MEAT Me at the Beach: 6/30 - 7/3 weigh-in

gotta cold with a sore throat too...so my goal is to go to bed earlier, as my little guy is up by 0500 and eat well and exercise...just the basics for me...so my goal is to focus on them...thanks so much everyone...esp. Vic!!!

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Week 3 Challenge: FOCUS

Pick ONE thing to focus on this week. I have seen and heard from several of you saying that you are starting to feel overwhelmed. Keeping up with logging, calories, carbs, protein, exercise, cardio, strength-training, work, family, social life, etc. can start to make you crazy. Maybe things are super easy for you and you’ve got some great advice (please share it!). Maybe you had been doing excellent early on but now things are starting to slip. Maybe you’ve been on a bumpy road and it just keeps getting bumpier. We can kill ourselves trying to do everything perfect and trying to do everything right. Unfortunately, if we don’t get it done perfectly we might get discouraged and want to give up. This week, the goal is to take a step back and decided if you are getting overwhelmed or if you can do more.

This week - I need to focus on exercise. I think I've been doing well, but I have a real hard time motivating myself to stay on top of the workouts. I've been SO incredibly busy lately that I haven't had a whole lot of time, so there have been a few days where I didn't work out as much as I should have. I have to find and make the time to do it.

Week 3 Reflection: Game Plan?

So you remember the game plan that you made up, right? We’ll now is the time to ask yourself, “Am I following my game plan? How is that working out for me?” We’re getting close to our first mini-goal. Check yourself, are you on track? Let us know how your progress is going. Do you have some great advice? SHARE IT!!! Do you need some great advice? ASK!!!

Here are the goals that I had set out for myself in the first week:

Some goals for myself:
Continue making GOOD choices!
Drink at LEAST 8 glasses of water/day.
Move on to the 2nd (and 3rd) levels of my workout DVDs.
When it gets warmer out, hit the pool at least twice/week.
Fit into the dress that I bought two years ago, but still has the tags on it because it never quite fit.

I believe that I'm still making good choices - I had a family BBQ this weekend and another party tonight and I volunteered to bring appetizers to both, so that I could still enjoy some food with friends & family, but this way - I know that the options in front of me are within my calories and carbs for the day.
For the most part, I'm sticking with 8 cups of water. The last two days, I've been slacking on water. But I'm back at work today and on my H2O game.
As far as the DVDs go - I'm 1/3 of the way there. I do 3 separate workouts and I've moved to level 2 on one of them. The other two are just a little more than I think I can handle. Maybe tomorrow, I will push myself to move to the 2nd level of ONE of them.
I haven't hit the pool once. The weather has warmed up quite a bit, but I just haven't gotten there. No excuses.
I also haven't even tried on the dress recently. Once I hit 40 lbs down, which I'm SSSOOOOOOOO close to, I'll try again. :-)

I am focusing on exercise this week. I find that when I put in the time to exercise, I'm much more likely to make good food choices. I'm doing the 30 day shred, and trying to get at least 12,000 steps on my pedometer everyday.

Hope everyone has a good week!

I want to focus on getting enough sleep. My brain definitely turns to eating mode when I am tired and trying to stay awake for whatever reason.

(BTW, I didn't have internet access last week and therefore couldn't post on this thread. I wish you could access the message boards through the phone apps. I lost 1.6 pounds!)

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Hey guys ... Man what amonth! I got Norwok Virus for 6 days! Then I felt better(when I joined this group) and I've been laid up for 10 days with a nasty sinus infection (still taking probiotics and antibiotics!) ugh ... Finally got back to the gym yesterday for hte first time in two weeks! - sorry I missed last weeks' weigh in

6/9: 142 Lbs
6/16: 142 lbs
6/23: 140 lbs
6/30: 139.5 lbs
7/7: <<<135>>>
7/14:
7/21:
7/28:
8/4: <<<129>>>
8/11:
8/18:
8/25:
9/1: <<<122>>>

PS I NEED TO POST THIS NOW BECAUSE I LEAVE FOR QUEBEC TONIGHT FOR WORK FOR 5 DAYS, WON'T BE ABLE TO POST ON FORUMS UNTIL NEXT MONDAY

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Bumping with the chart so I don't have to scroll - scroll - scroll for tomorrow’s wi. I do not think it will be good news. I've been gaining like crazy - almost everyday - the scale shows a gain. Why - I have been eating and drinking almost mindlessly - then get the guilts :blushing: when I get on the scale in the morning. Looking back at my game plan - I have not followed it. Although I kept up with the normal 5 - 6 days walking - have not done the wii dance games most nights and never went to the gym like I said I would - So no more excuses - got to go at least once this week. Going to concentrate for the rest of the week on what I put in my mouth and log it in - everything gets written down.

Current Weight (As of June 3, 2011): 167.8 lbs
Challenge Goal Weight (for Sept. 1st): 155.8 lbs
Weight Category: REDUCE (-12 lbs)

6/9: **start of challenge** 166.4
6/16: Did not weigh in - out of town on business
6/23: 166 - down .4
6/30:
7/7: <<<mini goal weight 163.8 >>>
7/14:
7/21:
7/28:
8/4: <<<mini goal weight 159.8 >>>
8/11:
8/18:
8/25:
9/1: <<<challenge goal weight 155.8 >>>