"Orange"-Monday.....I will have Orange Peppers in my salad today! Not very original. LOL!

I have thought about the fitness challenge and I am going to do 20 Monkey F*&Kers tonight. Sorry that is what my personal trainer use to call them when I went to him. LOL! It is an exercise when you grab your ankles and then squat up and down??? I HATE them! Oh my! I just googled it to find real name and that is what they are called. Too funny! I will try to increase the number each day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIndH-WJJ6k

Everyone did super good this week! Way to go team!!

@EmilyM8705 that is so great your husband is on board to diet with you. It helps so much to have that support. It is so hard when you don't.

@jennjenn5555 I am also in perimenopause it is sooooo hard to lose each and every pound and when I have my cycle I gain like 5 lbs I get so bloated and so bitchy! Just keep keeping on and eventually it has to come off. That is what I am telling myself. Measuring helps...the scale doesn't always reflect your effort but measuring does.

Today I am going to stay under my calorie goal, go to the gym after work for an hour and not eat after 7 P.M. I feel good for a Monday. Hope you all have a great Monday also!

Yesterday, I did spend 15 mins running increasing my speed, so tomorrow I will increase it to 20 mins. Today, I'm going to try and hit a Body Works class, this morning!

EmilyM8705 wrote: »

I talked my husband into joining me in doing 21 day fix starting tomorrow. This is huge!! As to whether or not he stays with it, I really hope so. But my husband has never been interested in wanting to lose weight or anything and out of the blue he says he will do it as long as I plan the meals. I'm good with that. As for getting him to excercise...that's a whole different story, but at least we can start with his diet.

That's awesome Emily!! Today is Round 2 Day 1 of the 21 day fix for me. I'm excited.

memery7 wrote: »

Sunday Yellow fresh pineapple

Great job hun.

Serendipity0913 wrote: »

That's fantastic!! A win/win situation for both of you. I find if everyone is on the same meal plan in the house it's so much easier to stay on track and avoid the bites, licks and tastes of the bad foods while preparing meals.

^^^This!!

Tuesday Orange baby carrots.
It's a staple here. I was going to make pumpkin panaked before I go to work. But I was stressed and took myself out for a late lunch instead.

Serendipity0913 wrote: »

I've never done one before but I already hate those Monkey F*&Kers!!! LOL

They are killer! I did my 20, tomorrow I will shoot for 25. I also did 20 minutes on the treadmill and 20 min on the bike. We would get laughing so hard doing these monkey exercises. Laughing is great for the abs!!

Nutrition challenge:

"Green" Fri: Spinach
"Red" Sat: Red seedless grapes, red sweet pepper
"Yellow" Sun: Yellow sweet peppers (made chicken stir fry for dinner last night...yum yum yummy yum:)
"Orange" Mon: Orange sweet peppers (Leftover chicken stir fry)
"Purple" Tues:
"White" Wed:
"Blue" Thur:

Fitness Challenge: Did the modified version of the burpees. I added 5 for a total today of 10!! Let's see if I will be able to do 15 tomorrow :P Also did C25K W3 D3.

Nutrition challenge:

"Green" Fri: Spinach
"Red" Sat: Red seedless grapes, red sweet pepper
"Yellow" Sun: Yellow sweet peppers (made chicken stir fry for dinner last night...yum yum yummy yum:)
"Orange" Mon: Orange sweet peppers (Leftover chicken stir fry)
"Purple" Tues: Arugula (Spring Mix) Salad with purple onion and Balsamic dressing
"White" Wed:
"Blue" Thur:

Fitness Challenge: Did the modified version of the burpees. I added 5 for a total today of 15!!. Also did a 3 mile run and a 3 mile walk today for a total of 6 miles!!!

I used a different app before I found MFP where the exercise and food calories were tracked in seperate areas.
Is there any way to disable the exercise calories on here?

jennjenn5555 wrote: »

memery7 wrote: »

I used a different app before I found MFP where the exercise and food calories were tracked in seperate areas.
Is there any way to disable the exercise calories on here?

On the mobile app go under "more" (on iPhone its in the bottom right of the screen next to progress)
then go to "goals"
then scroll to the bottom and under fitness goals go into "exercise calories".
You can turn off the exercise calories there.
Hope this helps. I haven't had my coffee yet so my brains a little fuzzy.

Thank you for the info. I have the free app and it won't let me disable it. It will be okay though. I am just not going to enter any exercise.

Wednesday White baked potato

Serendipity0913 wrote: »

Why, why, why do I torture myself! I was at the grocery store hungry tonight (first mistake) and had to walk by the bread. Mmmmmm!!! Fresh baguettes still warm! It took everything in me to walk by, but I did.....only to cave in and go back and grab one. (second mistake). Since I've been home it's been calling my name and again I have caved and ate a large portion of it (third mistake) Grrrrr...I'm so disgusted and pissed off at myself right now!!!

Try not to be so mad at yourself. I have started not denying myself anything because one night I craved boneless buffalo wings. I fought the craving off by eating twice the number of calories that I give myself for a day. Most of them were that night in supposedly healthier choices. I have given up buffalo sauce for the month though because of the sodium.

Nutrition Challenge:

"White" Wed: White Onion
"Blue" Thurs: Blueberries

Fitness Challenge: Up to 35 Monkey F@$@##.

zydeco69 wrote: »

Nutrition Challenge:

"White" Wed: White Onion
"Blue" Thurs: Blueberries

Fitness Challenge: Up to 35 Monkey F@$@##.

I love your workout, lmao!!!!!! Btw, next week is your turn for the challenge,

@GrandmaJackie I am on it...I have already started thinking about what I want to do for the challenges. Looking forward to seeing what EmilyM8705 comes up with for her challenges. The scale is evil I agree with you! But we are losing and not gaining so that is good! I wish I could lose faster too but I guess we just have to be patient. You would think with all the weight I have to lose I would lose faster....I remember when I was younger I could lose 5 lbs in a week. Those days are long gone. My metabolism works back ward I swear!!