Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@wishfuljune I hope you're feeling better after a weekend of rest!

@lessismoreohio While you're traveling does your work provide food or are you able to buy your own? I usually find a store with excellent pre-made options when I travel (Trader Joes or Whole Foods are my go to's) and stock up on premade salads, sandwiches, yogurts, fruits, and pre-chopped veggies. I make sure I have a mini-fridge in my room so I can store the items. That way I have lunches and dinners pre-made and I don't have to make a decision of what I'm going to eat for the rest of the trip. Instead of using the hotel gym, I often take myself on long walks to explore the area in the evenings. I find it more interesting and exciting than the usually sub-par hotel gym options. I'll also do bodyweight exercises in my room or pull up a youtube workout on my laptop to start the day.

@jdelaroy Great job staying active this weekend and congrats on the loss!

I had an amazing Fall weekend. The weather was so beautiful I took a 6 mile run outside and took the dog for a long walk. Me and my SO went to see Frankenstein Saturday evening, the cast did a wonderful job! They set it up where the stage was in the middle and the audience seating went all around the room so it was a very immersive experience. On Sunday I cooked up a big roast (LOVE fall food) and then the SO and I went on a 20 mile round trip bike ride to go to dinner in a neighboring town. It was dark when we were biking back so my SO decided to try to freak me out by telling horror stories. I had to remind him in horror movies, the girl usually lives while the guy dies so he's in trouble We ended the weekend with pumpkin spice tea and cuddles on the couch. I'm going to really miss the nice weather when it goes away!

Happy Monday!
Jane, that blanket for Alistair looks so pretty. What a talent! I am so not crafty, it's a disaster when I try to craft! But I do like cooking and baking, so that is my forte! (sadly, that is probably why I am overweight!) LOL! Hope the little muffin is over his illness!
Chelsey - hope you are feeling better too! Sucks to be sick! Good job on the weight loss!!!
Rachel - your weekend sounded awesome. I love biking around with my hubs and finding new places to try. lolz on the horror stories, that is funny!
Jen - good job on the weight loss too!!

I weighed on Friday and I lost a lb, so I have 10 more to go by New Year's. I think I took a step backwards this weekend though. GAHHH. My friend flew in last minute and we went on a girl's weekend for two nights about 2 hours away. It was SO fun, but yikes I drank a lot of wine. We were wine tasting, and shopping and were in the pool. We did manage a big walk one day, and I tried to behave with the food, but who knows. (Didn't weigh myself today because I think I'm bloated from salt!). I think it was worth it though, it was a really fun weekend, the fall leaves were so beautiful, and my friend needed a break so she was really happy to have that time away.

@rachel0778 Your weekend sounded wonderful, almost out of a fairy tale. I am glad you didn't let him scare you.

@wishfuljune Thanks for the well wishes. I hope you feel better soon. This seems to be the time everyone gets sick. Take good care of yourself, and let your body rest. My mom used to tell me when you get sick, it is your bodies way of telling you, you need to slow down and rest.

@bluepoppies777 Your weekend away sounds wonderful! Those are the priceless moments you will never get back. Glad you enjoyed, no need to feel guilty. Congratulations on your pound lost. 10 pounds is a little over 1 pound a week. You can do it!

Well today is my official weigh in day. I am actually down a total of 3.6 pounds this week. Woo hoo. 15.6 more to go by the end of the year. We can do this!

Lets celebrate our successes this week. So what is one goal and/or NSV you have experienced this week?

My goal is working on increasing my daily steps to average 15k. My NSV, I only had two Oreos from the two packs the BF brought home last night. (These were my kryptonite) Go me!!!

Thank you all for your suggestions on a bad day. I appreciated them. I learned something new today...giving blood burns about 600 calories. (Though this should not be used as a weight loss method) its an added bonus to giving blood.

ShyCush6 wrote: »

Jdelaroy: LOL! Celery is only good with peanut butter! but I totally agree… I need to find something very low cal if I am boredum snacking! Maybe if I do it with plain celery ...

Hey! You forgot about almond butter, cream cheese and pimento cheese...

You could probably go reduced fat cream cheese blended with some sriacha or chipotle peppers in adobo for some zing...if you like zing.

@rpmtnbkr - welcome!

Shy - so sorry to hear about the basement - what an unfortunate way to end up doing your washing! Glad that you got through the funeral ok and had some fun stuff to do the following day. Alistair fine and back at nursery thank heavens - to be honest, he wasn't sick, he had overdosed on grapes for his morning snack the day before and they have a very unfortunate effect on his tummy . But the nursery don't (and I get it that they can't) distinguish between illness and grape pigginess so home he came. Full of beans for the two days and completely wore me out but lovely to have some unexpected time with him.

Jen - congrats on the loss, you are making such good progress. My NSV for the week (slightly daft one) is that I finally got myself a proper bra fitting yesterday rather than scruffing round in poorly fitting nursing bras - when I stopped breastfeeding Alistair nearly a year ago! Also gave me a reality check looking in their full length mirrors - too many pudgy rolls that have moved in. So I'm setting a goal of inches rather than just weight loss - going to take some meaurements today, sort myself a workout programme that I can actually stick to and work on that to the end of the year.

Joy - me too with the cooking and baking (and yes, possibly why we are both here!). I'm not as crafty as it may appear but this is working for me at the moment and it's good stress relief at the end of the day so I'm sticking with it. Sounds like you had a lovely weekend away - it's important to do the nice stuff like that.

Chelsey - hope you are feeling better. Well done with the loss

Rachel - what a great sounding weekend. It's a lovely time of year when it's not that warm but still nice and bright and sunny. I'm trusting the moldy muffin didn't get you then?!

So, I'm in the third and last and my days off this week - husband is working stupid hours at work this week and we thought it would be safer to have me at home and available for anything Alistair related. So I've done some christmas shopping, cleared out the cupboard under the stairs (boring but so very necessary!) and this morning I'm going down the road to see a friend for coffee and a catch up. It's been so nice to have some time off to do my own thing - really enjoying it. On the less positive side, Alistair woke up at 4.30 this morning and despite my best efforts to get him back to bed, shouted and yelled until my husband brought him into bed with us at about 5.30. I was fully awake by this point but he cuddled up between us and went straight to sleep - snoring and kicking me every time he twitched - grrrr! So I feel like I've been awake for days!

Anyway, have a nice day all

I would love to join your group! Ive been here a few times! Currently im about 12lbs from my goal but struggling lately with food boredom! I also like to have some beers on the weekends! which in turn make my food choices not so good! How do I add friends? Also do I just look for this post daily??

Im in a food rut! Any suggestions welcome! I ususally do a protien shake for breakfast and salad for lunch. Greek yogurt almonds yadda yadda......what do you eat??

So Monday ended up being a 12 hour day and yesterday was 14 hours. I'm exhausted, cranky, overwhelmed, and really sick of my coworkers. Thanks to my long days, I had 0 time to exercise so I also don't have my happy endorphins. Is it the weekend yet?