Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

Shy, I hear ya. Some days and weeks are hard, and sometimes we don't even know why. Could be the moon or our mood or ???. Sometimes a pink sprinkle donut can be our kryptonite. But the most important thing is to keep trying. Trying to make healthy choices, trying to keep motivated, trying to be kind to ourselves. This group is awesome and we all appreciate the honesty and the laughs, the shared frustration and the wins. Enjoy your weekend, and I'm sure that next week you will be back to killing it!! And holy, have an awesome time at that concert!!

Also, I laughed at the Zumba story, Shy! That was hilarious!! Sounds like the same kind of trouble my group of friends would get up to!

#dailycheckin - We survived the concert (barely). Some sore muscles (from the insane dance party), a black eye (i tossed a water bottle to my BFF and she didn't catch it...her face did), and a little dignity (she also fell face first in the hallway) were the only causalities.

Aaron was amazing... we were so close to the stage my neck hurt half way thru the show because I had to look up for so long. We met some fun people, ate ridiculous and drank way too much but we danced some serious calories off after the concert. I was dripping sweat!! It was EPIC! At least we thought so - it may look different on the security cameras! LOL!

Damn Superbowl Sunday. It was a buffet of fried foods, junk foods and desserts. But I didn't do so bad. I knew I was going to a superbowl party, so I ate really well during the day. I had oatmeal for breakfast and a chicken salad for lunch. Both very delicious. I even walked an additional 20 minutes because I knew I was going to be a bad bad girl. All in all, I stayed under my calorie goal (barely, the walking really helped) and I didn't pig out. I'm proud of myself. Take that Superbowl Sunday.

hi everyone, i hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed the superbowl. That is another one of your special days that us Brits don't celebrate. we are pretty boring when it comes to things like that . so tomorrow is pancake day. do you celebrate that??? what will you be having on your pancakes if you do. i would normally have fresh squeezed orange and a ton of sugar sprinkled all over. Not sure if i will bother this year im not even sure what the calories would be in one serving and considering its normal to have 3 or 4 its going to be waaaayyyy over the top. oh and its not something you can have just one of as they smell and taste just tooo good.
Feeling a bit better after having a cold but still not back on form. i will however be doing some walking and exercise this week... its amazing how sluggish you can feel by NOT doing exercise even when your ill i really missed my walking last week.

on the plus side i lost another 1.5lb so that makes 2lbs total for last week

have a great day everyone

Sorry to hear some of you have been feeling a bit below par lately, I blame the weather, honestly, everyone feels better when the sun shines, these cold dark months make everyone feel sluggish and miserable. Add in the colds/infections etc, and Winter has a lot to answer for. On the plus side, it is slowly getting lighter again now, Spring will soon be with us! I hope you all have better weeks this week.
Congrats to everyone who lost this last week, you're all doing so brilliantly, and to those who didn't, don't give up, it WILL come off eventually, you're doing brilliantly too.
Super Bowl Sunday sounds like a blast, I guess the closest we have to that is the FA Cup Final if you're a football (soccer) fan, or we've got the 6 Nations Rugby Tournament currently in full swing. Come on England!
As Gillian said we have 'Pancake Day' tomorrow, this is one of my favourite days of the year (easily pleased). I love pancakes, with either lemon juice and sugar, or Nutella on them. I'm just about to go and work out how I can juggle my daily calories to ensure I can fit at least two into my day! Yum.
Running club tonight, and we've just been hit by Storm Imogen who's bringing with her 100mph winds - I might be flying rather than running later, yikes!

I have a friend who is so strict with herself for months at a time, and then gets fed up, falls off the wagon (and the cliff) and gives up, eats the world and goes nutso! I want to try to balance the health, diet and fun, and I may be a little more on the fun side this weekend but I'm good with that as long as it is not every weekend. Have an awesome day everyone!! XO

GillianSmith2 wrote: »

@CariTJR i have just worked out that 1 british pancake with squeezed orange and sugar is approx 200 calories each. I think i can fit 1 or 2 in if i do a kickboxing class tomorrow... it would be so worth it and well done on your run

Looks like I won't be eating any 'dinner' tomorrow then, it'll just be pancakes for me!

@bluepoppies777 Sounds like a fun trip! Don't worry about it, enjoy all that Baileys and good food with the snow and fresh air!

@Rachel0778 Happy belated Birthday! Sorry it was a mix of good and not so good. Super Bowl isn't a thing in my family as we don't have live tv but from what I hear from y'all it sounds like a good time!

Well, I managed to have a good week with over a lb lost! Feeling much better and had a great yoga class last night. My teacher was inspired by my fitness tracker stats so he pushed us even more, it was awesome! No yoga next week bc it's Family Day next Monday and then we're off to Cuba where many mojitos will be had.

Happy pancake day!!!! I've never heard of that before, but it sounds pretty awesome because I love pancakes!!! Just a question, is it pancakes for breakfast? Or all meals? Or just eat them once any time today? Enjoy!!!!