200+ Recommitting for the New Year!

sarabaumgarth: Bummer about your back. My husband has a really bad back and has found that doing light yoga every morning keeps his from going out. I don't think I'd recommend it while you are having back problems but once you're back to feeling better, maybe you should add some yoga. Great job on the weight loss! The only thing I can think of, as far as your progress thingy saying the wrong amount of weight loss is that your starting weight was entered wrong. You can go in and edit it so it reflects your actual progress.

Lacey: I hate hot tubs! I love the warm bubbles but those jets just seem to pound my flesh almost to giving me bruises. Trav can camp out with a jet right on his lower back forever but I just can't deal. I guess I'm a wuss.

Karen: You've only "blown it" if you don't get it back together. Everyone slips up (check out my food diary from this weekend - nothing but salt and fat ALL weekend long), it's picking yourself up and getting right back on track that matters. Also, don't beat yourself up (I'm generally really bad about negative self-talk but I've been working on it and it really has been helping).

Victoria: Great job on your long run! You rock!!!! I wonder what your heart rate monitor would say you burned for the run?? (I'm really interested in the instrument that gives the most accurate reading). Does the Bodybugg also track the quality of your sleep (I was reading about some doo-hickey that did that but I can't remember what it was). Keep us updated on how you like it so I can decide if I gotta get me one! :laugh:

Thank GOD it's a rest day for me. I woke up with quite a sore throat and have been gargling and chugging tea and lemon all day (as well as some herbal wellness pills). My dog is pissed at me cuz it was snowing and I didn't take her for a walk (she's just been laying by the back door all day and moans whenever I enter the room - drama queen!). I did do X Stretch, which was a really nice stretch DVD - I felt like I needed it after all my running and P90x-ing last week. The over-achiever in me says it's not enough exercise for the day but the sane person in me has told that witch to shut the hell up!

Hi all - weight is 238 lbs

Not crazy happy about this week, but I can live with it. It was a week of disapointment (you know those weeks where you try EXTRA hard and things STILL don't work out?). But I let my weight loss/ eating habits slide this week to accomodate all the other things I was trying to accomplish. Back on track this week. I remind myself that I want to get down to 234 in this challenge and then push forward. 4lbs to go and only afew weeks left. Still possible. Regardless, I deserve to eat well and take care of myself and the rest of this stuff can go poo-poo. Yes I went there - poo-poo.

Wow! We've been some posting fiends! Sorry that I don't have time to reply individually to everyone. Yay for the loses and boo for the gains! (haha, that pretty much covers it, right?)

I got to shoot a .22 Plinkster rifle yesterday. Probably shot around 40-50 rounds. I quite enjoyed it. I also shot some pictures with my nikon but I haven't had a chance to upload the pics onto my comptuer yet. I doubt I will have time tonight either. We HAVE to go grocery shopping and I'll be doing Day 1 of P90X. They've seriously backtracked on calling for snow tonight and tomorrow (and wednesday) but we may get some Wednesday night, so here's hoping I can work from home ONE DAY this week. Thats the whole point of getting a dang laptop is to get to work from home occasionally.

Apparently something I'm sitting on is catching my pants and putting a tear in them. I had to buy another pair of jeans yesterday. But at least they were another pair of 16s. :bigsmile:

Man, I could really use a nap....

I figured I would take a break from the day and see what everyone else is up to today. I have had a very productive day. I LOVE when I have a very productive day! I got most of my house back in order from the weekend. It still amazes me what a mess my little boy and dogs can make in two days...and my husband! It looks like I will be under my calories for the day...as long as I don't blow it this evening Sounds like everyone had a great weekend! Hope you all had a great Monday!!! :flowerforyou:

Amy- Thanks for the great advice! I bet yoga will be a great relaxing day to start the day too!

Kendal- Glad you had a good time shooting! Being a country girl I LOVE TO go shooting with my husband and dad! It is a great stress reliever too!!!

Kristina- My starting weight was 212.0, and my current weight is 208.6. OMG your new dog is so cute! We just adopted a puppy from the shelter about a month ago....and it was LOVE at first sight too!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

hey everyone...

Congrats Karen.. :drinker:

i have a website to share with you all its www.mypyramid.gov maybe you have been to it before but i sometimes like to know if i am getting enough grains veggies fruit etc.. so you can imput your info and it give you a graph that tells ya its the my pyramid menu planner.. and you dont have to register i dont think to see just imput your food... i wish MFP would do this also .. a one stop shop .. because i dont like imputtin my info in lots of different places .. go check it out :flowerforyou:

How do I check in

How do I check in

starting weight~ current weight ~ ( how many lbs lost or gained )
Ex 188lb 186lb (-2lbs)

we try to check in on Mondays.. Kristina can put you on the chart ...cheers

Lacey: I heart audible! Travis is addicted to angry birds, so it Gabe – I just can’t get into it. Some days I have a hard time getting my heart rate up with anything less than running. Don’t know why it happens but my work-around is to get on the treadmill and go.

Kristina: Emma is so cute and such a better name than Frannie. Why is it that shelters always give their pets weird names?? I have never kept a name for an animal that I‘ve gotten from a shelter.

Bethany: I wish I had the energy to log my food into another web site to see if I was getting enough fruit & veggies but I just don’t. I do try and count my fruit and veggie servings on MFP and I always try to get over my required fiber for the day. That’s just gonna have to work for me cuz I HATE logging food! (Shh...don't tell!)

Sara: I always have to put my house back together after the weekend too! My dog, son and husband manage to make it look like something has exploded in here every single weekend. I guess that means we’re having fun though!

Kendal: Glad you got to go shooting! I hope you can work at home sometime this week – it’s so much more relaxing that way!

Hmfishy: Get back on track! You can do it!

I am feeling better today. My throat is a bit off still and I had an entirely meatless day yesterday because my stomach felt like it couldn't handle meat either. But I'm doing better! Took the poor dog on a walk this morning and I have a run and YogaX still to get through today. Me & Trav have not traditionally done the whole Valentine's Day thing but we are this year. You guys got any good ideas on what to ask for?? We're trying to make our Valentine's gifts something we don't "need" but rather a "want". So no running shoes or whatever. I'm kind of stumped. I normally get "need" stuff. Any ideas would be helpful.