Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@angie_kins Good luck on your 5K, you're going to do great!

@lml852014 1 pound is a big deal, don't discount it!

@deidrabugg I love your positivity plan for the weekend

@GillianSmith2 sounds like you have a great weekend planned for your birthday! I'm glad you're telling guilt to take a hike!

@CariTJR congrats on the 2 pound loss!!!

@bluepoppies777 don't stress about the weight, with all the healthy and positive changes you're making the number will follow. Keep focusing on your wonderful activity and eating healthy and you'll be there in no time! Also, I love your sweatpants meme! Stretchy waistbands are why yoga pants and I are besties

Welcome all new posters! Keep coming back

I am so excited for the weekend. I've been running around like a crazy person at work for the last couple of days will all of our presentations/appointments/meetings/open houses. Thank goodness it makes the day go by quickly. I'm excited to just chill out and read my book this weekend.

I'm also grateful that MN is finally above freezing!!! I got to run outside this morning and not feel like I was going to die of hypothermia! It also means my dog gets way more walks so he's not dying of boredom (I feel so bad when we're trapped in the house)

Finally bought myself a scale yesterday...Sadly I've lost no weight. I feel like it will never come off! I'm always under calories and go to the gym 3-4 times a week. Sometimes i feel like it's not worth it. However if i keep going to the gym hopefully something well eventually come from it trying to keep positive!

Keep it up, @britneywentland !!! The weight loss will come, it will!! Keep working out, drink lots of water and keep logging every single thing you eat. You can do it!! I was also feeling down about it today, but let's not let it stop us from trying!!

@angie_kins How did the 5k go? Hope you had a great time! The running group arranged by the pub sounds great. I wish my local did something like that. As everybody else have said - just join in, runners tend to be very understanding of everybody being at their own level.

@britneywentland as others have said, it WILL come if you stick to the routine. But plateaus are always very discouraging, so keep checking in and soak up a little motivation from the group.

@Rachel0778 Hope you're enjoying the chill (but lack of chill outdoors) after the stressful week. Rest is important

I've done my run for the weekend. A lovely 5k along the canal that runs through the village. Very rural, quite muddy, but always lovely. Met two swans that didn't seem bothered and a chap with a metal detector who found it beneath him to respond to my cheerful hello. So when I ran back and met him again, I made a point of saying hello even louder! I've been struggling with Achilles tendon pain for the last many months (which is one of the reasons my running has been non-existing), so now that I'm back on MFP I have created a custom exercise for tracking my eccentric heel drops (online advice suggests 180 of 'em every day); I'm hoping the tracker will keep me on track and help encourage me to get them done. For I am sick and tired of aches and pains just for going for a short run.

5k complete! I had a great time, we had fantastic weather, and I ran almost the whole way!

Weighed in this morning and list 2 lbs. I'm so excited. I had such a crappy week. I haven't felt good and only made it to the gym 2 days. I know it has to b the tracking of my food. I have never done that any other time I have tried to lose weight. Everyone enjoy the rest of the weekend.

@ngolden3320 I don't know the exact stat, but I've heard that it is 80% diet and 20% exercise with weight loss. So good for you for losing this week!
@angie_kins that's funny, fried Oreos?! Never heard of that before! I did all right at the big family turkey dinner last night. Went over my cals by a few hundred, but actually did not over eat! A few people at the table said they are way too much at they were uncomfortably full. I felt just right, so I will take that as a win!
It is so gorgeous here, tulip buds are coming up! Too bad I have to work this afternoon or I would go on my first bike ride of the year!

I have had an absolute blast this weekend. Celebrating my birthday and also a friends hen night. And the best thing is even with all the extra food calories I've logged I only went over by 40 for the whole weekend. I think it was the dancing that saved me, but my feet are killing me now.

I hope you've all had a great weekend

Sounds like everyone had fantastic weekends!

@GillianSmith2 it sounds like you did amazing on your birthday weekend, way to go!

@SumnyUK I'm the same way with wine. Drinking without salty snacks just doesn't happen!

@bluepoppies777 way to go on the dinner party, that is a huge NSV! I hope you're able to get out on the bike soon to enjoy the beautiful early Spring

@angie_kins deep fried oreos and a 5K? I am so unbelievably jealous of your weekend!

@ngolden3320 way to go on the loss! Weight loss is 80% in the kitchen 20% in the gym so you've definitely got the right idea!

@JatieKo621 Welcome!

@britneywentland The scale is just one measure of your success. Are you eating more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins? Are you moving your body more? Those are the real markers of success for a healthy lifestyle, the weight will come with time

I had an amazing weekend. I decided to eat at maintenance since I was feeling overly hungry and didn't want to go into my old binging habits and I'm glad I did. This morning I packed my khaki's for work and they are seriously a size too small now. I'm going to spend the entire day pulling up my pants and I'm not at all sad about it! (well maybe a little sad since I like these pants). I'm considering getting on the scale tomorrow to see if anything has changed, but we'll see how I feel in the morning. I like what I've been doing and I like how I'm feeling and I definitely don't want to get psyched out about a number that is one marker of the equation.

Good Monday morning everyone! Sounds like everyone had a great weekend! We had some friends come visit from out of state, so that was fun to spend the weekend with them. But it also meant eating out, and a few too many drinks! But-Back at it today. I'm going to get right back on track! I will probably do the trampoline class again tomorrow. I did go last week, and it was fun! I was able to get through most of the class without stopping too much. It is definitely a great workout! Welcome all the newbies! Hope everyones week is off to a great start!

@GillianSmith2 Happy birthday, and well done for sticking to the diet (almost) despite celebrating. That's the way to do it!

@CariTJR skiing sounds fun - and it's great exercise as well, isn't it? Hope your legs are ok with the running club tonight.

@Rachel0778 Wise choice to go maintenance. Far better than pretending to stick to the diet, then fail, and then end up not giving a toss and overdoing things. You've got a great attitude to weight - it's just a number (although a great marker), whereas it's how your body feels that is really important.

@bluepoppies777 Congrats with the loss, and I'm well impressed by you getting up at 5:30. Well done! Totally agree with your thoughts about mind-over-matter. Yes. Positive thinking DOES help. We can do this!!

@danan01 And good morning to you as well Dana. Sounds like a fabulous weekend.

I've been good today. Went out for the same 5k as I did on Saturday, and it felt a little easier today. So even though it's still only week 2 of getting back into things, there's a definite improvement. Looking forward to when I can get some long runs in again, I love them, but I know my tendency to bite off more than I can chew, so I'll make a nice and gentle build up this time. I also have a an inflamed Achilles tendon to try to sort before the runs gets to be too long.

And on other news... we've been trying to sell the house for the last 7 months. Had a buyer who pulled out in September. Had it back on the market for a couple of months, and when we had decided it wasn't going to happen, we managed to find a new buyer in November. Yehaw. The new buyer decided to pull out today. Meanwhile we have spent quite a bit of money on deposits and solicitors and surveys and all sorts of stuff for a newbuilt we were going to buy. To say I'm (well, we both are!) dissapointed is an understatement. So f**k the diet today. I'm on my way to the local supermarket for something nice (and probably either unhealthy, fattening or immoral - or maybe all three things at once).

So birthday is over and I had a blast. I went to the Ballet Saturday with my best friend and it was so lovely. I had too many glasses of wine and played at the casino. All and all, it was so worth it. Now I have to get back on track because I eat everything that I shouldn't have last week. I will be walking up the stairs for the rest of the week, not elevator for me. UGH!!!! I hope everyone else enjoyed their weekend.

@ngolden3320 Yet another good reason for working out. I can just imagine the victorious look on your face!

@indygirl217 At least you had a good time. So dust yourself off girl, you can do this!

@ShyCush6 Ah yes, the dreaded snacks. Good on you!

@CariTJR Wow, you rock! Well done with the five minutes, it can feel like an eternity!

As for me... well, I had a low-calorie ready meal that was surprisingly tasty with a few beers. And then after the beers I found the rest of those bl**dy salted peanuts from the other day and consumed another 1,000 calories of peanuts. But apart from that, it was a fairly well behaved blow-out. So that's my misbehaving for the week. I will now be good for a while!