Dropping pounds with inspiring pals [CLOSED GROUP]

So I went to the pool to swim for two hours today and when I got there they were closing. So I had to delete my exercise. I put it up before I go so I am motivated to do it. This is the first time I've had to delete an exercise. I guess I will do some stationary bike instead today.

@pinstripepirate – its amazing that you have come so far!

@tesshaney – OMG how in the world can you do 61 burpees at all let alone in 12 minutes!? I can barely do two in a row.

@rebecky – sounds exciting to get to lead your zumba class. Everyone talks about how much fun zumba is but I don’t think I am coordinated enough for it, lol.

@Learning2LoveMe – Sounds like my life. I had my last day of undergraduate classes today and as soon as I revise a paper, write another, take a test, and finish up a lesson plan I can graduate next Saturday. Only bonus is that my finals week gives me more free time to get everything done and maybe squeeze in some exercise for stress relief.

@Claudia – Is it allergies? They were killing me a few weeks ago and I still can’t walk to class without getting there and having my nose running off my face.

@NeuroticVirgo – great job with the C25K. I did a couple days of week one and then life went chaotic but I should really get back on it. Also, I have tried diet pills: DB-Goddess and Thyrodrive because the male versions worked wonderfully for my brother but they haven’t really worked for me so I am not buying them again and I wouldn’t really recommend them. DB Goddess did give me amazing energy (no need for coffee) but it also didn’t let me sleep but at 80 dollars for less than a months supply with little results, not worth it. If I want to lose the weight, I am going to have to do it. Sadly, there is no magic pill.


Friday Fitness: Nothing today, except for my walking to and from class. I tried to break it to my professor that the walking thing wasn’t working and well, somehow I have myself in tangled mess of drama. You would think a grown woman would handle things better than a 22 year old college student. But hopefully my friend and I really get into a morning routine. I might also look into at home zumba dvds or something because everyone seems to be talking about it!

On a side note, somewhat related to yesterday’s motivation and inspiration, I watched this week’s Glee episode tonight. I know, cheesy tv shows, but in the end, this episode had a great message about self acceptance and think that you guys should at least watch a few of the song clips (Unpretty, Born This Way, I’ve Gotta Be Me) because they are inspiring and the episode is about more than a girl who doesn’t like her nose. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Good Morning Everybody!
I am sorry that i've been a little MIA for the Past 2 days, work has been nutso, and add tornados to it... and well...

Saturday--NSV--
I am able to wear some jeans that i've had for about 3 years and haven't been able to wear since about 2 years 6 months ago!
that was pretty exciting for me, not to mention they were the most expensive jeans i've ever purchased!

Also, I am doing a 5k today with a girlfriend from work, and we are attempting to finish in less than 50 minutes! May not seem like a lot, but that is an improvement from the last one I did. Gotta start somewhere right?

Anyways, I hope everyone has a great and productive day! I'm off to Doggie Dash 5K!

@NeuroticVirgo - that schedule for dinners is really amazing work that you've done. I know it may seem overwhelming but I am very impressed.

NSV Saturday - To be honest, I think the only thing I can claim as a victory is that I have renewed motivation and am going to be upping my game a bit. Otherwise, I haven't had any NSV victories and have had a Scale defeat by gaining 3 lbs this week. I did completely screw up sodium and drink very little water so hopefully if I improve those things this week I can be down a few lbs next Saturday when I graduate!

My NSV is just that I have much more energy and I'm accomplishing so much around my house! It feels so good!

It sounds like everyone had some great NSVs this week... Congratulations to all. Virgo, I think that you should add that food plan to your NSV! That looks like a lot of work. Let us know how having the month planned out at once works out for you

My NSV... With Easter dinner and seeing extended family I haven't seen in a while, I got a lot of compliments on how good I look. But of all the people I've seen this past week, I think the best was the parents of the father of the family I babysit for (I should add now that I've been babysitting this family for almost four years and I kind of feel like I am part of their family). The parents were in for the weekend and they told me how good I looked. I don't know why that made me feel the best out of everyone but it did.

Sunday Goals:

Last week my goal was to do my morning/evening yoga routine each day, and I only missed Friday night because I was too exhausted and just went to bed instead. This week my goal is to drink more water. I used to drink 10-12 cups a day, but then I went on vacation in March and that totally screwed me up. Now there are days where I only just barely make 8 cups. I need to step it up.

Sunday

I think my goal this week is to keep drinking plenty of water and to work on my soium intake. I am going to stick with my new diet and let my body adjust. and this week is the first week in my no meat for this month.

My goals for this week are to do my aerobics DVD 5 days this week and I want to shoot for losing 5lbs. I know that's a little high, but I want to have something to shoot for and I think I can achieve it!

My goal for this week is to stick to my no meat diet along with Chrystal. However, I forgot that it was today that we started because I have been super busy with homework, school and applying for jobs that it completely slipped my mind until I logged onto here. SORRY :embarassed: So I ate two pieces of ham for lunch :devil: but it won't happen again, I swear! Tuna for me...

I am also going to try my best to exercise at least five days a week this month and I hope I can do it!

Hey girl dont worry. Torrow is a new day... I was so tempted... I wanted a roast beef sandwich.

Good morning all! I unintentionally took most of the weekend off since I had access to MFP only through my phone and that can be annoying when posting on the boards. I'm ready for the week to continue on though!!! I'm doing some kind of exercise daily for the month of May - well starting today, yesterday was a bust for a couple of different reasons...but I need to up my exercise in a big way.

I emailed a friend of a friend who is a nutrition counselor and works mostly with professional bodybuilders/competitiors. I'm definitely not going that route, but I'm interested in what she has to say - and how she can help me - more importantly how much it will cost! LOL

Hope we ALL have a great week!

Hello everyone! Was absent this weekend. Home internet is through my hubby's phone, which I didn't have access to on Saturday. Sunday we were out all day long, when I did try to log into mfp, the pages were taking forever to load! It took me 10 minutes just to log in my weight.

We had a chili cook-off today at work. I wasn't going to participate, but my supervisor asked me to do it. He gave me $ to go and buy the ingredients. I made a Turkey Chili. I put the ingredients in the Recipe tab. 213 calories in a serving but sodium was out of this world! Woops!! over 1000mg of sodium. Darn canned tomatoes! LOL!

Drinking lots of water today. I got third place for my chili tho. :bigsmile:

And what in the world are burpees?? I'm about to do a google search, but am afraid of what kind of results I may bet on the work computer! :ohwell:

Happy Monday everyone! I had a busy weekend, that included a party at a friends. Although I didn't drink, I did eat WAY too much crap. Since being on vacation, I am having a hard time getting back on track and it sucks! This morning I woke up with a horrible headache and was using that excuse not to get out of bed to workout. I logged on here and started reading everyone's status' and posts and found them very motivating! Everyone was mentioning their goals for the day/week/month and I got my lazy butt up and did a quick run. Had to be quick, as I ran out of time staying on MFP so long!

Doing 30DS tonight, did anyone start last night? I'm hoping my knees can deal with it this time around!

~Christina= Your meal calander looks AMAZING!!! I should try to do that, as I only plan a few days (if that) in advance. All your dinners sound so yummy too!

WATER CHALLENGE!!! I'm also having a hard time getting my water in after vacation. I'm starting a challenge! TEN (10) glasses of water a DAY and TWELVE (12) on "tinkle" Tuesday!! Anyone in?? Add me if you like, I'll do water checks through out the day

Monday check in

I haven't been doing too good this week. I am up 4lbs. I think it is because of TOM but I also switched up on my diet this week.
I was told that I was putting my body into starvation mode so I am now eating more calories in the day and trying to exercise less. I can't seem to eat enough when I exercise. But now this week I have gained weight and I am so frusterating. People are saying that my body is just holding onto the calories because I was in starvation mode. It just make my mood all... Grrrrr
:frown:
I have been trying to lose weight so bad and been doing ok and then I start eating more because I heard that I was in starvation mode and that isn't working for me.
My diet has been ok but it is the end of the month and we are out of veggies and fruits. And so I eat alot of carbs at the end of the month. But I get food stamps in 2 days so I am going to load up on food. yeah

So yeah just been discouraged and frusterated this week... I hope I lose this next week or I am going to back to my origanal diet.... Grrrr:mad:

Sometimes it takes the body a while to adjust, I'd say give it another week or two and if you aren't losing anything still then switch it up again for another 2-3 weeks.

Just out of curiousity, how many calories were you eating before and how many are you eating now?

congrats mrs savvy!! so very jealous that you are going on a cruise. I've never been!! Just because the food is there, doesn't mean you have to eat it!! Try to stay busy with all the activities on the ship and shore excursions!!

Where are you cruising to?

I forgot that it was May already!! I will have to start 30DS tomorrow morning! I have two board meetings to attend tonight when I get out of work, causing me to miss my Zumba too! :frown: