Operation Hot Bod (8/19-11/23)

Well....I am back to 252 this morning....YAY! I can't tell you how happy that makes me!!! I am hoping that I will be under 250 by friday! 249 here I come!! Anyone have any advice for running shoes?

I am not a runner but my husband is and he goes to those roadrunner stores or whatever is in your area they put you on a treadmill and watch how you walk and run and fit you for how your feet move...he has a metal plate in his foot and now with the correct fitting (they even showed him a different way to lace his shoes for his feet) and correct inserts he has not pain while running lol...

I'm not an expert at all on running shoes - just make sure whichever pair you get allows for running in good form while still being comfortable (avoiding heel striking, etc)- I've heard many times that you can go to running specific stores and get help with shoe selection. I'm thinking of going out today to get myself a pair of Vibrams' cause I think I just don't run in good form with shoes on, thinking just might be better to 'force' myself too with these

You are brave to get the Vibrams it depends on the day I have heard wonderful things about them and then awful things about them....I have a bad knee so the thought of no shock absorption is what scares me I hope that work great for you

....Its Sunday and I am trying to figure out what I want to do today...I took an extra rest day off earlier this week at the time it sounded like a good idea but I try to set my schedule up where Sunday I am off so I am not sure if I should take it off or just workout for like 11 days straight that scares me lol....so now my own mind is working against me lol

Well, I did go get some Vibrams today - took 'em out for a test jog. I knew to keep it light, thankfully from reading other folks in transitioning to them. I can definitely see why - my calves are on fire! Totally feel the burn there. Overall I think I like them, once my calves adjust to the activity anyway - right now they are definitely the limiting factor - I had to alternate walking every lap to just let them relax a bit.

Hi Everyone,

I've had a few crappy weeks (life not going to plan) but hopefully everything will be back on track from now on . Will go back to logging everything I eat and signing in everyday to catch up on how everyones doing. The only thing I can really say is that I'm doing great with the water, having given up all forms of soda completely for a few months now, and drinking 2-3 ltrs a day.

So I decided to take off yesterday as an off day that way I can keep my sunday as my off day which was good and bad I watched sad tear jerker type tv shows and movies all day I didn't do it on purpose it just seemed to be everything I picked was sad and pitiful lol

So for today I did my Tracy Anderson Level 2 of Omni and yeah felt like a fool lol...and I did my Turbo Fire 30 S 10

I got all my water in and probably then some once I hit 14 servings I honestly stop counting lol

I wasn't the smartest cookie in the box today after getting my workout down early this morning I was feeling so good that I decided to deep clean my bedroom, moved furniture, it was a bit insane, and this led me to taking an epsom salt bath and I hope that I can walk tomorrow lol its the down fall of exercise for me I always feel so energized that I find these projects that seem to make me hurt the next day lol we shall see

Hope everyone had a great Monday

Go Josh and his great run in his VIbrams that is wonderful

Curly welcome back ...don't beat yourself up just get back on the wagon one step at a time increase your water and decrease your soda etc.

Trispire great job in the Inferno Plan this morning

Ana great job on the water maybe one day you will learn to love it....I'm happy that it sounds like you had a good time at the wedding reception we all deserve a little fun now and then

Hey all! Today was TF 30 and CLX Burn 2! I have been getting extra activity in (but not loggin it) because we are selling our house so I'm constantly cleaning and gardening and what not....it's exhausting!

My diet is staying good so I"m happy about that.

How is everyone? Going to have a good weigh in on Friday?!!

I'm doing good, gj on getting in your workouts! Last night was chest and triceps at the gym, started a new routine which was sort of neat and challenging. Going to sort of miss the old sets we were doing, cause I knew what weights I was at and could see the progression, and with the new ones it feels like starting over, but this was the beginning of week 9 with the trainer, so I know it was about time to switch things up. Also managed to get down a lot of food yesterday, almost 2k calories, which was good, not quite what I needed to eat but a lot more than I have been on strength days.
Not looking forward to my cardio too much today, as my calves are still protesting horribly, lol - woke up this morning, and if it is possible, they were more sore than yesterday. Probably end up just doing some walking this afternoon, see how I feel after warming up.

