Hello ladies....had a pretty uneventful day off, my eating has been just great but I could have done alot worse: on the up side I have been moving all day cleaning the kids rooms, washing clothes and putting them away went and bought groceries so i haven't sit much today, maybe that will make up for some of the munchies I had today. Scott came home sick, think he's getting the stomach virus, please let it pass me by. I did weigh this morning 142, good with that, now to keep it until Friday.
Karey-good job on the 5k run, sounds like you have everything in line, hope you got your workout today.
Cassy-thanks I couldn't for the life of me remeber what I had done before to stretch my calves:) I'm so goofy. Yes I was very glad that I was able to get the 10 miles in....it was hard, you are wonder woman doing a whole marathon, if I get real serious I will have to find a running group, I thnk there is one here in town if not I think there is one in Jonesboro but that's 45 minutes from here, just wait and see. You are just awesome you have really changed your way of life with your eating and your running, I'm so proud of you. Hope you got your run in today.
Stacey- well my weekends never go as planned either, put that day behind you and start over, lots of water, hate to hear you have to go to the dentist, I hate the dentist. Sunds like you still have your plan worked out, just stick to it:) Enjoy your day off, I cleaned the kids rooms, not fun but needed to be done.
Cassie~ Wow, you amaze me how much you can run!
Stacey~ Hope you had a good time this weekend and I hope your new plan works out, just stick to it.
Sherry~ Thanks. I did get my weight lifting in. Hope you can avoid that flu!
I was very bad in my eating last night... had a McDonald's Pumpkin Pie Shake, Subway (6") Chicken Pizziola sub, some crackers, chocolate, and an oatmeal butterscotch cookie. I think the cookie is what started the ball rolling for me... a coworker made them and I had ONE little one, but after that, I guess I just figured 'what the hell', why not throw a few more hundred calories on! What was I thinking, lol. I felt pretty crappy today - serves me right. My tummy is upset. I've just not been feeling super motivated to exercise lately (but I do it) and I've been craving tons of foods and always feel like I'm hungry, but I can't be. WTF!? Someone needs to kick me in the butt. Please!
I did well today though... eating was good (still craving though) and going to workout now.
Karey- I think it hurts us worse to admit when we eat bad, because I'm afraid of what all my weightloss friends are going to say and I know they are going to kick me in the rear!!!!LOL!!! Glad you got back on track today, you did get your workout in so that's a good thing, each day is a new day and we take it a day at a time:)
I came home and changed clothes, took Summer to the skating rink, the PTA at school has a skate night for 3rd, 4th and 5th grades once a month so it's nice and she loves it and then I dropped COlby off at the football field to watch a game and then I went and walk/jog my 4 miles tonight. Then I got a phone call the Colby got in a fight.....boys, I mean what am I supposed to do, he said he defended himself....I wasn't there I was more mad at him for leaving where I dropped him off at and I tried explaining to him that I have to learn to trust him when I leave him somewhere and that people can do anything these days and not take nothing for granted because everyone has friends and he could have seriously gotten hurt and we would not have known where he was so now he has to go to school tomorrow to see what kind of trouble he's going to be in becuase he was at a school function even though he left the football field, the cop on duty was involved and has to report it to the school.....I told him it hurt me worse that I was the one that dropped him off and this happened, of course they don't understand where we are coming from, anyway.....he did win, he said it last all of about 5 seconds the other guy threw a punch and then Colby hit him in the mouth.....ugh...I hate this part of being a parent, you want them to defend themselves but then ......
eating ahs been okay today, breakfast was raisin bran and a pice of pb toast, lunch was a small chili from wendy's and a baked potato with a little sour cream and a 1/2 thing of butter, supper was about 3 tablespoons brown beans, and small piece of corn bread, turnip greens.....
tomorrow we will have food at work.....I probably won't do great....maybe I can go slim on supper.
good morning! well, apparently the 1500 avg with one maintenance day worked! down to 138.2 this morning! 2.4 lbs down from last week! So this week I'm, again, aiming for 1300 cals avg, not exceeding 1500 avg. We'll see what happens! I'll be exercising less this week b/c I have class... so hopefully I can stick to the 1300 avg. Friday on my day off I'm going to ride my bicycle to my parents house. It's only about 6 miles away so that will be a nice workout.
How long does homemade pumpkin pie last? My sister gave me some Sunday but I haven't eaten it yet b/c of my weigh-in today... But I may not have time to sit down and actually enjoy it till Friday.. I really want to marinate in the greatness of pumpkin pie ;) Maybe I'll have it tomorrow after weight lifting... YUM!!
sherry - sounds like you had a really busy day on your "off" day! I hope you don't get sick! sorry your son got in a fight, I'm nowhere near a parent and grew up with 2 sisters... I hope everything turns out ok! good luck at work!
karey- it's ok! it's just one day!! drink lots of water and get back on track :) when are you switching to maintenance mode? if you're already there, one day really won't hurt :) What I think will help that I did was put a super unflattering pic of me on my fridge.. it's with my b/f who looks good so it seems it's just a cute pic.. but I don't like how I look so I'm hoping that having it in a public place will help keep me on track. what if you put up a pic of pre-weight loss? That may help get you exercising :) ***** KICK!! **** get moving ;) you can do it!!!
keep up the great work ladies!!!!! WE CAN DO THIS!
Thanks for the encouragement & the "kick" guys!! =) I needed it! I'm back down again now though. Weighed in at 135.8, so I'm happy (close enough to 135). ;)
Sherry~ I think you're right, it does hurt more to admit when we've been bad, lol. Sounds like you have been very busy! As for your son getting into a fight... I have no advice for that, since I'm not a mother. Hope it all works out okay, & at least he won. ;)
Stacey~ Congrats on the new low weight, yay! What's your goal? I am in maintenance mode and have been for almost a month. I reached my goal last month on my b-day. :) Maintenance is hard though. Not sure how long pumpkin pie lasts... maybe a week? Enjoy it! I love pumpkin pie, but not sure if I can fit any of that in.
I didn't do good yesterday at work or at home and felt awful, that's what I get for over eating so hopefully back on track today, thismorning I had a slice of toast with pb and a banana lunch will be soup and supper will be ?? it's been raining so I may not get outside to walk may have to do the ellipitcal/bike and then weights.
Karey -WTG on the #'s that's great.
Well Colby didn't start the fight so that was good and as far as we know he's not at trouble at school but I told him he better have the fighting out of his system, guess they have to prove themselves at some point.
Stacey- not sure on the pie it never alst long at my house:) I think as long as you are keeping it refrigerated you should be okay the only downfall will be the crust getting soggy. So glad to see the scale move in your favor.
Well hope for a good eat day.
it's night now......
I did better today for sure. I didn't go walk but got on the bike (my ellipitcal machine turns into a stationary bike) and did that for 45 minutes, I have decided my elliptical the foot things are pointing in a downward direction and I think that's why it's hurting my legs.....so I did the bike and it said I went like a littel over 8 miles and burned like 430 calories not sure if that is right or not, then I did my weights 3 sets of 25 reps with 4 different exericses, so I feel okay, I did make the tension on the bike greater for a while and then lessened it back up. Hope to get at least 8 miles in this weekend, not sure what the scales are going to say tomorrow, probalby up a little with all the sodium the past couple days...I deserve it.
weight back to 144.....knew it would be like that....hope for a better day.
