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Tomorrow is tough because I"m leaving my house at 6:00 to drive 2.5 hours to my office (I work virtually) and will not be home until 10 or 11 PM and I hope to meet up with some friends. So I'm gonna have to eat out and grab a drink. So I think my goals are going to be.. ENJOY having an excuse to eat out without going…

Days like today are why I have a day by day group. Today was an epic fail on all levels. I woke up 2 hours after I wanted to and that set the mood for the rest of the day. And on top of it all, it was stressful so I'm going to sit back and have a beer or two to top it off. So goals for tomorrow: 1. Stay UNDER calorie goal…

Goal 1: Check. I messed up at lunch and was so scared I'd go way over. I wasn't as close to my calorie goal as I wanted but I was still at a deficit so I'm gonna mark it as a success. 2. Rained ALL DAY. But I did get a work out in so that is fine. 3. I lost track, however, I think I will have 8 by the end of the day. I…

Oh and so everyone knows... if you have daily goals not related to fitness... go ahead and post them! I will probably post budgeting ones throughout since I really need to start saving money. :)

Welcome everyone! I'm so glad to see that people are joining me! Discobarbie... I love the idea of getting everything ready Sunday night. I think I'm gonna try that next week! As for yesterday, I did very well... only 150 calories over which is saying something since the Superbowl party I went to had ALL of my favorite…

I agree with pawsntails. When I was doing better and had lost weight, I could not see a difference AT ALL! I was so demotivated and still didn't want to even put on a bathing suit (it was summertime). However, when other people saw me (usually my family who sees me more regularly) they could all tell the difference. We are…

Definitely a problem! I only have one more semester of college so I'm hoping once I'm out of there it'll get better. I've been trying to limit myself to nights that are more special-- formals, etc but it doesn't always work. Hopefully, since I'm stopping drinking to prepare for Penn State's THON, there will be a noticeable…

There's no easy way to answer this and those that don't eat back their exercise calories will lose weight (obviously), however, it will plateau. Not to mention the fact that eating 1200 calories and then burning anything is not enough for your body. It is not healthy and, depending on how much you are burning, could put…

Hi there, I have never been through anything like you so I don't want to say that I know how you're feeling because I don't. However, I was diagnosed with clinical depression over the summer so I know the hopeless, lack of motivation and overall feeling of sadness that you seem to be having. The best advice I can give you…

July 25: 156.6 lbs Aug 1: 157.8 lbs Aug. 8: 155.8 Aug. 14: 157.2 Aug. 22 156.2 Well... I didn't end up losing much through this challenge. The past two weeks have been a really bad time so I was way off my exercise routine as I took care of my family and got ready to come back to school. But I did learn that I love the gym…

Hey guys! Sorry I've been away. It's been a little crazy. I've been doing really well with exercising but my eating has gone down the tube. Leela... 5k training isn't going. My knees still tend to hurt after exercising but they are slowly hurting less so I think this week I am going to try to hit the treadmill at least…

July 25: 156.6 lbs Aug 1: 157.8 lbs Aug. 8: 155.8 Aug. 14: 157.2 So... I knew that I did awful this week... not with exercising but with eating so I decided to weigh in a day early instead of a day late to see the damage and kick my butt into gear. I'm up two lbs. :(. So back to work today ... I need to kick those two…

Hi everyone! I know I haven't been the best with checking in but I have been keeping up with the 60 minutes a day!! Usually the bike and elliptical and my knee is feeling better so hopefully I'll be able to run again shortly!! I may not make weigh in on Monday since I have shotty internet where I'm going but I will…

July 25: 156.6 lbs Aug 1: 157.8 lbs Aug. 8: 155.8 I hit 155!! Yay!! And lost that extra pound from last week which is really nice. I've been doing my hour everyday! Though I took it easier over the weekend and skipped the strength training. Not feeling so great this morning but I'm hoping to feel better so I can go to the…

Hey everyone! Well... it's been 2 or 3 days and ... my room still isn't clean. Crap. o well. I have been doing ok on calories (yesterday was a pretty poor choices day but I'm going to try to stay under my usual 1530 today and go for 1200 calories to make up for it. I haven't been doing well with sodium either. Hope…

Hey everyone!! I've been doing so well with the hour of working out!! Yesterday I only got 50 minutes in due to the fact that the gym closed a little early but if I add stretching I would be well over 50 min. lol. Great job to everyone keeping up! Weigh in Monday! 2 more days to push it!

