Good morning all. Happy Friday! I have been to the gym, weight lifted & ran. Still not loving the treadmill, but it is better than not running! It is going to be warm on the weekend, so hopefully I can get at least 1 run in outside, in between the rain drops.

I weighed myself this morning & was exactly the same. I ate some salty soup yesterday, so hopefully if I drink my water today that will make a difference on the scale tomorrow.

I am not logging either. I know that what I am eating is in my calorie range. Exercise is getting back to where I want it (4 times a week minimum). I would really like to lose 15lbs before my cruise. Only 8 weeks to go! I feel like I am ready & able & not controlled by food. Everything often clicks for me at this time of year.

Have a great day!

Good morning all! Well, not a great week for me. Work was stressful and I didn't eat well or exercise (got 1 day in ). I'm on vacation now until after Thanksgiving (woohoo!). I am making a plan to eat better (except on Thanksgiving Day ) and exercise every day. Yep, every day, either walking, running or strength training. I need to make some serious changes. I've gained almost an inch on my hips over the past month - not good. I have to say, for me anyway, maintaining my weight is much harder than losing it. I was so focused when I wanted to lose weight, could eat right and no issues with getting up early to exercise. Can't seem to get there again. Maybe a little vacation will do me good!

Glad to hear everyone is doing well! Stay warm and have a great weekend!

Good morning all. I am dressed and ready for the gym, just waiting for my coffee to finish. I am going to run on the treadmill this morning. I find it SO much harder than running outside, but the weather is definitely not cooperating for running outside. Yesterday the wind was crazy, today I think it is back to being cold. I figure it will help my outside running, & should speed me up. If it doesn't, well at least I am still moving. Last year I didn't exercise at all from November-the beginning of March. I gotta do better than that!

I went to the see the movie Interstellar on Saturday with my daughter. It was really good. I only got a bottle of water, so that was pretty good too! I just wish the scale would reflect all this goodness I am doing. Oh well. It will. Eventually.

Have a great day!

Good morning! So far so good this week. Been exercising everyday and didn't overeat on Thanksgiving! Over 'guestimated' at the calories I ate that day, but wasn't sure how to log a little of this and a little of that. Will walk/run today.

Hope everyone is doing well!!

Hello! I guess we have mostly all been MIA! Lol I am here, still plugging along. My oldest son was home for the weekend, that always throws me off and i don't get my usual computer time in. No reason for that really....its not like he's a little kid but I just don't do my usual things when they are home.
I have my christmas shopping started, but not nearly finished. I ran yesterday, beautiful day....quite mild and calm. Today...brrr. I am going to do a Charlean Extreme video.

I have decided not to continue going to my exercise classes at night. She has stopped the advance class altogether and it is just a beginner class now. I went a couple of times and just dont feel like paying for it if I'm not getting the most from it. Plus its at a time I dont' find convenient. So....I will do these videos that I have, they are pretty good strength videos.

Hope youre all doing good!

Good morning! Well, this wasn't a good week for me for exercise. I think it's a mental block with week 5 and 6 of JMBR so not sure if I'll jump to week 7 or try something different. Did get my run in on Wednesday and will run today.

Cindy, which beach body program? Did you like it?

Lisa, great job on getting in 30 minutes every day! Hope your shoulder is better.

Have a great weekend!

Happy Sunday! I am still plugging along, slow but sure. I've been doing these strength workouts on days taht I don't run, I think I mentioned them, they are great. The perfect thing to replace my exercise class that I decided not to go to anymore (she stopped the advance class). So, I've been getting a lot of those in.
Eating hasn't been too bad, I've been doing pretty good at night. Getting the Christmas shopping done, and decorations up. This week I am working on Monday, then Tues I am going to go and visit son #2 and shop. I'll stay overnight and come back on wednesday.

Today....I will probably go for a run this afternoon...I'm not really sure what I will get in the next 3 days.

Cindy - I know what you mean about the dark nights and mornings...and motivation! Such a different vibe this time of year and I find I really need to force myself. I just keep thinking of Christmas and how much I want to feel good during the holidays and not like a stuffed muppet. The beachbody program you are talking of, the video that I am doing are part of that program, called Chalean Extreme. I also do the Turbofire ones sometimes. They are a nice change and something good when the weather is bad.

Brenda - I hope that this coming week will be a better one for you and you can get back into the exercise groove.

Lisa - glad to hear that you are kicking the exercise in the butt! WTG It is such a great feeling when the sun is shining, can really change it all. Keep up the good work!

Have a great weekend all