Sounds like a fun filled weekend, Cathy! :flowerforyou:

Friday - Quiet evening at home..Gonna exercise inside AGAIN since it's been nonstop rain here for 2 days now. I have to take my Momma grocery shopping so that should burn 10,000 calories! :laugh:

Saturday- We are going grocery shopping (for us) and that's always a blast! HA! Watching the Final Four Saturday night and that's what killed my last weekend...all the snacks. I will get a veggie tray and not go overboard on all the snacks.

Sunday should be a pretty quiet day around here. The rain is supposed to move out so I will get to go to the local track where we walk. :drinker:

Have a blessed weekend, Warrior's!!!!

Diving right in to the first weekend of the new, rejuvenated challenge--glad we have our key players involved to lead the way. My weekend is dull as usual. My yard is disaster so I'll put effort into watching my three teenage sons do that work.:devil:

Tonight is a run night so this could be my last outdoor run of the season. Houston Texas gets pretty warm (you might have heard this), April is our gorgeous month but if it gets above 75 I tend to prefer running indoors. My heat tolerance has really gone down with respect to running, I'll see how it feels tonight. Saturday is weights and elliptical. I'm trying a new approach on the weights. I found a good YouTube video guy who shows a good way to get the most out of machines at the gym (he's a Brit and I do understand him Cathy). The method is to do 8 reps at as much weight as you can muster and then follow it immediately (no rest) with 15 reps at half the weight. I tried it yesterday and it kicked my butt. He recommends 5 sets, I managed 3. Definitely taking it up a notch here--feels satisfying (and I think I strained a lat---ugh).

Sunday is church, run, maybe go see Noah or something. Popcorn is my temptation at the movies--lucky for me the calorie count is only exceeded by the price$$.

Off to a rough start with a leak in the ceiling, but I'm not going to allow it to set me back. Hopefully it will be taken care of while I'm at work so I can still get my elliptical time in. (I don't exactly want to jump on now when I don't have shower access.)

Sorry to hear about your leak! I'm sure your family thanks you for being mindful of not exercising without a guarenteed shower :laugh: I hope you can get it all worked out!

Thanks Cathy for starting this up again! the past two weekends have been disasterous for me, mainly because of too much drinking.. I blame the beginning of nice weather (i've got to put the blame somewhere, right?!?) New challenge, New goals, New start!

This will be my first weekend using the TDEE (-10%) method for tracking calories. So it'll be my first time always eating the same calories and not eating back exercise which will be interesting for me. Tonight is my best friend's birthday party! I will eat before I get there to limit any snacking, and I will limit myself to 2 drinks tonight because I don't have room for all that alcohol.

Tomorrow I have to scrap my old car so that it's not sitting in my mom's driveway any longer. I also need to re-organize my workout space aka my mom's basement (it's getting a bit cramped) and I plan to do some practice lifting for when I start NROL4W stage 3 next week. I like to go in to the workouts feeling comfortable with the motions. The rest of the day will be up in the air, I'm sure I will go out to lunch with the boyfriend and hopefully go for a walk when he gets out of work.

Sunday (so far) is just going to be my chore day. I need to desparately clean my house, do laundry and the like, and go grocery shopping. I'm sure I'll be busy all day. I just need to be careful with what I eat.

My overall goals will be my usual but I will stick to them this weekend!! Only two alcoholic beverages each day, log everything I eat/drink, stay within my calorie limits (+/-100 each day), drink at least 8 glasses of water each day (BEFORE I consume ANY alcohol!), fit in at least 30 minutes of exercise each day (even if it's just walking), and make smart, healthy food choices at each meal.

The weather is putting a cramp in me going to the track all weekend. Winter is not leaving without a fight. I do have a elliptical, stationary bike, yoga ball, rebounder, weights and a few exercise videos, so I have no excuse to get a good work out in. My problem is not really the weekend, its cold weather. I tend to want to be a couch potato and eat warm comfy foods during the winter, which is probable how I gained the weight. I guess I need to change this bad habit or pack up and move to California? BUT,,,I am 100% on board with this challenge....so Im going to man up ( maybe that should be woman up) and get on the elliptical. Im even going do do one better....Ive been wanting to firm up these arms...so Im going to pull out the weights, dust them off and do some strength training too. I got this......!

Friday- Huge snowstorm...coworkers encouraging me to order Chinese take out (didn't take tooo much convincing)....hubby wants to go out for drinks tonight....naughty naughty naughty...I'm sure I won't have the calories for it

Saturday- friends surprise party at local restaurant....more drinking I'm sure....hopefully a workout during naptime on my elliptical seeing as my STEPPER BROKE THIS WEEK ( sad day for sure as it was the most convenient way for me to get quick workouts in the evening and still keep an eye and ear out for the monsters who have decided bed time is for the birds)

Sunday- No plans yet....hopefully get downstairs to the elliptical or treadmill during naptime or after the boys have gone to sleep......and no cheating on the diet or drinking......

I think it's a great idea to share weekend plans (although, I find motivation for exercise a lot easier on the weekend as I don't have work! Haha)

I've been to a 'bar blast' class at the gym this evening... it's my third week and I'm almost capable of doing a press up now! It's the small victories that make the difference probably going to watch a film then read some of my book before an early night... this week's shattered me!

Saturday - I have a cycle class in the morning, then a bit of shopping (need better trainers!) then the rest of the day's pretty quiet until the evening when there's live music at a local pub... so I'll be being sensible(ish) about my alcohol consumption, and making sure I get plenty of dancing in!

Sunday - If I have time in the morning I'll go swimming for a bit, but most of the day is going to be spend at the 'Cake & Bake Show' with my mum... so get to go watch delicious cake's being made, and practice my self control!

Hope you all have lovely, motivated weekends

Today I ran 2.5 miles from zombies.
Tomorrow is bench press day and another 2.5 mile run.
Sunday I am going to a reptile expo and buying another gecko.

No more excuses and no more BS for me on the weekend. *whip cracking*

Friday- kept to my calorie count so far, with husband making lentils for dinner so I should be okay. Went to the gym so got a workout in.

I love lentils! How did (or will) he prepare them?

This is a good idea!

Today: I made sure my cell phone is set right. Go out with the family. Go to work on time. Still debating on doing Ripped in 30..I'm really ashamed of myself for not doing this..it's 11:00pm right now and need to be in bed soon

Tomorrow: Do Ripped in 30. Going to work. Get to sleep in tomorrow. Grandma is over, so we might be doing something.

Sunday: Working morning to evening. Having dinner with the family for my parents anniversary. Do Ripped in 30

Thanks so much for the week-end post!!
I will need to walk inside today as the wind is blowing very hard! I hate wind!! I am just beginning so I will see how much I can do as a base, then start building from there.
Going to be very mindful what I eat
Trying to not eat after 8:00. This is a really tough one for me as I am a night grazer. But I am going to bed with a book so I will not eat!!

I hope each of you have a terrific Saturday!!

Got home from my camping trip and am still eating like a horse! Tomorrow I'll have to pull it back a little. I'm counting on all of you, to keep me motivated. :bigsmile: My body doesn't want to give up these last few lbs. If it doesn't get in line soon, I'm going to switch over to maintenance for awhile and see what happens.