Aloha Friday!

Well, yesterday was an epic fail...is there another word stronger the "epic" LOL. We went to the tech fair and the free food I was expecting to be sandwiches was actually a catered buffet! I did pretty well except I got into the desert bar and had a small taste of most things (about 4) but it still came out to an extra 400+ calories I did NOT need. For dinner I was planning on meat and veggies at a Mongolian BBQ...but our friends visiting really wanted to eat at Top of Waikiki (the rotating restaurant on the 21st floor). I thought I was going to do good b/c I was pretty queasy and couldn't look out the window LOL. But the food was comin' and the wine flowed and we laughed and talked and 1500 calories later...OMG! It was all such rich decadent food....small portions but lots of calories. Unless a miracle happens this weekend, it might be yet another maintenance week...grump.

Today I have calories plotted and right now I am sitting at about 1500...maybe I can whittle that down a bit but even though I went over 1500 cals for dinner, I was still kinda hungry this morning b/c the portions were small I guess. Exercise today is circuit training so that will take a few calories off. I feel good today, my ankle and elbow are much better after my rest day. I am starting to notice a trend that 3 push days is my limit before my body starts to hurt.

Weekend goals:
8 mile run
DON'T OVER EAT!

That is all...over and out

I think it is just IMPOSSIBLE, during the summer, to be ANGELIC 100% of the time.

Um, no.

Wow - I didn't have time yesterday to see what everyone was up to and this is moving along so fast!

Amy - when I saw your picture I thought we had another newbie join the group :happy: Your dinner sounds like something my daughter would love! She loves beets and goat cheese - me not so much, but I am sure it was delicious!

Kelly - we BBQ'd Nathan's hot dogs a couple of weeks ago and I was absolutely shocked at how much fat they had and I also had two but they were very tasty!

Beeps - I love my HR monitor because I can see how I am doing with my cardio/running. I have a VERY low HR and it is often difficult to know if I am really pushing myself but with my monitor I can see it. It has also shown me how differently my body reacts to different temperatures, especially when it is hot.

Chelneal - it is so easy when you are enjoying yourself, with friends to monitor and be so careful about what you eat! I just try to come back the next couple of days and work it all out of my system, with better eating and lots of exercise!

I took my sister-in-law to the Hollywood Bowl last night and we met our group of friends there for dinner and I did much better this time than last. We brought a huge salad and quinoa tabbouleh to go with brisket my friend brought. We had some wine but the s-i-l likes white and I am not much of a white wine drinker so that helped me limit that! The other friend brought cannoli for dessert and I had one bite and couldn't eat any more - it was just so overwhelmingly sweet!
I am going to another concert tonight with a friend but don't know yet where we are going for dinner. Hopefully I can do as well tonight as I did last night.
I am off to the gym this morning to get in some cardio and lifting so that should help! Tomorrow we are hosting a BD party at our house so I should hopefully be able to manage what is available and what I eat.
Have a great weekend!

Hi! Check in after the weekend. I feel like a broken record, but it was so-so. I only got 2 real workouts in last week: my class and running/walking Thursday. I pushed Daphne on her bike for about 30 minutes yesterday because I was feeling pretty lazy. We were up late at our friends' on Saturday night so we were all tired and kind of lazed around all day. I didn't do awful at our friends'. I had a pretty bad breakfast - waffles (with tons of oil....I watched my friend make) and sausage for breakfast, but the rest of the food wasn't bad. And of course all tasted good.

I was proud for meal planning on our drive home and shopped shortly after we got home. On the menu this week: pasta with green beans, chicken, tomatoes, basil vinagrette, then turkey burger and tomato mozz salad, then homemade grilled pizzas, and then we'll probably get takeout Thursday after the PGA tourney (parents will be in for that) and I never plan for meals on weekends. I also got whole grain tortillas to fill with deli turkey, cheese, kale, avacado, and tomatoes for lunch. It's going to be hard to get my workouts in since we'll have company Wednesday - Friday. I may try for a run after work today to get a head start.

Have a great week all!

UGH! Too many parties!!!! Dumb scale was up.

I was 479 over...which means it is time to drop my calorie. I will be eating 9800 a week for the rest of August.

I am going into my classroom this afternoon to move furniture around. I have Kindergarten Assessments on Wednesday. I need to get SO MUCH DONE this week!

2 week Challenge
1. Prep Food and EAT IT
2. 5 Workouts
3. Watch fat - it was pretty high last week

I think I get a "gold" star because my goal was <9300 and I was 139 over with 9439

If Monday were shoes...they would be croc's...

The weekend did not go as planned...grump, miff, humph. I DID get my 8 mile run in but got a late start (830) and it was blazing hot! Had a lovely bfast with hubby on the water and ate a lot of calories...I was doing good until hubby wanted dinner/movie night and I ended up destroying any deficit I had...and then going over by about 1500 AGAIN! Sunday I didn't even track...some yard work in the morning and then shopping with hubby...then chores when we got home and hubby was going to cook but he is switching from nights to days and was super tired so we ordered out....again. I didn't even get on the scale this morning...just didn't want to know.

Recap:
Strength training- 2x DONE
Run: 4-4-8 miles DONE
Hills: 2x NOPE

Food:
Replace 2x breakfasts w/ smoothies DONE
Lunch: Salad 3X GOT 1 In
Min 20g protein per meal

Calories for the week: 10,570 I WISH

So new week...

Strength training- 2x
Run: 5-4-9 miles (storms rolling in)
Hills: 2x

Food:
Replace 2x breakfasts w/ smoothies
Lunch: Salad 3X
Min 20g protein per meal

Calories for the week: 10,570

Ok here is the complete Star Challenge report for July! Can't believe it is August already - wow!!


It looks like most everyone is doing really well overall - lots of Gold and Platinum!! Quite a few 'No Stars' also but I really think it is more a matter of not logging, for whatever reason (too busy, no access, too difficult to translate what you ate into something in MFP)...

Below is what I have for goals for everyone for August. Let me know if anything needs to change.

Come On Everyone - Let's get going for August and hit Platinum before the summer runs out (except Kadi - I think it may be winter where she is)!

We Can Do This!! :bigsmile:

I have 6-week challenge goals to post:

1. 1,200 calorie days with ONE cheat day per week.
2. back to 3 x weekly weight-training....I literally cannot get to the gym everyday, so my July experiment with daily (shorter) work-outs wasn't a great success.
3. drink more water.
4. CEASE all food after supper. No excuses. I know I am eating to combat boredom or failure-feelings from work or something. I just have to cut out this nonsense. Brushing teeth helps and i'm going to re-institute THAT.
5. Weigh every single week!

And.....back to MEASUREMENTS/PHOTOS every 2 weeks. When I did that (years ago now...) I STAYED on top of "good habits" because i knew those (yucky) photos were right around the corner. No hiding it anymore....it's gonna be IN MY FACE to make me SHUT MY MOUTH.

6 weeks until (nephew's) wedding....and i'm gonna KILL IT in my dress!