Young Working Women (career, not corner) *CLOSED GROUP*

I started eating Activia to help become more regular. However it didn't really help but the taste grew on me, so I was eating it just as my daily yogurt for breakfast. I do find that the mornings I eat oatmeal instead I am fuller longer. I am thinking of trying those probiotic pills, I used to take a supplement to help stay regular but when I moved I couldn't find the brand anymore. Long story short, no more Activia for me and I've made the switch from the sugar filled Quaker oatmeal packets to a (hopefully healthier) Oat Revolution which from what I can tell is all natural and less sugar.

I have been working out in the morning for a week now - and I LOVE all the extra time it gives me in the afternoon. But I have been soooo bad with my diet. I don't know what my problem is

Like seriously ladies, I went at the nutella jar with a spoon last night Someone please, kick my a**

don't leave us!

i have to admit....i'm taking a calorie counting hiatus. i'm keeping up (or trying to) with the message boards and what MFP's are up to, but i was going a little crazy and starting to resent my diary!

how was everyone's weekend!? I moved into a new apartment this weekend, so I am SORE today! but it's worth it, I love my new place

Christina, I just spent the week in Kansas City and I seriously left the hotel three times. I do not understand how anyone can survive living there. We are in Oklahoma City next year for convention, but hopefully it won't be so HOT!

I did not do any workouts while at convention. I was literally up at 6:00 am every morning and went to bed at 11:00 pm. It was the convention for my organization, so I didn't get to pick and choose which seminars and workshops I wanted to go to, skip a luncheon or anything. Oh no...my time was accounted for every hour of every day. I did not weigh myself this morning, but I'm sure that 7 days of hotel food has not done anything for me.

I am heading to CT on Wednesday after work but I think I will be better about eating and exercising. I am excited to see my family and my dad and I already have plans to go running together.

Also, something super awesome and exciting happened at convention. Remember when we were talking about our dream jobs and I said I wanted to work for ALSAC/St. Jude in Memphis? Well there were two people from ALSAC at our convention, and they both said to me, at separate times, that if I would ever be willing and interested in moving to Memphis to work for St. Jude to give them a call because they want me to work for them. Yay!

Anyway, I hope everyone had a great week. I was thinking of you all!

Hi from Virginia I'm finally semi settled in my brand new city and I love it. The first few days, I literally walked EVERYWHERE just because I could. It's a total change from living in middle of nowhere Louisiana, where my old town had one stoplight. I'm so excited to actually get settled and make this feel like home. My furniture is being shipped and hasn't arrived yet, so I'm existing with an air mattress and pots and pans. It feels a bit like camping with the internet lol. I don't mind though because I've been so busy finding my way around that I haven't spent much time in my barren apartment. My furniture is due to arrive today, so things should finally start to come together.

Restaurants around here are so much healthier than ones in Louisiana. I'm always surprised when I look at menus and see vegetarians sections and nothing fried. What a concept! There's a frozen yogurt place about a block away that specializes in fat free, no sugar added frozen delights... I haven't tried them yet, but I'm more than excited. There's a fresh foods market right down the street from me, and I'll definitely scour that for a new fruit/veggie to add to my list. I've always wanted to try dragon fruit, but I've never been gutsy enough. I saw some last week, hopefully they'll still have them when I go back and I'll keep ya'll updated

I started the 30DS a couple of days after I moved in. I think today is my day 7. My knees hurt (is that normal?), but the rest of me feels pretty good. I just can't stand Jilly's voice anymore (if I hear her say that even 400 lb people can do jumping jacks one more time I might explode!!:explode: ), so I mute her and blast my iphone and jump around like a crazy person.

Okay, that's it for now, not that it wasn't long and rambe-ly enough. (is ramble-ly a word?! )

Cheers!

Keshia

Hi from Virginia I'm finally semi settled in my brand new city and I love it.

Hello from Virginia as well!!! I love it down here (I'm originally from up north) and don't ever plan to go back to the snow and cold.

Is the frozen yogurt place Sweet Frog? It's a local-ish chain based in Richmond, though it's been expanding across the state. I've had to limit the Sweet Frog because otherwise I'd be getting it every day.

hi ladies, did everyone have a great weekend!?

and ugh, I FINALLY started 30DS and I struggled. my legs feel like they're on fire and my knees are killing me, but I'm staying positive that it will be worth it!

hmm... was today supposed to be a weigh in day? Oops! I think we all missed it! I will weigh in tomorrow morning!

I'm having one of those really ravenous days, where you're inexplicably hungry for no reason at all.

sigh.

Nope - I wish I could blame it on that. I think it's because I had an intense workout yesterday and my muscles are in there yelling "FEED ME" to my stomach.

Try something with a good mix of protein and a complex carb. When I'm really hungry, a snack like apple slices and peanut butter works wonders. Also... water water water water!

LOL - I seriously just ate an apple with peanut butter!!!!!

I am weighing in this week at 146, gained back 2 lbs...I have a feeling that I am not being strict enough with my diet, but I am trying to change my eating habits over all for the long run and not just for a few months to loose some lbs. While I wouldn't mind loosing 10-15 lbs, I am somewhat comfortable at my current weight and as I experience my weight fluctuations I am able to see what food choices I'm making are having a good/bad impact on me. As long as I keep a positive attitude and not get down about not dropping lbs quickly, I think this will work out for me. Does this make sense to anyone or does it sound crazy??

While I wouldn't mind loosing 10-15 lbs, I am somewhat comfortable at my current weight and as I experience my weight fluctuations I am able to see what food choices I'm making are having a good/bad impact on me. As long as I keep a positive attitude and not get down about not dropping lbs quickly, I think this will work out for me. Does this make sense to anyone or does it sound crazy??

Oh my gosh, I'm the exact same. While I'd really like to get to my goal weight, I'm struggling with putting real effort in because I feel pretty good, I look pretty good, and it's awfully tempting to start floating. Okay, so I've been floating for like 3 weeks now. Heh...

Cristina, I was really excited because last week I walzed into the store and bought a package of (brand new fresh) "stir fry beef" from the meat dept, and proceeded to make a (tasty!) pineapple beef stir-fry - two things I'd never done before and had always wanted to do. Thanks for that challenge.

I think these next two weeks, I'll also be focusing on excercise. I've been adjusting to working 11-12hr days 4x/week, and finally coming to the realization that I actually have to enforce a bedtime on myself, in order to have any hope of working out on work days. Health-wise, I'm going to go back to logging everything I put in my mouth - and not eating it if I can't log it. I'm so close to my goal weight, and it's really a shame to start slacking just because I wanted a cookie AND a beer... you know?

Oh, I was up .9lbs this weigh-in, to 134.9 (my scale obviously employs scare tactics... not 135! Anything but that!