Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

Well yesterday was a pretty good day, if you minus the Reeses Peanut Butter cups I ate (2) and a small bowl of ice cream) Somehow I managed to stay under calories (barely). I did 30 squats for the first time in decades. My legs are yelling at me today.

For some reason I have the munchies. I don't believe I am hungry, pretty sure I'm not thirsty (already drank 1.5 bottles of water), too much work to be bored, and not stressed. So why oh why do I want to eat everything in sight? and then some?

Last night we checked out another gym by us. It looks great! Have the normal weights and cardio machines, plus they have the cinema cardio room, classes, tanning, hydro massages, swim pool, infrared saunas, hot tub, pool, a track area, you can get your body analysis done (supposed to be pretty in depth) and they have group training. It is small group training with a trainer and you just sign up for whatever session you want. Oh, and everyone seemed super friendly. I think the BF and I have decided to go with the gym.

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@jdelaroy Congrats on the new gym! It sounds amazing. I've always wanted to do a body analysis, the results would be fascinating!

@gemwolf110 Wedding dress shopping sounds like fun! Any silhouettes you're leaning towards?

Today is my test out for basic skating skills for roller derby. Wish me luck that I pass the test!

@jdelaroy - that sounds like an amazing gym!! Enjoy the benefits, and let us know how the small group training goes if you decide to do it. It sounds like it would be super motivating.

@gemwolf110 - For some reason, I immediately thought of Say Yes To the Dress when you talked about posting your favorite wedding dresses up as motivation. You can do this!

@Rachel0778 - Good luck on your test today! I'm sure you will crush it!

I've been pretty busy overall these past few days since NaNoWriMo started (National Novel Writing Month), and have been spending most of my hours after work doing writing sprints for my novel. I have to do some at-home workout videos and yoga for my MFP challenges today, which will be a nice little reward in between writing sprints. I'm hoping to hit 9,663 words today.

@wishfuljune Sounds like you're making great progress on NaNoWritMo! What's your story about?

@janetay01 You guys have been hit with all the illnesses this year! Have fun at your girls night tonight!

@gemwolf110 That dress is stunning. I am sure you are going to look gorgeous in it!

@jdelaroy Let us know how the trial goes this weekend!

I PASSED THE TEST!!! I am so excited that I can now go onto the full contact portion of derby! I've still got 1 more test in mid-December before I make the team but my odds are looking better.

Doing ok - just busy, busy! Guessing same for everyone given how quiet it is on here.

@soli0002003 - welcome to the thread!

Rachael - congratulation, knew you could do it. Now to push for the team slot!

Had a great night out with girlfriends on Friday - spaghetti Bolognese, panna cotta with fresh fruit and 2 glasses of red wine. So let my hair down without going nuts - really enjoyed it . Busy weekend with chores, swimming with Alistair, feeding the ducks then more chores. And we got the last shelf up in my office last night - woohoo!

Have a good Monday all

I just stumbled across this thread. You guys are so amazing and encouraging!

Welcome @soli0002003 and @BestVersionOfMe301!

@jdelaroy Sorry to hear your weekend was a downer Hopefully the routine will help today

@janetay01 Glad to hear you had a great girls night out!

My weekend was amazing! I was able to spend Friday night catching up with my Mom. Saturday I had my trail race. We didn't go the full 8 hours, but we did run 8 trail miles and walked 13 more so I got a great workout in. Then on Saturday night I got together with a bunch of friends to see Thunder from Down Under! I was way more impressed by the show than I was expecting to be, it was an absolute blast! On Sunday I was so exhausted I basically spent the entire day on the couch.

On the downside I basically ate my way through this weekend, it was junk food-a-polooza! I really need to get out of this habit that I've fallen into the last few weeks before the holidays hit.

I also need to get out of the comparison trap. I'm really proud of my body and all that it can do and I need to remind myself of that when I see friends who are much thinner and get jealous.

@jdelaroy Thanks!!

