Posts by tiegurl

Congrats Raven on being the motivation guru. Woo Hoo.

Sara Happy belated Birthday. Have fun camping.

log 1700 calories a day and workout 6x a week with a combination of weight training and cardio.= 1700 calories day and workout 6x/wk. This goal is new.

Maintenance goal-is to be at a total of 1600 calories by the end of the day so I should be at 1600 after exercising.

New goal-exercise 6 times a week which includes strength and cardio.

Julie-Nannygabber-91 percent is awesome. That means you'll give it a 100 percent the next time around. Pat yourself on the back.

Update-I'm officially moving to Massachusetts at the end of August. Yay!!

supersized-good job with keeping up with the exercising for the most part. At least you worked at the eating right while working and exercising. The fact you were still within your goal reach was a great start especially with the changes in your life.

dove-combine thee exercise goals and the liquid goal seems more set then the carb goal. You can carbs that are similar to your current carbs. Or look at the "healthier" carbs and work them in slower.

meri-start slow and find a place where you are comfortable exercise. You'll find what works.

wenchie-welcome back. What about protein shakes? What kind of meats can you have? Maybe a nutritionist could help with the recommendations. Sorry, I'm no good at helping when it comes to food.

cawilder-I'm proud of you. You manage to do more than half your goal with everything that has been happening with you.

defrog-woohoo 75%. That's great. having with the baby shower.

My goals: log 1700 calories a week and workout 6x a week with a combination of weight training and cardio.

This topic: Yes, I do cardio. I do lots of it. I probably do it more than I do strength training. Although I do have enough strength training in my routine. I do cardio because it's a way to burn calories and get the heart pumping and it does what strength training can't. While strength training builds muscles and burn fat more efficiently, cardio burns fat differently then strength training. Plus its easier to fit in to my schedule then weight training. I think it's easier then strength training and just plan fun. Plus there is a lot of flexibility with cardio then there is with strength training.

super-good job with getting back on the wagon and getting things under control again.

msmeg-sorry for your lost

Thanks Julie (nannygabber).

When I say counteractions I do the opposite of what I meant. It's like balancing the positive and negative. If you say or do something negative, you look at the positive and evaluate it then aim for the positive.

I guess when I tell my self I don't want to exercise because I don't feel like. I have to ask myself why I don't feel like. Is it a good reason such as being sick or just being lazy? If I'm sick then I'm going to rest but if I'm being lazy, I just have to put on my stuff and get moving. How beneficial would it be for me to exercise versus not to exercise? How will I feel after exercising versus if I didn't at all? Just stuff like that. Weighing stuff out. Eventually when you finish weighing everything out. You make the best decision. Although you don't always make the best decision.

Thanks for the well wishes everyone. I truly appreciate it.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate it and my degree is in Writing Seminars but I'm planning to go to medical school in 4 yrs. I have to do a post bacc program and I plan on doing Peace Corps

Hey guys!! As you all know, I decided not to do a goal. To everyone who is on track-good work and keep up. To everyone who isn't-its okay. You can do it and the fact that you are going for the goal is something to be rewarded within itself.

Thanks for the advice carryonandon and the offering of advice.

Msmeg good luck on the 5k.

Salem and tix you guys need to eat more than 1300 calories a day if you are exercising and burning 300-400 calories a day. If you only at 1300 calories and burned 300-400 that puts you at deficit of 900-1000 calories. Your body is holding on and trying to conserved fat because you aren't eating enough. If you are exercising you need to eat more. Instead, you two should be eating about 1600-1700 calories a day when exercising. If you do, that you will end up with a net calorie for the day of 1300 instead of 900-1000.

Julie (Nannygabber) Thanks.

I also agree with you too. My health has never been in jeopardy but losing the weight wouldn't be bad too since I'm overweight. I would much rather be normal although there have been studies showing that sometimes being overweight is a little bit better than being normal. However, I'm also trying to look good in a bathing suit and my little black dress that's hanging over the closet.

Carryonandon congrats on graduating. I'm an undergrad and will be graduating in two weeks. Bachelors of Arts

Daily check in: This topic meant a lot today. I was really hungry because I hadn't eating since breakfast and left my snacks home. While out running errands I was still hungry. I told myself that I would stop by Einstein Bros Bagels. But with a lot of will power I managed to come home and eat a healthy lunch. I was so happy.  Could have ruined a good day with a bad meal.

To everyone who is moving good luck. I'll be moving soon too.

Well, I'm not doing a goal. Thanks for the 10 months Congrats Sara. Good job to everyone on track and for the ones who aren't you can do it.

I don't have a succesful workout as of right now.

In order for a workout to be successful it must first be enjoyable. If it is not enjoyable then I won't do it and it makes it harder for me to push through. Plus it causes me to lose motivation.

It has to be fun. Enjoyable and fun aren't the same thing. I can exercise and it is not always fun but it's enjoyable. I like things that are fun because these are the things I turn to when I can't do nothing else and they help keep me motivated.

I like routine. When I was working out I had a daily rountine and having a routine helps me stay on track when I need to be on track.

:(. Didn't make my goal. I got the eating down but the exercising not so much. I'm not making a goal this time around.