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Goals
1. Drink at least 60oz of water every day
2. Get up early and do 30 minutes of cardio at least 3 days this week
3. Go to bed by 10:00 every night
4. Go for an evening walk at least 3 times this week

Mini-goal
Today I surpassed my daily step goal

Goals this week:
1. Keep sane while my husband is out of town.
2. Don't indulge in restaurants.
3. 8-10,000 steps everyday.
4. strength training 5-6 times a week (alternating arms and legs)
5. PT stretches everyday.
6. Get some of my Girl Scout stuff organized.

Now that my desk is clean and usable, I'm actually trying to get some other stuff clean and organized.

Mini Goal:
Today I sat with a friend of mine who has been having a really rough time medically. My mother has been sitting with her and visiting for months as she goes through her different treatments and rehabs and whatnot. Today was my first time going. And the first time I've seen her in probably a couple of years. She was feeling pretty good, and was in good spirits, so I think that it was a good visit for all three of us. I'm proud that I was willing and able to put aside time for that when my mother asked me about it this morning.

And we will NOT speak of the Indian buffet my mother and I went to for lunch today.

Ugh, he's in Vegas all week for a conference. I hate when he's gone, because I feel like a single mom, and those brief times when it happens gives me huge respect for all the single parents I know!

On top of that, stuff is blowing up at work for him at the worst possible time when he can't be on hand, so he's stressed and not sleeping right, and I worry.

Today's going to be interesting. Physical therapy for my knee followed by a thank you breakfast at one of the schools I work in.

Good luck and health to all of us today!

My goal for this week is to ride the stationary bike at least once. I know it helps with the swelling in my legs, but I just haven't been doing it.
Mini-goal: Someone at work brought in several boxes of donuts and I didn't have any. I didn't even want any. I figured it wasn't worth the 300 calories for a non-bakery donut.

New proudness that happened after I posted this^.

My kids are in a 1 mile fun run at the local elementary school on Saturday. My son has done this every year since it began 2 years ago. My daughter and I both did it the first year. It was one of the proudest yet most humiliating and heart breaking moments in my life.

It was a one mile fun run. I was surrounded by kids from kindergarten to fifth grade.

I came in dead last. I finished, which I was very proud of. But I cried the last 50 yards or so. My husband came back to encourage me, but all I could think about was the fact that i came in last. By a lot. Like 5 minutes behind everyone else.

Back in January, my plan was to do C25K and then rock this to prove to myself I have changed from that person who came in last. That I wouldn't even bother with the 1 mile, but go straight to the 5K.

Then I blew out my knee.

No more C25K.

For the past few weeks I wasn't sure if we were going to go, and whether I would race. So, we registered the kids for the race, but not me. But I still have to go. My husband can't go, because he will still be out of town.

Have I mentioned my husband runs marathons? For fun? Yeah.

Anyways.

I decided that I would go ahead and walk with my kids. I need to prove to myself that I'm not going to come in last again. Tonight I decided to talk a walk. A 1 mile walk. Going as fast as I felt comfortable with. Timing myself (yay, Fitbit Surge).

18 minutes.

I did a mile in 18 minutes! Now, this is nothing to people who can run and people who aren't 279 pounds. My husband usually can finish a 5K in under 30 minutes (3.1 miles).

But the Disney 5Ks require a proven pace of 16 minutes/mile. I'm almost there. I'm almost as fast as I need to be to enter a real race with an actual pace requirement.

Not that I want to be a runner or anything. But I think next year, I will definitely be entering the 5K, and will be able to keep up with my husband for the whole thing. Maybe even pass him.

Sorry this is so long, but I figured you needed the back story to understand why I'm so proud of that 18 minute mile.

I accidentally caffeine deprived myself now I have a huge headache, I am hoping that it goes away soon I'm drinking some tea! So far on my new medication 9.8 is the highest my sugar has gone. It feels good to be in a more normal range and now I can hopefully bring it down some more and my body will let me loose weight.


Sjk: welcome to the group
Italian: I can't do fish I tried lots of times lots of ways I know it's good for me but so is chicken, way to go on getting your exercise in when you didn't make it to the gym
Shballs: good job with the donut it sounds like you had good rational not just depriving yourself
Joco: it's easy to give up, I don't know you yet but I'm glad your back
Craft: you have had a busy week, I hope that you can do the 5k walk one day and that you enjoy your walk/run with your kids

Mini goals: yesterday I got on my treadmill I was at home sick from work and I did not let that be an excuse
Today, is my eating out for lunch day so I preplanned my whole day around this meal and paid close attention to how much I could eat all day usually I just wing it

craftscout wrote: »

New proudness that happened after I posted this^.
I decided that I would go ahead and walk with my kids. I need to prove to myself that I'm not going to come in last again. Tonight I decided to talk a walk. A 1 mile walk. Going as fast as I felt comfortable with. Timing myself (yay, Fitbit Surge).

18 minutes.

I did a mile in 18 minutes! Now, this is nothing to people who can run and people who aren't 279 pounds. My husband usually can finish a 5K in under 30 minutes (3.1 miles).