@gemwolf110 Thanks!
Oh my, sorry to hear about your knee. Take care though!

@rachel0778 Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend. I am beginning to be jealous of them. You always sound like you are having fun, and doing something great.

@jenhul Great job! I feel like I have been in a slow fall off the wagon. I have been struggling to hold on, so anything that gets you motivated is fantastic.

@ShyCush6 oh my gosh, you are always so busy! I hope you get to come up for breath soon. I don't know how you handle it all. My little sis is in marketing and they have her flying all over the country. Luckily for her, her kids are almost all grown up, and my mom lives with them to help out when she isn't around.

So I did weigh in, and I gained a pound from last weeks weigh in. No surprise there though. It is a bummer, especially since Saturday when I weight it said I was down a pound from the week before. I am going with some of it is from eating too much, and some is water weight.

We haven't joined the gym yet, we are waiting for the BF to get back at the end of the week. However, I still had one free day to use the facilities. I went last night. I was proud of myself, I was a little anxious to go myself, but I did it. I loved the cinema area. I spent a total of an hour doing cardio. Woo hoo, and I managed to stay below calories yesterday.

My NSV's for the week. My little sister (very athletic and super fit) was visiting my older sister and made a comment about how well I am doing, and how proud of me she was. This is awesome (She usually is the one that picks at everyone)

My favorite one. I was making dinner and doing squats while I was waiting for something to cook in the kitchen. My youngest daughter comes in and exclaims "Mommy, you aren't really fat anymore!"

@jdelaroy That's great NSV"s for sure! The best of all, is that you are feeling proud of yourself!

Hey guys! Sorry I've been MIA. I briefly read everyone's posts, and congratulations to everyone, and welcomes to all the new people! I've been super busy with work, Nanowrimo, and still trying to fit in my workouts. Keep up the good work everyone! I'll try and check in a bit more often here.

@goodfelv Welcome Back! I too, was excited to find this thread. I try and come by everyday except weekends. I find it so motivational to see how everyone else is doing and what they are doing to stay healthy.

@rachel0778 I have been trying to be more positive and open to new experiences. It is a long process though. I loved your idea of avoiding all the media crap after voting. I did the same.

@jenhul Thanks! I am trying to be more positive about my accomplishments. My older sister suffers from depression and has a hard time being proud of herself, and acknowledging when she has done something great. Seeing this makes me want to be a role model for her, and wants me to not become that way. It makes it harder to do anything when you don't see what you have done. I also suffer from depression occasionally.

@wishfuljune That is so great that you are writing. I always say I am going to do it, but life always seems to get in the way. I also hope things are going well with the trainer.

@bluepoppies777 Good for you for picking yourself up and getting right back on. You are nervous? Try living here. Out of curiosity, I tried to look up what it would take to move to Canada. The website crashed because so many people were visiting it. Hmm, there are a lot of unhappy people here in the US today.

Sometimes when I am walking I have a mantra I say to myself it is all about positive self worth. It goes something like this: I am a happy healthy successful person, I weigh 140 pounds (goal weight), I am loved, I am a good mother, sister, friend, daughter, and girlfriend, I am wealthy and money flows to me in abundance. Try watching the "Secret". It is about positive vibes, and putting things that you want into the universe, hence my mantra.

Yesterday was a productive day for me. I did my lunch walk, walked after work while waiting for the kids to get out of school. Did 1 arm video, did 10 minute jump roping; and in attempt to avoid listening to election crap all night; I made dinner, cleaned my room, both bathrooms, the kitchen, the extra fridge, the living room, did 2 loads of laundry, and vacuumed the upstairs hallway. All of that cleaning would be my normal Saturday morning, might be able to just do touch ups this weekend.

After all of that, I couldn't sleep. I think I finally fell asleep around 1 am, then up at 5. Hopefully being at work will keep me on track.

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@bluepoppies777 Walk by yourself, not as fun, but you don't need her to do it. Or go check out another class at your gym.