Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

Day 6: Today is the first morning I have been hungry when I woke up so I indulged in my 1 12 oz serving of pop for the day, felt terrible drinking pop this early so i compensated by doing a quick 6 minute low impact aerobics set (Well 2 3 minute sets, my Mom skyped to talk to my Daughter around half way through). I feel alot better now, did the set burn off the pop? Not at all, but I feel like I paid for drinking it first thing this morning.

happy Monday all - hope the week treats us all well

@rachel0778 - good luck to you and your students

Well, I've just had a phone call to say that my little boy has a temperature and has just thrown up over one of his nursery carers - so please can I come and take him home! What a joyful start to the week - and husband started his new job this morning so although he is far nearer, I can't really ask him to drop out on day 1!

I would also like to reach out for help and motivation. I would love to have a group to lean on. I need to lose 60lbs. I've never been this large and out of shape. I need motivation and positivity. I will keep my food diary today and I will exercise today.
Today will be a good day.

Hi guys, happy to see you all doing so well.
I'm still around, just severely lacking in any motivation right now, everything has been so mad over the last few months what with Mum, then weddings, my 40th Birthday and a weekend away, i'm struggling to get my head back into the game...
Had a lovely weekend in Brighton though, my OH surprised me with a stay at The Grand hotel no less - for all my overseas chums, Brighton is a lovely bohemian seaside town on the south coast, and The Grand is a very historic swanky 5* hotel there - we had a great time wandering around and visiting all of the little boutique shops and just relaxing after a very tough few months.
Back to reality now though, birthday over for another year, and time to get back to this!
My new goals, get into training for this Muddy 5k in September, and lose another stone (14lb) by October when we go to Barcelona.....here goes.

Well I have been on the boards but just not logging in. I have been to the doctor and told to sit my a** down so I am not a happy camper. Apparently my connective tissue from my bicep to my shoulder in inflamed and I need PT and REST (I am so not good at that). I am on my last day of a course of steroids and they have not touched it. I think I would feel a tons better but I am getting no sleep as I just can not get comfortable. This sucks. I already miss my yoga class (insert REALLY sad face here. I have aerial yoga today and I am going to go and hang upside down for a while but nothing with the arm...this sucks.

The good news is I am now in the healthy BMI range so YEA ME!!!! I found a pile of shorts I am now able to wear. I totally forgot about them and thought I was going to have to go shopping so I am really excited. Now the big question, do I toss my old close that no longer fit or keep them?? What do you guys do?

Have a sun filled days everyone!!

@janetay01 Sorry to hear your little guy is sick! Hopefully it's just a 24 hour bug. Congrats to your husband on his first day at the new job!

@tamarafidler Welcome! Keep posting

@jkhoffe Welcome back! Any fun stories or did what happened in vegas stay in vegas?

@ngolden3320 How did the arms workout go? Hopefully you were able to get some stretching in this morning to loosen it up!

@CariTJR You've had quite the month! I'm so glad to hear you were able to get away for a long relaxing weekend. We'll be here for whenever you are ready to get back

@FitEqualsSmile Congrats on the healthy BMI!!! That is a huge accomplishment! Injuries definitely suck, but rest=faster recovery. As far as big clothes, I like the idea that my friend had to donate them on her 1 year maintainiversary when she felt comfortable that she was going to maintain her lifestyle.

@DylsGrandma Welcome!! Congrats on your loss!

I had an oh so lovely doctor appointment this morning where I got to get my thyroid checked....ugh. Hopefully everything is fine. I haven't been getting my TOM which is apparently not that big of a deal since I'm not on the Mom track, but it does mean I need a few tests to make sure it's not something else. Wish me luck!

I just realized we're on page 100! Woo!!!

thanks all for the kind comments for my little boy - thankfully, it appears to be some kind of 24 hour thing that he has now got over but it was a bit messy for a while! @ngolden3320 - very true though, good that it wasn't me that got thrown up on! @bluepoppies - I'm hoping he isn't also prone to ear infections, we've had a few issues this year with them. It's horrible when they are ill - you just feel really helpless. It's just taken him forever to get to sleep tonight - sat in his cot shouting and chatting about life in general, then throwing his cuddly elephant out and sobbing hysterically - while shouting 'mummy, daddy, mummy, daddy' very mournfully. Life is taking on a whole new complexion as he learns to talk!!

Rachel - good luck with the thyroid tests, hope they come out ok for you.

@fitequalssmile - congrats on getting to a healthy BMI that is an awesome achievement.