Sherry~ Good job on the exercise! I definitely would not trust the calories burned readout on your stationary bike... those things are never accurate. My treadmill is always saying I burned at least a couple hundred calories more than I really do according to my HRM. The only accurate way to get the calories burned is to use a HRM with a chest strap. Hopefully your weight will be better tomorrow. =)
I did about 5k on the treadmill yesterday morning and eating was just under 2000 calories, so not bad. Gotta get to work now, but hoping to do some weights later. ;)
good morning!
nothing exciting over here.. just dropping by to say hello! my exercise and eating have been right on target... so I'm excited to see results :P I had my pumpkin pie last night and it was DELICIOUS!!!!! homemade and so tasty.. I asked my sister to make it for my bday... lol.. but I stayed in my cal range too... right around 1300!
karey- my goal is about 130.. That's what I'm aiming for and we'll see what happens along the way. Last year I got to 131 and felt AMAZING. My sister said I looked awesome so I'd like to get back to that. I'm sick of being thick! congrats on getting to maintenance! how are you making your way back to the cals you need? I'll need to know that by the end of the year :) I'm thinking adding 100/day every week? not sure... lol
sherry- workout sounds good! keep up the good work! was it your je that mentioned jogging 7 miles? well, I hope you get that in! It'll probably feel really good!
have a great day ladies!!! we're rockin!
hello ladies...
yes i know i've been mia.....was an extremely busy week at work last week....didn't make it to the gym even once....didin't get home from work before 8pm even once....
weight up to 140.6....i gotta hit the gym! went on a hike on saturday with a new hiking club i joined. was fun but my body sure wasn't use to climbing up/over/around rocks and tree stumps!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Sherry...cut the crapola and get back on track...
Gotta go.... :)
Hello ladies, I have been super busy with this really cool software program for in-home child care providers. You can use it with the food program stuff plus accounting. So I have spent the last few days inputting all the information I could from the last 10 months. It will be so much easier once the first of the year comes and I am able to start fresh with a new year.
Anyways, food has been touch and go. I had a couple awesome good food days and then days like yesterday where I had 2 dounuts and ate like crap all day. Today I am back on track, I will reward myself with a treat is I keep on track all day and do some form of exercise.
I ran 12 miles on Saturday and I had quite a bit of shin pain and abdominal/hip type pain so I'm taking it really easy this week and trying to intergrate other things into my program. Last night I did a great arm workout, I really pushed myself making sure the weights were heavy and that I did do them right. I'm feeling it in the arms today so I know I did it right. Tonight I'm going to either do yoga or this other interval training thing I printed off, either one is going to kick my butt.
My kids are out of school this Thursday and Friday so they are going to spend quality time with the grandparents. SO I will not be eating the best this weekend, but we do need to get everything ready for winter. I think I'll burn a lot of calories cleaning out the garage and moving a bunch of stuff to the basement, cleaning out the shed and putting all the bikes and garden stuff away. Getting the flower beds all mowed down and tilled under. We also still need to winterize the camper, it's going to be a full weekend.
Well crap, I've screwed up yet again, not just over the edge but not great, exercise has not been happening like it's needed to, life is in the way. Not really any excuses, felt like crap yesterday, I ached from lower back down, it was the stragest ache, I actually think it's more PMS related than anything but also I think the cyst maybe coming back.....oh well. Got to get a run in this coming weekend. I did registered for the 1/2 marathon; it did cost me more entering later .....it sucks that halloween is the night before....I hope the weather is not going to be like a misting rain as I can't afford to get sick sick and miss work as my boss is out off and on with her daughter(they think she has lyme disease but are not sure) so if anyone is familiar with it or knows a good doctor for it please let me know, her daughter is 3 and they have been battling this since June.
Sounds like everyone has been busy the last little while and I know with the holidays it's going to get harder and harder, I just still have to find the happy medium that works for me and an exercise routine, I have not found it yet, I'm thinking if I can get wlaking at least 2 times a week and 1 time on the weekend I should be able to maintain between 140-145 with eating normal, not going overboard all the time.
Won't get to walk tonight as I have to meet with a lady here at work about her husband's retirement party in december, me and another lady here at the bank are to help with the food.
I think I'm cooking pancakes for supper tonight and I have a whole wheat pancake mix that I think I'll make some up for me with a banana in it and hopefully will be good.
