Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@Rachel0778 I wish I could sit on a ball at work! Our teller counters are super high up though. I try to stand a lot but I have to wear not so comfy shoes so it can be hard...although the thought just occurred to go buy some cushy insoles so maybe that will help as well! Lol.

@rachelbachel32 I had a rough weekend food wise as well. And there is this awesome forum called Just For Today under the motivation category and it's all about the goals you want to accomplish for today. I love it! It's like a giant family. A lot like this one here is. Lol.

So other than poor food choices yesterday was AWESOME! I posted a blurb on Facebook about my new book and a link to it on Amazon and I know I got one ebook sale and I'm pretty sure I got a bunch of paperback sales as well but I won't be able to tell until they get shipped out. Lol. Caught up with a former best friend who lives in the next state(about an hour and a half away) and he wants to come for a visit soon. He is actually the boy that broke my heart when I was 19 but 4 years later introduced me to my husband. He moved to Philly and we kind of fell away from each other. I dont usually use Facebook much and dont even have it on my phone. So when I logged in I had a few messages from him so I answered him and he happened to be online. It was a great conversation. And I got to have a good conversation with my brother who lives in Philly as well. We dont talk much. He's 7 years older than me. But we had a good catch up conversation. Plus! The DH and some of his friends from work played video games until 2am last night and I was able to listen in because of a broadcasting app that one of them uses. The DH's mic was able to pick up my voice most of the time, but the stream was about 6 seconds behind so I was always a little late to all the jokes and things but it was still fun! Slept in until 12:30 this afternoon. I have no idea how the DH can get up after only 4 hours of sleep! I could never do it! Lol

Sorry for the long post. I just wanted to share about my awesome day! Lol

I'm so excited, My foster, Blue (dog) has a meed N greet this Wednesday. Sounds like a wonderful family with 4 boys & a cheweenie for her to play with

So much to catch up on here - @HGSmith0920 - what a great sounding day! What is your book about?

@Evamutt - hope the meet and greet goes well

@rachelbachel32 - I too overindulged way too much last weekand we have a birthday party next Saturday so next weekend may not be much better! Trying to get back on track this week though - yesterday was a good day in that regard. My goals for the week? Stay within calorie goal at least 6 days out of 7 - this will help me stay on track and also gain me points in the challenge group I am in! And fitness wise, do a yoga session on the 3 days that I am working from home. Got one done yesterday so just today and Thursday to go.

@rachel0778 - hope yesterday gave you the opportunity to get back into routine.

Not much exciting happening here- just a standard week of work. Weather is getting hot again which doesn't help me much but I'm battling on. One of the things I'm focussing on this year is sorting out the garden - it's a slow process without much spare time but I'm trying to do a bit every day. We have decided to put some roses in the front garden and I've got a discount code from a magazine if I buy them by the 31st August - so time to start some research - high frgarance and wildlife friendly high on the priority list for me. So much more fun than work - sigh . Hope the week treats you all well.

Thanks for the tip Rachel0778. I think I can relate to your frustration. I was so addicted to racquetball some years ago, when my partner couldn't play any more I was missing it deep in my gut & took months for that feeling to go away. I went thru a period of mourning. It's just so hard for me to let go of something that gave me so much pleasure, I hang on to it & so it's hard to find something else so I miss out. Not saying this will happen to you, I just had a very hard time.Another thing I had to let go of is I went to a great group called "Reality group" I found it by accident when I went into the wrong room at my church. I was working at the time & my job turned really,really hard & I had marriage problems & was desperate. We met every Tuesday...with a pot luck. It was a life studies group using biblical principles. We delt with all kinds of life issues. It was VERY practical & I faced many hard things in my life. It lasted 5 years, I changed, circumstances changed & I feel at peace about those issues, I learned I was very co dependent & an enabler & needed ppl's aproval & it just changed my life.During that time, me & a few friends met every other week as we went thru the the book "Boundries", that changed my life too, it took about a year. So that ended about a yr ago. I sure missed it but knowing how I am, I had a bit easier time letting it go. I've been lonely for christian fellowship lately so last night I went to a Celebrate Recovery group. I don't know if it's for me, BUT during the "orientation for new ppl" I discovered how much anger I have in me I didn't know I had. I'm asking the Lord what he wants me to do...go to the CR every week or...? so I'm grumpy & short tempered today. I'm not an angry person in general. I'm usually very calm & peaceful but this stirred up something in me. I can say I'm glad God doesn't let me stay where I am but reveals things & makes me grow, no matter how hard or stressful, sigh

