Modern Day Pin-up Girls - WEEK 5

Hit my goals again today!!

Even though I didn't want to.....

WOOOOO!!!!!

Ok. So I didn't work out last night. My blood sugar had dropped during the afternoon without me being aware of it. I'd had a really salty lunch, so I was really thirsty, and I actually thought I was running a little on the high side. But when I started shutting everything down for the day, I picked up on some low blood sugar signs, tested, and was 55. Needless to say, that overrode the workout.

Moving on from that, I'm now going into my "weekend challenge" time of the week. I do really well up until Thursday each week, adn then I just throw it all out the window because I'm tired and bored, and whatever. So, thanks to an excellent suggestion from a fellow Pin-up, I'm setting myself a weekend goal, and posting it to keep me accountable.

Weekend Goals:
1. Log in every day, and post my progress on this thread.
2. Drink all water every day (I'm going to use my work water bottle to help me keep better track over the weekend)
3. Get in some form of activity Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Doesn't have to be much, but it has to be something.
4. Be mindful of food choices and what I'm putting in my mouth. Logging in every day should help with this.

I missed working out this AM because of another low blood sugar, so that means I HAVE to do something tonight (I'm thinking JustDance2). Tomorrow I HAVE to workout in the morning because we're having company tomorrow night (probably Zumba, or maybe TurboFire). Saturday, I'm going to get up early and workout before I go down to my parents for the weekend (Zumba or TurboFire, whichever I don't do tomorrow). And Sunday, I'll walk the dogs with my Dad.

Wish me luck!!! I'm hoping to be able to post an under 200 weight on Monday! I'm down to 198.5 today, but even if I could post 199.5 on Monday, that would be a proud moment for me!

I am already up a pound since Monday's weigh in. It was a rough Monday and Tuesday for me. And TOM is coming (which might be why my Monday and Tuesday were out of control), so my weigh in next Monday will most certainly be up 1-2 lbs. I am really not a happy girl right now. I am so sick of losing one, gaining one, back and forth, up and down. I don't even have that much weight to lose but my goodness it's been such a struggle. I am so frustrated this week.

Okay, so maybe I'm PMSing a little...

I know the feeling, and literally TOM arrived this morning. It is sort of a relief to know why I was so out of control and that the weight gain really is water retention. I am trying to turn this into a positive (not my usual MO) and consider this notice gives me the rest of the week to get back to where I was at my last weigh in. If I don't think about it that way, I am worried I will unconsciously give myself permission to be a little too relaxed in my food.

I'm back on track...finally. Am done babysitting all night for now, will finally be able to make to the gym today for some strength training and cardio, then I'm taking my nephew to baseball practice where I might have to help the coach (which happens to be my brother) because neither one of his assistant coaches will be there, so I'll get double the cardio!! WOO-HOO!!! Have a great day!! :-)

I'm a little nerved up- TOM coming anyday now- and craving chocolate like noone's business- but I've managed to be strong for one of the first times in my life- I think being in a swimsuit last week and not feeling very excited about it kicked me into gear a little- and NOT wanting to wear that thing ever again! A lot of us seem to be on the same schedule- TOM-wise- funny!

Also, had a nsv yesterday- put on a pair of shorts that haven't fit in a long time- they were loose and when I went to the bathroom I pulled them down without undoing them! Too funny! I guess my goal with them next will be to pull them up and they'll fall down on their own (hopefully right away- and not in public!) lol

Rethinking my 6x week exercise goal. I'm only doing running right now, but plan on throwing some variation in there soon. For this week though, I've already run 3 days in a row.

My goal was 6x a week, total of 180min and 1800calories burned.

I've already done 120min and 1406calories, so I can still hit the time and calories with taking a rest day today and working out Friday and Saturday.

I think that's what I'm going to do.


I'm mentally exhausted today from spending the morning crunching numbers and on the phone setting up a debt consolidation program. I'm happy about consolidating my credit card debt. It's going to save me about $4800 in interest and get them paid off 4yrs and 3mon sooner.....so I can focus on my student loans.

But even though I'm happy, I'm just so exhausted I feel like crying. I'm ready to not be thinking about money and bills and debt 24/7.

I'm worn out.

Rach, great job with the exercise. And debt stuff. Exhausting, but you sound like you're taking control of things in your life and acting responsibly. So many people can't or are unwilling to do that. Cheers! :drinker:

Rethinking my 6x week exercise goal. I'm only doing running right now, but plan on throwing some variation in there soon. For this week though, I've already run 3 days in a row.

My goal was 6x a week, total of 180min and 1800calories burned.

I've already done 120min and 1406calories, so I can still hit the time and calories with taking a rest day today and working out Friday and Saturday.

I think that's what I'm going to do.


I'm mentally exhausted today from spending the morning crunching numbers and on the phone setting up a debt consolidation program. I'm happy about consolidating my credit card debt. It's going to save me about $4800 in interest and get them paid off 4yrs and 3mon sooner.....so I can focus on my student loans.

But even though I'm happy, I'm just so exhausted I feel like crying. I'm ready to not be thinking about money and bills and debt 24/7.

I'm worn out.

Blah I don't blame you feeling all crappy after that!! My student loans are horrible, although I'm not paying them off yet since not earning enough, but I didn't do undergrad and postgrad degrees just to come out and there be absolutely no jobs anywhere

So I have got student loans of £15-20,000 plus I'm now working in a job with a really really crappy wage - it sucks so much!!

Blah I don't blame you feeling all crappy after that!! My student loans are horrible, although I'm not paying them off yet since not earning enough, but I didn't do undergrad and postgrad degrees just to come out and there be absolutely no jobs anywhere

So I have got student loans of £15-20,000 plus I'm now working in a job with a really really crappy wage - it sucks so much!!

My student loans total about $40,000 right now, and that's only a little more than half of my bachelors. Luckily the company I work for has a tuition reimbursement plan, so hopefully they'll pay for the rest of my school once I re-enroll.

Ugh!

I feel your pain. Right now I'm sitting on about $40k in loans and still have at least 3 more semesters left for my Bachelor's. That's what I get for taking 6 years to complete it(transferred to another state) What a pain in the *kitten*.

Just checking in...this week SUCKED. I have been off-plan almost everyday this week and I don't know why, it's like I'm sabotaging myself and I just want to stop. I need to stop...okay, that's all. I am just going to try and be strong and write this off as a bad week and try to make the next few days count!

I had such a blast yesterday. I'm continuing on my goal of overcoming sports so I made myself go play beach volleyball for the first time. Yes, I live three miles from the coast and have so for 18 years... I'm a shameful Floridian, but I'm also a vampire (swedish), I burn at the mere mention of the sun! Me and the beach only get along at night or 60SPF.

But anyway, 1.5hrs of spastic flailing later I still had a blast and boy are my legs and feet sore today (sugar sand will do that to you). Plus, who doesn't love the sexy Australian exchange engineer trying "teach" you how to play? :bigsmile: :bigsmile: