Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

Joy - that cat meme was me on Wednesday night - regret nothing, apologise for nothing!

@kasey39 - I'm with you on the sodiumlevels. Although I like my chocolate, I will naturally reach for the savoury snacks most of the time. We don't add it to any of the meals that we make so not too much of a problem there but I've had days where I could deal with a bag of Doritos/tube of Pringles single handed - and that would give me enough sodium to last for weeks!

Jen - so glad that your week has taken a turn for the better. Hope roller skating went well. Understand about the MIL - it's impossible to put down boundaries in that situation and therefore must make it very hard.

Shy - love the photo. She's watching that bowl so closely!! Sounds like you've got a great weekend lined up - enjoy yourselves

Rachel - thank you, I'll look up Walk Away the Pounds on Youtube. Pre-logging went ok earlier in the week but it's all gone out of the window in the last couple of days! Sorry to hear about Derby being at risk - is there anything you can do to try and push the recruitment of a new trainer?

It's been a mixed couple of days here. The terrorist incident in London on Wednesday was about a mile and a half from my office and, whilst we weren't impacted at all, it's just a stark reminder of the nasty element of the world that we live in and the risks of working in a big city like that. So came home on Wednesday night and gave my two boys a huge hug - husband was fine, Alistair wriggled away saying 'no don't cuddle me mummy'!! Then proceeded to eat with abandon in the evening. And as for yesterday - well I should never have got out of bed. Never got going for the day and was really, really unproductive at work. So back on it today. We have a friends birthday lunch tomorrow which will be nice - and then nothing planned for Sunday. We'll probably try and find somewhere to go on Sunday but after the busy nature of last weekend and a long week at work, I'm looking forward to a quiet one. Hope you all have great weekends...

Me this weekend

Now I can say it.... Happy Friday, Lovely Ladies!! LOL! Glad it's finally here. It's raining today, so ended up not going to the gym this morning (was dark and cold!) Tomorrow if it is nice I will be going for a long hike with a friend. I'm a fair weather outdoor person - don't like to walk/bike/hike in the rain!

Rachel - YES the live action cinderella movie was amazing! I think I liked it better than the beauty and the beast live action, but both are so good! Definitely try to see if it is on netflix!! maybe this weekend when you are sitting around on your *kitten*! HA! enjoy that, by the way! (oh the joys of a life with no kids - do what you want, when you want!)

Jane! So glad that you are ok and were not affected the other day! Wow, talk about close to home. I'm sad that these crazy acts are getting worse and closer together, like on the way to becoming the new normal. It's scary! Definitely hug your family tight (even if he's trying to get away!) HA! Such a boy, mine do that still!

Well, enjoy your weekends, everyone! We have company staying with us for the weekend, so I'm going to try hard to cook healthy and not drink an entire vat of wine! PFF!

Friyay, finally! Well, I will admit it, bad week here on several fronts. Sloth mode: ON. I am feeling quite frustrated with myself as I was doing so well! I am currently, going through a break up too, as an expat this can be a lonely experience without the usual support structures such as life long friends and family. So the high emotions influence my eating, I wish it didn't but I'm hoping others can relate to this also?! New day Saturday, Gym Babe Mode: ON. Have a good weekend all xx

Happy Sunday to you all. Yesterday we went to our youngest son's Birthday lunch. He grilled desmillo, I made my baked potato salad(with sour cream, no mayo), his mom in law made beans & rice. I did well. Had half cup each of pot salad & beans & had mostly meat. Did have cake. It had whip cream frosting. This morning I went for good dog walk with intermittent jogging. I can do half block at a time. Made some really good beans my other son makes, would like to share: bring pinto beans to boil. Turn off & let sit for an hour. Rinse, add as much of your favorite veggies as there are beans, add liquid (water, broth etc) to cover. Cook for 1 hour till tender. then I use my stick blender to whiz. It's really good plus no fat. You can add some meat if you like, ham, bacon etc.

My furbabies Callie (the calico) and Lily (black and white).

@CallaLilyNess Haha - I'll admit I barely made it to the end, and I've only done it once...usually it's more like 20 minutes. I'm hoping to do 45 at least a couple times a week until I can build up to doing it every day!

Survived a 12 year old roller skating party...boy have they changed since I was 12. Half the girls spent half the party on their phones. I even saw one texting AS SHE WAS SKATING! Geez! Haha! Didn't actually eat much pizza, just had a few Pepsi's, out of the ordinary for me. Shouldn't have anything else coming up for awhile now, so hopefully any more set backs I might have would be my doing and my doing only!

I have not joined a group here before, but am feeling that encouragement is a good thing. I have used my fitness pal on and off, but recently have been consistent. I have added working out at a gym, and really want to keep up the positive changes. I did not have a good Sunday, eating way too much and not getting much activity. So - A new day today!