Motivation, Success and Frustration Sharing!

@SusanDSME That is one long holiday! Great job staying accountable and active! We're in a similar deep freeze, I'm wearing 3+ layers when I walk to work and my hair is freezing to my face lol.

I finally set my alarm extra early and made it to the Crossfit gym this morning. It was SOOOOO worth it! Something about a morning workout puts me in the right frame of mind for the rest of the day. Puppy still can't go outside to walk since it's sub-zero temperatures so we're playing A LOT of ball. I can tell he's getting a bit stir crazy though.

I'm trying really hard right now to focus on all the healthy habits and routines I'm getting back into and less on how much my a** seems to have spread over the holidays, but it's been hard not beating myself up a little bit. *Sigh* Looking forwards not backwards!

I would love to be a part of a core group. I am a great motivator and would love a cool, fun support group as we all go through this together. Feel free to add me as a friend

Welcome @Bailey00030!!!

What a cutie @Evamutt! Not having all of your family around during the holidays does sound rough

Well...I think I found a second fur baby to join our family! They're going to do the home visit on Tuesday, but barring any snags he'll be ours soon! We did the meet and greet with our fur baby over the weekend and it went great. The new dog was OBSESSED with our dog which we saw as a very good sign I think they'll become fast friends

In other news, in the first time in basically two months I actually stayed within my calorie goal over the weekend. Who am I?????

Well I had a pretty good week! I didn't reach my water goal everyday, but I defiantly drank more than I have been doing. I stayed in my calorie goals 5 out of 7 days (Yea ME) and the scale showed this by going down! I think I'm getting a head cold so not feeling that great. Welcome back @Evamutt and Welcome @Bailey00030. @Rachel0778 What kind of dog is your New Fur Baby? Pic's? Have a great day everyone!

I had a good week re: goals to work out, yoga, some lifting, etc. But the scale just fluctuated among the same 2 pounds. Goal for today is a long cardio workout -- I always feel good after a long sweat!

Welcome @CatL1911, not too late at all, glad to have you in the group!

@SweatsOnSunday Great job on the workouts this week, let us know how the cardio goes!

@Eavamutt Those chocolate cheesecake cups sounds delicious! I'll exercise if it's a cold, but if it's any more serious I let my body rest. And Chance did like the new dog. He's always more cautious around new dogs but I think in time they'll become best friends!

@JenHul Great job hitting your goals this week and having the scale show it! My new furbaby will be a 2 year old American Bulldog. He's about 80lbs and ADORABLE! I'll post pictures once the adoption goes through (we're doing our home visit today).

Welcome @aimeescott1251!

Happy Tuesday! I had my pole dancing class last night and it felt amazing to get back into the studio and dance it out for an hour. I didn't sleep well Sunday night and was absolutely exhausted going to class, but the class gave me a ton of energy that I needed and I slept HARD last night so I'm feeling a million times better today.

The fosters are doing our home inspection today so that we can move forward with finalizing our fur baby's adoption. I'm sad that I'll be at class during the home inspection, but I'm sure we'll pass with flying colors so I'm not worried. It does mean I need to tidy up the place before I leave for class though!

@Evamutt and @Rachel0778 thank you so much!

@Evamutt what a pack you have there! Too cute! Dogs are so great for helping to get activity in. I wish I was half as fit as ours! I love hiking with ours and get a lot of running around in during training.

Last night I had Krav Maga training, so this morning I'm a bit stiff and sore. Totally worth it though!

Good luck with the home visit @Rachel0778 !

@Evamutt I love seeing pictures of your pack, they are such cuties! They seem to all get along so well together too!

@CatL1911 That's so cool that you take Krav Maga classes, how long have you been training?

The home visit went well so we are full steam ahead on the adoption! We'll likely get to pick him up this weekend!!!!

Change and uncertainty always makes me anxious so I'm trying to work through my feelings and NOT eat them! Even exciting change has me waking up in the middle of the night in a panic. What if he's not as charming as we thought? What if I can't leash train him? What if he has a ton of medical issues I can't afford? Etc. Etc. Anxiety is a *kitten* Once he's in the house I'll feel a million times better.

I'm also feeling anxious since I feel like a lot of bills are due at once and now we're adding adoption fees and vet visits on top of them. Rational brain knows I can afford it, but irrational brain is still freaking out that a huge chunk of my savings went into the house so I don't have as big of a cushion as I used to.

On top of that, my SO's work schedule has not settled down like we hoped in January, which means that I'm basically flying solo through all of this, and when he is home he's just super exhausted and crabby. This just makes me feel lonely and even more anxious

@SusanDSME I use to do a step class as well! So much fun, good music and laughs. I don't like things like "Boot Camp" I like things that are fun, like "Color Run" or "Zumba" you get a good work out and really enjoy it too. If it's not fun, why do it?

Hello! I’m just starting to record my food, water and exercise and need to form some sort of accountability with others. I’ve signed up for a 10 mike race in April and want to ensure my food intake and exercise routine are both in sync. If anyone wants the success and challenges share, let’s get moving!

Rachel0778, I'm so excited for you with the new pup, just remember to be confident once he arrives & nip in the bud any negative issues that may arise. What ever you don't address is ok to them. All mine get along because of my zero tolerance, lol. I went to see my new dr, with my new Kaiser insurance today. I loved it! I've been sick for a week so she gave me antibiotics. Haven't exercised for about 2 weeks. Week before I got sick, my dtr came to visit. I have lost another pound or 2 tho, yay for me. I've been eating in a deficit again & doing it a little differently, I have just a few Tbl of yogurt in the morning instead of eating breakfast(which I never liked to eat), then a medium lunch & my biggest meal at dinner plus snack. seems to be working. After Dr today, I spent afternoon with my best friend who is over weight & she was asking me about losing wt, instead of giving me tips. I'm hoping she will give it a try.I finally got a new phone. It's my 3rd phone since 2002. I had an iphone 4 forever, but it started to have problems plus I kept it full with all my pics, so this one tracks my steps. I don't plan to record them & it's probably not very accurate, just curious how many I take. Yesterday I took the dogs for a good walk. we did 2 miles in an hour, which was good since we walked a lot faster than letting them smell every few yards. Haven't been volunteering at the rescue for the same reasons as not exercising, so I've been feeling kind of useless, but hope to get back soon as I'm better. I know about not having much of a $ cushion. I hate it but had to pay property taxes plus new parts for my car to pass smog etc(now hubbys going to drive it 80 miles on freeway to hopefully reset computer in it) Not easy to live on social security & a small pension & 6 hour/wk job, but God's always been faithful & we always made it thru

@Rachel0778 sorry, I just figured out how the notifications work here! I started a while back doing the basics with my husband who's very experienced, but I just started this class a few months ago. I definitely recommend it if self defense is something you're interested in!

Where in Ca did you move to gymprincess? I live in the central valley. I haven't exercised at all since Jan 1. The first week my dtr was here then I got sick the day she left on Jan 4. I keep getting a little better but it was very bad. Today I did home exercise. It was an easy 30min low impact cardio. Before it was so easy, sometime I added it on to my harder exercises as a cool down but today it wasn't easy at all plus I gained 3 lbs because I've just had more of an appetite, but today it stopped & I'm determined to get back on track

I did real good food wise yesterday & this morning the 3 lbs i gained were gone! Do any of you experience similar? after you lose wt then gain a few lbs but go back to under deficit, it goes back down quickly?
gymprincess, you are in California?

I was looking up Vancouver in Ca & couldn't find it, lol. No wonder. How long are you there for? I had a great dinner today. roasted pork loin with sweet potatoes & I made a blueberry pie. Put in 3/4 of 1/4 cup sugar to make it & it's just 170 calories per 8th slice. I had 2 with cool whip. It was really good