Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

Hi, I'm Kate...I would love to find a group for support as well. I also took a break from MFP for quite awhile and am back trying to start over. I work a stressful desk job. Have gained quite a bit of weight in the last two years and am just disgusted with myself. I want to feel better! I also have a beautiful 13 year old daughter and I want to start setting a better example of health for her!

@rachel0778 I like the December goal thing to. I will add them at the end.

@sproutismyhero Welcome to the group. Just check in when you can. You can do this.

@bluepoppies777 You and Shy crack me up. You guys could be twins! I haven't actually signed up yet, I will though. There is no way you can be too old. I am turning 40 in 22 days, and I refuse to believe I am too old to go run a 10k (I can barely run, but that isn't because I am old. It is because I was a lazy *kitten* for so much of my life)

I think my blues are gone this morning. Maybe it has something to do with it being Friday!

Tomorrow I am having a date with the BF... Hmm what to do what to do, any ideas? I need some fun ideas for my 40th Birthday? It is on Christmas eve, so I will have to either do it before or after the actual day.

My December goals:

~Stay under calories, except on my birthday and Christmas day.
~walk at work 4 times a day (may even add in some light jogging)
~to keep working on my incline pushups 3-4 times a week
~Gym 3-4 times a week
~do not eat all the Christmas goodies I plan on baking.

Have a great and safe weekend everyone!

I feel a sickness coming on and I struggle with staying on track while I'm sick. I've been doing so well and finally came over the plateau that I hit in July. Ahhh Florida and it's bipolar weather!!

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I feel a sickness coming on and I struggle with staying on track while I'm sick. I've been doing so well and finally came over the plateau that I hit in July. Ahhh Florida and it's bipolar weather!!

Vitamin C and lots of liquids!

Hang in there!

@bluepoppies777 - Wow, congrats on getting to the gym that early in the morning! I can do that in the summer time when the sun's up, but not in the winter. I have no motivation when it's dark outside and my bed is warm and comfy.

@sarahshealthy - Soup, tea, and good tv!

@gemwolf110 - It's hard this time of year, for sure. You'll push through though - just stay positive!

@myselv1 - Welcome to the thread! Post whenever you can/like.

@Rachel0778 - That's a great idea. If you're in the healthy BMI and you feel great, why push it for vanity? I like your positivity and congratulations on making it to maintenance.

I lost 1.5 lb last week! It felt great to see that number go down. Then I had pizza and beer. :P I went to the gym every day this weekend, and bench pressed 115lb for 5 reps (even though my personal trainer wanted me to do 10... I'm not that strong yet!) for 4 sets. Not bad. I'm going to try and stay pretty close to my target calories this week and not be tempted to eat all of the chocolate I bought at the Lindt store last weekend.

December Goals:
- Accurately track in MFP, even in on the weekends!
- Go to the gym 5 x a week.
- Try to save up calories for when I'm going to binge on the weekends.
- Stay positive!

@Rachel0778 - Thank you!! I appreciate it! And I agree with @gemwolf110 - it might be the wheels! Wait to see how they feel when you skate the lap with the sticky wheels. I understand your feelings of frustration, but your team is staying positive, and they believe in you. If you beat yourself up too much, the negativity will get in the way of you having fun. You're going to pass that test!

@gemwolf110 - Glad to hear that your ankle is feeling better! Do you have an ornament for every puppy? That is the cutest!

I didn't end up going to the gym yesterday; my upper back was in a lot of pain. Will probably go tonight now that it is feeling a little bit better. Need to make up for missing it yesterday anyway. I made cranberry chocolate chip oatmeal cookies (only 91 calories per serving, so not bad!) and brought them into work as a kind treat for everyone. They were gone in less than two hours! I didn't expect them to disappear that quickly, but they did. Probably for the best; I have a handful of them at home still anyway.

