SBF2 Reboot Boogaloo! week of Nov 9

Hi pebbs,

I'm still debating on what/how much exercise to do today. I have a walk scheduled to the office supply store, and then I'll re-assess to see if I want to work out more. Still feel a bit under par, in a bad way.

I'm really soul-searching on what my exercise/dietary goals should be. Part of me wants to continue with my current goals, but I'm not reaching them. I looked back over last month and I only had one week that I checked everything off of my list. And, currently, I feel like it's a slacker list. Four times a week seems like not much working out. I've even toyed with aiming for every day, and just gauging each day as it comes to see what I want to do. . .or having some weird "random exercise/activity of the day" system (like a jar I pull something out of every morning). I feel in a very discouraged rut right now, and being sick every third week or so isn't helping. :sad: OK, whining over. . .anyone have any ideas for me?

In a rut boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Hi everyone,
I have officially started again. Oh how I hate to have to say that, but I've gone from 160 to 196 in the space of a year and I feel like crap. Oh yeah the blood pressure is up too. My chiropractor said no high impact exercises so I went out and bought a dvd for walking inside, it is Leslie Sanson's Walk at Home and you can just walk in place to music which is just fine to start with. I just need to get going and I know I will be able to get back into the swing of it. But I wanted to say hi and hope to be able to post more than I used to.

Hi Mechanicmom, I had to pull my dryer apart last night as the liquid soap got spilled down the lint trap, oh what a mess that was but I had my daughters home and they did most of the work. At least it still works.

Hi Vivia, maybe I need a list to help with the food part of my diet. I used one once and it was a good motivator but mostly just finding someone to be accountable to was the biggest help. There was a thread where I used to go post every week and I so wanted to see the numbers go down and they did. It was more of a challenge to me that way.

Hi Mary, how are you doing? How are the kitties? I had to have the meds upped on my hperthyroid kitty and he gets checked again soon. I bought a corrugated scratching box for them yesterday and they are all having great fun with it.

I just wanted to say hi while I was online today! Boogaloo girls!

OK, so I had more time to ponder.

Keeping with Arianne's brilliant statement that I am "working in overdrive to get healthy" (thanks for that. . .I'm so good at telling myself I'm lazy when what I am is sick) I came up with three goals for the week, none of them exercise related. I think one of my big problems lately is I only give myself credit for reaching exercise goals, and I ignore other health-related accomplishments:

So, my super-healthy goals for the week are:

1. To have a fruit or vegetable at every meal. (I've been having way too many bread and cheese moments )

2. No sweets until Sunday. (the term "addicted" may apply here. . .once I have a taste. . .I want more)

3. Set my alarm one half hour earlier than I wake up without it, in the hopes of gradually re-setting to morning exercise.

Melissa, I am joining you & Viv on the veggies & fruits. I realized I haven't eaten a salad in over a week (There are always sides of veggies at meals, but no fresh salads lately) and we just bought a big bag yesterday..... I know what I'm having for dinner! Thanks for the motivation/challenge.

I agree. We initially would set goals or challenges for the week, month, challenge period and now we've forgotten them.

So!
By end of this week- 3 water bottles/day, lose 5lbs (binged this weekend so there's plenty there), eat at least 1 salad/day and 1 apple/day (my snack food lately)

What are yours!?!?!?! Winner's (everyone who achieves their goals by ?friday?) gets a star. Most stars by Thanksgiving gets to treat themselves to a forbidden item on Thanksgiving! The rest of us have to salivate in jealousy :laugh:

Hi all! It's nice to see more people posting. MM, glad you had fun camping. V, glad you are feeling better - but I agree that you shouldn't push it. The fruit/veggie challenge is a good idea.

I've still been setting goals most weeks - although I think I forgot to post them last week. Anyway, I did really well with having only one dessert last week. I saved up and had a cupcake on Friday night - it was really good. It even had cream filling. Unfortunately, I ended up going to a friend's get-together on Saturday, and what did they have? TONS of mini cupcakes!! But I held off and stuck with my one dessert for the week. I was really proud of myself (and my husband helped by assuring me that the cupcakes we had Friday night were better - what a guy! :happy:)

I have to decide what to do about tomorrow, though... my co-worker is bringing donuts and I know he is going to expect me to have one. But I think I would rather have something else for my dessert this week... if I skip breakfast, does the donut still count? Ugh. I'll just have to say no, or not do anything else this week - I wanted to get through at least 4 weeks of just one dessert. I think this is week 3 (though the first week didn't quite go as planned).

Anyway, here are my goals for the week:
Pushups 3x
Water (my big bottle 2x/day)
Running 1x
Other Cardio 2x
Belly dance 1x
Dessert 1x only!

I am also going to try and get to bed earlier, but I won't make a goal until next week - this week, I will work on starting to get ready for bed before 11. So - pushups and then getting ready for bed!

Goodnight novella, boogaloo!

Hi I realized I didn't state a weight loss goal in my entry so I will try for 2 lbs in one week but would be happy with 1 lb.

CP I envy your willpower with desserts since I crave sugar lately. Your weight loss has been amazing.

I know it will take time to lose what I want to but I have my daughters wedding next September that I would like to look awesome at so I have something to keep me upbeat about losing.

Everyone have a nice day, I am going to go do my walking dvd.:bigsmile:

Donuts successfully avoided! MM, thanks for the encouragement - I saw it before I left for work, so I was thinking of it this morning on the way to my meeting. And thanks to everybody else - this thread is really the only reason I come to MFP anymore. :smooched: You all rock.

I did a bunch of raking yesterday in lieu of a workout (along with pushups), but just realized that it doesn't really count as cardio - so I will have to make sure I get a weekend (Fri-Sun) workout in order to meet my goals for the week. But that's a good idea in any case.

Good job with the fruit/veg, V - I hope you feel better again soon. Mary, your goals are impressive! Though I disagree that after dinner automatically makes it dessert. Karen, congrats on your daughter's engagement.

Donuts aren't that great, boogaloo!

I'm not sure if this is bragging or a confession. . .I just did a JM DVD (shape up front, ftr)

I figured I could be sick and depressed because I wasn't exercising, or just sick. I chose just sick. It was really hard, and I had to take a lot of breaks.

I also did it as an experiment to see if I was ready for the gym. There was so much coughing/hacking that I discovered I'm not. In the city right now, you can practically start a riot if you cough or sneeze.:laugh: