Team Ed 01-03-11

SoldierDad
SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
edited September 22 in Motivation and Support
Good afternoon my amazing friends! I have decided that the best way to do Team Ed right now (since we can't do email or a message board) is a daily thread. Everyday, kuntrygurl (my beautiful gf Lou) or myself will start a new thread. This thread will be to encourage, offer advice, accountability, etc. Of course me and Lou are avaible by PM if you want to. I would like to be able to help as many people 1 on 1 as possible.
Let me start by saying that each of you are already amazing and beautiful just the way you are right this very moment. But there is nothing wrong with wanting to get healthier. It is a special gift we give not only to ourselves, but our families when we build a healthier body and lifestyle. But whether you are at your goal or far from it, please look in that mirror and know that you are precious and beautiful. I love you, your friends love you, and your family loves you for exactly who you are.
Second, let me just reiterate that this is a marathon and not a sprint. Getting in shape takes time. But we all have it with in us to do it! I see a bunch of warriors on (and joining) Team Ed. We may stumble, there may be bad days, but WE WILL OVERCOME!!!!
Today is the first day for us all. Doesn't matter where you have been or what you think you can not do. Cause you can and WILL do it. Now i want to hear everyones goals for today. I hit mine. I got in a couple hours of work out at the gym, and drank over 12 glasses of water. Remember there is no goal to big or to small.
I love you all,
Ed

ps: I will try and be on here several times a day but may fail at that sometimes. I am a single father, work fulltime, and I coach my sons sports and help with his cub scout pack. But I promise that when I am not here that Lou will be, and if not her one of the wonderful ppl on Team Ed. But I commint myself to at least checking in with Team Ed once a day! We are so gonna rock 2011!

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  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    thanks for this post and the encouragement. My goal for today is to get in some form of exercise for at least 40 mins
  • TheMaidOfAstolat
    TheMaidOfAstolat Posts: 3,222 Member
    I met my goals today! w00t go me! I have had 6 of my 8 glasses of water (I'll have those other two before bed), ate cleanly, got in a 2 mile run this morning, did my ab ripper X. I feel great.
  • Galathea
    Galathea Posts: 420 Member
    It's 5 mins after midnight here, so it's really a new day to me. LOL

    My main goal today is doing my Zumba DVD. I haven't worked out in like two weeks and I feel terrible about it. I lost all the weight I gained over X-mas plus one pound more. But I can already feel I'm getting out of shape again. And I honestly hate it. I have to do something about it and I have to do it now. So today I'm going to stop being a couch potatoe again and shake that booty.

    PS: I love your encouraging posts, they always cheer me up, Ed. Thanks for that. :flowerforyou:
  • SoldierDad
    SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
    thanks for this post and the encouragement. My goal for today is to get in some form of exercise for at least 40 mins

    What a terrific goal! You can so do this!
  • SoldierDad
    SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
    I met my goals today! w00t go me! I have had 6 of my 8 glasses of water (I'll have those other two before bed), ate cleanly, got in a 2 mile run this morning, did my ab ripper X. I feel great.

    Very well done! Ab Ripper X is rough but fun!
  • SoldierDad
    SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
    It's 5 mins after midnight here, so it's really a new day to me. LOL

    My main goal today is doing my Zumba DVD. I haven't worked out in like two weeks and I feel terrible about it. I lost all the weight I gained over X-mas plus one pound more. But I can already feel I'm getting out of shape again. And I honestly hate it. I have to do something about it and I have to do it now. So today I'm going to stop being a couch potatoe again and shake that booty.

    PS: I love your encouraging posts, they always cheer me up, Ed. Thanks for that. :flowerforyou:

    I think you are doign great my friend. I know you may not feel like it righht now but you are a warrior and have come so far. You are so gonna kick that Zumba DVD bootie!
  • gin0824
    gin0824 Posts: 5
    I am so excited to share that I lost 4 pounds this week! My goals for today are: Working out at least 30 minutes, drinking all my water, and walking the 7 stories up to my apartment at least once today.

    Jen
  • Galathea
    Galathea Posts: 420 Member
    4 pounds is amazing, Jen. You really do great. And I'm sure you will reach all your goals for today.
  • DRager68
    DRager68 Posts: 28 Member
    My goal each day is to stay under 1500 calories. I'm really not into all of the exercise stuff yet. I've lost a 108 lbs since the first of July. I look forward to finishing the rest of my weight loss with y'all. I think Team Ed will be the support I need to get-r-done in 2011. :)
  • jcm214
    jcm214 Posts: 157
    I met my goal for today. I'm still going strong with my 30 day challenge on EA sports active and I bought Wii Just Dance 2. Although I bought it for fun and planned to "try" it out for a few minutes, I ended up playing for an hour and burning just over 400 calories. Overall, I burnt over 700 calories today and I'm stoked. Feel great!

