Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!
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Man, this thread is busy! Love it! happy anniversary, Shy! How many years is it today? I'm at 12 years in December... crazy how times flies!
So this morning my alarm went off at 5:30am, and I thought to myself, why am I waking up this early to go to the gym? I can go after work, so I slept for another hour... get to work this morning and see that I have a 5:00pm meeting after work - LIKE WTF!! That was my lazy self telling myself to 'just go back to sleep'! GAHHHH! So that started my day off on the wrong foot, should have just got up and done it!
Spring is definitely here, it is beautiful and flowers are blooming. It's getting harder to get to the gym these days (hence the snoozing this morning)... I was considering giving up my gym membership for the summer because I like to bike and hike, but I think I will keep it.
Welcome all the noobs, you're in the right spot! Keep up the good work, everyone!0 -
I'd love to be part of the group. I have a goal of losing 100-130#. Wow, I don't know how I gained att that!? It just kinda snuck up on me over the ladt 10 years. I just kinda let myself go and gave my kids all the priority. Now they are a little older and it's time to take care of myself a lot more!
. Some days it's not hard at all to stay within my calories but other days it's soooo hard. Especially, when I get to watch TV after the kids are in bed...and on weekends when my mom is arround visiting with several sweet treats in hand. I think this group is a great idea! 1 -
@CrabNebula - where abouts in Italy are you going? We went to Italy in June 2014 when I was 3 months pregnant and had an amazing time (and yes, ate far too much delicious pizza and pasta
). Once we are in a better position financially we'll go again and introduce our little boy to the delights.
Rome and Napoli. I'm so ready to go!
I'm also not a dog person either. They are OK, I don't hate them, I just wouldn't want to own one.
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hi everyone, welcome to the newbies.
Happy anniversary Shy, How many years is it? Im at 22 years this year
I have done really well with my macros today and i am starting to get an idea of what i need eat in order to match them. And I have found a protein milkshake that is quite nice so i think that will be added in to my daily intake
We had a very intense kickboxercise class tonight and i am absolutely shattered but it also feels great
danan01 - I know what you mean about portion sizes, I used to eat the same amount as my husband, but when i first started on here i brought myself a smaller plate and strangely enough it works.
health_guard - great work on getting to the gym.
Rachel - hope your day went well and you managed to keep your sanity, although sometimes i think its easier to be a bit crazy
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...and the Hard Black Cherry Soda was a fail. Tonights drink of choice is a shot a patron with WTR MLN WTR, it is killing the back pain from painting the GD trim in my kitchen. I worked for about 6 hours and maybe got 1 coat on 1/3 of the trim. This is going to take forever.
No walk with the dogs today, totally forgot we were having an energy audit done to get a rebate on our new furnace, oh well, I got to paint longer, what fun, NOT.
Welcome to the newbies and hope everyone had a great day.
Karen
@CrabNebula - Italy is my dream country, one day. Hope you have a great time.
Shy, happy anniversary and enjoy the dinner out. We eat out so seldomly that when we do I make sure to enjoy it.0 -
Welcome Deb, Monica, & Aubrey. This group is the best. Feel free to add me as a friend if you want.
Shy: Happy Anniversary. We will be married 20 years in October.
Jen: Take it easy with your calf. My calves were hurting a couple of weeks ago. Took a couple of days off extra at the gym and made a huge difference.
@FitEqualsSmile: I'm with you on the painting. It sucks, I suck at it. My whole house needs repainted looks like that wont be happening any time soon. LOL
Nice day yesterday here in Ohio. Girls had a game so I went to the gym early and got 15 minutes in on the arc trainer. Jenna had a great game went 5 for 6 and Cassidy had her first varsity at bat and beat out the throw at first by 2 step and field ump called her out. Home plate umpire said that she was safe but they were trying to move the game along as we were beating them a boat load to nothing. WTF! Her first varsity hit and they screwed her.
Happy Friday to everyone. Tomorrow is weigh in day. We will see. It has been TOM this week along with the funeral and all that at the beginning of the week haven't gotten as much gym time as I would like.0 -
Hi all you lovelies! I'm back after falling off the weightloss wagon. I had a hard time with workplace bullying for a few months and it's taking me a little while restore my faith in human beings. I finally went to a pilates class today and tracked food, and am going to the gym tomorrow. So part of the community again, back on track. I have lost 6 kg so far, need to lose another 18 kg.2
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Welcome Diane.
What is with these freaking people at work? They are really pissing me off this morning. God please give me the strength to not hurt anyone today. Lol2 -
Whoo hoo it's finally Friday! Have a Surprise 65 B Day party for my Aunt on Saturday, so I get to see all my crazy cousins, It should be a good time! A small downward motion on the scale today is a win in my books. Have a great weekend everyone.1
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Wow, so many posts to catch up with, far too many to respond to individually, so all I'll say is a big well done to you all, you all seem to be nailing it.
Lots and lots to do at the moment, so i've not been tracking my food, and my Fitbit steps are way down due to spending half my time in the car going from one appointment to another. I will try hard to get them in over the weekend though. I did weigh myself this morning though and there's been no change at all, i'm exactly the same as before I went away, so no loss, but on the plus side, no gain! I must be eating at maintenance...
I'm going to get back to RC soon, but I have messaged them just to let them know the situation so they won't think i've abandoned the club in the mean time. I think it will do me good to go for a run, but i'm lacking motivation right now to do much of anything at all, plus it's raining again.
Anyway, I hope everyone has a great weekend, keep at it you lovely people.0 -
Shy @ShyCush6 Happy Anniversary! How was your healthy celebration last night? It sounded delicious!
@JenHul Congrats on the loss! What a great way to kick off an awesome weekend
Jen @jkhoffe Sounds like you have a great day planned! Congrats on kicking off the weekend with a loss on the scale!
Nichole @ngolden3320 I feel your pain. Why are people so incompetent sometimes?!
Diane @DianePK I'm sorry to hear about your workplace bullying. I hope your new routine helps you to rise above
@FitEqualsSmile Adulting sucks. Thank goodness for alcohol. Maybe 2 shots of patron would help more? lol
Gill @GillianSmith2 Please share the yummy protein shake brand/recipe! I'm always on the lookout for new stuff. I just ordered a tub of vanilla cake protein powder which I am ridiculously excited to try!
@monicathin Welcome!
Joy @bluepoppies777 That's the worst when morning brain gets the best of you! I would have totally done the same thing though
@janetay01 There's an attachment button on top of the text box you can use to link in pictures. It looks like a page with the corner folded over
@danan01 Plateaus are the worst! It sounds like your husband's trip is coming at the perfect time to bust out of it!
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Kickboxing class was absolutely amazing last night. I finally feel like I am starting to get the basics of the movements.
I feel like my hunger has been out of control this week and I don't know why. I haven't been eating any differently but I've been feeling ravenous before meals! Hopefully this is just a temporary hormonal thing. I've set my account at .5lb a week so there's not a ton of room to add more food!1 -
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Was reading through and I am really loving the support here. I just started this journey tuesday and the struggle is real but I HAVE to change my lifestyle or else I will not grow old with my sweet hubby. It is now or never2
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This sounds amazing just what I need. I have about 20 pounds to lose and lots of flab that needs to turn into some sort of muscle. I know if I had a core group that would hold me accountable and encourage, but not let me off the hook when I get lazy and make excuses it would help so much! So please whoever wants add me as your friend. I promise to be supportive, it is my goal to check in EVERY day EVEN when I cheat. Those are the days that are the hardest to check in, but I made myself a promise and am going to do my best to fulfill that! I would love to be part of this group and can't wait to get acquainted! Oh yeah... my name is Karee1
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Dana –I eat so much better when my hubby is gone!! I don’t make big meals and am satisfied with little! So good luck with that! Hope you get a lot done today and tomorrow and enjoy your weekend!
Jane –I saved room for the champagne!! Yum!!
JenHul – Hope the calf is feeling better! Keep us posted!
Joy – That stinks about the gym hopefully you got out and enjoy spring at least! I used to give up my gym membership in the summer but it is nice to have on rainy days!
Monica – Welcome! You are in the right place! Great group of ladies!! Lots of motivation.. check in daily and share with us!!
Gill – I bought smaller plates as well! So glad I did! It has helped! Great job on the macros!!
Karen – Hard Black Soda sucked? =( The Henry’s Hard Orange is really good I thought! Sorry you had a rough time painting… trim always sucks!! No fun at all!! I love painting rooms if I am using a new color but I absolutely hate painting the same color over the same color. Boring and you don’t see the change!
Nicole – Great job at the gym again!! Sounds like the girls had pretty good games! Hope the weigh in went good!
Diane – Welcome! Hope we can help you with your journey!
Jen – Right back at you!!! Happy Friday! Enjoy the reminiscing and great job with the loss! Can’t go wrong with Bacon!