I totally get this. I'm around 18-20min/mile when I walk, and the longet I've gone is 2.25 miles. I'm planning to sign up for a blacklight foam run/walk with a friend of mine in September in Chicago (which is a heck of a drive, or a flight from NC, it's a goal thing), she runs as slow as a herd of turtles through peanut butter, so I'm hoping to be up to that pace by then. Sometimes I get jealous of when I walk and see the people running, but I'm just now squeaking into twohundredland, so I know it can only get better for us the more we lose.

I thought a couple times about trying C25K, but I'm afraid of injuring my knees or ankles. I plan to ask the doctor what she thinks the next time I go. I'm jealous of the 18 minute mile. I usually come in around 25. But I have dogs so we have to stop once in a while to ... what dogs do outside. So it brings up my average. At least that's my excuse.
Mini-goal: I received a volunteer award from my Girl Scout council for going above and beyond. It's nice to be recognized.

Sounds like everyone is having a great week so far. HLaR79, so glad you're responding positively to the medication change; sometimes our bodies just need a little help to work efficiently. Congrats on getting an award shballa! Sorry craftscout, I'm firmly in the Eww fish camp; I do plan at least two meals a week with seafood of some kind but it's never going to be something I like. Now fresh fruits and vegetables are something I crave. This week it has been spinach--in my protein shakes, added to my salads I order at school, steamed with my spanish steak and peppers, on my sandwiches and in my omelets. And a french carrot salad that is so good for snacks with a cheese stick or almonds.

Reading over the posts, I am inspired to expect more from myself than I have been striving for. I was walking 6 miles a day last summer; now, I am averaging 2 miles a day. I know I can do it but I'm not so I dug through old journal entries and I came across a challenge from a Curves coach to do one thing everyday to remove a barrier to reaching my goals so I did just that; I packed my healthy snacks and lunch the night before, filled 3 water bottles and put them in the fridge, put my workout clothes on my nightstand next to the alarm clock, and set my Jawbone Up band to remind me to leave work in time to get a walk in before supper. And it worked of course. Tomorrow, I will move my Curves workout bag from the trunk to my passenger seat in my car so it is right there to remind me to stop on my way home from work. I'm considering this my mini goal for the week!

So goals I am working on this week are:
1) Journaling daily
2) logging onto Curves site and watching daily video
3) drinking water regularly over the whole day (I've been drinking 8 - 10 glasses but in morning/at night not during the day)
4) 30 minutes a day outside walking, gardening, shooting hoops with students, etc.
5) Physical therapy exercises daily
6) Following Leslie Sansone's plan to increase steps so I am at 10,000 in 30 days (found the article on fitnessmagazine.com)

shballa wrote: »

I thought a couple times about trying C25K, but I'm afraid of injuring my knees or ankles. I plan to ask the doctor what she thinks the next time I go. I'm jealous of the 18 minute mile. I usually come in around 25. But I have dogs so we have to stop once in a while to ... what dogs do outside. So it brings up my average. At least that's my excuse.
Mini-goal: I received a volunteer award from my Girl Scout council for going above and beyond. It's nice to be recognized.

Take it slow, and listen to you dr and your body. And congratulations on your award!

I rarely imbibe in alcohol but it's testing season and the weather is really nice ... ugh it has been a tough week trying to motivate students. I am having a margarita with supper (within my calorie count still), listening to classical music and soaking up some stress-free sunshine.

HLaR79: so glad your numbers are in a better range! I remember when I got serious about changing how I eat, I struggled with first knowing what true hunger even felt like. It seemed so much more uncomfortable than it does now. I got addicted to my homemade instant oatmeal which is just cooking old fashioned oats in the microwave with some dried cranberries and a few chopped walnuts and cinnamon. It satisfied that morning hunger and comforted me at the same time.

The weather really makes a difference it was 26celcius or 80f here today. And now it is raining. Perfect for a good long sleep!

I am so glad tomorrow is Friday, i need some time off and both my kids will be gone friday thru sunday! Time to work on my house.

Today i am pleased that i threw out the left overs at dinner and didnt eat them all up, i am also pleased that i ate normal person sizes again today.

You can do it, Italian! We believe in you.

Its warm out everyone is missing,

We got my sister moved today it took 10 hours and she barely.owns anything. The problem lies in that she got no one to help so my husband and teenager had to do everything. I am limited to light lifting so i mostly got to be a guide

My eating was awful today, but i am proud that when we ended up at dairy queen i got a frozen lemonade instead of icecream

Okay, stressful single mom week is over. Ended the week down .6 of a pound, after lots of gains and losses.

Also, ran/walked the 1 mile fun run yesterday. Did it in 16:38. Finished before my daughter and a whole bunch of other people, safely in the 75th percentile, which is a huge WIN for me. And then I drove all over Houston geeking out with my kids for Free Comic Book Day.

Proudest moment of the week: the race. Even convinced a friend I used to go to yoga with (before I stopped going because of my knee) to run/walk with me.