2 week challenge
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Looking awesome Beeps! Love the red shoes and lips!0
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Cute dress Beeps! spanx are amazing
Shanaber - at least you weren't at the Giants/Nationals game, that one went 18 innings!
I had a VERY busy weekend that I had not planned on having. I was hoping to catch up on sleep, since I didn't get much at all last week, but, hubby and decided to make our last Ikea trip and just start putting together furniture. We got two out of three Ikea dressers built and the crib built. I am exhausted. It's a good marriage test - putting together Ikea furniture with a pregnant, hot and tired wife. We made it though!
This week I have little/nothing going on after work, so hopefully I can get some walks in and clean up the house a bit. We were watching my parents two small yappy shelties for 2 weeks while they are in Hawaii and they are finally coming home today, THANK GOD.
That's all I have for now, work is calling. Have a great Monday ladies!0 -
Went to a playoff game last night that went to extra innings. I am not a huge baseball fan but it was fun and the crowd was so into it - how could you not have a good time :laugh: It was really hot so we went a little late after the sun went down and it was so much better. It also meant we ate dinner at home and we took a large bottle of water with us to share which saved a ton of money and kept us out of the long lines!
Have a busy weekend ahead - hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
We always stay when it goes extra innings, too! My husband calls it "free baseball":)
Beeps, you look amazing, I love the dress! I bet you look like the model from that angle
I got way over-served on Friday, I felt so awful, I came back Saturday and lay around. No work outs. and I forgot to log a bunch and so I will have to go "no star".
Today is my husband's bday and we are going out for dinner.
I should be able to pick up on the workouts this week, starting tomorrow. I still haven't decided about the home gym...
Ram, glad you survived the furniture test! You are braver than I am! I don't think I will ever again purchase furniture that needs assembling:noway:0 -
Beeps - love that dress, you look fantastic!
Quick check-in on the star challenge - stopped logging around Thursday & totally blew it over the weekend so no star for me. However, I ran a 5K on Saturday morning in just under 28 minutes, yay! I am pretty sure that was a PR for me so that was good. Now I just have to crack down on the eating. My pants were awfully tight this morning.
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Hey ladies. I was out in the field all morning and just getting into the office, so quick checkin.....
Weekend was busy as usual. We had friends in Friday night, so I was up too late. Saturday we did an art fair (so some walking) and that night had a boring work party. I was in bed by 11. I couldn't even stay awake to watch KY pull out a win over SC! Sunday we did coffee, I grocery shopped, and then made Eric pasta for lunch and a TON of burgoo (meaty stew for those that have not heard of it) so spent a fair amount of time in the kitchen. It's really yummy. Can't say it's the healthiest as it has about 6 pounds of meat (beef stew meat, Boston butt, and chicken legs) but it's perfect for this time of year. Otherwise, I pretty much relaxed Sunday which is exactly what I like doing. So the only working out I did over the weekend was walking slowly at the festival. Oh well..... However I walked about 3.5 miles for work this morning, so I'm off to a good start this week! I am finding I value downtime more than workout time on weekends these days. I figure I'll only be pregnant for about 14 more weeks. so I should enjoy my time. This week I'll be missing my pilates class as I have a night meeting, so will need to make that workout up somehow. I did okay foodwise last weekend. My dessert I made is gone and so are the icecream sandwiches, so desserts should be less this week.
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You gals are awesome on the ego! Thank you.
I got my lifting in and done, today. Even on five hours sleep....
So, my ONL.y challenge has to be fixing whatever is f*cking up my sleep! It is starting to become habitual.....which sucks.
Good sleep before everything. No liquid after six pm, to start. And i am going to start taking magnesium pills in the evening. And, to bed at ten pm. The end.0 -
Beeps- I didn't realize magnesium pills are supposed to help with sleep? I take two a night to help with digestive issues- that I unfortunately have always had, but these couple with eating healthy have really helped keep me regular....sorry TMI
Ashley-Definitely use these last weeks to rest up!
Abi- Nice job on the 5K!
Amy-hangovers are the worst.
Ram-Thankfully the only baby furniture that had to be put together for us was the crib, and Mike did that all on his own while I was at work....putting furniture together is the awful, I remember a couple years ago getting drunk in our garage while putting together our patio furniture
I am still doing good with eating. I didn't even log this weekend, but I really didn't eat bad. I started and ABs, Buns and Guns challenge on October 1. It basically is squats, push ups and leg lifts laying on your back....it builds throughout the month. I think by the end you do like 50 push ups and 300 squats. But, I've been doing that, some PiYo and I did run yesterday. But, I am in a real workout slump. This morning all I did was the challenge. I need to figure something out.
Edited to add: I think I might take a break from logging. Sometimes I feel like I have done this long enough that its unnecessary sometimes. I know what I should eat and shouldn't.0 -
Hello Monday!
So to start off, last week is a "no star" week for me. Like Abigail, I quit logging around Thursday and it went a bit crazy from there. I am bloated and ick feeling from all the carbs/grease I ate. I felt good on my run. Came in at 2:59:21 w/ an 11:32 avg pace. Coach had me aiming for 2:50:-- total run time...I told myself I would be happy with under 3 hrs. So it was a win-win for both of us LOL. I cruised through the hills the first 6 miles...didn't even feel them. Then I hit the 1/2 mile hill at mile 9 and choked...then I hit the second 1/2 mile hill at 9.5 miles and really choked (like walked up the hill choked). I bonk'd at mile 13 and felt like I crawled the last 2.5 miles. But overall I am happy with it, I know what I need to work on.
This week:
Not going to weigh in for awhile since I am sore and retaining water in the healing process.
This weeks goals:
3x runs
2x strength
6x pushups
4x bfast smoothies
2x salads
3x yoga sessions
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Wow - not sure I like the new format and it took me a while to find the thread again! I will post the star challenge results tomorrow. Hope you all are having a great week!0
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Well that took a while to figure out! Interesting new format...
I got a Gold star last week
I don't have time to post more right now, hopefully I will have more time around lunch!! I hope everyone is having a great week! Mine started out pretty great! I won an ipad air at work on Monday! Woo!
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OMG! Where did "my topics" go?!?!? How do i find my common threads i post on. And now this is page 205? Nobody new will EVEr come here.
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Yuck....I don't think I like this...0
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You guys, I HATE THIS!!!!!0
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This topic takes so long to find, booooo0
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I too am weirded out by this! Scale is not friendly today either...
Chel, your speed is the same as me for my usual jog around the lake-less than 3 miles! I am so slow...
Chloe, I think I am going to stop logging for October and then, I don't know, I am feeling meh about my workouts too...
I have a 5k next week so I will stick to my alternating lifting and running when possible, but after that, I don't know...0 -
I hate the new format - can't find any of the things I used to respond to other than this one and only found it because of the group
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also where are all of the smiley faces??? We now only get a few to choose from! I am heading out for a run (late) and will try to do some poking around later to see if I can figure any shortcuts on the forums... It should have been better with the update not worse! I was hoping to hear from Kate and Kelly for the star challenge but will go with what I have this afternoon... 0 -
Also they have apparently disabled the feedback option - must have been getting too many complaints!0
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Hey everyone! I'm 5'3 and 133 lbs. I'd like to lose 13 lbs and get down to 120. Right now, even losing 5 lbs is hard for me, so my goal by Thanksgiving is to be 125. (Then gain it all back during Thanksgiving) haha. I'm kidding, but I want to be 120 by mid-December, because I will be going on a vacation with my boyfriend during that time. My goals are to eat at least 100 g of protein, workout every day, and eat 80% healthy every week.0
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I felt so lost not posting yesterday!
The day went well and I stayed within my calories (or pretty close to them)...there is a tub of caramel corn sitting in my office and I may have had a few hand fulls that weren't logged. Allergies are bad right now and so by the time I got out of the office, I had a headache which triggered the vertigo which led to nausea and just full flown exhaustion. I did do my push-ups though thanks to hubby getting down and doing them with me
Today I feel better. My throat is a bit scratchy and my eyes puffy but doing ok overall. Had my first occupational therapy session for my elbow that I broke a year ago and that was never set/treated (thanks military)...they said I have "crunchy muscles" which I guess means I have a lot of scar tissue in my elbow joint and for the next month I have to go in and they are going to break down that tissue...I am bruising after todays session. After they break it all down, then they will get it to heal w/o all the scar tissue.
Today is a 60-70 min run. I am not in the mood but no excuses today. Monday was brutal. I wanted to just sit, but got myself up saying I was going to at least walk. I ended up running hills b/c I crashed on the last hill, coach wanted to get as much hill work in while I was still fatigued and b/c hill work is usually a quicker work out (about an hour) that I wouldn't risk an overuse injury. I as not thrilled...but when I woke up Tuesday nothing hurt, nothing ached...so I guess coach knows what he is doing LOL.
So far I am behind on my strength and smoothie goals...we will see! It is time to shake this weight...no point in carrying around 12 lbs I don't need to on a run!0 -
....i just don't like that a "bookmark" from a "group" does not then show up on my bookmarks! How lame!
Mabe adding photos will be better, though!
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My two week challenge is to stay within my allotted calorie goal 0
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Here is the star challenge results for last week ladies! sorry it took almost to Thursday to get them posted!
Adding pictures is MUCH easier - so far the only thing I like about the update. The only problem is you can't control how big/small the picture is
Note - if you click on the file name below the picture it will display so you can actually see it. Clicking on the picture does nothing however...0 -
Sorry re post above. I read that on page 1 and it didn't quite register there were another 204 pages to read and that I might be butting in on a conversation! Keiraev has even deactivated her acount by now and clearly doesn't care that we share goals!! Hello, anyway, btw.0
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I am still doing ok with eating. Basically I have just been walking on the treadmill in the morning while watching the news and doing my abs, guns, buns challenge. Its been a stressful couple of weeks tho...
My husband got the job he interviewed for last week. He got the call yesterday morning. Gave his resignation and a couple hours later got a call that his old company was closing the doors at 5PM going out of business! We knew things were bad but geez did we cut it close there! So it was a pretty emotional evening bc we were excited about his new job, but it was still sad to see a company he worked for for 11 years go out of business and all his former coworkers were calling him freaking out bc they are out of a job now.0 -
Hey all. I don't know about hte new forum setup.....I don't like that ALL pages are here. I liked part 14 or whatever we were on. I did see that if you click the little picture, it will open in a new window. Maybe photo posting will be worth the change.
I'm doing ok this week. I walked Monday, ran/walk for just 20 minutes yesterday and then walked to dinner and plan on lifting during lunch today. Hopefully some yoga or something over the weekend.
Food has been so so.0 -
Chloe - Holy cow! That is crazy. So glad though that he found something, but I can't imagine seeing somewhere you've worked for long close up like that. I'm impressed you've even kept up with walking and your challenge! Good for you.
Chel - Glad you're feeling better.
Better - How's the reno coming? How are you feeling?
Hi Beeps!
Hi newbs!
I've been slacking pretty bad in the workout area the last week and a half. I just haven't had the energy. I finally got a swim in yesterday, and although it made me pretty tired, it did alleviate a lot of the cranky feelings I've been having for the last few days. I wish working out didn't make me feel so good I'm planning on getting in a yoga class tonight, and maybe try for some walking this weekend, although the weather doesn't look so great. I have a 5 day weekend coming up and I couldn't be more excited! Happy Thursday all. 0 -
Chloe - omg @ company shutting down!
I hate having to scroll all the way back to the top once i hit "reply".
No workout today. The end.0 -
Chloe: Glad you guys were able to avert unemployment! I don't know if anyone can actually "retire" from a company anymore and depend on a pension like the last generation(s).
So yesterday was a no go on food. I was doing OK (ish) but then after running, they threw a surprise bday party for on of the members with mimosa's and catered by Zippy's (fried noodle, chicken, etc). I also only walked b/c my arm is so tender, I can't even touch the skin and there is a deep bruise forming from all the "micro tears" in the scar tissue. Calories were over by nearly 700
This morning I really didn't want a shake but I am drinking one. I got on the scale and came in at 145.6 again. Planning on leaving work early today to workout...I have to exercise at home and so that is always a challenge. I think I am also going to set up a bodyfat test within the next 2 weeks to see exactly what this 10lbs is (although deep in my heart, I think I know LOL).
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I am hoping they fix some of the 'issues' or aggravations of this new format! If not we could go to a format with a new discussion each month. I know some of the other discussions are set up that way. I just don't understand why marking a group discussion as a favorite doesn't work when at some level all discussions are part of a group!
Ok - enough whining... I am having a super busy week at work and even worked last weekend and into the evenings (posting on MFP last night at midnight ). I am taking tomorrow off to drive up the coast for the half marathon. Should be a pretty drive but it is going to be another hot weekend. The half doesn't start until 7 so by 9:15-9:30 when I hope to finish it will probably be in the 80s - think 'cool' thoughts for me ladies!
I am hating tapering right when I was finally able to run some back to back days but I do know it is best for me so I am ready for Sunday. Tonight I have strength training and am really looking forward to some lifting!
Hi Newbies - welcome to the group!
Chloe - so glad your husband got that job! Will he be able to start right away or will the old company pay him out for vacation and the like? I imagine if they are closing they aren't offering any of their staff severance or anything like that. Chel - I don't know of any company that still offers retirement plans and pensions. I only see it in government and school systems.
Ram - How do you get a 5 day weekend? I need a few of those! Please, Please, Please send some of that cool wet weather down the coast for us to share!
Chel - I am sure what they are doing to your arm will be goodness eventually but it sounds terribly painful! I was fortunate when I broke mine at my elbow the bones remained in place and they didn't have to do anything with it, no cast, splint, sling or anything. I just couldn't use it for a while.
Beeps - how is the job hunt going?
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