Replies
-
Almost forgot to do my sets today!!! I've been working part time on a local campaign - and of course today (Tues) was election day in the US. So I was out campaigning from 6am - 8:30pm - which was a hell of a day!!! (My candidate won by the way :bigsmile: ) And I got back to my apartment around 9:30 and turned on CNN to…
-
Bumping :)
-
Welcome!! And congratulations on the upcoming wedding!!! This is a great place for support and personal accountability. Good job carving out some time in your schedule to go the gym. I find that making time for myself is half the battle. Good luck on your journey! (friending you, by the way :smile: )
-
Meag, this sounds awesome!! I don't really make desserts while I'm at school (barely enough time to make a proper dinner most nights...) but I definitely want to try making this for Thanksgiving at the end of Nov - usually my father has a monopoly on the desserts, but this seriously sounds too good not to try!
-
I love spinach, but I can never finish it before it goes bad (have to buy it at least 10 oz at a time!) Hoping to use it all up this week - I hate wasted food!
-
So my plan is to push myself to complete Week 2. Because even if I am doing the minimum, every day is progress. I think that I'll go back and start repeating weeks if I feel like I'm not progressing. Plus, the program suggests a redo of the exhaustion test to test my strength at the end of Week 2 - so I've decided that…
-
NAME OF RECIPE: Sweet Potato Fritters with Blackberry-Mustard Sauce Here's where I got it from! http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/sweet_potato_fritters_with_beans.html Instead of limes as garnish, I dipped fritters in a blackberry-mustard sauce. (Combine 1 cup blackberries, 1.5 tablespoons of mustard, 1 tablespoon of honey…
-
W1D3: All on my knees: 4+5+4+4+5 = 22!!! 5 more than D2, I can live with that sort of progress :bigsmile: That max set is killing me, every time! Week 1 Assessment: I got through pushing myself to do the minimum. I'm not sure whether I should start Week 1 again, or try my luck at Week 2. I have been able to meet the Week 1…
-
Woah! That sounds awesome! Might have to try that for Thanksgiving... (not sure I can wait that long, though) :wink:
-
The fact that I have one! (I've been living in dorms for the past 3 years - and I FINALLY moved off campus). I have a large kitchen (for a 2BR Apt) with space for a round table in the corner that works for food prep area and eating area. Seriously, I love everything about it. Except for the fact that my oven is TINY and…
-
Hey! I joined a pushup challenge that goes along with a website program designed to get you up to 100 pushups in a row. I just started this past week (I'm dreadful at pushups, btw). It seems like a well paced challenge - if any of you are interested in joining to help you on your way to 100 by the end of Nov! Here's the…
-
I'm set at 1200/day also, and you can feel free to look through my diary if you're interested in the kinds of meals that I eat. I usually stay within 100 cals of my goal +/- (though certainly not all the time!). What's helped me is cutting back on carbs (which I needed to do for my own health reasons). There are around 100…
-
Welcome! I've really come to like MFP and the variety of support and healthy living ideas that I've found here!
-
Friending you! And I think that I have a Weight Watcher's scale...
-
I love the name Kicking *kitten* in our Twenties! I also think it makes sense to keep going with everyone setting their own goals - we're aiming for lifestyle change after all, and I think every one of us are trying to create unique (albeit healthy!) new lifestyles for ourselves. Update from me: I've resigned myself to the…
-
I'm finding this program really rough - not rough enough to throw in the towel just yet, but it's definitely slamming me pretty hard into my limits. Usually my body and mind are in sync about when to stop pushing, but my body is giving up way before my mind is in this challenge. I start every time trying to do one…
-
Homemade Sweet Potato Fries are delicious! We made some for girl's night the other week and couldn't stop eating them!
-
Spent all of Friday cooking dinner for a almost 60 people on my campus, and used the Fruited Sweet Potato Casserole recipe that my mom makes for every Thanksgiving. While it's DELICIOUS, I'm not sure that I want to do that again.... hopefully I'll find something else
-
I'm a Sunday Starter - and I just did my Week 1 Set 1. I may have been imagining things, but it felt easier than my practice set did on Thursday. Did them all on my knees - and I'm still a little awkward with good knee push-up form. Maxed out at 7, so that's 2+3+2+2+7 = 16!
-
Yay!!! I LOVE Sweet potatoes :)
-
Welcome! And good luck on your journey! :happy:
-
NAME OF RECIPE: Curry Mint Yogurt Sauce over Chicken and Rice I got the idea for the yogurt sauce from this website: http://greekfood.about.com/od/syrupssauces/r/currymint.htm. The rest I just threw together in my go-to stir fry with chicken & veggies. INGREDIENTS: Sauce: - 8 oz Greek Yogurt - 4tbsp Curry Powder - 1 tbsp…
-
Tried the Day 1 sets of the 100pushups program - and I was expecting to not do so well, but it was still pretty humbling! Then, since I already had my computer and my mat set up, I followed a yoga class posted on Youtube (my normal class was CANCELED today!) First time I've tried doing online/video guides and I think I'm…
-
Just tried the Day 1 sets. (Planning on starting for real on Sunday, but no reason why I can't practice now!) But, boy the Day 1 sets were pretty humbling. Did most of them on my knees, and my the end I could really feel my form breaking. I foresee a fair number of repeated weeks just so I can build up strength... but as…
-
This is a cool challenge! (I've always been dreadful at pushups - but that just means that I have lots of room for improvement) I think I'm going to do mine on a Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday schedule (I just gotta be different :smile: ) because those are usually my super busy days when I can almost never make it to the gym,…
-
hahahaha :laugh: :laugh: ANYTHING to get rid of that pesky underarm flab!
-
Hmmm, I've never really used Greek Yogurt before - this'll be fun! I'm going to try to find an entree - I just don't think I can find the time to cook something that's not a meal this week. Although, I stumbled across this recipe for Greek Yogurt Cheesecake and my mouth started watering... so that may just be what I make…
-
I'm weighing in on Thursday - so I'll post an update then! But I have some news from today: I signed up for a rock climbing class this semester (yes, I am getting college credit for this!) and we just had our first meeting today! We didn't do too much climbing, just getting to know each other and basic things. But I did…
-
Mid month refresh! Re-add your goals if you're still in the challenge! meagalayne: To reach 135lbs, complete my 10k race, and be able to do 5 full regular push-ups - 0.8lbs to go! inskydiamonds: use the WiiFit at least 5 times a week for at least half hour sessions. Increase the amount of good fats I'm eating and decrease…
-
The hummus and stew look YUMMY! Good thing I'm eating breakfast, or they would've made me hungry :)
