Congrats on signing up for the race mamareese! That's great that the race has activities for the kiddos too. I did a Halloween race the other year with the same thing and there were some pretty little kids doing the dash. It was pretty funny actually, most of the kids were into it but there were a whole bunch being carried by their parents, kind of defeats the purpose

I signed up to do the Warrior Dash on May 20! I got a gladiator costume for it (a cute one) and everything.

Hey all!
Been reading every day just not posting. You all are doing great, you inspire me.
This week has been going really well. Planning ahead all of my meals and prelogging in the morning has helped tremendously. Planning my workouts and then following through has also been great. This morning was back below 140 - hope I can keep this momentum.
A bit worried about this weekend - we are going out of town and that means a lot of eating out. I am going to try to bring food with me so that I don't have to eat at the restaurants all the time since we are staying at a home with a full kitchen. May even be able to talk the bf into eating at home with me instead of eating every single meal out.
Congrats on those signed up for the 5Ks. I really want to sign up for one here in June - it is called Run for Your Lives. It is an obstacle course 5K where you are chased by zombies. Looks super fun. Just gotta get a few people together to do it with me.
Anyway, I will try to catch up more so that I can respond to you all individually. But for now, I have been reading and cheering you all on!!

arwensb--Run For Your Lives sounds like a really fun race. Good luck with your trip! Eating while traveling is always hard for me. My strategy is usually to concede that I'll probably eat out for two meals, but try to turn the the third meal into more of a snack--maybe we'll go out for brunch and dinner, but just have something small in between to tide us over until dinner.

Amy--I'm in DC, and I'm doing the Warrior Dash in Maryland. I'm excited for it, I did the one in New Orleans last year. I'm curious to see how different they are. I would guess they're all sort of unique since they have to work with the terrain they have. I would guess that CO is pretty hilly!

oh, i've been eating lots of bad food, too....tasty awesome bad food (fudge, gelato, eggs benedict, nachos, pina coladas, mai tais, rum anything, rum and rum and rum).

It's raining here, again, today.

oh, i've been eating lots of bad food, too....tasty awesome bad food (fudge, gelato, eggs benedict, nachos, pina coladas, mai tais, rum anything, rum and rum and rum).

It's raining here, again, today.

We have sooo much in common. :laugh:

Hey Ladies!

just wanted to let you know I posted a great Clean Eating recipe for home made peanut butter bower bars in the Clean Eating Recipe topics - I know that things get busy and so when you need a quick something rather than grabbing a store boughten granola bar that is high in sugar, pick up one of these!

Sounds delicious! That may need to be one of my weekend projects.

Love the clean recipes! Always save them so I can get them when I'm ready to whip something new up in the kitchen!!

Beeps- It's a vacation! Enjoy it! It sure sounds yummy!!


I'm still working on the clean eating challenge. I've just given up calorie counting for a bit. The constant get on log, etc. felt like it needed to be given a breather for a bit. I am IN LOVE with quinoa mixed with chix breasts and asparagus. I think I could eat it for lunch every day. And the quinoa is awesome! Expensive but awesome. I love it more than any other carb/pasta-esque type dish I've had.

I had my first run this morning and it went well considering it's been FOREVER. I got 2 miles in before I had to slow it down and catch myself. Wanted to get in a full 30minutes so I figured a little break before starting back up again. I'm playing in a volleyball tournament this weekend so I'll either run again Sunday or Monday depending on how I feel after that. But next week my goal is 3 runs/week every week until the 5k. I'll keep my P90x for strength training and work on upping my miles as I go!

Congrats on the weight loss Chloe! Sounds like you have a great plan for your vacation, it'll let you cut loose without undoing all of your hard work. Definitely managable goals as well. Good luck!

Chloe - WTG on the weight loss! I think your plan for vacation is great - you are supposed to be relaxing and having a good time after all! Love your NSV too - it feels so good when people notice the efforts we put in.
Reese - sounds like you are doing really well! I see no problem with not logging as long as you are staying clean and within the parameters. You have been at this for a little while, long enough to intuitively know whether you are on track or not. WTG on 2 miles!
Chuisle - There is NO way I could do anything, much less a warrior dash, in 106 degrees. Yikes! I think that if you stick to your plan for today and have a decent day tomorrow (like you said, the same as today or better) you can easily call it a good week. Don't be so hard on yourself!!

This has been a successful week so far. On track with my food and my workouts. I have not eaten back many (if any) of my exercise calories the past few days with the knowledge that we are going to end up eating out a lot this weekend (trying to bank a few extra cals). The downside of that is my body is just hungry today. I have already eaten everything I brought today and am still hungry. But...I know we are going out to dinner and there are not likely to be super healthy choices (we are in farm country, so think homestyle cooking and diners), so I really want to save the rest of today's calories for that. There won't be a single second to workout, we are leaving right after work. Anyway - I have a bunch of protein pancakes and baked oatmeal cups that I am bringing up there for breakfast tomorrow and snacks, so hopefully it will be a good weekend. I don't want to undo the progress I have made this week.

You ladies are doing SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO great!

I am back....but, jet-lagged and won't be working out today. Actually, I'm kind of terrified of returning to the gym, tomorrow....too many days *off*, I think.

I have zero appetitie....so, am not eating anything, today and will kick-start back into proper nutrition/exercise when my body decides it still isn't 4 time zones away.

I'm supposed to start a new 2-week challenge, tomorrow. My plan is just to get back on track and do the right things. Sheesh, I have another weigh-in and measurements in 2.5 weeks, so I really *do* need to focus!

Hi all! So jealous of all you coming and going from vacations No fun travel for me until April!

Amy - I have struggled a lot with calorie level. I definitely eat more on strength days but I have been playing with different levels. NROL has a formula which I am happy to send to you if you want (I don't have it here with me). But that had me at 2000 on non lifting days and 2235 on lifting days! Yikes. So I did about 1700 and 1935 but gained a little on that so I am currently doing 1400 plus exercise (so more less my maintenance minus a little less than 25%). This seems to be going well so far. I am on third week of it and will 4 full weeks and evaluate. Hope that's a little helpful!

Chloe - I am 5'6" as well! (actually 5'5.5" but who's counting?). I didn't realize we were so similar Always good to have people around going to the place!

Beeps - welcome back! don't worry too much, you'll get back into the swing of things!


I am doing well so far! Decided I did meet my goals last week and looking forward to another week of (hopeflly) progress! I start stage 2 on Wednesday and am looking forward to stepping up my game! St. Patrick's day is this Saturday so that will be my nonadherent day Hello Irish breakfast and guinness! It's one of my favorite days of the year so I am going to make sure to enjoy the calorie laden goodness (my username is actually an Irish term of endearment meaning "my pulse" similar to darling). I am two weeks into my 4 week challenge and doing well so far. I am thinking I will be able to get that bod pod testing done

I went back to the gym, today. THANK GOODNESS!!

I feel *so* much better! My stress levels were creeping up there, pretty high, actually - not helped by the fact my martyr-ish boss ended up working most nights and weekends while I was away (on the very projects he DECLINED my help with in the 2 MONTHS previous to my scheduled vacation!!).

Anyway, enough about that - I started Stage 3 of NROL4W. I've probably back-slid a TON, but I don't actually care (right now)!

Without a vacation on the horizon to PUSH toward, I'm kind of "myeh" about the whole thing.....I will do my work-outs, faithfully and with all the energy I can muster.....but, the results will be what they will be. I'm not going to worry about them, just now.

(Mind you, I'm still involved in challenges - so about 15 days from now, I expect I'll be singing a very different tune!)

What's your 2-week challenge, ladies?? Mine is to track all calories, no alcohol, and complete all work-outs, as planned.

Fair enough....I just know that, while it isn't "leaps-and-bounds", my measurements ARE reducing.

I know you are working really hard....and, I know that there is no "magic" formula that works for every single person in exactly the same way.

I just think, overall, weight-lifters require MORE energy to fuel their bodies and their work-outs....and I want to make sure your body isn't getting all these "confusing" signals about whether (or not) it is being sufficiently fuelled.

enuff said....I support you because I know you really aren't trying to starve yourself!