*Snowflakes to Sunshine Challenge* : Discussion Week #1

Hello Sunny Snowflakes!

Workouts have been getting better and better. My struggles seem to be more on the food front. I discovered I do need to watch those evening hours when I am making dinner as it is snack trigger central. I bought some gum & stashed it in the kitchen cupboard to help with this problem.

I went out to dinner last night and made mediocre choices. We went to red robin & I got a diet pepsi (should have chosen water).. the "whiskey" burger with a garden burger instead of meat... but, I should have asked for no mayo (didn't realize it was on there)... no cheese & ideally wrapped in lettuce instead of a bun (luckilly I only ate half). Then I did swipe out my fries for a side salad - but ordered ranch dressing (on the side) - light ranch or vinegrette would have been better. So, I am trying to look at my mistakes & learn ways to do things better.

Think I'll pop Jillian Michaels Shred in quick for another workout.

Watched Biggest Loser Tuesday (LOVE it!) and last night at 10pm I caught "I used to be fat" (on MTV) and PrimeTime had a weight loss special as well.

Hugs to all! Keep up the amazing work, you all are so inspiring!

Well I woke up this morning 2 hours late!!!! Yeesh, so I didn't get to get my 30 Day Shred on. However, I am excited about going home and doing Zumba. Since this is the last day before the weigh-in I am going to do 30 Day Shred and Zumba back to back. This will give me some circuit training and some cardio in. I think I will do the 20 Minute Express Zumba twice, like I did last night.

And for those of you that didn't seem my status update last night.... I LOVE ZUMBA!!! It was sooooo much fun. Now I will say that I come from a dance background, so it was just like going out and dancing for me...but half way into this workout...you ARE sweating. Plus, it's just pure fun. I was smiling all the way through it! So I can actually say, I am super excited about getting home to workout...which I don't think I have EVER felt like this, even in the beginning of my journey! Excited!

Everyone have a great day!

Do you have Zumba for Wii, or is it a Zumba DVD? Anything that fun, I want in on! Thanks :0)

I'm excited and a teensie bit nervous. I stayed off the scale because I didn't want to "peek" and get discouraged. Even if I don't lose a pound, I am excited that I will be able to say that I logged every morsel of food (no "pretending" it didn't happen because I didn't log it), exercised and drank my water every single day with the help of a good crew of people on this journey with me towards health and happy fitness days. I don't need to scale to remind me of my thank yous to everyone in this challenge. You inspire me

Been doing pretty good this week! Everyone has been great on this challenge. I am proud that I have been able to be accountable for all the food I have eaten as well as exercise. Like another person inn the challenge said (leananddred) I was not able to pretend that it did not happen. We will see what the scale says. See everyone in the morning hour.


Stay committed,
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Excited for the weigh-in tomorrow everyone? Just in case, remember do not feel discouraged if you don't lose as much as you thought you were going to. Let your body do it's thing. No time in life has anyone ever worked out and ate right....and not ended up losing weight! Stay strong and keep pushing....we are all going to have our week or weeks to put up big numbers....AND hopefully it is this week for everyone LOL

Again the link to enter your weight has been posted and I will start a thread tonight for the weigh-ins for everyone to post on as well! In advance, great job everyone for sticking it out!

I am soooo not looking forward to weighing in now I checked my weight this morning (I know I know i shouldnt have) and no loss!! still the same weight!!! its frustrating to work soooo hard and not see results...i will weigh again and measure tomorrow....maybe i have lost an inch....

Good luck everyone else!!

Good Morning ladies! Just so everyone knows...this is the link that you will go to in order to enter your weight tomorrow. Look for your name on the drop down menu and enter your weight.....Also, this will update to a spreadsheet that I will make available to view as well.


https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHRjS1QtVVVndFdrb3NHb0FNSTJXeXc6MQ#gid=0

can someone help me with this link, i am not very computer with it, I am used to the easy links where you just click on it and you are taken straight there. Do I search for that big long thing?
Good Luck tomorrow everyone!!

Good Morning ladies! Just so everyone knows...this is the link that you will go to in order to enter your weight tomorrow. Look for your name on the drop down menu and enter your weight.....Also, this will update to a spreadsheet that I will make available to view as well.


https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHRjS1QtVVVndFdrb3NHb0FNSTJXeXc6MQ#gid=0

can someone help me with this link, i am not very computer with it, I am used to the easy links where you just click on it and you are taken straight there. Do I search for that big long thing?
Good Luck tomorrow everyone!!

Copy the address into the address line.

Well I don't know how well I am gonna do this week. I have the intentions. I just can't seem to make myself get up and do the exercise part. I am on this emotional roller coaster. I have fallen into the comfort food. If I don't do that I go to sleep. I work 3rd shift so I need to sleep but I find it easier to sleep instead of working out my emotions. I need to snap out of that. I will manage it. I will keep reading all of your posts and get it together. Today is a new day and I will do it!!!:ohwell:

As a fellow third shifter I find it easier to workout when I get up. If I wait till after 10 hours of work I just can't seem to find the motivation. Start with a 10 min walk when you wake up, and go from there. Also working out helps me deal with my stress.

Thank you! I will try to keep that in mind. It is hard and I am not going to make excuses I am just going to do it!!

OK, I used the Google Doc form at https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHRjS1QtVVVndFdrb3NHb0FNSTJXeXc6MQ&theme=0AX42CRMsmRFbUy1iODQwMzFlYi1iZjJhLTRmNmUtODQ0My1iNjJmYTUzNjQ2ZWE&ifq to weigh in this morning (UK time).

The scales had been at exactly the same weight for the last 4 days (I currently weigh daily - this may change), and today I found an almighty JUMP down by lbs. Good for my weigh-in, but it might stagnate the next week!

Krys, are you reposting the spreadsheet link in a new thread for those who haven't seen it? I also think you're FABULOUSLY organised.


PS: Are you a project manager, office manager, director of logistics or something along these lines? If you do something COMPLETELY different and are looking for a job change, that's a direction to explore, whatever the industry of your preference.

Hello All,

We I actually was able to maintain this week despite a 3 days of poor eating. I was up and I worked really hard starting Tuesday. I exercised everyday and did pretty good eating wise also. Yesterday was the 1st day this month I stayed under my calories.

Next week I am determined to lose at least 3 or more pounds.

Have a good weekend everyone!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

I took today off and went to try the Zumba class at the gym. Not sure that I like it, but will give it a couple more chances. However, I did do the Turbo Kick class and LOVED it. So for the first time in my life I spent 2 solid hours at the gym and most of it exercising!