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Ok Im just posting my goals for the week before I head off to bed...zzzzz

-Drink 12 glasses of water Mon - Fri
-Under calories/fat/sugar/sodium everyday
-Big burns on Tues and Wed and get out for at least a run on Thurs and Fri, Zumba on Saturday
-Burn 2500 calories Mon - Fri
-Do 30mins strength training Tues - Fri
-Do group challenge vid on Tuesday

This week is going to be broken up because Im heading home on Wednesday evening until Sunday. There is a music festival on in my hometown so I will be attending that for most of the weekend and meeting up with school friends. I hope to get out for a run on Thursday and Friday when Im at home because I may be tempted with some nice food at some stage over the weekend! And of course there will be alcohol involved!! On Saturday there is a 2hr Zumba class in the town centre which is free to everyone so I am definitely hitting that up in style!
I bought some nice new outfits for this weekend. It's a big one for me because I will definitely bumped into alot of old school classmates who havent seen me since my 230lbs days so I wanna give them a sight to remember!! haha

NSV for today was a very uplifting one that really made me feel great. I was working this evening and the camera guy asked me to stand in front of the camera while he set up the shot and got the lighting right etc.
Anyways, my NSV today was that he told me that I was very photogenic For some reason it sounds a lot better coming from someone you don't really know because they wouldn't say it unless they meant it And boy did it feel good to hear that given that there are only about 10 photographs I allowed to be taken of me before the age of 22

That is all for today. Im shattered and Im off to catch some zzz's as I want to get up early tomorrow and get a good burn in to start my day!

Goodnight Hotties x

What's a good go to "stress" food? I know we don't want to eat when we are stressed, but I find myself wanting/needing something when I'm really stressed after work (like on the drive home). Right now this fix has been a mocha coconut frappe light from stbx. Though it's low call the sugar is wayyyy too high. Any suggestions (besides the obvious "don't do it" or "eat an apple";)?

So I did the Challenge work out yesterday. I went into it thinking it wasn't going to be too bad. It was harder than I thought it would be and I was dripping with sweat by the end. I definitely plan on working this into my workouts at least a few times a week. I am hoping to do it at least one more time before Friday, maybe I will do it both Wed and Fri.

My dad is going in for an exploratory cardiac procedure today. He will most likely need stents. I didn't realize how worried I was about it until I got off the phone with my mom last night. Then I was stress eating majorly last night. I ended up eating an extra 250 calories last night once I closed out my diary. I just kept mindlessly munching. I need to get this under control for future stressful events. In all honestly, up until now, it has been a pretty mundane year and I haven't had the challenge of not stress eating. Now I know I still have that tendency so I need to focus on getting it under control.

Today will be a better day. I have rehearsal for 3 hours, swim lessons with my son tonight. Hopefully keeping busy will keep me away from the food cabinets. Have a great day and HAPPY TUESDAY!

So I did the Challenge work out yesterday. I went into it thinking it wasn't going to be too bad. It was harder than I thought it would be and I was dripping with sweat by the end. I definitely plan on working this into my workouts at least a few times a week. I am hoping to do it at least one more time before Friday, maybe I will do it both Wed and Fri.

My dad is going in for an exploratory cardiac procedure today. He will most likely need stents. I didn't realize how worried I was about it until I got off the phone with my mom last night. Then I was stress eating majorly last night. I ended up eating an extra 250 calories last night once I closed out my diary. I just kept mindlessly munching. I need to get this under control for future stressful events. In all honestly, up until now, it has been a pretty mundane year and I haven't had the challenge of not stress eating. Now I know I still have that tendency so I need to focus on getting it under control.

Today will be a better day. I have rehearsal for 3 hours, swim lessons with my son tonight. Hopefully keeping busy will keep me away from the food cabinets. Have a great day and HAPPY TUESDAY!

Your Dad is in my heart today. i will be thinking of you. XOXOXOX

Ok Hotties, its time for the results of "Coast to Coast" Challenge: Week 2!!!

This week we traveled a total of 360 miles (35,987 calories total)! That's an average of 22 miles per hottie(mph). Congrats to Dani for being our biggest burner this week with 4,422 calories! (Kerri was our biggest burner for last week with 4,016!)

We've now bypassed our second stop (my hometown of Dayton, OH) and are now just north of that in Vandalia, OH. Next stop is our most popular city: Detroit, MI :happy: Point C on the map is where we were at the end of last week, just for a reference. Here's a map of our route so far:

Thanks everyone for the thoughts for my dad. He came out of surgery great. He had one stent put in. One of his front arteries was 95% blocked. They caught it in enough time to be able to repair it without a bypass. As long as everything looks good he will be home tomorrow!

What's a good go to "stress" food? I know we don't want to eat when we are stressed, but I find myself wanting/needing something when I'm really stressed after work (like on the drive home). Right now this fix has been a mocha coconut frappe light from stbx. Though it's low call the sugar is wayyyy too high. Any suggestions (besides the obvious "don't do it" or "eat an apple";)?

Hmm this is a good question. I usually get a coffee to calm me down. I don't really drink it all that much, maybe 1 a day or less, so when I do have it I realllly enjoy it. And maybe a small chocolate bar to go with it. Its not the healthiest thing in the world but it really helps me with stress and its alot less calorific than ordering Chinese takeaway or eating a tub of ice-cream!
As for more healthy options....I have yet to discover them!!!

P.S. I love love love a Mocha frapp light from Starbucks!!! Definitely a treat I have to get when I venture into town! Although I haven't heard of the coconut version...dunno if they do that option in Ireland. But I agree that the sugar is way to high. The 'grande' option is my entire daily allowance of sugar! Madness! So I can only have one if I workout on that day

Great news Dani, very happy everything went well for him

Robin, top marks again with the map! Looks great and we'll more than likely have to extend our journey! Possibly back to New York but taking a different route?

We could take the historic Route 66 back (LA to Chicago then to NYC) and THEN "swim" to Ireland to see Lorraine. I bet we could do it!!!!!!!!!!

Hate to be the Debbie Downer here but I think we'll just make it to LA lol. Its 4,100 miles from NY to LA on our route so we have to average about 340 miles a week which is the pace we're at right now. We might make it a week early but that's about it. BUT I'm all for the "swim" to Lorraine for our next challenge