HGSmith, I'm an introvert & also shy. I was more so when I was younger. Back before school & hospital job, I worked at JCPenny. The thought of being outgoing, assertive,proactive was daunting so I made up this imaginary person in my mind, how I would WANT to be toward the public Nice, courteous, helpful, confident, knowledgeable so I pretended to be that person. What helped me was realizing that these strangers don't know the real me, I probably never or hardly ever see them again, I know more about the product than they do(they don't know that I only know what I was taught) so I CAN be confident, all they know is the person they see. that thought took me off the hook & I was able to project that person I made up in my mind. The drawback was that my co workers started sending "grumpy, complaining" ppl my way who they didn't want to deal with, but it all worked out lol. You can do this. You can do more than you realize

From what you described @HGSmith0920 it sounds like you're not required to sell anything? So maybe just think of it not as selling, but just as keeping your customers informed about products/services that might interest them! And that's what you base your pitch on - what you notice about their account, and what might be helpful to them.

@HGSmith0920 I was in sales at a bank for 7 years. It was a love/hate relationship. It's interesting to talk to people and get their stories, but rejection can be difficult. But it sounds like you aren't full-on selling, just making referrals and leaving the selling to whoever they talk to next! It's all about asking questions. The more you ask those questions, the easier it will get. I always told myself, the worst they can say is no!

@Rachel0778 I'm glad you are trying crossfit! I've never done it, but I know a few people who love it. I hope you can find something that you enjoy! I'm sorry you've been feeling lonely. It's always hard to give your SO space that he needs. At least it is for me! I always want to say, "give me attention!" But I know he's human and needs to decompress too. I hope you enjoy date night!

This week has been tough food-wise. We went out to eat Tuesday night for my fiance's birthday. I had planned what I was having and budgeted calories for it, but he wanted an appetizer, which put me over (it WAS delicious, though!), and we split a cupcake at home. I still made it to the gym that day for lower body, which I'm proud of, because I REALLY didn't want to go. Yesterday, my co-workers had a bridal shower for me. We ordered a bunch of appetizers at a restaurant, none of them being healthy. I logged close to 1200 for that meal (estimated the best I could), and I had 2 glasses of wine. I went to kickboxing afterwards, and let me tell you, that was ROUGH. I felt soooo full and gross. I'm glad I went, though! If I hadn't, I would have had more wine. After class, I showered and was asleep by 8:30! And this morning, I was somehow down a pound.

I am leaving town tonight to help care for my grandma, who just had a knee replacement. My gym has locations where she is (Omaha), so I am planning to go tomorrow and Saturday there. Should be interesting to see how that location differs from my own! I'm going to pack plenty of food for myself, because I want to stay on track the next few days, especially since my fiance's dad is taking us out for dinner Saturday night to celebrate his birthday. We're going to a steakhouse, so I might budget all of my calories for that! Overall, I think I've been doing okay, but there have just been a lot of events this week!

I've also decided that I want to try doing the Tough Mudder next year! I have almost an entire year to get ready for it. My gym gets a big group of people together to go (I think there were around 65 this year). I'm excited to have something long-term to plan for! I am a HORRIBLE runner (like over 12 minute mile and I had to walk part of it, and that was recently), so I am going to start C25K next week. TM has a 3 month training program that has "run 4 miles" on day 3, so I need to train for their training.

That got longer than I meant it to be, haha. I hope you're all having a great Thursday!

It's nice to hear from everyone. I had a super busy day yesterday. My rescue needed someone to pick up a dog from the vet & take them to the center, so after I walked/jogged my dogs, I went & gave him a ride, got home at noon, made my dish for pot luck & took my foster dog to center for meet & greet by 2:30. They text that they'd be late, so they came at 3:30. They took her home for a few days "sleep over". Got home close to 5, had some coffee & headed back to the center for a foster meeting. The only thing I ate all day was a protein bar for 200 cal, so I had 1200 cal left to eat. It was mainly finger foods plus I had 3 cookies so I don't know if I went over but I'm so not used to eating like that anymore, I felt so awful the rest of the evening. So this morning I was planning to be totaly wiped out from all that activity, but I don't feel that bad. Mayby because the weather is so nice. It was 66 at 7am instead of 80. I mowed the back & took dogs to dog park by 8:30. I was going to go volunteer but I'm spending the afternoon with my best friend across town & my kitchen is a mess, so I'm cleaning it & skipping the center today.Rachel0778, I do hope the gym works out for you, try to keep an open mind

