Yes Beeps....you look fantastic as always. Congrats on the hockey! That is one of the few sports my husband does not watch.

Shander, I partied hard weekend before last, like a 3 day binger, and it took me ALL of last week to recover. So hangovers will just keep getting harder! :drinker: Sounds like you have a good plan for food and workouts.

I am feeling great today despite not getting enough sleep last night. I was up till 11 waiting on laundry to dry so I could fold it. Then Daphne woke at 5:45, briefly, but I never went back to sleep. Instead of running during lunch yesterday I went down to the office gym and just did a random 30ish minute workout. I did a couple rounds of HIIT, then did some weights, including clean and press which I never do since my ceilings aren't tall enough, then some abs and quad rollouts on the ball and stretching. I am good and sore today. Tonight is my class. Then I have to hurry home, finish laundry, get packed and get to bed at a reasonable hour so we can hit the road bright and early! I'm looking forward to 6 days off! Have a great holiday for those of you celebrating!

Just checking in to say hi gals!

Be back later for more.

My husband is a Seahawks fan and my middle son is a Ravens fan....it all hurts my head so very much!

I just ate WAY TOO MUCH at a much-belated birthday lunch (dim sum - YUM!) with my gf....gosh how I wish I could nap right now! and how I wish I would stay FULL until Friday morning, lol!! Likely, not...

Well, I think that article confused me more than I already was....

I hope everyone (in America) had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. I ran a 5K with my sister and some friends in the morning. It was wicked cold and I have not run in over a year, but I managed to finish the race in just over 30 minutes. Although it was not my best time I actually came in ahead of the other four so I was happy, however today I am crazy sore. I will have to deal with it since I will be doing a lot of walking today. I am headed to the Olde Port in Portland, ME to do some shopping and have dinner at a floating restaurant on the water. I can't wait!

Jen - glad to hear you are starting to do better

Beeps - great pic, you have such awesome arms

Amy - I will have to check out that article, enjoy the long weekend

Ram - that's a good idea to just enjoy what you eat and make sure you work out

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Yay, Ramalem and Beep's husband are Seahawks fans like me!!!!:drinker:

Hope you all had a good thanksgiving, mine was bittersweet. We spent it with my husbands family, which we didn't think we were going to be able to do, so it was great that we got to see them, but the only reason we were able to pull it off was because his dad was diagnosed with stage 4 oral cancer last week. So, we pulled strings to get some time off to visit with the family and figure out a treatment plan.

Aaaaand because of that I did really good with my fitness and diet goals for last week, until we got the news and then everything went to *kitten*. I did fit in 3 workouts last week, I'm not going to get any this week since we were traveling. I've been doing some stress eating too, and trying to log it and feeling guilty got to be too much so I gave up on logging this week. It's my birthday today also, so between travel, stress, Thanksgiving and birthday celebrations, I had to toss logging out the window. It's saving my sanity. I'll get back to it next week.

The next month will be trying since my FIL is having major jaw surgery soon (date TBD), and we will be in Portland helping out the family when that happens. I'm just going to be flexible and eat clean and log and workout when I'm home, and try to be mindful when we're on the road. It's hard to workout on the road when the only working out I can do is lifting weights, but I'm going to see if I can progress to walking as a workout now so I can at least get some walks in while we're gone.

I'm getting December *planning* underway so that I can spend the month just tracking the "inputs".

1. have raised my calories! Yay! Only 50 more, per day, but that should permit me to live within my calorie-budget without too much froo-froo.

2. 3 x weight-lifting per week. This week, I have to start off with an in-office cardio-weight-ball workout since the roads are terrible during this winter storm.

3. No late-night-snacking. This is becoming easier so long as I brush my teeth right after dinner!

4. Be in bed by 10 pm. I was doing super-well on this, but fell off it most of this weekend. I'm actually feeling REALLY tired, and likely this is why.

5. Low-carb this week. I actually changed my macros to increase my fats and decrease my carbs. I *do* end up feeling WAY better when I just take a breather from carbs!

The end.

jenomaha - that is sad news about your husband's grandmother....my condolences.

I have to go get changed into my gym gear and all things are SCREAMING at me NOT to, which is just dumb. So, here I go....

Quick check in here...... Sorry for all the sad news. Good for those of you keeping up with your workouts and diet.

We left home 7:30am last Wednesday and did not return home till around 5pm last night. I am glad to be back home and back to normalcy. It was nice to see my family and especially fun to see the kids play (22 months, 20 months, and almost 5 years old). My parents were a little overwhelmed with the mess we all made in their super nice home, but I think everyone still enjoyed themselves. I ate tons of food and drank even more wine and feel it today. Not sweating it too much. I'm going to be conscious when I can this month and try not to overdo it, but I have so much going on (7 events in the next 16 days). I did run my 5 miler Thanksgiving morning (totally hungover) and finished right over 50 minutes so was pleased. My sister and I did another 2.5 miles on Friday, I think.

Goals this week:
T: class
W: run after work - it's getting up to 70 here!
R: lift in the morning
F: probably a rest day
S: run
Su: lift

Fast till lunch.
Eat lots of veggies and good proteins.
Go to the grocery so I can eat well.
Thinking about a 24 hour juice fast for next week.

Hope you all are doing well!

Let's just say it is always nice to read "nice thanksgiving" reports!!

And, it's always nice when the mfp-peeps come back and post stuff....it *was* a little lonely around here, lol!

I'm 0.2" above my Venus-waist measurement! That is the CLOSEST I have ever gotten, so that means my "systems" approach does seem to be working!

Now, I *know* I have to go BELOW my Venus-waist measurement (in order to get my hips lower and my bodyfat % lower....), but it was nice to see that tape measure nearly RIGHT ON THE MONEY!

To celebrate, I'm going to go and get the oil changed in my car (after my noon-hour work-out). BOOM!

Holy crap Beeps! You look fantastic.