Cari - sounds like you had a lovely weekend. We live about 8 miles from Brighton - good place to go on a sunny weekend. I've got my 40th coming up in a couple of weeks - need to try and get myself together for that

Good Morning All. Glad these last 2 days are over. Haven't been able to get to the gym and I am feeling/missing it. High School Softball is over. Girls were in the Championship game and won 16-. Jenna made the All City team. yea And Cassidy ended up with 2 pics in the online paper. yea! (her first time ever in the paper). I went to the rehab place yesterday to visit my dad. I can believe the progress he is making. When he first went the ER and for months prior he was walking with his cane and literally walked like he was 120. Now that the swelling in his legs and feet is gone he is walking around like he did a couple of years ago. Not like some feeble old man. Thank you God.

@health_guard glad the first day of classes went well. Have fun!

@janetay01 Glad your baby is feeling better.

YEA us on reaching page 100. We rock!

Good morning everyone! I am new to the MyFitness App and wanted to say hello! I would love an accountability partner to help keep me motivated and on track. If you are interested, please let me know so we can help each other throughout our weight loss journey! Have a blessed day everyone!!

chasidee90 wrote: »

Good Morning. Work has been super stressful this week and I can tell it is affecting my weightloss. So looks like destressing is in my future...
Also weird thing happens when I walk... When I go for a long walk my hands swell so much and get tingly... Does this happen to any of you? I might not be drinking anough water?

This happened to me when I started incorporating exercise...I am not sure what it is attributed to, but the more you walk, the better your body gets at regulating it....at least it did for me. And I find walking de-stresses me, so hopefully it's a win-win for you!

Bought a dress yesterday, well 2...size 10 and a medium YAAAAAHOOO.

Spend the day resting the arm, as much as I could. Called in the troops, my kids, and we put up some great lights over our deck. I swear I live at Lowes. They see me coming and don't even ask if I need help, I have actually heard "she is here all the time" Cracks me up.

Tonight I get to volunteer in the concession during our varsity across game - stay away from the candy Karen.

Have a great afternoon and evening everyone.

@chasidee90 - don't worry about the hands, totally normal. All last year I was training for a 40 mile walk over 2 days and after any walk over 10 miles it would be swell city, especially when it was warmer. Totally normal.

@rachlel0778 - great job on the calendar. That is so important to mental health as well

Newbies - feel free to add me!!

@danan01 - oh the beach, I am so jealous.

@danan01 - sounds good for the long weekend for you. We've got a long weekend here with a bank holiday Monday and I've added to it by taking tomorrow as holiday (while husband works and son goes to nursery ) so planning to spend a good chunk of it in the garden - loads to do out there and I figure I can get a lot of work done and get a lot of exercise in as well so winners all round. It will likely rain now!!

@rachel0778 - well done you with the calendar. I do think we have to be brutal sometimes with things like that, keep the important stuff and let all the rest of it go in search of some us time. I'm not good at finding 'me time' at the moment but I'm trying to find a better balance. Re: my little boy, yes heartbreakingly adorable - although slightly less so at 5am! He's learning so much at the moment and it's wonderful to watch but it does sometimes have a terrible effect on his sleep:(

@health_guard - enjoy the field trip

Karen - well done indeed, that's a great result for you. Hope resting up is helping your arm!

@bluepoppies - I hear you on the cooking slump. Trying to find healthy, tasty meals for us every day is hard work and we tend to default to the same tried and tested meals every time. I can't imagine how much Alistair will eat when he is 21 - he is close to eating the fridge bare now and he's just turned 17 months!!

So, my last day at work (when I get off here!!) before a four day weekend and lots of plans for my day off tomorrow. Swimming with my boy tomorrow and then friends of ours have invited us round for home made pizza in their garden on Sunday afternoon (they have a pizza oven in the garden!). They are friends from our antenatal class so the place will be full of small people rushing around and adults eating too much pizza - I'm hoping that with the gardening and swimming, I will buy myself a few more calories for sunday! Then 3 days at work before we take off for a long weekend in a self catering log cabin and then a few days to ourselves when we get back. First time we've been on holiday since Alistair was born so exciting and scary in equal measure - but it's my 40th birthday first week of June so it's a good excuse to do something like that.
And as life wasn't busy enough, I've signed up to study to be a coach (personal, career coach not football style!). All part of my longer term plan to be able to work for myself but first come written assignments and lots of study - yikes, cos I have time for all of that!!!

Anyway, enough rambling - must go do some work. Have a fab day everyone!

Hello friends my name is maddy n I m an engineer works in odd shifts. I need a good diet plan excercise plan n motivation here. Would love to join in the group n add me as friend to keep each other motivated.