Well for the last weigh in i lost 2lbs and exceeded my water targets. Now I just need to get back in the swing of training. Bought the Nike + chip for my trainers today. I seem to work better knowing my progress is being recorder, as I don't like running just for the hell of it. Any advice for learing to love running? It seems like such an effective workout. Trying to get back into my 30 day shred as well. I tried the Tracy Anderson method mat workout and HATED it with a passion. Caused lots of aches and sides didnt feel equa.

I don't know if there is any sure way of learning to love running, but maybe looking a bit out and find a goal to work towards, so not just running for the hell of it? Like find and sign up for a 5k or something - that's what I'm doing, and it has changed the way I think of my cardio. It isn't now just something I HAVE to do cause cardio is good, etc etc, it's something i'm doing to train myself for the 5k. It's still the same stuff, but it just frames it differently in my mind. Maybe can work for you too.

I missed my walk this morning...sort of slept through my first alarm. Definately a "dress n dash" day! Will walk on my lunch today, which will give me at least 15 minutes in and then 15 min later today. Don't always log my exercise when it's such a small amount. I am getting my 8 glasses of water in and am thrilled with that! Still craving salt big time. My doctor has me on elete drops to boost my enzymes/minerals etc... that I am deficient in and that should keep the salt craving at bay, but not working yet. It's only been a week and was sort of lax this weekend with them.

Good luck this week! Lets have a great weigh in day on Friday!!! My body fat is still hovering at 27% GRRRR

Today I got all my water in, did my Tracy Anderson and Zumba on my Turbo Fire Schedule it had HIIT 15 and that particular workout does nothing for me at all I have a bad knee and I follow Ali and it is honestly just a waste of my time so I changed it up a bit lol...I had a lot of fun I always forget how much I like my Zumba lol

Other than that I am trying to not get onto the scale until Friday I am on a mission to not become so obsessed with that number because it is amazing how that number can mess with my head in the sense of it going up from water weight can make me feel bad not workout eat crap food etc...or if I ate crap food and it went down well then logically I can have those cookies again right lol...this is my own little mission to workout and eat healthy for me not the scale (even though I am really excited about what it says on Friday and fingers crossed if it doesn't move that I will be able to accept that lol)

I decided to step on the scale this morning and I know longer have to look at 252....it's now 251, I hope I can be at 250 by Friday. So, with the competition with my hubby I have to loose 45lbs now. The only thing with that is I don't have a date to shoot for. You know 45lbs by January or something like that. I'm hoping I'll get results the last time I tried losing. I lost 40lbs in 31/2 months! Then hit a wall and got discouraged.

I wouldn't weigh in every day, it should be a weekly event. You pick a day and weigh yourself first thing in the morning as soon as you use the bathroom. Wear the same thing or type of thing each time, or weigh-in in the buff. Clothes do make a difference. Your weight will fluctuate during the day so always do it first thing.

QOTD: What do you tell yourself when your inner voice tells you to give up? When it tells you to just eat what you want, push snooze on the alarm clock, whatever it is that will help you reach your goals but you're just not feelin it! What do you say to silence that voice?

Well, I'm a bit OCD - and by a bit I mean my family jokes that I'm like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory =p, so generally when am focused on something I do pretty well about it. But for me, I guess when i'm feeling lazy about doing something it's probably the accountability aspect of it for me that keeps me going. I see my trainer 3 times a week, and he does complete measurements, a weighin, body fat test, etc, every other Friday - so what keeps me going is probably a combination of me wanting it and also that push to do a bit more, not have a sub-par progress check day and get the friendly **** from the trainer, heh. It isn't just myself that I have to answer to when I am falling off my goals, but the trainer too - and he's a big dude.

Just checking in - I did my FIRST EVER run today! Started on day 2 week 5 of the couch to 10 k app (half jogging / half walking as I didn't want to kill myself!) and ended up staying out for 2 hours along the prom, using the outdoor gym on my way back. I never thought I'd even try - and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Something very peaceful about running along the beach at twilight. I covered around 6 miles in total (not including playing on the gym thingies )

I weighed in at134.4 today! A .6 loss....small, but a loss none the less. In total since I began this journey I have lost 48.6 pounds. WOW...I never would have believed how easy and fast it came off. I had my water each day this week and did my exercise each day too. This has been great! Thanks for the enocuragement everyone!