Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

Rachel, the pound class was cool!! I would do it again, but maybe with earplugs. Lol! The drumsticks are loud, that's for sure. We did standing, sitting, lunges, everything, all while drumming different ways. I definitely broke a sweat! I found it easier than Zumba, only got discombobulated a couple of times!

Gill – That’s excellent, so you’re doing alright with the ‘calorie tweaking’, a 1lb loss is great! Sorry to hear about the muscle pull though, rest it up and you’ll be back to your fighting best soon enough.

Jen (Changels) – I meant to look into the Android ‘happy scale’ apps, but was so sick last week it went out of my mind. I’ll have another look soon, see what I can find.

Nichole – How’s the new work our regime going? 3 days off to just chill sounds divine, enjoy it.

Karen – You and me both. Crappy weekend on the sofa feeling rubbish, I didn’t even do 10k steps on Saturday, I just didn’t have the energy. Hope you’re well again now. Onwards and upwards though, good attitude to assess any damage and move straight on.

Jill – I so need to get back to yoga, I keep saying it, I’ve just got to kick myself up the backside and actually do it! Yoga is good for the soul.

Rachel and Joy – very jealous of your Pound Classes, I looked it up as that’s something I think I’d enjoy loads, but the nearest one to me is in central London – boooooooo!

Amber – Well done for dragging yourself to the gym, it’s really hard when you feel unmotivated, but you did it, and as my OH says, “a bad workout is still better than no work out”.

Indygirl – Keep at it, it can be so hard to stay on track, but keep popping in here and we’ll support you!

Jen (Jkhoffe) – Arrggghhh, what is it with these colds right now. Hope you’re feeling better.

Shy – I know it’s disappointing to only see 0.5 difference, but it is going the right way, rather that than a gain.

Welcome gethntysear, jump in and join the gang.

Well I went to RC last night, still feeling a bit rough, and we did a ’20:20’ which I’d never heard of, basically you run for 20 mins at an easy pace, then when you hit the 20 min point, you turn around and run back but at a slightly harder pace. Well, being that I’m still trying to recover from this bone shaking cough I’ve had I think I did ok, I only stopped once (to having a coughing fit) and just plodded my way through it all. I can’t say I was particularly faster on the way back, but I think i did well to manage it at all considering my lungs wanted to explode. I’m not sure of the total distance though because the Fitbit app is telling me different things. It’s logged in my tracked exercise as 3.67 miles, but when I click on it to get further info it says 3.73 miles…..anyone else (with a Fitbit) notice this?

We found out my significant other got the local job we were hoping for so I get to A) keep my job that I love and stay in the area that I love. It is definitely a week for celebration! I am taking him out for a fancy dinner this weekend. He's on the Atkins bandwagon (ugh) so I see a delicious steak in his future

Well, so far so good today. Had aerial yoga this morning and boy my legs are killing. We did a ton of leg bindings. I see bruising in my future. Got up this morning an immediately got dressing so I would not get on the scale so yea me!!. My goal is to weigh on Monday and Friday only.

Well, crazy Karen just realized that Sunday was Easter and I have 10 people coming over. I mean I knew it was Sunday but heck it is THIS Sunday. I have a menu to plan and a house to clean in the next few days on top of my normal stuff. I always wonder how I got this stuff done when I still worked.

@gethntysear - welcome, measuring is important when the scale does not move for sure. It was the only thing that kept me sane in the last few weeks.

Cari - great job getting out there running even though you are not 100%. They say sweating helps clean out the lungs.

Rachel - congrats, no long likes to change up your schedule. It is very stressful.

Hope everyone has a great day. Remember to smile.

I have started walking in the evenings around my community. It's doesn't get dark here until about 8. Come summertime, it won't get dark until 10. It's nice because my daughter joins me on my walks. Of course her legs are way shorter than mine so my walks aren't brisk but it's nice to enjoy that time with her.

Cari the workouts feel more productive. That's good I guess. Rode the bike yesterday and today I did the arc trainer. I spoke w the trainer and he said to do 5 minutes at 4 different I guess they r called elevations. I will have to work up to that as my thighs and butt didn't want to work together. But I did do 3 minutes at each level. Glad to hear u are feeling better. Hope u continue to improve. You have been killing it
Rachel great news about the job. Rachel and Joy. Never heard of a pound class it sounds really cool.

Rachel0778 wrote: »

We found out my significant other got the local job we were hoping for so I get to A) keep my job that I love and stay in the area that I love. It is definitely a week for celebration! I am taking him out for a fancy dinner this weekend. He's on the Atkins bandwagon (ugh) so I see a delicious steak in his future

Yeahhhhh!! Congrats!

So questions for you lovely ladies... I am finding I enjoy walking a lot, especially in the evening with the hubby. My only concern is if it will give me enough fitness for this journey. Instead of spending time at the gym doing the elliptical- I'd much rather take a walk. In your experience would this be enough? I plan to add maybe some at home yoga/Pilates/ push ups & situps combo on occasion thru the week. What is everyone else opinion.

Checking in. Not much exciting going on here. Just another day. I do have a question for anyone with a fitbit. Did your display on the phone app change? All of a sudden my steps are listed way down in the list, instead of on top where they used to be. Now I have to scroll down to see my steps. Is there a way to change the display on that? Other than that-I get to take my youngest son tonight for his first behind the wheel driving class. Scary! I am so not ready for this! They grow up way too fast! Hope everyone has a great day!