Hey everyone! Hope you all had a nice Christmas! Missed this thread and all of you! Let's try and keep it going. I have done 0 exercise since the race ended. Must get back on track! You guys help! Today I will be shovelling the front porch, and trust me, it will be a workout! We had lots of snow fall lately!
Have a great day!

@enuf200 --I have continued to do that 6-minute ab video almost everyday since the race ended. I figure committing to 6 minutes of exercise a day is the least I can do. LOL! I also have been to the gym once, but due to some achy feet (my plantar fasciitis is acting up), I only ran a mile and a half before switching to the elliptical to finish the rest of my cardio. I did about 20 minutes of lifting as well,and man did I feel it the next day! Yesterday I went to the Asics outlet and brought 2 brand new pair of runners, so no excuses not to get back on that treadmill.

@samra338 --My eating hasn't been the best. I'm not eating too much, but a lot of social activities involving food and drink have made it difficult to stay on track calorie-wise.

We are leaving for a vacay south soon. I tried on my "summer" clothes, including bathing suits. Man, I have put on some weight. I feel like the two weeks off of exercise and logging has put 10 lbs on my body. (I'm not weighing myself, that would probably put me over the edge). I did shovel yesterday and I got on the treadmill for 40 min. Will workout today and have plans to play tennis and walk while away. Then full speed ahead when I get back!

Let's keep going - with this thread and with getting back on track. We got this!!

I gained about 1.5 pounds last week, today's weigh-in shows I have already lost half of it! No more leftovers but lots of chocolates received as gifts left over...helping myself to small portions.

Happy New Year's Eve and New Year to all of you!

@BJerzy - which house are you in? I forgot that you were in it, too. It is a fun challenge. Great job only having a 2 lb net gain. A few weeks back, you weren't feeling motivated with this at all. How are you now that holidays are over?

I am trying to eat more protein to stay more full. I am always hungry and this seems to be helping. Is there anything new you all are trying this year to help with your health goals?

Hey guys! Happy new year!!

@smile_laughter --I don't really have anything new that I'm trying, but right now my goal is exercise as I finish my last few days of Winter Break. Social activities make it hard to stay on track with food, but the extra time allows me to work it off at the gym, so that's my strategy until I go back to work on Wed. As much as I'm not excited about that, I am looking forward to more structured eating. I agree that high protein always helps me keep my calories in check, so I'm going to shoot for 100 g of protein/day. And water--lots and lots of water.

@BJerzy --that's great that you've already lost half of your holiday gain! I didn't have any net gain, but I'm currently fighting a 10 pound gain I put on over the past year, and I made zero progress losing any of that over the holidays. At least I didn't gain any more, so I guess that's a win, so to speak.

@Samra825 --kudos to you as well for getting that small gain off so quickly! I bought myself a bag of dark chocolate squares to try to combat the sweets cravings. Now that all of the other goodies have been out of the house for about a week, it seems to be out of my system.

@enuf200 --Have fun on your vacation!

AFM-- I have been really sporadic with logging my food, so my first order of business is to get back to doing it every day, be it good or bad. I also need to hold myself more accountable for the splurges. I used to be really diligent about getting in some extra workouts and "banking" some calories for special events, but I've been lax about that as well. This weekend I have an all day outing in the city with friends who are moving across country soon. We will be bar hopping so there will be a lot of calories in the form of food and drinks. My immediate goal is to save up some extra calories over the next few days, so Saturday's social event doesn't "undo" all the work I put in throughout the week.

@samra338 -- My plan is excellent, but apparently my execution is leaving something to be desired. For some reason I have been really hungry this week, and I'm not doing a very good job at upping my protein. Nothing to do but keep at it.

OMG!!! I'm so happy!!! Thank you, @hawkins410!!!!!

@hawkins410 thats just the news i needed this morning. I have been so off my journey and need to be back on track. The timing is perfect too as i will be done with at least 3 of my 4 trips for college visits/soccer tourneys/camps since Christmas. Nothing like being gone every weekend .. flying or driving for 5+ hours each eay for weekend adventures. Kind of takes me out of my mindset. At least summer adventures were week long times and nice outdoor weather!

I'm so off my game I'm still looking at my unfluffed undecorated Christmas tree taking up a huge corner of my living room.

I have joined the group but am having some trying issues getting the spreadsheets accessed.
I've got a message to google.
I even got a new phone! Thought that would solve my prior issue.
Fingers crossed!


ETA - Definitely would like to remain on Team 3!

Disregard above. Cut to
New Phone- Check
Spreadsheets Accessed- Check
Stupefied- Check

Ready to re up!