Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@Rachel0778 I was planning to lose 10-15 lbs more to get me in the "healthy" weight range. I think I may start a heavy lifting program, but I'm still looking into stuff. I've been maintaining my deficit with eating (minus a couple of days where I ate at maintenance). Idk, I think I need to make a change.

Home ownership is overwhelming at first. It'll get better! We have been in our house for a year now, and although I still have lots of decorating I want to do, the other stuff gets easier and there will be a routine. Hang in there!

I ran farther than ever today! My trainer/friend told me to run 2.25 mi, walk a while, then run another .25. When I hit 2.25 I really didn't want to stop, so I only walked .05 mi before finishing up my last .25. I was slow- which I think may have to do with running on loose/soft gravel, but I still felt good at the end! Tomorrow I'm going to try to run the whole 2.5 without walking. It'll be a lot colder tomorrow, which won't help, but I'm psyched!

The only thing really bringing me down is crazy chocolate cravings. I think it might be PMS. Anyway, it stinks.

Heyy!

I'm so excited it's December tomorrow! So looking forward to seeing my fam and friends and my country, plus going on a day trip to Italy to check out their Christmas markets A lot of good plans and exciting trips in the next 6 months planned, live is looking better! Plus a lot of hiking, swimming, will have a sauna again and a very flexible timetable. I find when everything else is going smooth, I can focus a lot more on my fitness and weight loss, so looking very optimistic!

We've been in our house for 39 years!! I can hardly believe it. of course there's been improvements along the way.
Some major. Someone enclosed the front porch before we bought it. It had a doorway to enter living room so husband took the wall out to make it one large room which is nice. Another is he took the back off the built in between the living room & kitchen when the kids were growing up so I can see what they're doing from the kitchen then he put it back once they were grown...we were an open concept family way before it was popular lol
I've not been working out at all last week...was sick but painted the living room while husband was having heart proceedure & not eating too well either but I feel much better so back to the gym tomorrow

Happy Monday! After a refreshing weekend of not having social obligations I feel a million times better! We even put together our living room finally so it's starting to feel like a home and not a fancy storage shed for our boxes. I do have a happy hour after dance class tonight with a new friend, but happily it is my only social event of the week until my SO's holiday party on Friday.

@SusanDSME I seriously don't know how you survived 10 days, I'd be dying! You are a rockstar only going up 1/2 lb.

@Evamutt 39 years, that is amazing!!! I love the idea of keeping a home that long, because then it really does feel like a home! Your husband sounds very handy.

@gymprincess1234 Congrats on the internship!

Happy Monday, It's a quiet day here today. Hubby came with us to dog park. He's doinig well after his heart proceedure.Saturday our youngest son came over to put the new pump on my car so hubby wouldn't have to go under the car(he's not supposed to do anything for 2 weeks) The check engine lite is still on so I'm going under the car today to see if he plugged this plug in. I discovered sugar free maple syrup! Yesterday & today I made french toast. I make it with my cheap bread 2=120 cal & my egg beaters & some cool whip on top. A good sweet snack for 247 cal. Since mfp, I'm eating more sweets, mostly my fat free plain yogurt with p butter powder or the "healthy meal" powder with 2Tbl of cool whip added. Before mfp, I never ate french toast or pancakes cuz I thought them too "fattening" & rarely had a sweet tooth, now I like something sweet most every day. Anyone else's appetite change in similar result? I eat a lot more veggies than before too

Evening. Great post here and would like to join. In my 5th week of P90 again and have lost 12lbs

.....and I alcohol free for 4.2 weeks but who's counting

Hello!

Got -1cm today in my hips, which means I'm back to 2 digit cm measurements in all places. Woohoo! Feeling lean today and my appetite is shrinking.

Thank you !

Also a major turning point is - uni is over, only 5 exam days left and that's it! Next semester and basically from now till end of the summer I have such a flexible timetable, that I will never have to eat out/bring lunch with me or snack just so that my stomach wouldn't make noises in quiet classrooms when I'm not yet hungry even!

Also got 1 week of gym membership left, then with the moving,etc. I'm going 3 weeks without it till 2018, which I'm totally mentally fine with, it's going to be a real break from everything just chilling at home with friends and fam. Plus, walking the dog in snow is exercise enough

@gymprincess1234 Good luck during exams week!

@ajaymoraes Welcome! Glad to have you here! The winter is definitely rough for exercising outside. Thanks to our "real feel" temperature of -1 this week, I've had to transition to yoga indoors (likely until it warms up again in March).

Crossfit was fantastic yesterday, it was exactly what I needed to get back into the swing of things this week. I'm going again tonight. I'm on the 8x per month plan, which is normally very easy to fit in my schedule, but with all the holiday events and travel this month I'm having to cram in as many sessions towards the beginning of the month as possible! Between that, belly dancing class, and my volunteer commitments with the shelter I'm definitely active during the week. Luckily I also have my BeachBody streaming service, which is going to be a lifesaver over all the holiday travel I have coming up. I've got three family celebrations spanning 3 states in only 8 days, yikes!

Hello!

I've done 1 gym day and 6h of hiking altogether so far this week, but unfortunately sneezing and feel like I've caught a cold. Probably got too hot and sweaty hiking in 0 degrees or just everyone in uni and metro is ill, can't escape the bacteria.
Resting at home and hoping to still manage 1 gym day this weekend.

Food wise I've been eating vegan the past week. Feel leaner, but starting to miss meat. I do this from time to time when I only eat plant based, really, really clean without any spices, added sugar or salt or packaged foods, makes me feel clean on the inside. Also helps a lot with bloating. Last week I craved salt all the time, now good to get rid of that water retention.

Rachel mentioned travels, I have my 36h trip to Canada (4 flights and a lot of layover hours) in 3 weeks , and also 18h trip(flights and shuttle buses) across Europe in 2 weeks. I'm already thinking what foods to buy and snacks to prepare to survive it all without getting an upset stomach. Think I'll just have to pay the extra and get warm meals at the airplane and airport, so there is at least some healthiness.

@gymprincess1234 That flight sounds absolutely brutal. I think investing in warm meals is a smart move, just for sanity's sake!

@SusanDSME Great new running gear, purple is definitely your color! I bet you'll be hitting 4 miles in no time!

The weather here officially blows. It's icy and blustery and snowy. Yuck. I'm sticking with doing some extra yoga movement in the mornings instead of my daily walk. I'm also hoping the extra ball time is making up for my dog not getting his daily walk! I am going to still walk shelter dogs tonight since they seem to not mind the cold as much as my dog does. Wish me luck on not freezing to death lol. I got the good news that my aunt, second cousin, and first cousin will be celebrating Christmas with us at my Grandma's house this year. I'm so excited since I rarely get to see them anymore. It's going to be a cramped house but a lot of fun!

Morning!
I'm still ill, but I've hit forever leanest cm results I had back in May! So thrilled! That means if I get any smaller, I'll definitely have reached a new scale personal lowest/best as well! 2 weeks till stepping on it! I can't believe I haven't weighed myself in 3,5months This vegan intuitive eating is working magic!