Weigh In - Sept 9
Lastchancelj
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SW: 238
LW:197.6
TW: 197.0
With everything we've eaten while at mom's house cleaning this past weekend - I'll take it!!!
Spent labor day cleaning one more room at my MIL..progress has been made, but we have one more monumental room to attack over the Thanksgiving holiday. We traveled literally all night Thursday (11pm - 530 am on Friday). Had mom's dr. appt at 8:30 and then a funeral for our best man's dad (he was 86) then back home to Mom's to rest and begin the cleaning process. We did not finish the room and general house cleaning until 6pm on Sunday so we were way behind schedule on getting home at a reasonable hour (home at 130am). We were so exhausted on Monday, we did NOTHING...going out to get food to eat was a CHORE!!! So no meal planning or prepping was done. This week is going to be a challenge to get back on track.
on the exercise side - I did get my park workout in with my co-worker so we did the ladders, cones, hurdles and even added some TRX into our rotation. We got in a little over an hour and before the storms hit later. Three weeks and counting for our first trail run of the season!! YIKES!
So I'm think I've shared that Cheryl and I have done a couple of virtual races via RunTheEdge.com and we've met some very inspiring people on those facebook pages. A few of them participated in the Disney 1/2 marathon this past weekend. That could be a possible future bucket list for me! Disneyland is only a 1/2 hour from my mom's home (though we'd still stay on-site its so much more fun). I'd have a year to train for it...so I'm actually considering it. Hubby said we could as long as I am still able to walk the park afterwards and do all of the rides...so I gotta get my mileage up and endurance. He won't do the race with me but he said he'd be waiting at the finish line for me....with breakfast to go and park hopper passes - buahahaha. I've never really thought about doing a marathon or running flat before but the swag that you get is sooooo freakin' adorable...it makes me want to do it. So....anyone interested in Disneyland next labor day weekend....buahahahahaha!!!
LW:197.6
TW: 197.0
With everything we've eaten while at mom's house cleaning this past weekend - I'll take it!!!
Spent labor day cleaning one more room at my MIL..progress has been made, but we have one more monumental room to attack over the Thanksgiving holiday. We traveled literally all night Thursday (11pm - 530 am on Friday). Had mom's dr. appt at 8:30 and then a funeral for our best man's dad (he was 86) then back home to Mom's to rest and begin the cleaning process. We did not finish the room and general house cleaning until 6pm on Sunday so we were way behind schedule on getting home at a reasonable hour (home at 130am). We were so exhausted on Monday, we did NOTHING...going out to get food to eat was a CHORE!!! So no meal planning or prepping was done. This week is going to be a challenge to get back on track.
on the exercise side - I did get my park workout in with my co-worker so we did the ladders, cones, hurdles and even added some TRX into our rotation. We got in a little over an hour and before the storms hit later. Three weeks and counting for our first trail run of the season!! YIKES!
So I'm think I've shared that Cheryl and I have done a couple of virtual races via RunTheEdge.com and we've met some very inspiring people on those facebook pages. A few of them participated in the Disney 1/2 marathon this past weekend. That could be a possible future bucket list for me! Disneyland is only a 1/2 hour from my mom's home (though we'd still stay on-site its so much more fun). I'd have a year to train for it...so I'm actually considering it. Hubby said we could as long as I am still able to walk the park afterwards and do all of the rides...so I gotta get my mileage up and endurance. He won't do the race with me but he said he'd be waiting at the finish line for me....with breakfast to go and park hopper passes - buahahaha. I've never really thought about doing a marathon or running flat before but the swag that you get is sooooo freakin' adorable...it makes me want to do it. So....anyone interested in Disneyland next labor day weekend....buahahahahaha!!!
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SW: 156
WBL: 147.6
LW: 146.0
TW: 146.2
Lois, I am reading about the cleaning out at your Mom's house and I'm reliving the stress of the few days following my Mom's funeral when we were trying so hard to get her house packed and things donated to charity, given to friends or family, or thrown away. It felt like a formidable task and since I get next to no leave, one we had to jump into immediately. Perhaps that was good though. No time to think--just move. Wow. Just the fact that you're getting in any planned activity is amazing.