Wow, everyone is so busy! Me too! I'm actually getting packed to go on a "vacation" to visit family back home in WI right now. Haven't had time to exercise the last couple days and been really stressed. Hoping I won't gain too much during the week I'm gone. =) TTYL!
nothing exciting over here :) 138.4 this morning and although I didn't gain I didn't lose either. I can pretty much pin it on not eating enough and not doing any serious cardio. This week will not only be different, it will be better! I think I'm losing a little bit of fat b/c things are fitting different but I can't see it on the scale b/c I did 3, 45 minute weight lifting workouts last week. That was my only form of exercise, really. Never a bad thing, but I could use the cardio! I'm going to switch up my weights during the week also.. Pretty much just changing my form a little bit each day to work different muscles..
c'mon ladies! eating is half the battle! focus! you can do it!!!!
Well, wouldn't you knwo it weight is back up to 145.....guess I need to be thankful it wasn't higher for how lazy I have been, hoping to get back on track this weekend, I have to because the 1/2 marathon is next weekend.
Nothing to say because if I did I would just be repeating the same crap I always say, gotta get back on track, gotta eat good, how many times am I going to have to say it and do it for it to click!!!!!!
Hope everyone has a great weekend and hope to have a better post later.
Hi everyone! We all are pretty much off the wagon right now, aren't we? I'm on vacation still (visiting the family)... lots of eating out. I'm sure I'm putting on a few pounds, but I'll be right back on track once I get back. I've had a few healthy salads and still try to make healthy choices here and there.... I did go out for pizza with my family once, and we just came back from a late lunch. I had chicken stir-fry for lunch, skipped the bread, no soy sauce, a raspberry iced tea and... a strawberry shortcake for dessert. Last night we went out for ice cream at this place we used to go to and I had a couple of cheese curds (sooo good) and a turtle sundae. Came back to the hotel and did a couple of laps in the pool though and that felt great! The hot tub felt wonderful too. Checked out the fitness center today and it's really nice, so maybe I'll have to make an effort to get in there.
My size four skinny jeans still fit, so I can't be doing too bad, lol. Just about everyone I've seen so far that used to know me has immediately commented on my weight loss and how good I look! :D Makes me feel really good... some have even teased me that I was going to waste away, lol. They all want to know how I did it, so I've been giving out this site's address like crazy. TTLY and have a good day!
Eating not good, walking/joggin hasn't happened and marathon is this weekend!!!! I have to get some walking in this week come hell or high water, this is not good, if I don't get some in I know my legs will kill me saturday, Scott has been working late and it's been cold so I can't take SUmmer with me, tomorro wI have to walk.....I will drop Summer off somewehre if I have to.
I will survive and get back on track.
Hello Ladies
I"m still kicking around...diet not good and haven't been to the gym in over 2 weeks...I'm not giving up though, just side tracked...
Have an interview this afternoon with Daiichi again....If this works out it will really relieve my stress level!
It's snowing here...I need to go back to the beach in NC!
Hope we can all get back on track soon!
I did walk tonight, 3 miles, just not enough time and daylight for me.....I honestly can't wait for Saturday to be done and over....get this marathon behind me:) I hate cold weather and it's been cold the last 2 days, but I bundled up and got out there today, it's going to be warmer tomorrow and Saturday shouldn't be too bad. I hope to be able to job some of it but since I have slacked not sure what will happen, maybe if I can go walk tomorrow I can jog some....we will see I think it will all work out.
Joan- hope the interview went well, keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you!!!
We are all just a little side tracked but we will get back soon. I think if I can get 1 day of walking in the week and then walk on the weekends maybe I can get something done...I have to find what is going to work for me.
Well, I'm back from my trip! Did a lot of bad eating... BUT, I'm back on track today and eating has been good. Too exhausted to exercise today though, and I'm not even going to bother weighing myself until much later in the week, or next week.
Sherry~ Good job on getting out there and getting three miles in! Once you complete that marathon, you'll feel wonderful. YOU CAN DO IT! :)
Joan~ Good luck with your interview! I hope it works out.
We all need to get back on track! C'mon!
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