Cari – Welcome back! We missed you! Hope you can get back on track soon…. Life sometimes gets in the way.
Rachel – Great job with the kickboxing! Awesome! Own it girl! Love the puppy meme!
Missy – Great job on the workouts!! Way to set goals and stick to them!
Chasidee – Welcome! Hope we can help!
Karee – Hope you check in here often! This is a wonderful group and very motivating!!2 -
Thanks for the anniversary wishes!! 8 years yesterday! The meal was amazing and the champagne tasted so good! Overall a great night and I didn't feel like I over indulged too much! We did make baked crab rangoon as an appetizer... tasted very yummy... that's one of my favorites!
I managed over 20k steps yesterday so that made me happy!! Hoping for another great day today! Scale is still looking good as well this morning... yes I am a daily weigher... seems to help me put it in perspective every morning! And make my day when it goes down! Have a great day!!1 -
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When I was stationed in Japan, a truck would drive around playing really annoying piano (like a kids toy piano) music, but sold sweet cut creamy jams. They were soft in the middle of the pieces, but the outside had a crackly sugary shiny covering, with black poppy seeds. SO Good!! But I would run for the margarita truck too!!2
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Gibbsy21 I tell myself, THINK ! What is the alternative if you don't do it. I don't want to be 297 lbs ever again. I have lost over 100 lbs in two years and it is struggle but you have to keep going if if you mess up one day just move on. My knees ached, my back ached and clothes looked lousy. Nothing in plus sizes interest me. How about you?0
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My daughter is dragging me to the gym today. Going to use the cross trainer.1
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Good for your daughter!!!0
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good morning everyone. the sun is shining
, its a beautiful day
welcome to all the newbies.
I woke up this morning with DOMS and water retention from the awesome workout we did on Thursday night, yes the scales have gone up but i expected it as i ache so much i know they will go back down in a couple of days. That is one of the advantages of weighing every day, you get to know what will happen, when it will happen and its easier to deal with if you know why it happens
Have a happy weekend everyone, I am off to the gym for a bit more fun
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Good morning it is Saturday indeed! Supposed to be sunny here in So. CA. So as soon as the sun comes up I'm gonna go take a nice long walk!!!!0
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Hi everyone. Happy Sunday. Beautiful in Ohio today. Going through have a cookout. Girls had double header for softball yesterday. Cassidy had her first varsity hit and made 2 beautiful catches in outfield. She doesn't usually play in the outfield so I had to watch through my fingers. Lol. To celebrate we had frozen yogurt. Instead if ice cream. Today having a burger no bun. Strawberry shortcake yummy!
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of your weekend. Hubby has been gone all weekend at our cabin and was by be here me until tomorrow evening. As it is the first day of turkey hunting. Yeah a month off as he will b gone every weekend.2 -
It is a beautiful day in Utah! It's been raining for a few days and today it stopped. It's a little cooler today too, so it is a perfect day for a hike. It's been a rough week, work has been stressful, relationship has been stressful. So it is nice to finally have a nice relaxing day with my boyfriend, and go do an exercise I really enjoy! Hope everyone has had a great weekend!!2
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Gorgeous day here in London - shame I'm working! Fighting off a cold and need to kick myself back into gear - comfort eating over the weekend has completely thrown me off track. Have a good Monday all! 1
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These people at work are really pissing me off. It's a good thing that nobody is here when I get in at 4am because I probably would have been fired for flipping out. Hope my Monday improves as I have big plans for a productive week and don't want my work mood to screw that up.0
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Good morning all...WOW! I open our thread this AM on my app and there's a LIKE AND AN AWESOME BUTTON!! How far behind am I? .... I've had a crazy busy at work the last few weeks and had an insane busy weekend so it will take me a while to catch up w/everyone. Welcome newbies!
Feel off the wagon a bit but I'm back on it... Got a walk/jog in this AM! Feeling good about my weekend - we worked a beer festival table this wknd and I did pretty good! Ystrdy we worked outside all day b/c it was such a beautiful day!
Hope everyone has a great day... Gotta run for now hope to catch up more later.1 -
Happy monday everyone! Hubby and I had a wonderful weekend spent alot of time outside in the sun. I just hope Monday is going to be nice and not a typical monday haha. I plan on pushing my walking a bit further today. I conquered 1 block last week and I am going to walk 2 blocks this week. It might not seem like much to you but that is a big deal for me as I am extremely over weight and the pain in my back,knees, and feet is overwhelming... But I am pushing through it and will conquer!3
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