Hey everybody! I've had a busy few days and gotten away from logging But things are calming down. I've finished working at the amusement park for now and I'm trying to get back on track. Woot! Went to a yoga class this morning - I've tried it on my own before but this was my first class. It was SOOO awesome!

hope everyone's week end is going well. I usually wear myself out first thing in the morning with dogs. Yesterday I took my dogs out, then got to act(animal compassion team) by 8, walked dogs for an hour, came home to eat, shower etc & went back for the afternoon. When I got there, there was this poor little dog on the counter hardly breathing & FULL of ticks. A person called & told them about him laying in a yard so they went & got him.Took more than an hour to get the ticks off.There was only one other volunteer (they all left after the morning cleaning) so I held down the office & showed ppl dogs who came in while the 2 staff members were pulling ticks. I was so tired when I got home. So today I'm staying home & cleaning some(already took my dogs out) & going to pool at the gym & get ready for my trip on the bus tomorrow to finally see my new grandson. He's 3 weeks old. My dtr moved 3hrs away 2yrs ago & comes to visit every month but hasn't due to her pregnancy & giving birth. I have anxiety because I don't like being away from home over night. DH will stay home with the dogs, but I HATE leaving them & he only walks one of them on his walk so they won't get to go out till I get back & they won't know where I am. I'll be back late Tuesday night. They eat healthy there, I know I don't like using that term, but my son in law is manager of Whole Foods so that's where they shop & my grandson's (the other two are 7&9) favorite snack is seaweed snacks & my grand dtr's favorite food is salmon. Neither one has ever had soda, they drink losts of water. weird I know.They love my cooking so they want me to make them my chicken & rice. I don't sleep well anywhere at night either & they do switch beds a lot during the night. Someone usually ends up on the couch where I'm going to sleep. They live in a tiny apartment so they spend a lot of time out doors. They always lived in a bigger house with a yard but it's very expensive where they live. I also have 2 grand dogs there. Didn't mean to make this so long

*crickets crickets* Where's everybody at?

I tried the crossfit gym last night and had a great time! I signed up for the 2 week starter class and the best news is if I like it, they'll take the cost of that class and apply it to my membership so it ends up being ridiculously reasonable! I really hope it's a long term good fit. At the very least it will help me get to my goal of learning how to do a pull up

@rachelbachel32 I hope you have a great time camping! I absolutely love tent camping but I haven't had anyone to go with in years since my Dad moved states.

Last night we went pontooning with my SO's coworkers. The pontoon was fun, the endless small talk was meh. The food was excellent. I went over calories but I don't think I did ridiculously bad. I hope everyone is doing well, I wonder why it's so quiet this week?????

@HGSmith0920 - you and me both. I have lost my motivation so badly this week - I don't know what has got into me but I just can't be bothered! On the plus side, I have tomorrow and Monday off work - and I've signed up to a one off exercise class at our gym tomorrow morning - so that might kick me back into gear -something needs to!

@Rachel0778 - sounds like fun overall, although I hate small talk. Give me a cup of tea and a good book for the evening any time over small talk with people that I don't know that well! It is very quiet on here - where is everybody?

@rachelbachel32 - hope you have a fun weekend camping and good luck limiting the alcohol.

Not much to report here - trying to finish some stuff off at work before my couple of days off - so looking forward to time to myself and to get some things done around the house and the garden.

Morning everyone! It's been kind of busy because we've had dress rehearsals for Hairspray. Didn't sleep well - last night was final dress and I think I'm just kind of wired. I'm up and dressed but boy was it hard to get out for my walk this morning.

But I did it!

I would love to join this group, it is so important to vent the good parts but also the bad days to help keep on track!
I am currently doing a 21 alcohol free challenge with my husband and I am not weighing myself until the end, we have also replaced soda with water. Weight isn't flying off and we have been living in Mexico for the past 3.5 years so food is readily available, after my son was born I lost a bit of weight but over the last year it has just piled on and I feel more like a beached whale than ever, pasta pizza and booze are my weakness. Anyways enough with my excuses I am half way through my challenge and very motivated to get back into shape and a happier healthier lifestyle
My goal is to log everyday , I am 34 years old mother to a toddler, lose 45 pounds, get more active ditch more carbs eat more veggies and pretty much stay away from alcohol and ... and pastries chocolate!