Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

Good Morning, Hope everyone has a successful day

Wow-good luck with your son moving back in Joy! We are at the point where we can't wait for them to go! (Kind of exaggerating, but not really) My husband threatened them today with getting rid of internet, cell phones and they can pay their own car insurance if they don't start respecting the little bit of rules we do give them. All we ask is they clean up after themselves, which includes putting their dishes and laundry away. I am thinking those are pretty simple things. They are good kids, and I have to remind myself that some day they will leave, and then what. But some days the mess takes over and its a struggle. Hopefully it goes good for you! And it really is nice to have them there!

Well we are on day 4 of the cleanse. I have pretty much been off sugar for a few months but when I can't have it I WANT IT. It is going to a really long 6 days.
All is going well here. I am taking a few days off from the gym, with all the painting I have been doing, adding rowing to my program and attempting to improve my yoga positioning I have really screwed up my shoulders. I go to my most active yoga class tomorrow and I am going to speak to my instructor to see if she thinks I need to head to the doctor. Sleeping has been a b*tch for the past few days.

Have a great night.
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@health_guard - I hear the work out videos for the 21 day fix are the best.

@brb_2013 - good news on the new goal date. Keep up the great work.

Joy - I love a good barre class. They are a lot harder than people think for sure. My muscles sure scream the next day.

Dana - I feel you on the sons..19 and 18 here. Sometimes I just want to kill ((hug)) them.

@danan01 I feel your pain with the kids. Mine are also great kids but some days .

@FitEqualsSmile I hope everything is ok with your shoulder and it is nothing that a little rest wont fix.

@CariTJR You will be killing it at RC in no time!

@ShyCush6 I will be right there with you on Monday.

@GillianSmith2 Great job on the NSV. Now that is the way to start the weekend.

@goonietime Good luck on your quest for a swim suit.

@bluepoppies777 I will second that. MFP and you guys have kept me on track. Any other time I have tried to do this I have given up. And trust me there have been times I have thought about it. But now it is just a passing thought. I am so impatient and want imitate results. Haven't lost as much as I would have like up to this point, however I have lost inches and just feel better in general. So thanks you guys for kicking my butt!

Welcome to all of the newbies. Feel free to add me as a friend if you like.

So today is Friday. Yeah. I don't know why it takes so freaking long to get here. Mom update. She told me yesterday that her sugar was down to 85 in the morning and that she felt good and had some energy. Thank God! I told her see what happens when you take your medicine. So now I am praying that in the next week or two when all of the pills are firmly in her system she will start to be back to her old self again.

So hubby is going to our cabin to go turkey hunting again this weekend. Yeah! Love him to death but sure do like it when he goes to cabin. I think I might start going through old pictures for Jenna's graduation party.

Everyone have a great Friday and hopefully the clocks are on our side today and don't stand still cause I'm about done with this whole work thing for the week.

@ngolden3320 - way to go with the self defense lessons, it's probably a great workout and you never know when it might get you or your girls out of serious trouble so a winner all round. And pleasantly surprising dad - all the better I hear you on the long weeks and how it takes so long to get to Friday at work. I'm over it for the week! Good to hear your mum is on the right track again.

@health_guard - heard mixed things about the 21 day fix and I thought it was expensive for what was on offer. Hope it works well for you - let us know what you think of it!

@ShyCush6 - hope the funeral goes ok and that you also get some relief from such long days. Took about needing a kick up the butt - I've been trying to administer the kick to myself all week! It's going reasonably ok but I'm going to the cinema on Sunday evening - Captain America - so we are likely having takeout pizza before we go. So I'll be joining in the butt kicking again with you on Monday morning!

@danan01 - glad you had a good birthday, albeit not impressed by the restaurant. It's funny but it's a side effect that I've found from the healthy eating and cooking all our own food, I'm far harder to impress when we go out for a meal and expect far higher standards - so I'm regularly disappointed and come back realising that home cooked food is good! Hope you make good progress with the house this weekend

@bluepoppies777 - good luck with your son moving back. My lad is only 16 months so a way to go with that - I can't imagine what it must be like to have them around for all that time then have them move out, let alone then find that they come back again later!!!

@goonietime - I take my boy swimming each Saturday and it was the buying of the swimsuit for me that held me back from it for a long time so I totally get where you are coming from - however there are some really nice options out there these days so go do it and think of the benefits from the swimming!

@CariTJR - good to see you back - good luck with running club.

@FitEqualsSmile - good plan to take some time out from the gym, it sounds like you've got plenty of other activity to be getting on with. Hope the shoulder is ok.

@GillianSmith2 - great news on the inches lost, gotta love those NSV's!

And welcome to all the newbies, keep coming back and posting!

Whew, that's a lot of catch ups! Well, it's Friday here and I'm battling through to the bank holiday weekend here in the UK - improved by the fact that hubby and I have taken holiday on Tuesday and Wednesday as well - woohoo! Going to see Captain America Civil War on Sunday which I'm pathtically excited about - we've got a baby sitter lined up and everything! Hope the weekend treats you all well and here's to kicking some butt next week

Well my yoga teacher told me no more chaturanga until the shoulder are better and gave me some alternate moves so yea. I was able to do most of class so I was still happy. Day five of the cleanse and going strong. Tomorrow is going to stink as we have a charity dinner to go to. I hear it is REALLY long which is going to be REALLY hard with no alcohol..

Hope everyone has a great Friday. SMILE!!!

Nichole - You are so far ahead of me. My youngest if graduating this year. I have his invitations sitting here to go out but that is as far as I have gotten, oh, I have bought cups.

Joy - Good news about your Mom. I am happy she is taking it seriously. My FIL and my mother refuse to believe they are pre-diabetic and have not changed anything. It drives me crazy.

@janetay01 - have fun on your holiday and enjoy the movie. I can not wait to see it myself with my son. Those are our movies.

Amy - welcome to the board. When things like to get hard just head back here read away. I find these boards really help me refocus.

I hope everyone has a great weekend in spite of the rain predicted on the east coast for Sunday.

I am MOTIVATED to ride in the largest bike tour (5 Borough Bike Tour - 35K people) in the country, and CHALLENGED, but not frustrated that it's predicting rain all day.

This was last year. The bruise on my mouth was from avoiding running into a car that stopped short in front of me the week before. No injuries (knock on wood) this year.

@karina0679 First week Shmirst week - take it and run. Congrats. Every point counts and gets you to your goal.

@47Jacqueline - Goodluck this weekend, I will pray for good weather. I walked the Avon 39 last year and we basically circled Manhattan in October. It was so cold but I got to see parts of the city I had never seen before. That part was wonderful. Have an excellent time.

Joy - doesn't it make you feel so good when people tell you "boy, you look tired", WOW.

@MFPJVAL ... I had a heart rate monitor I wore when I worked out to track my calories in the beginning. I now sometimes wear it and sometimes not. I would use circuit training under cardio to track but from my benchmarks that was about 15 to 25% high on me. I am 5" 5' 156lb or so to give you a comparison. I track my exercise but don't have the calories added to my plan, it is just a good log on when I have done when.

Found a suit and went swimming for an hour this morning. Things I learned at 36: stop caring so much about what other people think and take care of yourself. I don't think I've owned a swimsuit since I was in high school. Ha! Hope everyone had a stellar weekend!

I'm ready for the 5BBT tomorrow. Cloudy early, changing to rain by 9am, rain ALL DAY (80%), and max temp of 52.
Waterproof pants, jacket and boots.

Hi everyone, i hope you have all had a great weekend.

Does anyone know a good way to work out your body fat% ? I have been on a few sites but it keeps giving me a low figure so i think i must be doing something wrong