I'm still struggling with motivation. It's too hot and humid here to walk outside most days, and for some reason, the popping in the car to go to the mall that was so easy for so long is one of the hardest things for me to do lately. I can't figure out why it's so hard for me to reach out to other people and ask them to do something active with me. I think in a way, I feel bad about leaving hubby alone a lot. His neck and back pain is becoming constant and more severe, so what he feels able to do is limited. But that's MY thing. He'd never complain about my getting out, and honestly--he enjoys his blogging and his music and other things that do not require my presence. LOL How easy to find excuses!
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Holy hell. I suck. Time to get back at it ladies. I've been slacking and feeling like crap lately health wise. Time to get back into a routine. I miss you all and I am going to try posting more often. I am leaving to go to Europe (Scotland, Wales, England) from Sept 26-Oct 20 but I'll for sure be back at it when I get back. I weighed in this morning... and I'm over 150 again. What the hell?! Silly girl.
I'm going to head to read all the posts I missed, but I'll post more tomorrow.
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SW: 156
LW: 136
TW: 136
After the holiday weekend, the fact that I didn't gain is a big surprise to me! So, I'm happy.
Great to see your post Kelly!! Your plans for Europe for nearly a month are fantastic. I struggle to keep motivated, so reading the posts here is often my spark plug.
Lois, I'm amazed at how well you hang in there with activity with everything going on in your life. The Disney half sounds really fun. I saw a Chris Powell TV episode where the woman did that race. Looks like a blast. I've never run more than a 5K . . you go girl!
Sarah, I know how difficult it is to get workout friends. And, even when I have some, they never want to work out the same way I do. (Don't lift any weights, only want to do the elliptical or walk the track, etc.) So, I've pretty much resigned myself to my own workouts and chatting it up with people in the class, pool, etc. Sharing a workout just doesn't work for me. Not even when hubby comes with me. My trainer would lift weights with me in a circuit. I really miss her. But, I just can't let not having a partner stop me.0 -
It's great to hear from everyone this morning. First off, let me clarify that working out for me is mental therapy. It's typically NOT a challenge. It really helps to clear my mind. Like you Sheesh, I often prefer to work out alone. Certain changes in my life have had me change from personal training sessions to group training (finances particularly...my trainer makes more with multiple people than with me alone, so there you go). I love to hike and trot alone. Having my co-worker join me is relatively new. I like the virtual challenges thta are out there for a couple of reasons.
1. some of them are only $5.95 (no shirt or medal) and they give me a reason that I HAVE to move everyday - something of accountability. Runtheedge.com and usroadrunning.com are two that I've been using the past couple of months. The length of the race is up to you - 5k, 10k or 1/2 marathon.
2. the community of people that do them are fun to interact with, share ideas and inspirational when they have a closed group facebook page (maybe that's something we look into is a closed group facebook page).
3. I was introduced to the IR4 family (I run for - check out the whoIrunfor.com website. Truly amazing)
Kelly - your trip sounds amazing. Let me know if you run into Jamie Fraser or Claire Randall Fraser when you're in Scotland (haha). One of my co workers is there now doing a self (wife) planned Outlander trip to Scotland. If you haven't read the books..download it on Kindle and read it. quite the story.
Sheesh - like you I was amazed at my numbers over the holiday weekend. Not necessarily the quantity of food that I consumed...it was ALL fast food and a delightful cro-nut. Also like you, NONE and I mean NONE of my friends like to do the same exercises and workouts I enjoy (my trainer doesn't count...she was my trainer first and then became one of my best friends). and forget about working out with Hubby...somehow it becomes a competition with him...so no thanks. PPPSSSTT - Disney also has a 5k AND a 10k along with the 1/2 marathon - just in case you weren't aware (wink wink)
Sarah - you've gotta dig deep for yourself.
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Kelly, I was so happy to check this thread late last night and see your post. We're all looking forward to your getting back and getting into the groove, but of course, we hope that before that happens, you have a fabulous trip to Celtic countries. My next door neighbor's daughter went to Ireland after college to be a nanny for a short time and experience a different country. While there, she met the love of her live and now lives there. She comes home several times a year and keeps saying, "come visit.' I do hope to do that now that I'm so tied to spending time off her with my Mom.
Doggone it, Lois, you're right. I do have to dig deep for me. It has just been hard working all day and then getting up from desk around 6:30 or 7 p.m. and leaving the house with hubby in such pain. But we're hoping that this new doc can do something to get him some relief, and of course, the humid hot weather will not last forever. As far as other people, I don't so much want someone to work out with--I just know that when I've made a commitment to meet someone to do something, I keep the commitment.
I heard from my sister this morning, and it appears that my parent's home has sold. Such a combination of relief and sadness. Odd to think that I'll never go back to a house that held so many memories.
Sheesh my friend, I guess we have celebrate the fact that we're not quite as "old ladyish" as some other folks our age. LOL You would have thought I was a young punk if you could have heard me yelling at the Nats last night. Our hopes for a division championship are pretty much gone. Oh well--next year. Now I can just watch and enjoy baseball for the art of the game.0 -
Well today is a new day and I'm still really struggling to find motivation to work out. I have started watching my portion sizes and what I eat.. so that should help a bit. Not sure what it is... but I have very little motivation. It's there for a minute and then gone. I'm particularly motivated right before bed.. thinking.. yes, I will be better tomorrow.. and then I'm just not. I'll get there eventually. Being on this site really helps me though. It's nice to know what you are all up to!0
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I know exactly what you mean, Kelly. I too have that resolve in the evening for the next day that somehow doesn't pan out. I simply have to start doing something different, or I am going to continue to creep upward and find new, but higher plateaus. Early this week, the scale dipped down to 145 and I felt re-energized. I ate healthy and stayed within my goal for the next couple of days and stepped on the scale expecting to see something that would give me a further boost. I was back up to 147--almost 148.
I think I am going to have to go to a conference in a couple of weeks. I had all my suits taken up when I was at least 10 pounds less than this. I'm wondering if I will have any business clothes that fit me.
To say, I'm frustrated would be an understatement, but I absolutely know that I cannot throw up my hands, and say "what's the use." I have to confess though--I'm feeling whiny. Work has been very stressful and I've had to spend longer hours just sitting. And at night, I'm dealing with things related to Mom estate that are sit down chores, and I'm doing things for hubby who is just hanging on with this pain, hoping that soon he'll get some relief, even if it means surgery.
But all that is still small potatoes next to what many people deal with. I'm watching my next door neighbor struggling to get a house ready to sell, move into another house, take care of two little boys and all the new school year stuff, and work full time. And I whine??
So, it's time to do what I know works. Eat regularly. Stop eating before I feel full. (I will still feel full in a few minutes.) Move my behind. Log my food every day. (I just realized that I didn't log after lunch on Wednesday and neither hubby nor I can remember what we had for dinner that day!) Keep telling you guys what I'm doing. Make commitments to you, because I'm better at keeping commitments I make to other people.
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hello... popping in to say I haven't died, haven't thrown in the towel or given up but have just been incredibly busy and not able to do much in the way of anything. It seems to be the way life has been running for months and we are heading into our "busy" season shortly so I don't see any improvement any time soon. Haven't forgotten ya'll though... but if it's a choice between posting and logging food or doing exercise, I'm going to skip the posting.
According to my notebook, I am holding my own with the weight... up a few, down a few but basically holding steady at 183. I'd like to have used the last several months to have brought it down but nothing I can do over what is past. Not getting exercise like I'd like but still trying when I can. I know I'm eating healthier
Well, except for this week's snacking. Snacking does me in... Not happy to be seeing the dr on Wed and not being at the goal weight I had set for myself... but here again, it is what it is. Was incredibly busy with work, took time off to go to Grandbabyland and got hit really hard with my asthma while up there. Two rounds of steroids, a steroid shot and several different inhalers/nebulizer meds and I am just now starting to breathe again without constant wheezing. To say I am tired is an understatement... and we are working 2 short at the office next week. Ugh.
Stopped in at the site long enough to try logging food plan for the next several days and thought I really ought to pop in here too. Not sure when I will have the opportunity to get back at this rate but rest assured I will still keep plugging along.
Kelly, I envy your trip to the land of my heritage Mom wants me to take her to Ireland next year and I want to see Scotland. You'll have to let me know the "you can't miss" things you see on your trip
Lois, you sure have your plate full with all that is going on from the sounds of it. Glad you are able to be there for your mom but understand the load it puts on you. Good for you and your exercising efforts.
And the rest of you... keep hanging in there and doing what you need to do. You may not be where you want to be but you are where I *used* to be and where I want to be once again. Don't let it creep up on you...
forgive me for not addressing more but I have a number of things I still need to get done with my afternoon (like cooking ahead for this weeks' lunches and dinners) I am packing both lunch/dinner to compensate for the long hours away from home. At least the weather will be cooling off in the next few months and I should be able to get out for walks during my lunch break... at least that is the plan and until then, I walk or peddle at home...
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