Hey everyone. I just have time for a quick check-in. Hope you are all doing well! I got my exercise in the past two days... Elliptical and bike and some weightlifting. I also have been doing special workouts for my knee so I can start running again soon! It sucks not being able to train... I just keep telling myself I have…

Hey everyone! It seems that everyone has been doing great on goals! I've been doing pretty well. Meeting all my goals. I need to start watching my sodium intake though. I seem to be over every day. So goals for tomorrow: 1. Gym workout and continue with knee exercises. 2. Stay around calorie limit. 3. Get all of my calcium…

Met all my goals today ... but my doctor said I need to take a break from running until I increase strength in my thighs and flexibility in all my muscles relating to my knees. Apparently the pain is tracking issues so my muscles are pulling my knee cap in all sorts of ways. But luckily, he said I should see improvements…

Did really well today!! Got about 90 minutes in and ate pretty well. Hopefully I can keep it up! I really want to see a loss this week! Nicole

Good morning everyone. Welcome back returners and welcome Barb! We are happy to have you! Leela I didn't know you were 5k training!! And 2 weeks! That's exciting you'll have to let me know how it goes! Well... I hit a gain on the scale this week. Darn. My body just does not seem to want me to hit 155. Every time I get…

July 25: 156.6 lbs Aug 1: 157.8 lbs A gain! Ugh. I knew I did bad over the weekend but come on. My weight just does not seem to want to hit 155 and I've been at it for a month! So frustrating. Anyway... off to eat breakfast and hit the gym. New week. Hoping to lose a bit more than a lb now. Too bad my mom did the grocery…

New thread! (Clearly I'm back from vacation!) lol. I wanted to start it today in case people wanted to set their goals for tomorrow early! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/304705-august-day-by-day-challenge-open-1-year-anniversary Nicole

I'm baaacccckkk! It looks like everyone has been doing really well. Unfortunately, Wed. my knee began to hurt on the treadmill and lasted through most of the weekend. I was able to get a 30 minute walk in on Thursday but after my knee began to hurt from that I thought it'd be best to take a few days off. So Friday and…

Good afternoon everyone! It's about noon here and I decided to get a workout and post in before I left! So I got 85 minutes in today... 20 elliptical 25 interval training on the treadmill (was going to do longer but my knee started killing me. Looks like I'll have to make a trip to the PT about what to do with my bad knees…

O and I'm going on vacation for a couple days where there will be a spotty internet connection so I will check in when I can!

Goodnight everyone! Rough day with binging. Hoping to get back on track tomorrow. I had a long message on here but somehow deleted it (still getting used to my new computer so I'm just going to go to bed. Leela... we will be here! If anyone understands life getting in the way of daily goals it's me. lol. Good luck! Nicole

Goodnight everyone! Today went fairly well... I managed a 15 minute warm-up on the elliptical, 35 minutes of interval training on the bike and 10 minutes of stretching (since today was technically an "easy" day after my intense workout yesterday). I had a little binging problem tonight though. It was like I was hungry for…

Good morning everyone!! Mommawarrior- I am so sorry to hear about your family. Bad things seem to all come at once huh? Good luck and I hope things get better for you. Goals for today: 1. Light workout at the gym. 2. Stay around calorie goal and drink all my water. 3. Call for all those appointments I have to get in before…

Hope everyone had a good first day! - What type of exercise did I do today? I did some running and treadmill work (35 min), the bike for a cooldown (15 min) and 30 minutes of calisthenics for a total of 120 minutes! - For how long? - How many calories did I burn? I believe I burned about 600 calories - How was it? any…