DG - Thanksgiving Countdown (CLOSED GROUP)

Hey all! I know I didn't check in at all this weekend - I kind of "checked out" and just decided to enjoy myself with this hurricane. I was stuck in my apt with my boyfriend. Managed to get to the gym on Saturday but def ate like crap both days (but mostly homemade crap at least).

Goals...
Exercise: Tonight is my last kettlebell class with my trainer before she moves to CA. I'm going to give it my all!
Diet: Get back on track with the food - portions and healthy choices. Also, 5 cups of water before 6:30 PM.
Challenges: My boyfriend left 2 bags of Kit Kats and a Salami in my fridge. Thanks.

I'm up 1-2 lbs after the weekend but I suppose I should accept that.

Btw, random question - I made a low cal turkey baked ziti last night and left it out for like 9 hours...still ok if I throw it in the fridge?

@Trying - Have you thought about increasing your cals a bit if you're working out? 1200 is pretty low.

Well I must confess....1200 is an increase last week I was not eating my exercise cals back so I was only at about 850 which I did not realize was not good!! So this weekend I started increasing my cals and lost that 1.6 from friday to today so I am going to try it out right here for now and see how it goes this week! Thanks for the adivce though I am so glad to know what I should be doing or what might help as I have never really tried to lose weight before!!

I didn't post all weekend. I still logged, but my weekends are so incredibly busy I just didn't get on. To be honest that is pretty typical for me.

Anyway, diet for the weekend went well. Stayed on track, but a few more cals than I would like on Sunday. This was because I didn't log my dinner until AFTER I had eaten it and I didn't do a very good job at estimating before. It surely wasn't a blow out. Just a 100 or so over, but it will remind me that logging for the day is important BEFORE I eat.

Exercise was pretty much non-existent on Sat and Sun. Although on Saturday I was shopping. In and out of stores with 2 kids and it is HOT, HOT, HOT so I did get some passive excercise. Yesterday we had some friends over at the last minute from church so my designated exercise time was torpedoed. Getting back on the program today. I was inspired on my shopping trip. When I started I was on the tight end of 20W and this weekend I bought 2 pairs of shorts and a pair of pants that were size 12. It is the most amazing feeling for me!

@Jackie - BAD BOYFRIEND! With two kiddos and a husband we often have "treats" in my house. When I started I would just keep my favorites out of the house. Now it isn't tough to stay away at all.

@Rachel - You are doing great! I am totally with Shannon. What your neighbors thinking isn't important. It is what you think of yourself and YOU SHOULD BE PROUD!

Daily Goals:
Diet: The lunch I brought is within my goals (already logged my meals), but it is a pretty large portion so I am going to work to control myself and stop when I am content and not just eat it because I can.
Exercise: JUST DO IT!
Challenge: Just picked up the kid from school with a fever. Ugh!

Sorry for not checking in this weekend, my internet went down with storms in the area...Anyways, I started getting sick last night and awoke really sick this morning, high fever, really bad throat pain, aches all over, so my goals will show this as I try to just make it through. Weighed in at 130.8 this morning, so looking to get under 130, it's close but seems quite far! Everybody is doing good, and yes, weekends are easy to get off track. On Saturday I ate pizza and was surprised I barely went over on calories, getting better at portion control.
Goals for Monday 8/29/11
Fitness: Make it through the day...want to get in bed by 10 and let hubby take the baby...
Food: Eat at least 1200 calories, and make them healthy...everything hurts going down right now, and I just want to eat whatever is easy, but I want to make the effort to eat healthy and give my body strength.
Here's to a good week all!
Jenni

I guess I don't feel too bad for not checking in all weekend since a number of us were off the grid with the storm. But we're back and that's what matters.

I made plans yesterday with a coworker/friend to start going to a yoga/strength training place next week. We both bought Groupon things to the place and haven't used them yet and we live an equal distance from it so that makes for a good job to/from the workout. It'll be nice to have the partner.

So in preparation, I had my first really intense workout in awhile by busting back out my Insanity DVDs. Whoof.

Goals...
Exercise: I'm posting at night so today's goal was to get back into Insanity for awhile and I made it through most of the workout before caving and taking a shower to start laundry and dinner...
Diet: I'm over on fat today because of eating both eggs and making guacamole. Delicious avocados! I'm ok going over on fat if that prevents me from going over on carbs and that's exactly what happened so yay!
Challenges: The boyfriend's home now and I'm making myself a big salad and then a semi-healthy dinner for him. The challenge isn't cooking for him--it's avoiding beer this evening while relaxing. I shall overcome.

RESULTS FROM TODAY (MON):
FITNESS: 4 miles Jogging/Walking Intervals
~Did 5.12 miles
DIET: STAY UNDER CALS, 12 cups of water & 5 fruits/veggies
~Done, FINALLY!
CHALLENGES YOU ANTICIPATE: None

MY DAILY GOALS FOR TOMORROW (TUES):
FITNESS: 4 miles of exercise, Strength Training & Do Stairs Exercise (any kind)
DIET: STAY UNDER CALS, 12 cups of water & 5 fruits/veggies
CHALLENGES YOU ANTICIPATE: Not sure how Im going to get the Stairs in during the day with my son. So, I might have to force myself to go to the gym

Good Morning Everyone!

My goals yesterday were all met I finally hit 1200 cals exactly so I am so excited about that I am just trying it out to see if I lose eating that much if not I will up it next week I feel like I am in a trial and error phase!

Jenni-I hope you are feeling better today!

Jackie- Sorry about your trainer I know that must have been so hard. I know you can do this on your own she equipped you to do it!

Loveme-Great Job meeting your goals and exceeding your fitness!

Poppy-Congrats on the loss that is awesome!

Wendy-Good job over the weekend I am not great on the weekend so congrats on only 100 over not bad in my book!!

Christy-I am so happy for you to have found someone to partner with that would be so great!

Shannon-I weighed in at 364 on Monday I usually weigh in on Monday so I will just post then if that is ok!

Goals for today 8-30
Diet get 1200 cals
Exercise walk 20 mins with dog bike 10 mins already walked I walk very early so that is done most days before I even check in on here!

Yesterday:
Goals for Monday 8/29/11
Fitness: Make it through the day...want to get in bed by 10 and let hubby take the baby...
Food: Eat at least 1200 calories, and make them healthy...everything hurts going down right now, and I just want to eat whatever is easy, but I want to make the effort to eat healthy and give my body strength.
So I took a long nap after work and then woke up around 10 and couldn't get back to sleep. Thinking of taking Nyquil or something to help me sleep through the night. I tried to just eat what I could, had some soup and ate some veggies, but really didn't have an appetite, just ate because I need to keep my strength up. Feeling slightly better today, but still a bit blah...

@Renee Great job exceeding your fitness goals, you are seriously an inspiration! Also, thanks for the well wishes.
@Jackie You can do it on your own, and yes, you do have us as a support system. It may be hard without your trainer, but see it as a challenge to step up, get even stronger!
@Shannon & Rachel I'm trying to get better, it is just so hard, and I don't like calling into work because of my patients, so that makes it difficult to get rest. God is giving me strength, and I will try and get rest to see if I can be back up and running by the weekend.
Today Tuesday 8/30/2011 Goals
Fitness: Not happening, just get a short walk in during lunch, mostly to get energized. Actually get to sleep at least 8 hours, hopefully more.
Food: Don't go for sweets or comfort foods. Being sick I just want to grab the pack of cookies and sit and eat, but I know that isn't good for me and it will hinder my progress.
Challenges: My husband spoils me and will offer me cookies and sweets because he knows they can act as pick-me-uppers, so it can be difficult to stay away from it all.

Jenni

@swillis: Insanity is definitely intense but it's worth it even if you can't keep up and need more breaks. It's a lot of fun in the end and you feel like a goddess when you fight through the end.

Yesterday: I changed up my goals so now I'm eating less carbs and more protein, which made me go over on carbs just a touch but I'm new to the low carbing and figure as long as I keep it decently low, it'll be ok.

Goals for Monday 8/29/11
Fitness: Squeeze in a workout after work, before cleaning out my closet and making dinner. I walked the 1.5 miles to work today but a lot is downhill...may walk home...
Food: Had eggs and mushrooms with hot sauce for breakfast, some veg chicken and then carrots and cauliflower with hummus and some blueberries for lunch, and will snack on some latin black bean soup and a protein shake before going home. Dinner should be a stir fry of some sort with veggies and tempeh, and will try making a cauliflower "rice" thing to serve it on to keep the carbs low

Yes, I disappeared, but that was due to my trip out of town. I will be taking another trip this week, but I will bring my laptop, so I should still be able to get on here. I lost a pound, so I seem to be on track, despite the vacation.

I didn't really eat late on my trip b/c I was hanging out with family members. I ate some high calorie foods, but tried to balance it by eating lots of seafood. I got some exercise while on my vacation.

Tomorrow (Wednesday)
Fitness: 60 minute walk
Diet: don't skip meals
Challenges I anticipate: I'm tired and am busy. I have a tendency to skip meals when I get like this.

With a warning from the doc regarding exercise, I am trying to do as much as is possible at a low intensity level. My goals are pretty much still the same, just continue to make healthy food choices and stay on track. Thanks for having me.

Yesterday's Goals:
Fitness: Not happening, just get a short walk in during lunch, mostly to get energized. Actually get to sleep at least 8 hours, hopefully more.
Food: Don't go for sweets or comfort foods. Being sick I just want to grab the pack of cookies and sit and eat, but I know that isn't good for me and it will hinder my progress.
Challenges: My husband spoils me and will offer me cookies and sweets because he knows they can act as pick-me-uppers, so it can be difficult to stay away from it all.
Outcome: Got a short walk in, but was tired so tried to get rest. Had trouble sleeping as my baby boy got sick as well, and even though Daddy tries, he needs his mommy. This is making it very difficult to get the rest/sleep I need. I stayed away from sweets.

Today's 8/31/2011 Goals:
Fitness: Feeling a bit better, so want to at least get a good walk in, hoping to do at least 30 minutes of walking, although might need to split it up in two.
Food: Drink 12 glasses of water.
Challenges: I just want to take a nap, and work is so draining. Have to remember to drink water during the day, not just when I get home.

Jenni

PS @ Shannon You can go ahead and put my CW as 131.6, it's where I was when we started the group, so I'd like to see how this small group works, loving it so far BTW! Thanks for doing the Spreadsheet, it'll be good for tracking progress.

Yesterday I wrapped up the evening nicely with a filling dinner after yoga. I was guessing that I was about 170 or 171 but I weighed in this morning (AFTER breakfast, whoops) at: 167! Yays

Today's 8/31/2011 Goals:
Fitness: Get home and do the Insanity strength building DVD
Food: Keep rocking the low carbs and make a glorious dinner
Challenges: Today was "Bagel Wednesday" at the office but I made sure to eat at home: eggs with salsa and avocado. Wasn't even tempted. The challenge will be not going to happy hour tonight though...I know I'd be bad. Gotta stick to this because I want it. Giving in means that I don't.