down, etc. for EVERy set!)....mind you, I only have 7 work-outs left and I'll likely finish (I just cannot "quit" stuff!).

I totally have to rein in my calories when I get back from Vegas....despite me saying "June will be maintenance" - I just am not comfy with the way the scale is going.

My goals for the next two weeks:

1. Exercise 3 times a week- hopefully be brave enough to jog a couple of times, but at least kickboxing and hiking/biking.
2. Drink more water, less coffee!
3. Be better about keeping track of my food journal
4. Eat smaller portions- no going back for seconds (drink water if I'm still hungry)

I had a tough time walking mine this morning too Chloe - It was pouring (no tornados here) so I braved the elements but only made it 20 minutes. Hoping the weather clears up for tomorrow/Thursday!