    Cheers Team Ed.
  • roylawrence87
    roylawrence87 Posts: 970 Member
    Ed! You are awesome! Im gonna kill some P90X tonight!
  • dewoods
    dewoods Posts: 148
    PB for me this morning doing a 36 minute open run 5K.
  • kuntrygurl
    kuntrygurl Posts: 154
    My goals for today are far from done. I still want to make sure I eat a healthy supper and stay under my allotted calories. I also want to make sure I get, at least, a 45 minute run in tonight. Also, I am usually an up-all-night kind of person, and I feel it wearing on me. I still have a cold and an ear infection, so tonight I plan on being in bed no later than 10:30. If you see me on the site after 10:30, tell me to go to sleep...:laugh:

    :heart:Lou
  • aunienue
    aunienue Posts: 416
    Thanks Ed. I am currently on vacation so will refocus on Thursday although I am getting lots of exercise downhill skiing....unfortunately I seem to work up quite an appetite doing it...:bigsmile:

    Sue
  • Fancy_Nancy2
    Fancy_Nancy2 Posts: 545 Member
    My goals for today were to
    1. Stay under my calorie done
    2. Get up on time for the gym (alarma gose off at 4:30 am) done
    3. Go grocery shoping and only get healthly foods and as much organtic as possible done
    4. Finely decide what my new year goals should look like. Had an ideal before now it is a bit more clear. So not done but not wanting to rush this either so maybe latter this week. I will post them when I have a clear plan to post not my part way done ones.

    Ok you might think I know nothing but what is PM? Is that the MFP mail? because that is one way to use email on a one on one seting. And I know i could use some one on to get started I feel that i have lost alot of movtion and need to get back on the right track.
  • yanicka
    yanicka Posts: 1,004 Member
    I am on day 3 of my challange of not drinking any Diet Pepsi for the month of January. So far so good. Today is a rest day and I have about 150 cals to go. I will probably eat a bit of light pop corn. I am really swollen today. I look 5 months preggo and really tight in my pants. I will down more water and see if it help.
  • SoldierDad
    SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
    My goals for today are far from done. I still want to make sure I eat a healthy supper and stay under my allotted calories. I also want to make sure I get, at least, a 45 minute run in tonight. Also, I am usually an up-all-night kind of person, and I feel it wearing on me. I still have a cold and an ear infection, so tonight I plan on being in bed no later than 10:30. If you see me on the site after 10:30, tell me to go to sleep...:laugh:

    :heart:Lou

    My love I hear that a man calls you and wakes you up early every morning! We prob both need to get to bed early! I love yousooooooooo much beautiful!
  • SoldierDad
    SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
    My goal each day is to stay under 1500 calories. I'm really not into all of the exercise stuff yet. I've lost a 108 lbs since the first of July. I look forward to finishing the rest of my weight loss with y'all. I think Team Ed will be the support I need to get-r-done in 2011. :)

    Wow inpressive weight loss!
  • SoldierDad
    SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
    I am on day 3 of my challange of not drinking any Diet Pepsi for the month of January. So far so good. Today is a rest day and I have about 150 cals to go. I will probably eat a bit of light pop corn. I am really swollen today. I look 5 months preggo and really tight in my pants. I will down more water and see if it help.


    I am so proud of the "no pepsi" challenge you are on. And I have so been there with that bloated feeling. Some extra water ill really help!
  • SoldierDad
    SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
    My goals for today were to
    1. Stay under my calorie done
    2. Get up on time for the gym (alarma gose off at 4:30 am) done
    3. Go grocery shoping and only get healthly foods and as much organtic as possible done
    4. Finely decide what my new year goals should look like. Had an ideal before now it is a bit more clear. So not done but not wanting to rush this either so maybe latter this week. I will post them when I have a clear plan to post not my part way done ones.

    Ok you might think I know nothing but what is PM? Is that the MFP mail? because that is one way to use email on a one on one seting. And I know i could use some one on to get started I feel that i have lost alot of movtion and need to get back on the right track.

    Yes my friend, pm, is just MFP mail. And the motivation thing can be tough. But You are strong and togetehr we will get you back on that butt kciking path!
  • SoldierDad
    SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
    Ed! You are awesome! Im gonna kill some P90X tonight!

    I know you will! no p90x for me tonight. I started my monster sets again and can't do them both in one night. But p90x is soooooooooooo much the freaking bomb! I love it!
  • SoldierDad
    SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
    I met my goal for today. I'm still going strong with my 30 day challenge on EA sports active and I bought Wii Just Dance 2. Although I bought it for fun and planned to "try" it out for a few minutes, I ended up playing for an hour and burning just over 400 calories. Overall, I burnt over 700 calories today and I'm stoked. Feel great!

    Cheers Team Ed.

    You had fun amd got a great work out! Go you!
  • emmaleigh47
    emmaleigh47 Posts: 1,670 Member
    Evening all ...
    Im not a very good teamate this week, under wicked stress, but I will try to check in at night.
    I am in school for my doctorate and one week every couple of months we have to come to campus and stay at this hotel and be educated for aweek... and I always like to describe it as "we are owned by the university for the week" We have class all day, sometimes lectures at night, we eat what they tell us to and when ...

    Last night was bad bar food... I had a burger for the first time in months because it was the healthiest choice I could make.
    But I cant do anything about the food.... just try to make the best choices I can ...

    My goal for the day was to get in a long walk after class ...
    and I did it 75 minutes of rapidly walking the hills in downtown Pittsburgh!
    It is driving me crazy not to have a scale here though ... LOL!
  • kuntrygurl
    kuntrygurl Posts: 154
    My goals for today are far from done. I still want to make sure I eat a healthy supper and stay under my allotted calories. I also want to make sure I get, at least, a 45 minute run in tonight. Also, I am usually an up-all-night kind of person, and I feel it wearing on me. I still have a cold and an ear infection, so tonight I plan on being in bed no later than 10:30. If you see me on the site after 10:30, tell me to go to sleep...:laugh:

    :heart:Lou

    My love I hear that a man calls you and wakes you up early every morning! We prob both need to get to bed early! I love yousooooooooo much beautiful!

    They might be super duper early phone calls, but I wouldn't trade them for the world, baby... I love you Gorgeous!! :smooched:
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