GENERATING RESULTS

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend.... I am back from the tennis tournament in Cincinnati. It was so much fun! We walked all over the site many, many times.... I tried to eat as healthfully as possible considering the options. I had well.... quite a few beers!

Monday is my normal weigh-in day... so I was really dreading that this morning, but I maintained. Glad not to have gained.

This week's goals...

FOOD
-remain within calories
-healthy choices: nuts, veggies, fruits, and lean proteins
-drink loads of water

EXERCISE
-burn 400-500 calories per day
-tennis
-walking
-stationary bike
-Shred dvd
-push ups and cobra presses

I haven't exercised yet today... I will check in later today to post my exercise.

Good luck everyone... Have a great week!

2nd week goal: still 4-5 days a week exersice

Monday

1 hour cardio intervals and upper weights

Anne

I am soooo motivated today!!!

Keep up the good work everyone! :bigsmile:

This week I am starting something new. The 100 push up challenge, I found a posting on MFP about it and checked out the site, www.hundredpushups.com. YEAH!!! :bigsmile:

This week's goals:
Warm-up 20 min walk *6 days
M-W-F: Cardio (at least 45 min)
push up challenge
T-Th-Sat: Yoga/Pilates
Strength training
Peace :flowerforyou:

I agree with Natalie. Sometimes something is better than nothing. An hour of yoga for me today and lots of walking. Paying attention to the amount of walking I do each day is new to me. I typically run but due to a foot injury earlier this summer, my milage is down. I am exploring other means of exercise. Hiking, biking, swimming and yoga!

My exercise goal this week is simple as I will be traveling:
One hour of exercise daily....anything more is a bonus.

I also want to stay within my calories while I am away.

Lastly, I intend to continue my practice of daily meditating.

Thanks for starting this thread, Brenda.

Hey! Thanks for the accountability! I lost the thread at one point. And then went on vacation. Then took an absolute nose-dive today. UGH UGH UGH!!!!

I have decided I need to seriously re-vamp my commitment so I've changed my user name from progress63 to 2day4ever so that I remember my forever plan includes today . . .

I have had a terrible horrible no-good very-bad day today. I ate all the junk I could find and even some I didn't know we had. I generally do so well with making healthy choices but not today.

I am going to get up off this chair and turn off the computer and go turn on the treadmill. I am not really feeling it but I am thinking that if I exercise, the whole day won't be awful and, also, I usually feel better after I exercise and I am less likely to binge after I know I've done something positive for my body.

Mad at me but turning it around. Thanks again for being so good about tracking us down!!!! YOU are part of the reason I feel like I can go do something and not keep wallowing about all the crap I've eaten.

THANK YOU:flowerforyou:

Hey Natalie424 ~

Thanks so much for the encouragement. I am happy to report that I do feel MUCH better after the treadmill. 4.5 miles plus a quick arms routine with easy weights (I wanted to feel like I was competent tonight so I didn't exactly push it). I also mapped out tomorrow's meals so I won't be tempted to continue my descent into icky food choices.

Thanks for sharing that your rough day yesterday was followed by a great one today. YOU GO!!!! I really like Shred Level 1 ~ maybe that will be my goal for tomorrow. Thanks again for the inspiration and the support!

Heya! Can someone with a Y chromosone join in? :happy: Don't know if it helps, but I'm the big Five Oh, and sixty lbs over, yikes! But I do workout, so think that this could be a fun, and challenging, palce for me to try?

Let me know! :glasses:

Hey gang,
I am so impessed with how you all find ways to tuck in exercise. To go for a walk in my neighborhood intails going down a very steep hill....then the return home...up that very steep hill.
Going away for a few days...and I will have lots of opportunity to exercise. My goal is to keep my calories in check.

I will check in while away.....great progress all!

Fell waaaaaaay off the wagon yesterday but I walked (thanks for the encouragement Natalie424) which helped me feel less like a total loser -- LOL! Today is a brand new day and I have a brand new plan:

Yogurt and apples for breakfast
A 3-bean medley for snack
A frozen entree for lunch (gotta be able to eat quickly today since it's my first day back at work from vaca and I know it is going to be nuts!)
Almonds (2 tbsp) for snack
A salad (big one!) for dinner

Maybe popcorn tonight (depending on where I am with numbers when all is said and done)

NO ALCOHOL!!!

Definite treadmill and power sculpt DVD

Will check in later to tell how it went. Hope YOU all have a fabulous day!!!!

Today's goal: 70 minutes on the elliptical orbiter, then a lap around the circuit.... followed by lawn mowing for approx 3-4 hrs at home. That should burn off a few calories today! Plus, as always, hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!

oh gameset; you are abso correct about the Midwest being flatter than a fritter, but it does make for nice bike rides...

OK, so I did 2 35 minute sets of orbiter, burning 598 and 650 calories, plus a lap around the circuit for another 309 calories. I was gonna do a bunch of lawn work, but only got in about 30 minutes... sumpn 'bout r/l ya know?!

2day4ever...i agree with you, it is changing our thinking that makes the difference.

I am on a mini vacation this week....went south to help get a surprise 75th party together with my sisters for our mom. Thought i would have a lot of time to exercise this .....finally squeezed a walk in after dinner.

Boy was I surprised to see the calorie count on a Panera tomato and mozzerella salad...I could have had lots of my favorites (i.e. ice-cream, wine, etc) for the cost of that. I wish I would had logged in before eating there...i certainly would have made a different choice. I am hoping quality calories burn more effeciently?!! Yikes...disappointing.

Today is a new day.....up early...I am heading out for an hour run and hopefully later today I can get into my sister's pool for a swim.

Will check in later today....good luck to all! It is a beautiful morning in this neck of the woods. Enjoy!

OOHH!! I want in on this!!!
Might motivate me to get on my treadmill!

My goal for the remainder of the week is to get 2- 30 minute workouts on the treadmill to get me started ( I'm coming back from an injury, I don't want to push it!)

Food goal: to eat my workout calories those 2 workout
Then I have no excuse but to get on my treadmill, expecially since I run at the end of the night!

Have a happy day!
V