Moms on the Move Group 9 (Closed Group)

I'm very sad to say that I have had to give myself a bit of a break from running... ever since the 10K I did a week ago ( 2 weeks after the 1/2 marathon), I've had a terrible cramp in my left leg. I've been giving it a few days to work itself out and then running again, but I just seem to keep aggrevating it over and over again. It has been so painful at times that I've had to limp while walking... On Wednesday I hit the treadmill at the gym and after 2.5 miles I had to stop. My leg hurt so much I could barely walk... and that was when I realized that I probably need to give myself at least a week to let myself heal before trying to run again I havent' worked out at all since Wednesday - and I have to say that my leg seems to be feeling much better - but to be on the safe side I am going to try Jillian's Yoga Meltdown this week instead of running or 30 day shred. I'm thinking this will give me a decent workout without putting a lot of stress on my leg. (I have only watched the video, not actually done it yet so if any of you have any feedback, I'd love to hear) On Thursday I will go to the gym in the evening and give the elliptical a try. If I can get through that without causing my leg to cramp back up, I'll try going for a short run, 3 miles or so, next weekend. If not, I guess I'll stick to yoga until my leg can pass the elliptical test... wish me luck... I think I need it

Leigh, I know how frustrating it must be to take a break from running. You've been going strong for so many weeks. This break might be good for your plateau since your body is conditioned to running. Yoga will be wonderful. Maybe take this week to work on some upper body and core strength training and calisthenics too? I have to remind myself to include more strength training in my workouts. I get so focused on the cardio. Good luck to you. You'll be back on your feet soon!

Swimmom ... I am also an emotional eater and a stress eater. Right now, I'm dealing with some stressful work deadlines and I can't stop snacking. All I want is snacky, processed stuff. Yuck, I know. So, I could use a few tips too. lol. Since Halloween, I've been horrible with my food choices. I'm a little worried about Thanksgiving and Christmas. I know I'll be surrounded by temptation.

Joimichele, I don't think I'm ready for maintenance yet. My weight keeps fluctuating up and down the same 1.5 lbs. Is it true that it takes 3500 calories to gain 1 pound? I can gain a pound or more overnight without eating that many calories. What gives?

Come visit our main topic thread and find out which Hot Mom has reached her goal weight! (She's in your group, so you probably already know. )

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/357225-hot-moms-closed-group-7-18-to-12-31?page=7#posts-5336288

Sorry ladies once again to scared to get on the scale! I really need to change something, really with the holidays coming! I am so awful with stress eating right now, my grandmother has a limited time left and is in really bad shape and my 7 year old cousin has been battling cancer since she was 19 months old, and she has been through every chemo available and her cancer keeps coming back and now its wrapped around vital organs and there is nothing left to do to help her So i just stress eat and I feel horrible!

So I think I am going to start drinking water and see if this helps I am embarrassed to admit I only drink diet pop, also going to try to keep gum with me at all times! Thanks for letting me vent ladies!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so sorry to hear about your grandmother and your cousin... from personal experience, I know how hard this can be. Hang in there...

Have you tried drinking tea? I was a devoted diet soda drinker for years and have finally managed to overcome it this year by switching to tea. I'm not great with water... honestly, I don't really like it (is that weird?)... I have gotten better, but not great and sometimes you just want something with some taste... I drink a lot of herbal tea to avoid the caffiene and drink it both hot and iced depending on my mood. When I do drink black or green tea, I usually brew one cup and then refill it with hot water when it's gotten down 1/2 way... so I am essentially just diluting it rather than brewing another full cup with additional caffiene. It takes some getting used to, but there are a lot of great flavors to choose from so definitely adds some variety to life without soda...

Hello ladies. Sorry I've been MIA the last couple of days. I'm up a pound from last week. And I deserve it. I am making very bad food choices. For some reason, if I make one bad choice, it ruins the rest of my day. From then on, it's one bad choice after another. I've got to learn self control.

Swimmom2 ... hang in there. I'm sorry you're experiencing rough times. ((((hugs)))) Be there for the people you care about and don't worry about the number on the scale. I agree with the others, you've come so far and are at a healthy weight now. It's ok to plateau or take a break. Drinking more water will help tremendously. My new thing is to mix it with Crystal Light. It goes down much easier.