Hi ladies! Update on my December goals:
Track every day: Fail... actually epic fail. Why is this so hard??? Does anyone else have this problem? Gah!
Gym 5 x week (changed to do something every day): Check! I have done something active every day, sunday was really stretching it, but yesterday I made up for it with lots of exercise, including a long walk last night that I forgot to track.
Positive attitude: check/fail. Having the good days/bad days with my inner dialogue! Still working on it.
Healthier food choices: Check/fail. Did buy and prep veggies, that was good! Also have had some healthy meals. But then last night baked muffins and loaf and ate way too much of it! GAHH! Carbs are my #1 problem.
Cut back on booze: I knew I wouldn't be able to do this. Epic fail. Been drinking a LOT of rum and eggnog - I've been feeling really Christmas-y and festive, and I'm excited about christmas, so I've been enjoying a little too much of that good stuff!! LOL

Rachel - I agree with everyone, get your fancy wheels on and then give yourself the biggest pep talk in the world. tell yourself you are going to rock the *kitten out of this skating test - and then kill it! Confidence x a million! You can do it, we believe in you!
Also, good idea with the maintenance. I was thinking you know what? I should do maintenance too. LOL then I thought nope, can't do maintenance when I still have 30+ lbs left to lose!!! HA! Good for you for reaching your goals!

Gem - hope your ankle heals up fast! I hate injuries, it's frustrating when you want to do stuff and you are held back with pain. Cute about the ornaments for the pooches! We used to do a new ornament in each stocking every year, but this year we aren't going to do it. Our tree is full, so I will leave it for this year.

June - I like your goals, ours are similar! And good for you for the weigh lifting - you are killing it! Good work on the weight loss!!

Shy - my twin! LOL we should definitely party, I have a sneaking suspicion that it would turn into a gong show somehow! HA!! Good for you for being done your shopping too. I'm happy I'm done too (more time to drink rum and eggnog... errr I mean more gym time in December!) The ugly sweater pub crawl sounds hilar! I love watching the christmas movies too. last night my younger son and I watched Yogi Bear's Christmas. It's from when I was a kid! We already watching Christmas Vacation on the weekend as a family - that's a yearly tradition.

I'm going to an ugly sweater Christmas party this Saturday night too. Only ladies (8 of us who worked together about 12 years ago and still get together). It gets CRAZY fun, our husbands take turns driving us all home after events because we get into trouble (been kicked out of places before). It's at one of the ladies houses this time, so we should be good! LOL. Let's just say I won't be tracking that evening, there's no way I would even want to know the cals in the drinks!!!

Going to spin class after work. And will wake up early tomorrow morning and get my butt to the gym! have a great day everyone!

@jdelaroy 40lbs is amazing!!!! You are absolutely rocking it! I hope your Christmas mood comes back in time for the holiday. Putting up the tree always helps mine too

@gemwolf110 I love the idea of stockings for the pups! Chance always gets a present to open at Christmas but I bet he'd love to pull it out of a stocking. And please take care of that ankle. I know it's hard to be out of commission, but you'll heal much faster if you care for it now

@bluepoppies777 Your friends sound like a lot of fun! I hope you enjoy your night out to the fullest! I'm definitely in the Christmas mood too which does make it really hard not to overindulge! Tracking for me has become second nature though. I just do it in the morning and then don't think about it for the rest of the day. I figure if I'm going to go on maintenance I better still keep track of things so I don't start going the other direction!

@ShyCush6 I absolutely love curling up with Christmas movies too! I watched a couple cheesy ones on Netflix last night instead of going to the gym...whoops! Tonight I'll do much better about my activity. I hope you have fun at your ugly sweater bar crawl! We do the 12 Bars of Christmas with our friends as well and it's always a blast!

@wishfuljune How is your back feeling today? Those cookies do sound amazing!

Thank you everyone for the pep talk. I definitely needed that! The wheels should be getting in today so hopefully I'll notice a huge difference when I hit the gym!

Tonight we've got a fundraiser at Pizza Ranch. I've never been there before so it should be fun and I hear they have a salad bar so I have some healthy options I've got 3 parties in a row this weekend so I'm banking my calories for then. I've also got to shop for Secret Santa, the Sock Exchange, and bake cookies for the cookie swap! The holidays definitely get busier as I get older!

My dog refused to go on his walk for the third morning in a row (he's decided it's too cold. I reminded him that he's a Minnesota dog and 24 degrees is not THAT cold). I decided to go without him because I miss having that morning activity before work. It sets me up to be active throughout the day which I really need, especially since I've fallen into lazy habits like sitting on the couch after work and skipping the gym last night to watch Christmas movies. This season is when I'm supposed to be more active, not less!