I hope we can keep our Group 9 thread going. I like the intimacy of our group. :flowerforyou:

Hello ladies. Sorry I've been MIA the last couple of days. I'm up a pound from last week. And I deserve it. I am making very bad food choices. For some reason, if I make one bad choice, it ruins the rest of my day. From then on, it's one bad choice after another. I've got to learn self control.

I have the same problem... once I get on that bus, it's very hard to get off. I've also found that making bad food choices goes hand in hand with deciding not to log my meals for that day... which I think is my way of not ever really knowing how bad I was...

Hey there. I'm great. I am caught up with all my work deadlines and I feel like I finally have some free time. Too bad I don't have big plans for the weekend. lol

I'm hoping to be moderate next week for Thanksgiving. I love the holidays and all the deliciousness that goes with it. It's going to be a tempting couple of months.

Congratulations everyone on your losses this week!!! Group 9 is still going strong. :laugh:

I posted this in the group discussion, but thought I'd share with group 9 on here.

I'm soooooo disappointed. I was all set and very excited to run my first 5k on Thursday. Well, my friend and i had been talking about it constantly and were training for it almost daily. And neither of us remembered to register for the darn thing. When I finally went online to register, I found out that registration CLOSED 3 HOURS EARLIER. I feel so deflated. :sad:

So, in honor of all the Turkey Trots around the country tomorrow, I will run my own 5 k in my neighborhood starting at 10 a.m.

Happy Thanksgiving Moms!!!!

Well.... those of you that saw my post on Monday know that Thanksgiving was a total disaster for me :explode:

I knew going into it, it was going to be challenging and thought I could handle it, but one too many things went wrong and then it all went to hell. I had to get up at 4:30 to run the Turkey Trot. I am in Detroit and not only were 20,000 people running that morning, but there was a Thanksgiving Parade that started right after tthe race and then right after the parade the Lion's played... so everyone was trying to get downtown at the very same time and parking promised to be a complete nightmare... so I had to get up and downtown by 6:30 am in order to get a good place to park. The race didn't start until 8:00 am....

We were hosting 22 people for dinner, but my husband was going to do most of the cooking (we both like to cook so we trade off cooking responsibility and thankfully, it was his turn this time). My job was to get the house picked up and the tables set, etc. which was challenging enough with the two little ones wanting to help

I layed down for a short nap around 2:00pm (everyone was coming over at 4:00) but as soon as I started to drift off, my 2 year old got up from her nap, and my rest time was done. This led to what we are now calling the great oven debaucle... because I had set the oven timer for 45 minutes so that I would be sure to wake up with enough time to get myself and the girls ready for the evening. After I was up and about my husband asked "now that you are up, should I turn the timer off?" and I said, "yes, please do." And then he turned the OVEN off. Of course, we didn't know this, and in fact didn't figure it out until 2 hours later when the turkey was just not getting any hotter than 135 degrees...

This led to everyone (including me) to drink WAY TOO MUCH wine and get extremely hungry while we waited until 8:00pm for the turkey to finish cooking... and then everyone (including me) ate WAY TOO MUCH because we were all slightly if not totally drunk and hungry enough to eat our arms....

Then... after dinner was done and everyone was gone... I had intended to lay down and rest again for a few hours... because working in retail, I had the extreme pleasure of going out in the middle of night and watch the craziness that was to ensue beginning at midnight.... BUT because we didn't eat until 8:00 no one left until 10:30 and my nap, once again, disappeared. At 11:30 I made myself a HUGE cup of coffee and headed out to the car. I was out all night, travelling to several stores across the Detroit metro area and returned home at 6:30 am. I climbed into bed and slept.... for only 4 hours before daylight, kids, and the fact that I needed to submit a report about the previous night by noon got me out of bed. I felt like I had been hit by a truck and lived in zombie land for the rest of the day and then really, for the rest of the weekend. It was not until Sunday night that I started to feel normal again. I ate weird things at weird times all weekend and I didn't even think about working out... tomorrow will be the first time I do anything fitness related since the Turkey Trot....

I chose not to weigh myself this week... I just couldn't bring myself to see the damage I did after FINALLY seeing a weight loss the previous week....